Vocalist Nancy Osborne

THOUSAND OAKS, CA. - A concert of 1940s era big band music and love songs will be performed at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at California Lutheran University.

“A Valentine Concert: Elmer Ramsey, His Trumpet and Orchestra” will be held in Samuelson Chapel. With assistance from guest performers, Ramsey and the Conejo “Pops” Orchestra will perform music from some of the greatest artists of the big band era including Artie Shaw, Harry James, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Count Basie. The program will also include endearing love songs from World War II.

Dynamic vocalist Nancy Osborne will perform. The Westlake Village resident has performed with such bands as the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Tex Beneke and Johnny Vana’s Big Band Alumni, with whom she made two CDS and a DVD. Osborne produced her own 17-piece big band CD, “Hot Swing, Cool Jazz,” which is played on more than 120 radio stations throughout the world. With experience in films and television, Osborne also brings acting skills to the stage.

Daniel Geeting, a member of the CLU music faculty since 1984, will be featured on clarinet. He has performed extensively as a recitalist, played on movie and television soundtracks, and recorded two CDs featuring the clarinet works of major English composers.

Ramsey, a CLU professor emeritus of music, began playing trumpet professionally at the age of 14, and three years later had his own 40s-style big band on a Washington radio station. Many members of his orchestra are CLU alumni and have also performed with Harry James, Glenn Miller and Tex Beneke orchestras.

Tickets, which will be sold at the door, are $10 for students and $20 for others. Only cash and checks will be accepted.

The chapel is located south of Olsen Road near Campus Drive on the Thousand Oaks campus. Additional parking is available in the lot 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.