Los Angeles Clarinet Choir

The Los Angeles Clarinet Choir, a group of 13 clarinetists performing on soprano, sopranino, alto, bass and contrabass instruments conducted by Margaret Thornhill and Victoria Ramos Dresel, will perform a concert of Big Band Hits from the Golden Era, featuring guest jazz drummer Bernie Dresel at the South Pasadena Public Library Community Room on Saturday, March 23, at 3:00 PM, 1115 El Centro St, South Pasadena, CA 91030. Admission is free.

The program includes the 1952 standard, “Bernie’s Tune” by Bernie Miller in a premiere arrangement by James McMillen, “Moonlight Serenade” by Glen Miller (1944), and “Mambo” from the musical, Westside Story by Leonard Bernstein (1957) arranged for clarinets by Michael Lowenstern, along with works for clarinet choir by Sammy Nestico, Masamicz Amano, Bernard Hermann, and Alexis Ciesla.