The Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library’s Restoration Concert Series continues on Sunday, Jan. 15, with the Arroyo Chamber Players’ Brendan Speltz on violin, Connie Kupka on viola, David Speltz on cello, and Dominic Cheli on piano.
The program begins at 4 p.m. and includes music by Mozart, Beethoven and Fauré.
Brendan Speltz, a Los Angeles native and son of musician parents, has performed around the globe with world-renowned musicians, most recently at the prestigious Kneisel Hall, in Blue Hill, Maine, the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, and the Skytop Music Festival in Pennsylvania. An avid chamber musician, Speltz has performed on established professional chamber music series including the Los Angeles based Pacific Serenades and the South Bay Chamber Music Society.
Connie Kupka, a native of Southern California, grew up in a music-loving family. She has performed at the Santa Fe and Grand Canyon chamber music festivals, the Mostly Mozart and Oregon Bach festivals, and the Ojai, the Colorado and the Sedona festivals. In Los Angeles, she regularly performs on the South Bay Chamber Music Society and Pacific Serenades series.
David Speltz began his formal studies with Eleanore Schoenfeld after being introduced to the cello by his father. Later, he joined the Gregor Piatigorsky Master Class at USC. He has been active for years on many Los Angeles chamber music series and participated in summer festivals throughout the United States. David was a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra under Sir Neville Marriner, and served as principal cellist of the California Chamber Orchestra under Henri Temianka.
Daniel Anastasio is a soloist and chamber musician based in San Antonio, Texas. He was a concerto competition finalist at Cornell University, Stony Brook University, and Juilliard, where he won the Mieczyslaw Munz Scholarship. He is the co-founder of Unheard-of//Ensemble, a group dedicated to commissioning composers and premiering their works and is a member of Agarita, a chamber ensemble dedicated to making classical music accessible to everyone in San Antonio.
The concert is being held at the Library Community Room at 1115 El Centro St. in South Pasadena. Tickets at the door are $20.
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination and valid identification must be shown at the door and masks must be worn at all times.
For more information, call (626) 799-6333 or visit www.friendsofsopaslibrary.org/restoration-concerts.
The South Pasadena Public Library is at 1115 El Centro Street in South Pasadena.
