College launches piano concert and lecture series

NORWALK - The Cerritos College Music Department has announced plans for a piano concert and lecture series this spring, beginning Feb. 24.All performances begin at 11 a.m. in the school's Burnight Theatre classroom. The Feb. 24 concert is titled "Claude Debussy: Celebrating One Hundred Fifty Years." Solo piano and vocal works of French impressionist composer Claude Debussy will be performed. The next concert, March 23, is "Johannes Brahms: Last of the Great German Composers." This event will feature vocal faculty. "Keyboard Fantasies" will be performed April 27 with guest artist Dr. Allison Edwards from the Cal State Fullerton faculty. Lectures will be presented by Dr. Christine Sotomayor Lopez, director of keyboard studies. All events are free and open to the public. One-day parking passes may be purchased for $2 in parking lots C-1, C-2 and C-10.

********** Published: February 9, 2012 - Volume 10 - Issue 43