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Sunday 6/14/15 Concert in Pacific Palisades

FEATURING DAVID SHOSTAC

with Leslie, Debbie, Terry, and Kay in support

June 14, 2015 at 2:30 pm the concert begins at the Riveria Country Club.

SUMMER CONCERT

THE FLUTESONIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

FEATURING DAVID SHOSTAC

Flutsonic Chamber Orchestra — photo by Joe Weinroth

WHEN: June 14, 2015

TIME: 2:30 PM

WHERE: Riviera Country Club

1250 Capri Dr.

Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

INFO: flutesonicchamberorchestra@gmail.com

Gordon Halligan (310) 402-7595

David Burns (213) 840-2310 TICKETS: $25 General seating

$40 Reserved seating

Featuring David Shostac

Questions: 1-310-402-7595 or

email: flutesonicchamberorchestra@gmal.com

The Flutesonic Chamber Orchestra, winner of the national auditions Greystone Concert series presents their summer concert featuring David Shostac. We are a full range, beautiful and unique orchestra: Performing baroque concertos, modern, and romantic works with absolute precision and the joy of life and beauty that great music holds.

Feature Works: Vivaldi, Telemann, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky Korsakov, Joaquin Rodrigo and Benjamin Godard.

The Orchestra is mostly flutes of all sizes and ranges. I am the only regular member playing a string instrument! The bass section includes me on string bass with Nancy Newman on contrabass flute and Roger Greene on contrabass clarinet. Roger doubles on harpsichord. It’s the most unusual bass section I’ve ever been in.

Our group has won the 2015-2016 Greystone Concerts in the Mansions Series National Auditions. Stay tuned for more exciting events by this top notch group featuring soloist David Shostac conducted by Gordon Halligan.

Here we are warming up for the audition in Beverly Hills.

New Song>>>>”Jaunty”

Big thanks to Billy Paul, Anand Bennett, Paul Chevalier for bringing cheer, creative spirit and strong musicianship to the OK Corral, Ranch Cabin Records recording room, Silverlake CA. Together with me on upright bass we crafted another instrumental.

Jaunty is the latest coming out May 2015

We welcome and encourage your replies

Rockin’ Band

Here we are!

MG and the Ghosts os Echo Park having fun gigging on the west side.

photo by Joe Weinroth — Marissa Gomez and the Ghosts of Echo Park

Marissa Gomez and the Ghosts of Echo Park have been developing material and an audience for sometime. It was fun to help them by filling in on the bass chair temporarily. The 1st recording of this band is coming out soon. I really like their sound. What a great night.

the bottom line

I like to think it’s important to keep learning new things. Working from the bottom up, lowest tones vibrating as composer Simon Garcia plays and conducts his modern compositions for bass ensembles from the bass .

This recording is something I produced at my own recording facility. Prominent bass part performed by me. Billy Paul is playing drums, CuiCui singing—-ev’rybody’s got the Fever!

Los Angeles Bass Club welcomes Simon Garcia

I'm all about that bass. Photo by Joe Weinroth. — I’m all about that bass. Photo by Joe Weinroth.

Sunday 5/10/15 Crown City Symphony

Concert today Mothers Day 2pm 75 N. Marengo old town Pasadena
CROWN CITY SYMPHONY free so come by with as many folks as you like!
It’s for 1 hour 2-3pm We like to stop the music before people start napping.

Brahms: Tragic Overture
Leo Delibes Ballet Suite from Sylvia

Jules Massenet Scenes Pittoresques – suite no. 4
Weber: Clarinet Concerto Soloist: Jim Stanley

Leslie at Crown City Symphony Concert, Pasadena

more orchestral images from recent past:

The Voice 5/5/15

It was a real pleasure to be on The Voice again backing last seasons winner Craig Wayne Boyd as part of the string section. We recorded and got to be on camera for the new original song he co-wrote with his manager, “I’m Still Here”.

Ellie Leah Leslie Ginger Amy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amxE80Zj1Ys

Studios do more make up on me than I usually do…..here’s the impromptu photo shoot Joe Weinroth had with me right after I was on The Voice featuring me and the friendly pit bulls.