Rancho Santa Margarita, CA- A master class will be presented by USC-Violin Professor and Principal Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Martin Chalifour on Saturday, February 8th at 10:30 a.m. in Fine Arts 101. Violin students will be performing under the tutelage of Maestro Chalifour and the public is invited to view such a prestigious event. Admission is free.
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Martin Chalifour began his tenure as Principal Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1995. The recipient of various grants and awards in his native Canada, he graduated with honors from the Montreal Conservatory at the age of 18 and then moved to Philadelphia to pursue studies at the Curtis Institute of Music. He received a Certificate of Honor at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, and is also a laureate of the Montreal International Competition. Apart from his Los Angeles Philharmonic duties, he maintains an active solo career playing a diverse repertoire of more than 50 concertos. Chalifour has appeared as soloist with conductors Pierre Boulez, Gustavo Dudamel, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Sir Neville Marriner, and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Outside the U.S., he has played solos with the Auckland Philharmonia, the Montreal Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the National Orchestra of Taiwan, and the Malaysian Philharmonic, among others.
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Chalifour began his
orchestral career with the late Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony, playing
as Associate Concertmaster for six years. Subsequently he occupied the same
position for five years in the Cleveland Orchestra, where he also served as
Acting Concertmaster under Christoph von Dohnányi. While in Cleveland,
Chalifour taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music and was a founding member
of the Cleveland Orchestra Piano Trio. He is a frequent guest at several summer
music festivals, including the Sarasota Festival, the Pacific Music Festival in
Japan, and the Mainly Mozart Festival. Maintaining close ties with his native
country, he has returned there often to teach and perform as soloist with
various Canadian orchestras, most recently with the Vancouver Symphony and
Barmwell Tovey. He has recorded solo and chamber music for the Telarc,
Northstar and Yarlung labels. His latest album on Yarlung features solo music
composed by Esa-Pekka Salonen and Steven Stucky, as well as Mozart and
Lutosławski concertos with the Los Angeles Philharmonic recorded live at Walt
Disney Concert Hall.
The Music Department has established
a comprehensive program which is considered to be one of the finest in
California: a complete lower-division curriculum for transferring music
majors, numerous performance groups, private and group lessons, a full concert
series with faculty and guest artists, and general music courses. The
nationally-recognized faculty is dedicated to performance and to teaching in
all areas such as vocal, instrumental, jazz, guitar, piano, music technology
and commercial music. Other music classes include harmony, musicianship,
composition, history and appreciation of western art music, music business,
rock, jazz and world music.
Saddleback College is located at 28000 Marguerite Parkway in Mission Viejo,
just east of Interstate 5 at the Avery Parkway exit. Parking is available
in Lot 12. Take Avery Parkway to Marguerite Parkway turn left to the
third traffic light, which is Saddleback’s Marguerite entrance. Turn right into
the campus and take the second left to Theatre Circle, turning right into Lot
12.
Located in Mission Viejo, Saddleback College provides
quality higher education and training to the greater south Orange County
community. Having served more than 500,000 students since 1968,
Saddleback College offers over 300 degree and certificate programs to help
students reach their personal, career, and educational goals. For more
information, please visit www.saddleback.edu and for Fine Arts information,
please visit www.saddleback.edu/arts.
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