CLU concert features cello and violin
Violinist is part of Grammy-winning ensemble

THOUSAND OAKS, CA. - A Grammy-winning violinist will perform at the “Hungarian Goulash” concert at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, in Samuelson Chapel at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.

Violinist Lorenz Gamma and CLU faculty cellist Joyce Geeting will perform two major works for violin and cello. The pieces are the “Duo” by Zoltan Kodaly and the “Passacaglia,” Johan Halvorsen’s arrangement of a suite by George Frideric Handel. Geeting and her cello students will also play works by Halsey Stevens, David Popper and Béla Bartók.

Since 2001, Gamma has been first violinist with Southwest Chamber Music, which won Grammy Awards in 2004 and 2005. The group also was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for the 2006 ensemble work “Aura” by composer Chinary Ung. Born and educated in Switzerland, Gamma later studied in the United States and currently holds faculty positions at California Institute of the Arts and California State University, Long Beach. He has performed extensively throughout Europe and the United States.

Geeting has recently performed as soloist at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Author of “Janos Starker, King of Cellists,” she is the recipient of this year’s Book Publicists of Southern California IRWIN (Industry Recognition of Writers In the News) Award for Most Innovative Campaign.

The chapel is located south of Olsen Road near Campus Drive. A donation of $10 is suggested. For more information, call (805) 341-1249.