THOUSAND OAKS, CA. California Lutheran University will celebrate its founding with a concert of contrasting works at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, in Samuelson Chapel.

The theme of the 2010 Founders Day Concert is “Baroque, Romantic and Contemporary.” The University Symphony will perform works in three contrasting styles, beginning with sections from the baroque masterpiece “Water Music,” which Handel composed for King George I to be played by musicians floating down the River Thames on a barge. The symphony will also perform “Old and Lost Rivers,” written in 1986 by Tobias Picker, one of the nation’s most prominent contemporary composers. The concert will conclude with “Sigurd Jorsalfar Suite,” which was originally composed by Edvard Grieg in the late 19th century as incidental music for a play based on the life of King Sigurd of Norway.

In addition, the CLU Honors Ensemble featuring Clark Crane of Lancaster on clarinet, Brad Boelman of Ladera Ranch and Holly Sutton of Ridgecrest on violins, Rebecca Cardone of Katy, Texas, on viola, and David Mason of Ventura on cello will perform a movement from Brahms’ “Quintet for Clarinet and Strings.”

Daniel Geeting, director of instrumental music at CLU and conductor of the California Chamber Artists, will conduct.

Donations will be accepted.

The chapel is located near the corner of Olsen Road and Campus Drive in Thousand Oaks. Additional parking is available in the lots at the corner of Olsen and Mountclef Boulevard.

For more information, call the Music Department at (805) 493-3306 or visit http://www.callutheran.edu/music.