Master Chorale celebrates 30th

Los Robles Master Chorale is celebrating its 30th anniversary and the 30-year career of its founding director, James Stemen.

The chorale will bid farewell to Stemen during the Celebrate! concerts at 8 p.m. Sat., March 15 and 4 p.m. Sun., March 16 in Samuelson Chapel at California Lutheran University, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks.

The audience is invited to a reception following Sunday's concert.

The show features favorite songs from past seasons and a world premiere by Thousand Oaks-based composer Wilbur Skeels.

Skeels, the group's assistant conductor, will present his new piece "Canticle to the Waterbirds," composed on a text by William Everson," and another composition "Missa Ex Terra Nova."

Soloists include Marilyn Anderson, Karen Winner Huff, Deborah Mayhan, Ruth Robertson, Leanna Brand, Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos and John Ross Nelson.

Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door, with group rates available for groups of 10 or more. CLU students are free with current ID.

For tickets, call (805) 827-3943 or visit www.orgsites.com./ca/lrmc.