Free Glendale Noon Concerts! MARI HAIG Violin Recital
GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS
has returned to live performances
in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church!
Website: (full program & artist bios):
https://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com/2025/05/glendale-noon-concert…
RELAX DURING YOUR LUNCH HOUR WITH LIVE MUSIC
610 E. California Ave Glendale, CA 91206
On Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 12:10 -12:40 pm PT,
the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts program
will be performed live in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church.
PARKING INFO:
https://glendalecitychurch.org/location
Glendale Noon Concerts 6/4/25
at 12:10-12:40 pm PT
MARI HAIG- violin, viola
CHRISTINE SOTOMAYOR LOPEZ - piano
Program:
J.S. Bach (German, 1685-1750)
Prelude from Solo Suite 4 for viola solo
Jules Massenet (French, 1842-1912)
Meditation from Thais
Aram Khachaturian (Soviet Armenian,1903-1978)
Nocturne from Masquerade Suite
Isaac Albeniz (Spanish, 1860-1909)
Sevilla
Performer bios:
Mari Haig, violin, served as concertmaster in tribute concerts for the Double Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla, for Queen Elizabeth's 60th Diamond Jubilee,
and for the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton. In the U.S., Mari is assistant concertmaster of the St John Chamber Orchestra. She has played in the Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay, the Los Angeles Baroque and the Disneyland Candlelight Orchestras, Musica Angelica, Long Beach, Riverside, Pacific, Pasadena, Desert, San Diego Symphonies, and Burbank Philharmonic. Mari has performed with a broad range of artists, including Stevie Wonder, Lionel Ritchie, Henry Mancini, Buddy Rich, Dionne Warwick, Johnny Mathis, Mannheim Steamroller and for Carla Morrison at the Hollywood Bowl. Mari is the concertmaster and arranger/orchestrator for singer Mario Bryant. Mari is featured on countless CD's, including "Echoes of Vilna," which is in the Library of Congress. Her improvisation on violin, viola, and cello, can be heard on Emmy Award winning soundtracks for television shows, including "The Bold and the Beautiful."
Christine Sotomayor Lopez received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in piano performance and accompanying from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, where she also holds a Doctorate Degree in Choral Conducting. As a pianist/accompanist, she has toured throughout the United States and Mexico as an accompanist for many outstanding instrumentalists and vocalists. She held the position as opera coach for Arizona Opera, Four Corners Opera and Chautauqua Summer Opera Program. She is emeritus faculty at Cerritos Community College. She was the coordinator of the Keyboard Studies program and Director of the Applied Music Program for 31 years. Dr. Lopez was chosen “Cerritos College Most Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year" for 1997-98. Her musical credits as conductor and musical director at Cerritos College include: Amahl and the Night Visitors, Die Fledermaus, Pippin, West Side Story, Once On This Island, Cabaret, Anything Goes, Godspell, Urinetown and Three Penny Opera. She is the music director and organist at St. Cyprian’s Catholic Church in Long Beach, Scholarship chairman of the Orange County Sigma Alpha Iota alumnae chapter, active member of the MTAC Lakewood-Cerritos chapter, orchestral pianist for Whittier Regional Symphony, Bellflower Symphony, Peninsula Symphony and the Long Beach Community Band and choral accompanist at Fullerton.