Highlighting the classics Professional classical musicians excited to showcase their music for students at ee concerts

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Free weekly musical performances provided to students and faculty will resume Thursday at 12:45 p.m. in Music 3400.

This semester there will be a total of 10 concerts, with eight professional performances and two student showcases.

Among the performers are the Los Angeles Cello Quartet, violinist Ji Young An, and duo Wahid.

The series, which is funded through the student government, is organized by adjunct music instructor James Bergman.

“Usually, the duty of setting up the concerts gets passed to the person who hasn’t been doing it,” Bergman said. “You just put in your time and do the extra work.”

The concerts are set up to tie in with the music appreciation classes taught at Pierce College, according to Bergman.

“Most students don’t know classical music. They think we’re going to be sitting around and listening to a bunch of CDs [in class],” Bergman said. “It’s not quite like that.”

Through the concerts, students and faculty alike “get a heavy duty exposure to classical music,” Bergman said.

Bergman is able to get professional musicians to perform on campus through his connections as a “practicing musician.”

“All of my friends are professional musicians or [teachers]