Adriana Zoppo, leader of Ergo Musica (viola d’amore) and Shanon Zusman (viola da gamba) will be performing for the free admission Glendale Noon Concerts on Wednesday, June 17 from 12:10 p.m. to 12:40 p.m. The performance will take place at the sanctuary of Glendale City Church, 610 E. California Ave. in Glendale.

The pair will be performing a baroque program of works by John Jenkins (1592 – 1678), Christopher Simpson (ca.1605 – 1669), Attilio Ariosti (1666 – ca.1729) and Johann Schop (1590 – 1667).

In addition to the viola d’amore, Adriana Zoppo performs on violin, viola, baroque violin and baroque viola. Director/curator of the Glendale Noon Concerts’ early music sub-series, Zoppo, with Ergo Musica, is heard there frequently. 

Previously a member of the Carmel Bach Festival, she plays with the original instrument ensembles Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, Los Angeles Baroque Players, Bach Collegium San Diego and the Corona del Mar Baroque Festival, where she has appeared as viola d’amore soloist. She has also played regularly with the Santa Barbara, New West, Pacific, Long Beach and Pasadena symphonies, the St. Matthew Chamber Orchestra and other local ensembles. 

Zoppo plays for film, TV, solo artist recordings and live shows of all musical styles and genres.

Shanon Zusman is an adjunct professor of viola da gamba and violone at the University of Southern California and Claremont Graduate University. He holds a doctorate in musical arts in early music performance from the USC Thornton School of Music, where he studied with James Tyler. Zusman became interested in early music and the history of the double bass in particular while studying with José Vázquez in Vienna, Austria on a Fulbright grant. He has appeared with the Bach Collegium San Diego, Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, Camerata Pacifica Baroque, Los Angeles Bach Society, Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra and Concordia Clarimontis. Zusman has taught at the national Conclave of the Viola da Gamba Society of America since 2006 and coaches the Southern California chapter of the society Viols/West. He also teaches courses in music appreciation and music fundamentals at Santa Monica College and College of the Canyons.

GNC is  celebrating 18 years 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.