THOUSAND OAKS, CA - California Lutheran University will present two concerts marking the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Cellist Joyce Geeting and pianist Christine DeKlotz will present a 9/11 Memorial Concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, in advance of their Sept. 11 performance in Manhattan. They will perform Carol Worthey’s “Elegy,” a work Geeting commissioned as a tribute to those lost in the deadly terrorist attacks. Geeting, an adjunct faculty member at CLU, gave the premiere performance in London in 2003 and has performed the composition in Germany and the United States. She and DeKlotz will give the premiere East Coast performance at the Manhattan concert. At CLU, they will also perform “Vocalise” by Rachmaninoff and Sonata, Opus 78 by Brahms, works of a spiritual and healing nature. Donations will defray the cost of travel to New York.

CLU faculty member Eric Kinsley will perform a recital of 17th- to 20th-century works for harpsichord and piano dedicated to the victims and survivors of the attacks at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11. He selected compositions by Bach, Pachelbel, Chambonnières, Schrader, Haydn and Vivaldi to honor the memory of those who died and express hope for the future. A performing artist, writer and educator noted for his ability to communicate with audiences of all ages and backgrounds, Kinsley has performed and recorded internationally and on public radio and television. He earned a doctoral degree at the Manhattan School of Music and has been a member of the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra and the New York contemporary music band Pacific Classical Winds. He has received grants in early and contemporary music from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Harpsichord Society, and the Sylvia Marlow Foundation. Donations will go to the Conejo Compassion Coalition.

Both concerts will be held in Samuelson Chapel, which is located south of Olsen Road near Campus Drive on the Thousand Oaks campus. For information, call the Music Department at 805-493-3306 or visit http://www.callutheran.edu.