Join us this Sunday!

Worship Service @ 10:00am
Community Time @ 11:15am

All are welcome!

3419 Grand Avenue
San Marcos, CA 92078

Concerts 2022 — Post Pandemic–details coming soon.

Past Concerts:

Eric Foster (guitar) and Gema Garcia (piano)

Eric and guest pianist, Gema Garcia, will perform music by Villa-Lobos, Castenuovo-Tedesco, Leo Brouwer, Pujol, and Foster.

Eric Alan Foster is a composer, teacher and performer. He received his Master of Music Degree from San Diego State University with emphasis in guitar performance and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of California Santa Barbara with emphasis in music theory and composition. Present music teaching positions include University of San Diego, Mira Costa College and private lessons at the Music Exchange in Vista.

 

 

Ikalamavony  Cho-Hyun Park, piano
 

Pianist Cho-Hyun Park performed her Carnegie Hall debut concert in 2015 with wide acclaim. Her accomplishments include winning 1st prize in the Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition with the Bartok and Prokofiev special award. She also won the William Modica and Concetta Giodanella Modica Memorial Award from the IBLA Foundation and Most Distinguished Award at the IBLA Grand Prize music competition in Italy.

As a performer, she appeared in numerous solo recitals and ensemble performances in many cities in the USA and South Korea such as Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Little Rock, Dublin, Radford, Seoul, and Busan. She is actively connecting with audiences through many concerts in San Diego.

 

http://circleplastics.co.uk/home_page.htm La Jolla Renaissance Singers

Since 1963, the La Jolla Renaissance Singers have been bringing the finest of early choral music to the San Diego area. The auditioned A Capella choir draws members from across the county.

The group performs vocal music written from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance, with occasional forays into the Romantic and Modern periods. In period costume, the singers performs in concert halls, museums, and churches, as well as in libraries, parks, and for private parties.

 Quartet Nouveau

Quartet Nouveau has earned a reputation throughout San Diego as an exciting, emerging group known for their energizing and deeply emotional performances.  As a group, they take great interest in their concert programming and have a wide range of composers in their repertoire including Vasks, Glass, Piazzola, Shostakovich as well as Haydn, Beethoven and Schumann.  As well as being avid performers, Quartet Nouveau is committed to music education. They coach young people to perform in formal recitals.

Prosecco Players—-  “Kidz Kabaret”

The Prosecco Players are thrilled to be returning for San Marcos Lutheran’s Concert Series! San Diego-based performance troupe, The Prosecco Players, are known for presenting high-quality classical, musical theatre, and jazz concerts throughout Southern California. In their upcoming “Kidz Kabaret”, The Prosecco Players will perform family favorites from a wonderful array of musical theatre repertoire and jazz standards. Bring the whole family and enjoy a fun-filled, interactive evening that’s bound to put a smile on your face and leave you with a song in your heart!

 

“Home for the Holidays”—-San Diego Women’s Chorus

San Diego Women’s Chorus will present “Home for the Holidays”, a winter concert featuring diverse songs of the season. You’ll hear familiar music, both traditional and contemporary. Selections include “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve”, “In Dulce Jubilo”, “Elf the Musical”, and “White Winter Hymnal”. SDWC is proud to showcase our diverse traditions through music, and we will include music of Solstice, Hanukkah, winter favorites, and both religious and secular Christmas songs.

Prosecco Players 

The Prosecco Players are a San Diego-based performance troupe that present high-quality classical, musical theatre, and jazz concerts throughout Southern California. In their upcoming concert “Merry Music Menken,” The Prosecco Players pay tribute to the music of beloved composer Alan Menken who is best known for his work penning unforgettable Disney classics. Come with the whole family and enjoy a vast array of his tunes as the Players showcase his soaring melodies!

“Gloria” by Antonio Vivaldi Pacific Ridge School Choir & Orchestra, Justine Hansen, Director 

The students of Pacific Ridge along with guest soloists will perform one of Vivaldi’s most beloved works, the “Gloria.” The concert will close with some light music to set the tone for Christmas.

Festival of Song “Sing of Hope and Healing” Randall Sensmeier, Organ and Piano 

When the world and our lives seem out of control and on the edge of disaster, we can turn to songs of faith to keep our hope alive and to heal our weary hearts. Music can inspire, heal, and unite us in these troubled times. We will sing hymns and songs, both old and new, that have the power to transform us and help us on our journey of faith.

