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Doug Forbes | 10-HR Bach Marathon | Union Station | Location A by TRAXX Restaurant

Doug Forbes plays BASS, RHYTHM GUITAR, or KEYBOARDS in Neptune Cocktail, Jazz Continental, City Beat, Richie Freedman’s Cool Blue, The Ray Atwan Big Band, Crown City Symphony, Second Strings Orchestra, Pasadena Summer Youth Chamber Orchestra and sings in Lake Ave Church Sanctuary Choir. He has also worked with The Rex Merriweather Big Band, Big Band Theory, Point Doom, Jetpack, Woody James Big Band, Dusty Watson’s Califonia Sons, The Boardwalkers, John Blair – Marty Tippens Band, Flowmasters, The Fabulous Planktones / Hot Plankton, The Marauders, Outerwave, The Detonators, The Insect Surfers, Don and the Surftones, Buckskin Drive, Longboard Ranch,Pat Logo’s Swingin’ Little Big Band, The Clyde Reasinger Big Band, Off The Record, The Verdugo Swing Trio, The LAPD band, The Jim and Tina Starr Review, David Moscoe and Gary Gibbons, The Pay-It-Forward Band, The Buzz Maddox Octet, The Verdugo Swing Society, The Angeles Chorale, The Emi Gilbert Jazz Quartet, The Leroy Lovett Band, The Glenn Johnson Jazz Band, Lake Ave Church Chamber Orchestra, Glendale Community Symphony, The Wilkinson Dance Band, The Live 45’s, The Surfrockets, The Soundwaves, The Radio Station Jazz Octet and has played in professional productions of “The Music Man”,”Smokey Joe’s Cafe”, “City of Angels”, “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum”, “Good News” and “Pajama Game”.   Doug has been in bands sporadically since 1963 playing many times at the Hullabaloo club and The Hollywood Palladium while in Jr. High School. After a 35 year hiatus he’s back playing electric and upright bass, guitar and keyboards. During High School he designed and built a fuzztone used by Jimi James in 1967 and adapted the artificial larynx for use with guitar, which was the first talkbox for guitar and became a commercial product known as “The Bag”. He attended Cal Tech and worked at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the Space Sciences Division. He has worked for or consulted with Marantz, BGW, Fender, Lucasfilm, AMC, Paramount Pictures, Eastman Kodak, Hydraulic Research, Foxboro, Magic Mountain, Electromart, Pacific Stereo and others. He is a retired professor from College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita where he taught Computer Science, Electronics, and Music Technology.

Doug Forbes will be part of the ensemble performing the Brandenburg No. 3, the final performance of the Bach marathon at Union Station.

Enlightenment Music Series | 10-HR Bach Marathon | Union Station | Location A by TRAXX Restaurant

Enlightenment Music Series will be at Union Station’s Grand Waiting Hall at 1:00pm-1:50pm. PROGRAM: Orchestral Suite No.2 Brandenburg Concerto No.4 Double Violin Concerto.

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Since our inaugural concert in 2006, the Enlightenment Music Series has been dedicated to bringing audiences the finest performances of chamber music repertoire, dating as far back as the Renaissance and continuing through the centuries to the finest works of our time. The series presents free concerts for listeners ranging from connoisseurs to chamber music newcomers of all ages, providing listeners a comprehensive perspective on the art of chamber music. The performing artists of Enlightenment Music Series are multi-generational expert chamber musicians, soloists, and recording artists.

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Suzuki Program of Los Angeles | Lake Balboa by the Playground

Students and Teachers will be performing Bach Duos at Lake Balboa by the Playground. Suzuki Music Program of Los Angeles

The Suzuki Music Program of Los Angeles (SMPLA) is an association of music teachers who use the Suzuki Method™ to teach violin, viola, and guitar to children of all ages, and to provide musical enrichment experiences to children ages one to three through the Suzuki Early Childhood Education program.
The SMPLA Mission is to: “provide a positive environment where children find joy in making music together, where they are eager to learn and motivated to practice, and where they reach a high level of competence in the Suzuki repertoire and in other musical genres.”

Students and Teachers will be performing Bach Duos at Lake Balboa by the Playground. Suzuki Music Program of Los Angeles

The Suzuki Music Program of Los Angeles (SMPLA) is an association of music teachers who use the Suzuki Method™ to teach violin, viola, and guitar to children of all ages, and to provide musical enrichment experiences to children ages one to three through the Suzuki Early Childhood Education program. The SMPLA Mission is to: “provide a positive environment where children find joy in making music together, where they are eager to learn and motivated to practice, and where they reach a high level of competence in the Suzuki repertoire and in other musical genres.”
https://suzukimusicofla.org/

Students and Teachers will be performing Bach Duos at Lake Balboa by the Playground. Suzuki Music Program of Los Angeles

The Suzuki Music Program of Los Angeles (SMPLA) is an association of music teachers who use the Suzuki Method™ to teach violin, viola, and guitar to children of all ages, and to provide musical enrichment experiences to children ages one to three through the Suzuki Early Childhood Education program. The SMPLA Mission is to: “provide a positive environment where children find joy in making music together, where they are eager to learn and motivated to practice, and where they reach a high level of competence in the Suzuki repertoire and in other musical genres.”
https://suzukimusicofla.org/