On March 19, the free admission Glendale Noon Concerts will feature composer-flutist Daniel Kessner and pianist Suzanne Julian. They will be performing works by Gabriel Fauré, Frédéric Chopin, Daniel Kessner and Philippe Gaubert. 

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-José 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 and retired in 2006 after a career of 36 years teaching composition, music theory and directing various ensembles.

Suzanne Julian was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Sherman Oaks where she began private piano study with Erma Bassett and Louise Meacham and, later, as a student at CSUN, with Adrian Ruiz and Jakob Gimpel. She received both her B.A. in music and her M.A. in piano performance from CSUN, during which time she was the recipient of various awards in piano performance, chamber music, music composition and student teaching.  She has taught applied and class piano, music theory and appreciation, and served as an accompanist at CSUN, Moorpark College, East Los Angeles College, Pasadena City College and Los Angeles Valley College.  Julian maintained a private piano studio for many years and has performed chamber music, solo piano recitals, and with orchestra at numerous colleges and private homes in Southern California. She is currently retired and refocusing on piano performance.

Performances of the free admission Glendale Noon Concerts series are in the sanctuary of Glendale City Church, 610 E. California Ave. in Glendale.

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