Concert Report

I recently attended a recital for the Les Merrill Quartet at Santa Ana College. The concert took place on Friday October 4th, 2002, at 12:30pm in the Fine Arts Building, C-104. Concerts/Performances such as this seemed to be performed weekly; I believe it’s meant to be more like a public recital. The performance was sponsored by SCC. The performers were as follows; Les Merrill (drums), Brian Kehlenbach (piano/conductor), Melody Versoza (vocals), and Ruben …

…a nice change and enjoyed my experience. I learned more than I ever new about Harold Arlen and that he played a large roll in the music played on the Wizard of Oz and many other famous early movies. Along with my new found interest in the percussion portion of a musical performance and the amount of skill needed to have each ligament providing a different beat and movement with a variety of percussion instruments.