News Release

KRV Campus

Join the CCCC Orchestra This Spring

January 8, 2007

Calling all musicians! The Cerro Coso Community College Kern River Valley Campus in Lake Isabella is offering Orchestra as a Community Education Class for the Spring 2007 Semester. Classes start January 22nd. The Orchestra performs a variety of styles of music – classical and semi-classical music, music from the stage and movies, popular music, music from around the world, and big-band/jazz arrangements. Students participate in two performances per semester. All students should be able to play all major scales and be able to read music. Woodwind or brass musicians should have at least one-year playing experience or instruction. String musicians should have at least three years playing experience or instruction or be able to play in third position.

This class, taught by Bruce Brady, will begin on January 22, 2007 and go through May 14, 2007. The class will meet on Monday evenings from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. in Room G of the Cerro Coso Lake Isabella Office. There is a class fee of $30. Students may register and pay the Community Education fees at the Cerro Coso Community College office located at 5520 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella during regular business hours.

Brady graduated in 1985 from Cal State University Northridge with a B.A. in Music. He taught eleven years in the public school system as a band/orchestra/choir instructor. Brady served as a Concert Master for the Kern Valley Community Orchestra (KVCO) for ten years and Assistant Conductor for the five years. He is currently the conductor of the KVCO and has taught the Cerro Coso Community Education Orchestra class for the past four years.

For more information on the Orchestra, contact the College at 379-5501.

For further information on News Release, contact: Joann Handeland, Director of Information, Development and Alumni Relations

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Joann Handeland, Director of Public Information (760) 384-6230