Saroyan is an internationally known poet, novelist, biographer, playwright and lecturer. He is a faculty member in the Master of Professional Writing Program at USC and is a recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts awards. His reviews, articles and poetry have appeared in publications such as The New York Times , The Nation , The Paris Review , Rolling Stone , The Village Voice , The Los Angeles Times and Mother Jones . His poetry has been widely anthologized and appears in many textbooks. The speaker is geology professor Dr Poorna Pal.
Admission is free and open to the public.
The group performs traditional choral pieces by composers such as Mozart and Bach as well as more recent works. Glenn DeLange is the musical director. The Concert Singers give performances locally and have toured throughout England, Scotland and Ireland. California, a two-week Saturday class that meets from 10 a.m. to Noon beginning April 21. Tryouts will be for singers, actors and dancers and take place over two days.