Concert Hour

Make Plans to Attend Our Free Concert Hour – THURSDAYS THIS FALL AND SPRING.

Concert Hour is a music enrichment series presented on the campus of Palomar College for our students, staff, and community by the Palomar
College Performing Arts Department. Enjoy a range of exciting artists and musicians in the newly renovated Performance
Lab D-10. The program is presented weekly during the Fall and Spring Semesters at 1:00 p.m. and ends at approximately 2:00 p.m. Admission and
Parking are FREE.

This Week’s Performing Arts Will Be:

Naomi Alter and Randy Brinton

Harpist Naomi Alter received her Bachelor of Music degree in harp at
Oberlin Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Alice Chalifoux.
She has studied with Jeanne Chalifoux at the Salzedo Harp Colony in
Maine, and at Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts with Lucile
Lawrence.
She has taught harp at Louisiana State University and performed with
the Toledo, Baton Rouge, Poway, La Jolla, Palomar, Miracosta, North
Coast, and Grossmont Symphonies, as well as numerous chamber, duo,
choral, and church ensembles. She has been a recent harp concerto
soloist with the Poway Symphony Orchestra, the New Mexico
Performing Arts Society, the Los Angeles Song of the Angels Flute
Orchestra, and the Crown City Symphony in Pasadena.
Since 1987, Naomi has performed at thousands of weddings and special
events, concertizing and teaching harp in the San Diego area. She
currently serves on the board of the American Harp Society – San Diego
Chapter, whose mission includes increasing exposure of the San Diego
community to our wonderful instrument and fostering excellence in its
instruction to young aspiring harpists.
More information and sample music videos can be found at
www.harpsandiego.com

Randall Brinton began violin in his public schools’ music programs. He attended San Diego
State University where he earned a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance. While a student
there, he began playing with the San Diego Symphony. During sabbatical leave he received a
Masters in Orchestral Conducting from California State University, Long Beach.
During his career with the San Diego Symphony he has played all the major symphonic and
operatic literature with a variety of fine Music Directors and visiting conductors. He served for
five years as Principal Second Violin with the Fresno Philharmonic.
Besides symphonic music, Randy has performed in most every other genre including opera,
ballet, chamber music, and recording work. He has soloed with orchestra in the concertos of
Bach, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and Vivaldi. In addition to classical music, he is comfortable in
rock, pop, and jazz settings.
Currently, he is concertmaster for both Coronado Philharmonia Orchestra and New City
Sinfonia. He was recently soloist with New City Sinfonia in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 and
guest concertmaster for the North Coast Symphony Orchestra.
As conductor, Randy has served as Music Director of the Poway Community Symphony and
was a two-time guest conductor of San Diego Unified School District’s Honor Orchestra. He was
a staff conductor of Civic Youth Orchestra, and has recently conducted for Tifereth Israel
Community Orchestra, All About Music Youth Orchestra, the New City Sinfonia, and the Cabrillo
Chamber Orchestra.
He has served as an interim director of Crown Point Junior Music Academy and currently,
coaches strings at Mission Bay High School.
Alongside his performance career, Randy maintains a private teaching studio. He has prepared
young musicians for conservatory and university-level study, with former students continuing on
to their own careers in music. Believing that music is for everyone, he also enjoys working with
musicians of all ages studying for pure enrichment.
Now retired after a forty-one year tenure as violinist with the San Diego Symphony, Randy
continues his artistic journey by sharing his experience and talents with new musicians and
audiences.