CONCERTS at RHUMC

Rolling Hills United Methodist Church shares the gift of great music with the congregation and the community with a variety of concerts during the year.

• RHUMC Chancel Choir and Orchestra perform annual Christmas and Easter concerts.
• Main Concert Series - The RHUMC Concert Series Committee offers the congregation and the community major evening concerts fall and spring.
• Sundays At Two - RHUMC Music Director Chuck Dickerson serves as Artistic Advisor for the series of free afternoon 40-minute recitals and chamber music concerts typically on the second Sundays of the month from September through June, except December and sometimes the month of Easter, when there are other musical offerings at RHUMC. See the season schedule by clicking here, and find information on the upcoming Second Sundays At Two concerts below.
• The annual congregation Thanksgiving Dinner on the Saturday evening before Thanksgiving offers after-dinner musical entertainment, which in past years presented singers from Los Angeles Opera.

Upcoming concerts are listed below. See the concerts recently presented by clicking here.

THIS MONTH & UPCOMING CONCERTS

ROLLING HILLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday, May 6, 2012 – 2:00 p.m.

Sundays At Two

presents

STEVEN VANHAUWAERT piano

"impressive clarity, sense of structure and monster technique" Los Angeles Times

Grand-Prize winner of the 2004 Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, Belgian pianist Steven Vanhauwaert earned his Master of Music degree from the Royal Conservatory in Brussels and continued his graduate studies at the USC Thornton School. Steven won the USC Concerto Competition with the Schumann Concerto and performed it with the USC Thornton Symphony under the baton of Carl St. Clair. He has also performed as concerto soloist with the Pacific, Flemish, Bryan, Auburn, and Peninsula Symphonies, the Eastern Sierra Chamber Orchestra, and Prima la Musica, amongst others. His China tour in June 2010, culminating with a debut at the renowned National Performing Center for the Arts in Beijing, was received with great critical acclaim. Steven is a two-time Beverly Hills Auditions Winner and frequent pianist on the acclaimed Jacaranda series.

The repertoire for Steven's recital will complement the program he will perform the previous Friday at 12:15 p.m. on Trinity Lutheran, Manhattan Beach's "Bach's Lunch" recital series. For information, click here.

Free Admission—Donations Appreciated

ROLLING HILLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday, June 10, 2012 – 2:00 p.m.

Sundays At Two
Season Finale!

Pianist ROBERT EDWARD THIES

Internationally renowned concert pianist and favorite of Southland piano aficionados, Los Angeles-based Robert Edward Thies is Gold-Medal winner of the Second International Prokofiev Competition in St. Petersburg, Russia. Robert has performed worldwide with over forty orchestras including the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Liepaja Symphony (Latvia), Mexico City Philharmonic, the National Symphony of Mexico, Auckland Philharmonia (New Zealand), Louisville Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Pasadena Symphony, and the Naples Philharmonic., to name just some. A graduate of USC, his teachers have included Robert Turner and Daniel Pollack, both protégés of the legendary Russian pedagogue and pianist Madame Rosina Lhevinne and the great pianist Josef Lhevinne. Robert has a huge and avid Southern California following. He is returning to the Palos Verdes Peninsula where he grew up for this special Season Finale of the Sundays At Two series, which he opened in September 2009 in a memorable concert to a packed house.

Free Admission—Donations Appreciated

iPalpiti ORCHESTRA
EDUARD SCHMIEDER Music Director & Conductor

15th Annual
iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates

Festival Preview Concert

ROLLING HILLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Saturday, July 21, 2012 — 7:30 p.m.
Performing Selections from the Festival Programs

Maestro Edward Schmieder iPalpiti in Walt Disney Concert Hall, July 2011 - photo by Dana Ross

"... Eduard Schmieder, the founder of the admirable iPalpiti, believes that music remains a functional universal language. Schmieder is an authoritative conductor. A tall and serious Russian of the old school, he goes in for intense expression and dug-in string sonorities..."

Mark Swed, Chief Music Critic, Los Angeles Times (2010)

The orchestra iPalpiti (ee-PAHL-pit-ee, Italian for "heartbeats") is unique in the world in that it draws its members from top prize-winning laureates of international competitions. iPalpiti has played to great acclaim in leading concert halls around the world. Approximately 30 artists will arrive in Los Angeles from over 20 countries for the annual iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates. Concerts take place at various venues throughout the Southland and culminate in an evening concert by the full orchestra in the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Read about the remarkable assemblage of talented artists by clicking here.
 

Tickets: $10 / $5 for students