A free music concert for the community will be presented on Saturday, May 7 in the South Pasadena Library Community Room featuring the Lyric Opera of Los Angeles at 5:00 p.m., pianist David Batt at 6:00 p.m. and the Los Angeles Clarinet Choir at 7:00 p.m. The program for all ages is presented by the South Pasadena Public Library, the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library, and the Woman’s Club of South Pasadena.
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Formed in 2001 by Laura Sage of South Pasadena, the Lyric Opera of Los Angeles has performed in historic theatres in Downtown LA and the Pasadena Playhouse as part of Ring Festival LA. For this concert they will be performing excerpts from lesser known operas.
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Batt is the Assistant Finance Director for the City of South Pasadena and records as a New Age/Jazz Fusion artist under the pseudonym Yrsan Daro. His albums have enjoyed widespread praise and popularity. David’s forthcoming CD, his fourth, will showcase pieces from the classical repertoire, including compositions by Chopin and Liszt. For the concert David will be playing a mixture of jazz blues improvisations.
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The Los Angeles Clarinet Choir, an ensemble of 16 clarinetists performing under the baton of Margaret Thornhill, will return to the South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival for an encore performance after 2010’s standing room only, multiple standing ovation performance in the Library Community Room. This year’s hour-long program will include original music and arrangements in many different styles by classical and contemporary composers. Founded in 2005 by Margaret Thornhill, the LACC has in a short time become one of the most distinguished clarinet ensembles in North America.
