Concert

The Burbank Community Band will present a free concert at 7 p.m. Feb. 16 in the Burbank High School Auditorium, 902 N. Third St. This is the first public concert by the band in more than 10 years, outside of the annual Veterans' Day, Memorial Day and Flag Day performances. The program will include standard concert numbers - overtures, marches and familiar tunes including a “Salute to Bob Hope” with songs such as “Buttons and Bows,” “Moonlight Becomes You” and, of course, “Thanks for the Memories.” A free-will offering will be solicited to cover renting the auditorium.

It was a cold and windy Thursday at the Americana at Brand for the Glendale Renaissance Orchestra’s inaugural concert of their four-concert series. Still, that didn’t deter an eager, though somewhat thin, crowd from turning out to see the orchestra’s first performance that presented an hour of music with vocal stars soprano Dale Kristien and tenor Joseph Pokorski, all led by its conductor, Steven Goldstein. The chilly temperatures caused instrument pitch and intonation difficulties.

Jenna Bordelon LOS ANGELES -- The oldest performing arts group in the valley, The Burbank Chorale, will perform a holiday concert at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 in the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles. The chorale, formed in 1920, will sing a variety of songs including Benjamin Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols." The night will end with a traditional audience sing-along. The concert is funded in part by the city's PerformArts Grant Awards Program.

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, a collection of professional studio musicians, keeps it fresh this season by including new, young voices in its classical and cross-genre repertoire. In last Saturday night’s show at the Alex Theatre, a superb piece by 28-year-old composer Nico Muhly was featured, as well as a brand-new mandolin concerto composed and performed by the astounding Chris Thile, also 28. Upon hearing Muhly’s “By All Means,” a piece commissioned by the Juilliard School and the Royal Academy of Music, it was easy to see why Muhly is often called upon to compose film soundtracks (most notably for the Oscar-nominated “The Reader”)

Joyce Rudolph GLENDALE -- A feast of concertos from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries are nestled into the next concert of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra at 8 p.m. Saturday at The Alex Theatre in Glendale. Music Director Jeffrey Kahane will lead the orchestra and perform as soloist in Mozart's Piano concerto No. 21 in C Major, K.467. Flutist David Shostac will be the soloist in Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K.314. Also on the program are Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, op. 11, which features internationally renowned hornist and LACO's principal horn Richard Todd, and Hindemith's Kammermusik No. 3 with principal cellist Doug Davis as soloist.

Joyce Rudolph GLENDALE -- Flutist Debra Reuter-Pivetta will be featured in the final concert of the season for the Glendale Community Concert Assn. at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 1, in the Glendale High School Auditorium, 1440 E. Broadway. Reuter-Pivetta has had a diverse career as a soloist, chamber artist, orchestral player and teacher. She has received prizes in numerous competitions and has performed as a concert soloist with many orchestras in the United States and Europe.

Internation- ally renowned recording artist Steve Hall will appear in concert at 4 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Burbank First United Methodist Church. "A Grand Concert with Steve Hall" will feature "Claire de Lune/Jesus Loves Me," "I Believe/The Impossible Dream," "The Lord's Prayer," a "West Side Story" medley and more. Hall has been playing the piano since he was 5, having been classically trained until he was 15. He enjoyed a successful management career in banking, and became known as The Banker with a Beat.

Friends of the Glendale Symphony Orchestra will receive a discount on tickets for the concert featuring Luciano Pavarotti at the Great Western Forum Friday, Feb. 11. The symphony will accompany Pavarotti in this Los Angeles performance, his first in Los Angeles since 1995. A 10% discount is available for Friends of the Symphony on the top three prices when ordering by phone or online. For every ticket ordered, a donation will be made to the symphony.

JOYCE RUDOLPH Actor Dick Van Patten, star of the TV series "Eight is Enough," is the celebrity guest at the Glendale Symphony Orchestra's holiday concert. He will be narrating "The Night Before Christmas," Executive Director Diane Hedrick said. "A Christmas Celebration" will be at 8 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Alex Theatre in Glendale. Directed by Maestro Norman Henry Mamey, the orchestra will present the concert as a holiday gift of music to the community.