[NEohioPAL] LCCC Civic Orchestra and LCCC Jazz Band Concerts

[Kimberly Carrasquillo]

LCCC Civic Orchestra to Feature Oberlin Native Jonathan Salter on
Saturday, February 4

The Lorain County Community College Civic Orchestra 2011-2012 season
continues at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, February 4 on the Stocker Arts Center
stage.  

 

Tickets are $7 for adults; $6 LCCC for staff and students, and $6 for
Buckeye cardholders. For more information, contact the LCCC Stocker Arts
Center box office at (440) 366- 4040. Tickets may be purchased from the
box office from 12-6 p. m., Monday through Friday.

 

The concert will feature clarinetist Jonathan Salter in two works, the
jazz-inspired "Concerto for Clarinet," by Artie Shaw and the "Russian
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra," by Alexander Manevich. Salter is
an Oberlin native who earned his Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from
the University of North Carolina Greensboro. He recently completed a
concert tour in China.  

 

This performance serves as a preview of LCCC Musical Director Robert
Beckstrom's new opera, "Job," taken from the Old Testament story, which
will be presented with full staging next October.  In the title role
will be baritone, Mark Wanich.  Appointed to the Cleveland Institute of
Music in 2010, Wanich is a rising star having performed with Opera New
Jersey, Opera per tutti, Opera Cleveland and Nashville Opera.  Also
singing, will be soprano and LCCC Vocal Faculty, Janine Porter.

 

Beckstrom is the Dean of LCCC's Arts and Humanities department. He
earned a Ph. D. in music composition from the University of California
Los Angeles. 

 

Salter will also perform with the LCCC Jazz Band at 3 p.m., Sunday,
February 5 in Stocker Arts Center.

 

For more information, visit www.stockerartscenter.com and click on "Arts
and Humanities."

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LCCC Jazz Band to Perform on Sunday, February 5
The Lorain County Community College Jazz Band will perform at 3 p.m.,
Sunday, February 5 in Stocker Arts Center.

Tickets are $7 for adults; $6 LCCC for staff and students, and $6 for
Buckeye cardholders. For more information, contact the LCCC Stocker Arts
Center box office at (440) 366- 4040. Tickets may be purchased from the
box office from 12-6 p. m., Monday through Friday.

 

The concert will feature clarinetist Jonathan Salter in jazz works by
Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman. Salter, is an Oberlin native who earned
his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from UNC Greensboro. He recently
completed a concert tour in China. 

 

Salter will also perform with the LCCC Civic Orchestra at 7:30 p.m.,
Saturday, February 4 at Stocker Arts Center.

 

For more information, visit www.stockerartscenter.com and click on "Arts
and Humanities."

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Kim Carrasquillo

Writer, Project Coordinator | Marketing and Outreach Initiatives
Lorain County Community College | 1005 N Abbe Road | Elyria, Ohio 44035
t: 440.366.4822  f: 440.366.4113  e : kcarrasq at lorainccc.edu
<mailto:kcarrasq at lorainccc.edu> 

 

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