On Dec. 4 from 12:10 p.m. to 12:40 p.m., the free admission Glendale Noon Concerts will feature violinist Sakura Tsai and pianist Natalia Hudson performing works by Edvard Grieg and Germaine Tailleferre. They will perform in the sanctuary of Glendale City Church, 610 E. California Ave. 

Violinist and educator Sakura Tsai enjoys a multifaceted career having performed nationally and internationally as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician.

A native of Southern California, Dr. Tsai earned degrees (B.M., M.M., and D.M.A.) in violin performance from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music where she was honored the prestigious Order of Areté and became a member of Pi Kappa Lambda. Her mentors and teachers included Midori Goto, Kathleen Winkler, Hagai Shaham, and Alice Schoenfeld. Additional fields of study while pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree included music theory and analysis, violin pedagogy with Endre Granat, and kinesiology.

Natalia Hudson has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the U.S. and Europe in numerous festivals and concerts, including the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, First Night Charleston, the International Piano Series, the Young Artist Concert Series, the Drayton Hall, the LACC, and Moreno Valley College Concert Series. A native of South Carolina, Hudson was awarded the Isabella Mebane Piano Performance Scholarship to pursue a performance degree under Uruguayan pianist Enrique Graf at the College of Charleston. She continued her artist education at the Conservatory in Madrid, Spain under German-born pianist, Uta Weyand. Her other main influences include Vitalij Margulis (Ukraine), Ilana Vered (Israel), and Oxana Yablonskaya (Russia/Israel). 

She received her master’s degree from the University of Southern California and has participated in the World Piano Pedagogy (WPPC), MTNA and Focus on Piano Literature conferences. She is also skilled at teaching in Spanish, and has taught master classes, private lessons and dual-immersion classes in Spanish and English. A member of the California and National Music Teacher Associations, Hudson is a sought-after teacher, jurying competitions and conducting lessons and master classes in numerous music schools and festivals. She currently teaches at her private piano studio, Hudson Conservatory, and serves on the piano faculty at Colburn School of Performing Arts in downtown Los Angeles.

Complete concert info and the links to past streamsare posted at

http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com/