Randall Sensmeier serves as Organist/Artist in Residence at San Marcos Lutheran Church, Assoc. Editor at GIA Publications, Inc., and Cantor Emeritus of St. Luke Lutheran Church in Chicago. He has served as hymn festival leader, recitalist, clinician, conductor, author, & composer. His published compositions include choral octavos, keyboard & instrumental works, and a collection of hymn tunes.

 

Jenny Yun, Organ

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Jenny Yun

Jenny Yun began playing piano when she was five and credits her pianist mother for the early start.  One of her proud memories is performing the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major with the Korean Symphony at age fourteen. She studied Composition and Theory at Seoul National University, which gave her the ability to understand a broad range of musical compositions. Jenny’s passion for organ began while at University of Kansas, where she received her M.A. in Organ Performance while studying with renowned teachers including Dr. James Higdon and Dr. Thomas Ladd. She has also performed in various musical settings as a pianist and harpsichordist. She is currently the organist at San Marcos Lutheran Church.

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Doris Payne

Doris Payne began piano lessons as a young child and continued with studies at Interlochen, Northwestern University, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Fresno State. She has directed church choirs, taught classroom music, and has accompanied vocalists, instrumentalists, and choirs. She currently volunteers as music teacher in a 3rd grade and feels privileged to perform piano-organ duets with Jenny Yun.

Mary Fawcett
Mary Fawcett

Mary Fawcett began taking harp lessons as a young girl in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Her studies included a summer program in Dublin, Ireland, and three years at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. She has been a local artist for thirty years, specializing in weddings throughout the San Diego and Temecula area. Her website is www.theweddingharpist.com.

 

Dream with Me: voice, cello, and piano trio

 Priti Gandhi(soprano), Erin Breene(cello), Ines Irawati(piano)

An afternoon of entrancing music for voice, cello and piano, performed by three outstanding musicians.

priti-gandhiPriti Gandhi has performed with many opera houses in the world, including Royal Opera House, San Diego Opera, San Francisco Opera, and Los Angeles Opera.

erin-breeneErin Breene, a graduate of the Juilliard School, is a member of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and performs with Pacific Symphony.

ines-irawatiInes Irawati is an avid chamber musician and vocal coach, and is a faculty of Point Loma Nazarene University.

 

 

 

 

In the Spirit of Christmas 

Deborah Liv Johnson, singer/songwriterdeborah-liv-johnson-2

 Well-known for both her original music and her interpretation of classic Lutheran hymns and Christmas music, Johnson’s voice has always been her most compelling draw. One fan wrote, “She could sing the phone book and I’d listen.” Commenting on her recording of Georgia on my Mind, The Los Angeles Times wrote, “It is not surprising that Johnson’s luxuriant alto is the album’s most affecting instrument…” Johnson’s rendition of There is a Balm in Gilead has had more than 300,000 hits on YouTube. Johnson particularly loves singing Christmas songs — “So many of them are really lullabies…so sweet and pure.”

Bach to Berio: Rachel Woolf Performs Works for Flute with Dana Burnett on piano rachel-woolf

From playing Bach in the middle of Stonehenge to performing for the Dalai Llama, Carlsbad native Rachel Woolf’s musical reach extends beyond the confines of any one genre. In this concert, she will explore a variety of flute works from the last 300 years.

Accomplished as a soloist and chamber musician, Rachel won the National Flute Association Masterclass Performer’s Competition, was a prizewinner at the San Diego Flute Guild and the Coeur d’Alene Young Artist Competitions, and her trio was recognized as a semi-finalist in both the Fischoff and Plowman chamber music competitions. Rachel performed at the Brevard Music Center for two summers and has performed under the baton of Keith Lockhart, Leonard Slatkin, Peter Oundjian, Michael Tilson Thomas, JoAnn Falletta, and Mathias Barnert. An avid champion of contemporary music, Rachel was a founding member of several new music groups, and has premièred numerous new compositions. She has also performed in a band with Darren Criss from GLEE, recorded on experimental rock band Swans new record, and recently completed her first USA/Canada tour with Dallas based symphonic pop rock band, The Polyphonic Spree. Accompanying her on piano will be Dana Burnett.