CHICO — The Sundays at 2 next free recital is this Sunday, March 10 at Chico State.
The concerts are free of charge and are played by faculty members. This upcoming one will take place in the Arts Recital Hall in the Arts Building at Chico State.
David Dvorin is the composer of the music in the concert. Dvorin is the composer of the concert and a performer. The music is all original.
Dvorin teaches composition at Chico State.
There will be jazz and blues music with chamber music. Dvorin plays electric guitar. One of the musicians will be playing a contra-alto clarinet in place of the bass.
“It’s a huge clarinet,” Dvorin said.
Dvorin said there will be improvisation, where the musicians will invent new melodies on the spot.
“Everyone can invent new things through music,” Dvorin said.
Dvorin said the music is inspired by hardboiled detective fiction from the 1920s through 1950s, primarily the lingo and slang used in detective novels.
“I wrote a suite of original music,” Dvorin said. “There are glimpses of things in stories, what the characters invoked in music, such as Raymond Chandler and Benny the Think, who was a sly, nefarious character.”
There is another one called the flim flam man — a con artist.
“They turn their thumb on the scales of justice to avoid their legal fates,” Dvorin said.
The group playing Sunday consists of quartet of players led by Dvorin. The drummer is Tim Bulkley. On the saxophone is Matt Langley. The alta-clarinet will be played by Randy McKean. Dvorin will play the electric guitar.
Dvorin has played with some of the musicians before.
“The free recitals are awesome,” he said. “It’s a great thing for the university to extend to the community.”
There will be one more concert March 31.
More information can be found at https://www.csuchico.edu/hfa/news-events/23-24-events.shtml#Mar3.
