Nils Marius Kjøsnes has been involved in concert bands since he picked up the clarinet at the age of 8. In 2009, he played the Premiere Rhapsody by Debussy with the Student Society Orchestra of Trondheim and has been a member of the Norwegian Royal Air Force Band. Since 2010, he has founded iQuintet, a woodwind quintet that plays a broad repertoire of chamber music, and has performed at MIT in Boston and the Symphony Space in New York City. He is working on his master’s degree in American and European clarinet music from the 20th century. This tour is the first of three major graduate projects.
Knut Erik Jensen has performed more than 80 solo concerts in 18 states featuring Norwegian and international music since 2007. He was guest soloist in Edvard Grieg’s A-minor Concerto for the 2007-2008 season opening of the Minot Symphony Orchestra in North Dakota and performed the same concerto with the National Philharmonic Orchestra of the Republic of Moldova in May 2009. Two weeks later, he completed his master’s examination concert at the University of Trondheim. He has recorded two CDs of Norwegian piano music. An accompanist and vocal coach, Jensen is music director of the International Opera Institute of California.
Donations accepted. Event will take place in Overton Hall at California Lutheran University. For more information, call the Music Department at 805-493-3306 or visit www.callutheran.edu/music.
