The Cerritos College Applied Music Department presented a recital which featured two duets on Wednesday, Oct. 10.

These live performances are one hour in duration and feature trained student performers in the applied music program from various disciplines such as vocal, guitar, piano, strings and electric guitar.

These performances are free and open to all.

Applied Music (MUS 147) is a one unit course offering private music lessons in piano, organ, voice, electric and acoustic guitar, and all band and orchestral instruments. Music styles include both classical and jazz.

The program is offered during the Fall and Spring semesters.

Recitals are a required part of the Applied Music Program curriculum. The training that the students receive helps them to become accomplished musicians.

“The applied music program is a private lesson program that is offered to the students where they can have one on one instruction on the instrument that there are studying,” director of the Applied Music Program Christine Lopez said.

“We pretty much only have students who are very serious music students and majoring in music and who are in the applied program. Acceptance into the program is by audition only, and we have five different levels of this program,” Lopez continued.

One of the duets featured student Reyneelynn Cameros who played the clarinet musical selection written by Wolfgang Amandeus Mozart. She was accompanied by Anne Shin who played the piano.

David Lopez, an instructor of the Applied Music Department, led Cameros and Shin performance.

“I was pretty nervous before the performance, It is such a good atmosphere to practice my performance and will help me when I later transfer to the university,” Cameros said.

All of musical selections varied from classical to jazz.

Student Rajan Davis played the electric guitar, and performed a jazz solo piece entitled “Dissonance No. 1.” Angel Torres played bass guitar and accompanied Rajan for jazz pieces titled “Central Park West” written by Charlie Parker and “Donna Lee” written by John Coltrane.

Ranjan Davis described his performance as, “It’s like a never ending process. I’m always still working on it.”

Music education major Gabriel Garcia commented on Davis’ performance saying, “It was really great and I enjoyed it.”

Performances in the Applied Music Program are held every Wednesday at BC-51 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m and 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.