On Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 12:10 p.m., the free admission Glendale Noon Concerts program will be performed live in the sanctuary of Glendale City Church, 610 E. California Ave. in Glendale.

Featured are flutist-composer Daniel Kessner and pianist-composer Eric Charnofsky. The program focuses of their own works for flute and piano: Daniel Kessner (b.1946) “Sonatina Bassa” for bass flute and piano –

1. Allegretto meccanico

2. Adagio cantabile

3. Finale, allegro ma non troppo

Eric Charnofsky (b. 1965)

“Echo” – version for bass flute solo (originally composed for shakuhachi)

Daniel Kessner “Fleeting Thoughts” for solo piano

Eric Charnofsky Two pieces for flute and piano –

1. Lamentation

2. Jubilation

Born in Los Angeles in 1946, composer-conductor-flutist Daniel Kessner received his Ph.D. with Distinction at UCLA in 1971, studying with Henri Lazarof. His more than 180 compositions have received over one thousand performances and are published by Universal Edition in Vienna. Most important awards include the 1972 Queen Marie-Jose International Composition Prize in Geneva, a 2003 Fulbright Senior Scholar Award in Trossingen, Germany, a Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant in Trondheim, Norway in 2007, a residency at the Universidade do Minho in Portugal in 2011 and most recently one at Paradise AIR (artist-in-residence) in Matsudo, Japan. 

He is professor emeritus at California State University, Northridge having retired in 2006 after a career of 36 years teaching composition, music theory and directing various ensembles.

Eric Charnofsky works as a pianist, composer, lecturer, conductor and narrator. As a collaborative pianist, he has performed with members of major American orchestras and as an orchestra keyboardist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and The Cleveland Orchestra. He has also worked as a classical radio announcer, church choir director, pre-concert lecturer for The Cleveland Orchestra, associate faculty member at the Music Academy of the West, music director and pianist for musical theater production and he is featured on recordings on the Capstone, Albany, Navona, and Crystal labels. 

Charnofsky has received composition commissions from Pacific Serenades, the Chamber Music Society  of Ohio, the Cleveland Chamber Collective and others. A graduate of The Juilliard School where he majored in piano accompanying, Charnofsky also holds degrees in solo piano performance and composition from California State University, Northridge.

The Glendale Noon Concerts is celebrating is 17th year of presenting free admission concerts every first and third Wednesday for Glendale and the Southland community.

Upcoming concerts will be updated at

http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com.