Cerritos College News Releases -- October 2007

WHAT:Cerritos College will welcome special guest Sergey Martinchuk in a piano concert including works by Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Liszt and Schumann on Saturday, Oct. 13. Martinchuk is currently a faculty member at California State University Fullerton and has performed in piano concerts worldwide.

Sergey Martinchuk began his piano studies at the music academy in the Ukraine at the age of seven, receiving instruction in solfege, music theory, and ear training. At age 11, he was selected to be interviewed by and to perform on the public radio in the Crimean region of the Ukraine. Having won a number of competitions for young performers, Martinchuk graduated from the music academy with top honors and moved to the United States. He received his Master of Music degree in piano performance from University of California Los Angeles, and went on to obtain a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from the University of California Santa Barbara. He also holds an artist diploma from the music academy in the Ukraine. His teachers have included Irina Chumazenko of the Ukraine, Elena Beckman of Israel and Vitaly Margulis of the United States.

Martinchuk has taught piano and music courses at Irvine Valley College, Master's College in Santa Clarita, Calif., Westmont College in Santa Barbara, and at the University of California Santa Barbara. He joined the faculty of the California State University, Fullerton in 2001. He has also taught master classes and adjudicated competitions in the United States and abroad.

Martinchuk has performed live on the radio and television in Europe and in the United States. During the summer of 2004 he played a sold-out concert in the city of Yanji, People's Republic of China, a performance highly praised in the Yanbian Daily, the city newspaper. He also delivered a well-received lecture-recital at the University of Yanbian in the city of Yanji and taught a master class, for which the university honored him with a commendation certificate and the rank of a visiting professor. He is currently working with a Ukrainian agency to arrange an upcoming concert tour.

Martinchuk's recent performances on the radio include a solo recital broadcasted on KKSM 1320AM and Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto with the West Coast Symphony on classical 93.7 KDB.

WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 13, 7 p.m.

WHERE: Burnight Center building, room BC-51
Cerritos College
11110 Alondra Blvd.
Norwalk, CA 90650

A map of the campus is available at www.cerritos.edu/guide. Parking is free on weekends.

COST: General admission tickets are $10. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors with ID.

CONTACT: For ticket information, contact the Music Department office at (562) 860-2451 ext. 2629.

Cerritos College serves as a comprehensive community college for southeastern Los Angeles County. Communities within the college's district include Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, La Mirada, Norwalk, and portions of Bell Gardens, Lakewood, Long Beach, Santa Fe Springs and South Gate. Cerritos College offers degrees and certificates in more than 180 areas of study in nine divisions. Annually, more than 1,200 students successfully complete their course of studies, and enrollment currently averages nearly 20,000 students. Visit Cerritos College online at http://www.cerritos.edu/.

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Cerritos College

Releases 2007