It’s music to your ears at Santa Monica College, where spring inevitably brings string concerts.
The concerts will be held in the college’s Concert Hall at 1900 Pico Blvd., except for the March 20 “String Theory” concert, which will be held at Lincoln Middle School Auditorium, located at 1501 California Ave. in Santa Monica.
The lineup will include: ■March 16 at 11:15 a.m.: Flute Recital, featuring Peter Sheridan of the UCLA Flute Ensemble, performing American composer Henry Brant’s dark and jazzy Angels and Devils. (Free.) ■March 19 at 7 and 9 p.m. Jazz: Theo Saunders Sextet. (Tickets are $10.) ■March 20 at 8 p.m.: “String Theory,” a full-length postmodern dance performance accompanied by jazz music from three different eras and featuring three New York dancers, three Plexiglas boxes and red string employed to explore constraint, power struggles, compromise and trust. Lincoln Middle School Auditorium, 1501 California Ave., Santa Monica. (Tickets are $10.) ■March 21 at 7 p.m.: SMC Opera Theater Presents Patti Gallagher and Donald Fredrickson in Concert. The benefit concert for the SMC Opera Theater will feature selections from favorite operas and musicals. (Tickets are $16.) ■March 30 at 11:15 a.m.: Schubert Concerts, the first in a week-long celebration of the career of Franz Schubert. (Free.) For tickets and more information, call (310) 434-3000 or (310) 434-4323.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 11, 2004. Read the original PDF.