Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F featuring Gloria Cangahuala, piano
Chapter Marks:
00:00 Introduction
00:44 I. Allegro
14:56 II. Adagio - Andante con moto
28:24 III. Allegro agitato
To view the concert program:
drive.google.com/file/d/1l-Bh_F8BdB5W2MggI0WPqxIwSRNI5QJn/view?usp=sharing
To watch the entire full concert video:
th-cam.com/video/Xl6qLcjA5zU/w-d-xo.html
Gloria Cangahuala has played both piano and violin since the age of four. She has been a violinist with Claremont Symphony Orchestra for 22 years and is in her 14th season as its concertmaster; she is also an on-call violinist with various other ensembles in the Los Angeles/Inland Empire area, including Redlands Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Cangahuala has been the featured piano soloist twice before with CSO, performing Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor and Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 2. She is the former Executive Director of CSO; former Executive Director of the Claremont Youth Symphony Orchestra; and pianist, violinist, and cantor at Our Lady of the Assumption Church (OLA) in Claremont. She is also a composer and in March 2020 attended the world premiere of one of her choral compositions in upstate New York. She also writes psalm settings, which are used regularly at OLA and at other local Catholic churches.
Ms. Cangahuala is a competitive crossword puzzle enthusiast, and she and her husband Alberto are the 2017 and 2018 pairs champions of the Los Angeles Crossword Puzzle Tournament; the 2019 pairs champions of the Boswords (Boston) Crossword Puzzle Tournament; and the 2020, 2021, and 2022 pairs champions of the Finger Lakes (Ithaca) Crossword Competition. Ms. Cangahuala graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Management Information Technology and a Minor in Music and holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She and Alberto live in Claremont.
Conductor Dr. Robert Sage
The orchestra is currently composed of about 70 talented volunteer musicians from numerous locations around Southern California, dedicating their time and talents to provide musically enriching, free concerts for Claremont, the Pomona Valley, the San Gabriel Valley, and the Inland Empire.
The Claremont Symphony Orchestra is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and a member of the Chambers of Commerce for the cities of Claremont, Glendora, La Verne, Pomona, San Dimas, and Upland.
The CSO can be reached at (909) 596-5979 or claremont.symphony.orchestra@gmail.com.
Video production by
David Van Brunt
Executive Director of CYSO
Original Sound:
Thom Babich