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Ghost Orchid (2004)
Ethnic Mosaic (1 978)
Two Absinthian Dances (2003)
I - Submersion
I1 - Undertow
Four Characteristic Pieces (2002)
I - Eccentric
I1 - Nostalgic
III - Bureaucratic
IV - Academic
Re:pair for Flute and Bassoon (2001)
Repercussions and Reflections (2002)
Intermission
Please join us for a reception following the concert.
PROGRAM NOTES
Stephen Yip
Max Lifchitz
Anthony Wardzinski
William Toutant
Alex Shapiro
Daniel Kessner
Born in Los Angeles in 1946, Daniel Kessner received his, Ph.D. with Distinction at UCLA in 1971,
studying with Henri Lazarof. He joined the faculty at California State University, Northridge in 1970,
where he has taught composition and theory ever since. In 2001 he entered an early retirement program
which has him teaching every other semester. He has written 90 compositions to date, which have
received more than 450 performances worldwide, and of which 15 have been commercially recorded.
Recipient of numerous prizes, including the Queen Marie-Jose Prize in Geneva, he was honored last
year with an appointment as Fulbright Senior Scholar to lecture at the Musikhochschule in Trossingen,
Germany.
A native Californian, Anthony Wardzinski was born in Northridge in 1973. He studied composition
with Daniel Kessner, Mark Bobak and George Heussenstamm at California State University, Northridge
receiving his Bachelor of Music, Cum Laude in 1997 and completed his Master of Music, with Distinc-
tion in 2000. Mr. Wardzinski is an active performer on the bassoon, mostly playing contemporary
chamber works in the Los Angeles and Conejo Valley area. His primary teacher was Michele Grego of