See Richard Kahn Live December 10, 2025 in LAVC Free Concert Series

Los Angeles Valley College is continuing it’s Free Wednesday Concert series and I’ll be performing along with Michael Matsuno on Saturday December 10 for “What is Good Music (Part 3 of 3).”

The LAVC Music Department proudly presents its Fall 2025 Free Wednesday Concert Series featuring a concert on the theme of “What is Good Music (Part 3 of 3).”

This concert features LAVC Faculty Members Michael Matsuno and Richard Kahn and Guest Artist Todd Moellenberg, piano performing favorite pieces.

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

• On-Campus : Music Recital Hall
• 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm

Michael Matsuno is an accomplished flutist and educator based in Los Angeles.

Michael Kento Matsuno is a flutist whose work traverses the classical canon, contemporary music, improvisation, music psychology, and 20th-century history. He can be heard performing throughout Southern California and holds positions as lecturer at Chapman University and flute studio instructor at CalArts and Los Angeles Community Colleges.

Michael has appeared with a wide range of ensembles throughout the US, including the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, ECHOI, Red Fish Blue Fish, San Diego Symphony, Slee Sinfonietta, [Switch~ Ensemble], Talea Ensemble, and Wild Up. He has been featured as a guest artist at the Center for 21st Century Music at SUNY Buffalo, Harvard University, Jacaranda Music, June in Buffalo, Monday Evening Concerts, Neofonía Festival de Música Nueva Ensenada, and the Ojai Music Festival. Michael has also performed his own solo compositions, which explore long forms and emergent musical structures in physical decay, on experimental series such as Weirdo Night, High Desert Soundings, and La Rara Noche.

For more information about the LAVC Free Wednesday Concert series and the most-up-to-date listing, contact Christian Nova at novacp@lavc.edu.