Santa Barbara Music Club presentsA Free Morning ConcertWednesday, March 10, 11 amFaulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library 40 East Anapamu Street
On March 10 the Santa Barbara Music Club will present a free morning concert featuring local musicians performing music by Novello, Rachmaninoff, Ramsay and Mozart. Performers will include the “Delightful Divas”: soprano Donna Gibbs, mezzo soprano Susan Kuhn and pianist John Sonquist playing intimate love songs by Ivor Novello. Mozart’s sprightly Andante and Rondo will follow, played by flutist Mary Jo Hartle and pianist Allen Bishop. Nichole Dechaine, soprano, and Egle Januleviciute will present “Three Sapphic Songs” by Santa Barbara composer William Ramsay. Finally, UCSB faculty members Geoffrey Rutkowski and Natasha Kislenko will play Rachmaninoff’s richly romantic cello sonata.