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Edendale Up Close Presents: Hortus Musicus

Hortus Musicus, a musical quartet, performing on a baroque flute, baroque oboe, harpsichord, and viola da gamba

Date(s):

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Time:

6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Location:

Community Room

Type:

In Person

Audience:

Language:

English

Description:

Join us for our next Edendale Up Close performance—Hortus Musicus, featuring Dr. Paul Sherman (baroque oboe), Dr. Asunción Ojeda (baroque flute), Dr. Adan Fernandez (harpsichord) and Jim Garafalo (viola da gamba). They will be performing baroque trio sonatas by Telemann, Quantz, Purcell, Dornel, and Michel de La Barre.

Dr. Paul Sherman is on the faculty of Glendale Community College. He has appeared with the LA Chamber Orchestra, the LA Philharmonic, Musica Angelica, and many other orchestras in California and the Southwest.

Flutist Dr. Asunción Ojeda has performed with various California ensembles, including the Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, Nimbus Ensemble, and the Filipino American Symphony Orchestra. She is currently a musicianship instructor with the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, was recently an adjunct lecturer at CSU Long Beach, and was a music teacher with the Los Angeles Unified School District Arts Education Branch. She is also an active member of World Kulintang Institute Ensemble, an organization devoted to the preservation of traditional kulintang music from the southern Philippines.

Dr. Adan Fernandez is the artistic director of the Glendale Youth Symphony, director of music at Holy Family Catholic Church, and is on the faculty of both the Colburn School and Glendale Community College.

As a bassist, Jim Garafalo has played on many TV and film scores, and has performed with local orchestras such as the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic and the Santa Monica Symphony. On viola da gamba he worked extensively with flutist Tony Brazier and the late harpsichordist Suzanne Shapiro. He has also performed with Suite Royale, the Los Angeles Baroque Players, and Ergo Musica.

Email eden@lapl.org for more information.

 

For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

Para ajustes razonables según la ley de ADA, llama al (213) 228-7430 al menos 72 horas antes del evento.

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