Online Concerts
Dear Friend of the Orchestra,
Our lives are moved inside and on-line because of COVID 19. With public concerts now closed, we miss you as our
audience in Culver City, and Marina del Rey, sharing the music we present. In our efforts to adapt to the continuing
safer at home requirements, we embark on sharing on-line concerts of musicians who are members, friends,
associates, and concerto competition winners of the Orchestra. We hope these outstanding musical events will help to
carry us through these times until we are once again able to present live concerts.
Next Event: Saturday May 8, 2021 at 7:00pm, Abriana Church, Piano
Abriana Church’s all-Liszt program will premiere on the Culver City Symphony Orchestra YouTube channel on
Saturday, May 8 at 7:00pm Pacific. The varied program includes the six Paganini Etudes, Liszt’s transcription of
Schubert’s "Der Müller und der Bach", and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12.
Abriana was the winner in the Senior Division of the Orchestra’s 2019 Parness Concerto Competition, impressing the
judges with her performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Typically, as part of the prize, she would have
performed the Concerto with the Orchestra during our 2020-21 season. Plans changed, and we look forward to
featuring Abriana in a future concert. Meanwhile, please enjoy this delightful exploration of a wide range of Liszt’s
virtuosic piano works
For a preview of the recital, see PREVIEW
The premiere will be on May 8 at 7:00pm at PREMIERE and will continue to be available for later
viewing at your convenience.
ABOUT ABRIANA CHURCH::
Although born in Arizona, Abriana Church has lived in Idaho most of her life. Since starting piano at the age of six, Ms.
Church has gone on to win numerous competitions, many of which helped pave the way for her blossoming career. Her
third prize win at the 2016 MTNA Nationals held in San Antonio, Texas was one such highlight, as was her first prize in
the 2019 Parness Concerto Competition.
Despite her success with competitions, Abriana finds the greatest amount of joy when sharing her music with eager
concertgoers. She has given solo performances in Sun Valley, Portland, Washington, and California, including a joint
concert with Dr. Indrek Laul, Juilliard doctorate and CEO and proprietor of Estonia Piano Factory. Ms. Church hopes to
continue bringing classical music to people through concertizing and teaching. More than anything, she loves to glorify
Christ her Savior through His wondrous gift of music.
Our lives are moved inside and on-line because of COVID 19. With public concerts now closed, we miss you as our
audience in Culver City, and Marina del Rey, sharing the music we present. In our efforts to adapt to the continuing
safer at home requirements, we embark on sharing on-line concerts of musicians who are members, friends,
associates, and concerto competition winners of the Orchestra. We hope these outstanding musical events will help to
carry us through these times until we are once again able to present live concerts.
Next Event: Saturday May 8, 2021 at 7:00pm, Abriana Church, Piano
Abriana Church’s all-Liszt program will premiere on the Culver City Symphony Orchestra YouTube channel on
Saturday, May 8 at 7:00pm Pacific. The varied program includes the six Paganini Etudes, Liszt’s transcription of
Schubert’s "Der Müller und der Bach", and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12.
Abriana was the winner in the Senior Division of the Orchestra’s 2019 Parness Concerto Competition, impressing the
judges with her performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Typically, as part of the prize, she would have
performed the Concerto with the Orchestra during our 2020-21 season. Plans changed, and we look forward to
featuring Abriana in a future concert. Meanwhile, please enjoy this delightful exploration of a wide range of Liszt’s
virtuosic piano works
For a preview of the recital, see PREVIEW
The premiere will be on May 8 at 7:00pm at PREMIERE and will continue to be available for later
viewing at your convenience.
ABOUT ABRIANA CHURCH::
Although born in Arizona, Abriana Church has lived in Idaho most of her life. Since starting piano at the age of six, Ms.
Church has gone on to win numerous competitions, many of which helped pave the way for her blossoming career. Her
third prize win at the 2016 MTNA Nationals held in San Antonio, Texas was one such highlight, as was her first prize in
the 2019 Parness Concerto Competition.
Despite her success with competitions, Abriana finds the greatest amount of joy when sharing her music with eager
concertgoers. She has given solo performances in Sun Valley, Portland, Washington, and California, including a joint
concert with Dr. Indrek Laul, Juilliard doctorate and CEO and proprietor of Estonia Piano Factory. Ms. Church hopes to
continue bringing classical music to people through concertizing and teaching. More than anything, she loves to glorify
Christ her Savior through His wondrous gift of music.
Abriana's recital is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board
of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture.
Previous Events:
On Saturday December 19, Rufus Choi, Piano, presented an exhilarating performance of Bach’s Chaconne in D minor
(arr. Busoni) and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. This is available on the Orchestra's YouTube channel LINK.
On Friday July 31, Orchestra Music Director and Conductor Frank Fetta collaborated with cellist
Ruslan Biryukov to present a program produced by the Redlands Bowl of Cool Classics for Cello and Piano, with well-
known works by Rossini, Gershwin, Fauré, Rachmaninoff, and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The event was presented by The Redlands Bowl and can be viewed on
•Their YouTube channel LINK •Their Facebook page LINK •For more information LINK
On Saturday, July 25, musicians from the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra presented LACO’s
second SummerFest concert. Principal Clarinet Joshua Ranz performed Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet with a string
quartet that includes our principal guest conductor, Andrew Shulman, as cellist.
For those of you who were able to attend our CCSO May, 2019 concert at Covenant Presbyterian Church, this will be
very familiar – on that occasion Joshua performed the Mozart and Brahms Clarinet Quintets with almost the same
group of string players.This concert is presented by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and is available live on their
YouTube channel Mozart and Facebook page.
We look forward to the day when we can meet again.
Board of Directors
SoCal Symphony Society
Stephen Turk, President
Culver City Symphony Orchestra
On Saturday December 19, Rufus Choi, Piano, presented an exhilarating performance of Bach’s Chaconne in D minor
(arr. Busoni) and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. This is available on the Orchestra's YouTube channel LINK.
On Friday July 31, Orchestra Music Director and Conductor Frank Fetta collaborated with cellist
Ruslan Biryukov to present a program produced by the Redlands Bowl of Cool Classics for Cello and Piano, with well-
known works by Rossini, Gershwin, Fauré, Rachmaninoff, and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The event was presented by The Redlands Bowl and can be viewed on
•Their YouTube channel LINK •Their Facebook page LINK •For more information LINK
On Saturday, July 25, musicians from the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra presented LACO’s
second SummerFest concert. Principal Clarinet Joshua Ranz performed Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet with a string
quartet that includes our principal guest conductor, Andrew Shulman, as cellist.
For those of you who were able to attend our CCSO May, 2019 concert at Covenant Presbyterian Church, this will be
very familiar – on that occasion Joshua performed the Mozart and Brahms Clarinet Quintets with almost the same
group of string players.This concert is presented by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and is available live on their
YouTube channel Mozart and Facebook page.
We look forward to the day when we can meet again.
Board of Directors
SoCal Symphony Society
Stephen Turk, President
Culver City Symphony Orchestra