‘Watch Us Face the Music!’
Cal State L.A. Choral Concert to
celebrate
John Biggs’ 75th Birthday May 31
Los Angeles, CA –
“Watch Us Face the Music! A Celebration of Composer
John Biggs’ 75th Birthday” will be presented by
the Music Department at California State
University, Los Angeles on Saturday, May 31,
8 p.m., at Cal State L.A.’s State Playhouse.
Led
by director William Belan, the Cal State L.A.
Choral Concert will feature choral music and chamber
music composed by Biggs.
Born in Los Angeles, California, on October 18, 1932,
Biggs is an accomplished composer, winning numerous
awards and honors—including a Rockefeller Grant,
Fulbright Grant, Atwater-Kent Award, ASCAP “Serious
Music Award” every year since 1974, and a number of
“Meet the Composer” grants from diverse parts of the
United States.
He founded the John Biggs Consort, which toured
internationally under Columbia Artists Management,
specializing in medieval, renaissance, and 20th century
music. He has also served as composer-in-residence to
six colleges in Kansas under a grant from the U.S.
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. For more
about Biggs, go to
http://consortpress.com/Bio.Reviews.html.
Conducted by Belan, Joseph Schubert, Abel Ramirez and
Donald Brinegar, the concert will feature the Cal State
L.A. Concert Choir, University Choir and Wind Ensemble;
Chamber Singers of Pasadena City College; John Biggs,
composer and narrator; Mark Goodrich, tenor; Helen
Goode-Castro, clarinet; Ramon Villanueva, French horn;
Belinda Broughton, Jennifer Walton and
Nicholas Walton, violin; Oliver Walton, cello; Scott
Walton, tuba; and Bruce
Broughton and Twyla Meyer, piano.
Tickets are $15 for general admission; $12 for CSULA
faculty and staff, and $8 for students and seniors. For
more on the Cal State L.A. Concert Choir, call (323)
343-4060.
What:
“Watch
Us Face the Music! A Celebration of
Composer John Biggs’ 75th Birthday”
When:
Saturday, May 31, 8 p.m.
Where:
State Playhouse, on the Cal State L.A. campus. For directions or campus map, go to
www.calstatela.edu. Public permit parking is
available at Lot 5 or upper level of Parking Structure
C.
Tickets:
General admission, $15; CSULA faculty/staff, $12;
students/seniors, $8.
Info:
Call (323) 343-4060.
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