MELISSA MANCHESTER LEADS GROUP OF AREA MUSIC SHOWS.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Performances by Grammy-winning singer Melissa Manchester Melissa Manchester (born on February 15, 1951 at New York, New York) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Biography Manchester was born in the Bronx area of New York city to a musical family of Jewish descent. , several Antelope Valley bands and a classical trio are on tap for Lancaster audiences, beginning tonight. Manchester is scheduled to perform at 8 tonight at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , 750 W. Lancaster Blvd. Manchester is known for such hits as ``Midnight Blue,'' and ``Whenever I Call You Friend.'' In 1980, Manchester became the first artist to ever be nominated for two movie themes in the same year - ``Ice Castles'' and ``The Promise.'' Two years later, Manchester won a Grammy Award for best female vocalist for the song ``You Should Hear How She Talks About You.'' Tickets are $38 for orchestra seats and $35 for balcony. For more information, call (805) 723-5950. On Saturday, Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. will host Easy Rock 'N' Java at 8 p.m. in the cafeteria. The concert will feature The Dennis Russell Band, Tryptophan tryptophan (trĭp`təfăn), organic compound, one of the 20 amino acids commonly found in animal proteins. Only the l-stereoisomer appears in mammalian protein. Dyary and Test Flight, the college's rock band. The concert is sponsored by the college's commercial music department. Tickets are $5 at the door. At 8 p.m. Tuesday, Trio West will present an evening of classical music in a free concert at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center. The program is expected to include selections from Haydn and Beethoven. Sitting is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Trio West was founded in 1983 and is composed of cellist Barry Gold, and a husband and wife team - violinist Mark Baranov and pianist Lina Targonsky. Baranov trained in the Soviet Union and toured throughout Europe before coming to the United States in 1978. Baranov is a professor of violin at the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. . Gold, who began his music career with the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra, is now a professor of cello at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . Targonsky performed extensively in Russia before coming to the United States with her husband. Targonsky performed for the Philharmonic Chamber Music Society and is on the music faculty at Biola University in La Mirada. The concert is sponsored by the Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr. and the Los Angeles County Performing Arts Commission. |
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