01/31/2025
Join Musica Angelica for our Community Concert Series at the Los Altos Neighborhood Library Saturday, February 1 at 12 PM.
Featuring “Voice of the Viol” with noted cellist, Leif Woodward, baroque cellist and violist da gamba, Eva Lymenstull and multi-instrumentalist, Malachai Komanoff Bandy. This concert will include music from the English Baroque followed by a Q&A.
Cellist, Leif Woodward holds a Doctorate degree from the University of Southern California and was granted the Colburn Foundation Scholarship for studies in Early Music Performance and graduated Pi Kappa Lambda. In addition, he holds a Master of Music degree and Bachelor of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Leif works with groups such as: Musica Angelica, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pacific Chorale, Santa Barbara Symphony, Bach Collegium San Diego, Angeles Consort, and Tesserae. He appears at the Carmel Bach Festival, San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, Corona Del Mar Baroque Music Festival, and on the chamber music series at the John Paul Getty Museum, Norton Simon Museum, “Sundays Live” at LACMA, Les Salons de Musiques, Redlands Chamber Music Society, Musica Angelica Chamber Music Series, and at Centrum’s Chamber Music Series in Port Townsend, Washington.
In addition, Leif is an active soloist and section player in the Los Angeles studio-recording industry. He has worked on film, television, and video game soundtracks for composers: John Williams, James Newton Howard, Bear McCreary, Christian Linke, Sebastien Najand, Alex Temple, Austin Wintory, and Tom Holkenborg. He enjoys working with young musicians and is the Instructor of Violoncello Performance and Chamber Music at Mount Saint Mary’s University. He has been a guest lecturer at the University of Southern California, University of California Riverside, and the Colburn School of Music. Leif is also on faculty for orchestral and chamber music studies at Orange County School of the Arts and Poly Technic High School in Long Beach. He coaches the All-Southern California High School Honor Orchestra, Orange County Youth Symphony, and adjudicates for competitions such as the Los Angeles Spotlight Awards, MTAC State Finals and Regionals, CMEA, and the Long Beach Mozart Festival.
This is a free concert. Everyone is welcomed. Reservations are not required.
The Los Altos Neighborhood Library is located at 5614 E Britton Dr, Long Beach, CA 90815.
Musica Angelica would like to thank the Long Beach Public Libraries for their support and the Port of Long Beach for their sponsorship.
For more information about Musica Angelica please visit our website at https://www.musicaangelica.org/