Kasckow & Pezzone

Ruth Kasckow, flute and Bryan Pezzone, piano

MUSIC AT NOON
Featuring local and visiting performers in thirty-minute concerts free to the community.
Wednesdays at 12:10 pm
In the Sanctuary

Prelude-Improvisation

Fanmi Imen……….Valerie Coleman

Duo…………….Aaron Copland

Interlude-Improvisation

Soliloquy……………..Jake Heggie

Flutist Ruth Kasckow, an engaging performer and innovative music educator in the Los Angeles area, enjoys playing solo recitals, as well as chamber music with her group the Avanti Ensemble focusing on music for flute, violin, and viola. Ruth has performed in several orchestras including Burbank Symphony, Santa Monica Symphony, LCPC
Orchestra and Orquesta Mexicana de la juventud, as well as numerous chamber music ensembles. As a music educator Ruth currently maintains a thriving flute studio in La Canada, and as a Licensed Body Mapping Educator, teaches musicians how to play in a healthy way to improve performance and avoid injury. Her publications include The Flute
Duet Practice Books and Chinese Folk Song Suite for flute quartet, and her two CDs French Impressions for Flute and German Expressions for Flute. Ruth holds an MFA from California Institute of the Arts. www.flutemuse.com

Bryan Pezzone maintains an active freelance performing and recording career and has been based in the Los Angeles area since 1987. He holds a degree from the Eastman School of Music, and is well known as a versatile performer who is comfortable in classical, contemporary and improvisational styles. He performs with nearly every established
orchestra in Southern California such as the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the New West Symphony, the Pasadena Symphony, the Long Beach Symphony,Muse-Ique, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and many others. Bryan was the principal pianist with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra from its inception in 1991 through
1999. From 1987-2000 he was the chair and founder of the multi-focused Keyboard program at the California Institute of the Arts. Recently, Bryan was invited to join the faculty of the Los Angeles College of Music in 2017 on the ground level of its new Piano Major which is eclectic in nature and addresses the needs of the 21’st century pianist.
He has recorded on hundreds of television and motion picture soundtracks, and has been the pianist on virtually all of the cartoons released by Warner Brothers and Disney. As a soloist, Bryan has performed with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Pasadena Pops, California Philharmonic, Riverside
Symphony, Santa Monica Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute Orchestra, United States International University Orchestra, U.C. Irvine Symphony Orchestra, Eastman Philharmonic and the Pacific Symphony.