Naomi Alter
Randy Brinton
Monday, February 26, 2024
12 PM
Harpist Naomi Alter received her Bachelor of Music degree in harp at Oberlin Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Alice Chalifoux. She has studied with Jeanne Chalifoux at the Salzedo Harp Colony in Maine, and at Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts with Lucile Lawrence.
She has taught harp at Louisiana State University and performed with the Toledo, Baton Rouge, Poway, La Jolla, Palomar, Miracosta, North Coast, and Grossmont Symphonies, as well as numerous chamber, duo, choral, and church ensembles. She has been a recent harp concerto soloist with the Poway Symphony Orchestra, the New Mexico Performing Arts Society, the Los Angeles Song of the Angels Flute Orchestra, and the Crown City Symphony in Pasadena.
Since 1987, Naomi has performed at thousands of weddings and special events, concertizing and teaching harp in the San Diego area. She currently serves on the board of the American Harp Society – San Diego Chapter, whose mission includes increasing exposure of the San Diego community to our wonderful instrument and fostering excellence in its instruction to young aspiring harpists.
More information and sample music videos can be found at www.harpsandiego.com.
Randy Brinton will accompany Naomi on violin.
Randall began violin in his public schools’ music programs. He attended San Diego State University where he earned a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance. While a student there, he began his career with the San Diego Symphony. During a sabbatical leave he received a Masters in Orchestral Conducting from California State University, Long Beach.
Besides symphonic music, Randy has performed in most every other genre including opera, ballet, chamber music, and recording work. He has soloed with orchestra in the concertos of Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and Vivaldi. In addition to classical music, he is comfortable in rock, pop, and jazz settings.
Currently, he is concertmaster for both Coronado Philharmonia Orchestra and New City Sinfonia. This March he will solo with the Sinfonia in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4.
As conductor, Randy has served as Music Director of the Poway Community Symphony and was a two-time guest conductor of San Diego Unified School District’s Honor Orchestra. He was a staff conductor of Civic Youth Orchestra, and has recently coached and conducted for San Diego Unified School District, All About Music Youth Orchestra, the New City Sinfonia, and the Cabrillo Chamber Orchestra.
Alongside his performance career, Randy maintains a private teaching studio. He has prepared many young musicians for conservatory and university-level study, with former students continuing on to their own careers in music. Believing that music is for everyone, he also enjoys working with musicians of all ages studying for pure enrichment.
Now retired after a forty-one year tenure as violinist with the San Diego Symphony, Randy enjoys sharing his experience and talents with new musicians and audiences.
Free concerts at noon every Monday from fall through spring . . . no wonder the Mini-Concerts are the longest-running and one of the most popular classical music series at the library! This series was founded by Glenna Hazleton in 1970 at the Athenaeum, and has been going strong ever since. The concerts feature both local and touring musicians, prize-winning students, university music faculty members, local chamber ensembles. . . and the repertoire also includes jazz, folk and world music. There are no reservations, no tickets . . . just line up at the side door of the Athenaeum before noon. (Donations are always welcome!) Mini-Concerts take place every Monday at noon and last about an hour.
The concerts will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. There are no physical tickets for these events. Doors open at 11:50 a.m. Seating is first-come; first-served. These events will be presented in compliance with State of California and County of San Diego health regulations as applicable at the time of each concert.
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