Concert Pianist & Artist-in-Residence Kevin Kwan Loucks To Perform Recital at Great Park

IRVINE – Hear concert pianist and Artist-in-Residence Kevin Kwan Loucks as he performs classical selections at one of Orange County’s most beautiful new arts venues — the Orange County Great Park Palm Court Arts Complex — beginning December 17.

A recital will be held on Saturday, December 17, at 2 pm and repeated at 4 pm, in the Great Park Artists Studios. Limited space is available for these initial performances, and reservations are required. The recitals will feature Loucks along with Bill Kalinkos on clarinet and Iryna Krechkovsky on violin playing selections from Bernstein, Brahms and Bartók.

Kevin Kwan Loucks is a critically-acclaimed pianist and graduate of the Juilliard School in New York. He has performed throughout the world including Prösels Castle in Italy, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. He is currently completing his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Stony Brook University where he served as Head of Piano for the Pre-College Division and Teaching Assistant for both the Emerson String Quartet the Graduate Chamber Music Program.

Loucks’ engagement will include monthly performances in the Palm Court. Reservations for the December 17 recitals can be made by sending an email to [email protected] and including the number of people in your party (maximum 4 per email). The Great Park Artists-in-Residence program is dedicated to showcasing artists, providing an educational experience for the community while designing site-specific visual or performance works for the Great Park.

The program provides artists with suitable studio space and open studio hours to routinely interact with the general public during their six-month residency. The artists were selected by a panel of public arts experts through a competitive selection process administered by Arts Orange County, the county’s designated local arts agency.

The Orange County Great Park is located at Sand Canyon and Marine Way, and can easily be reached by the 5 or 405 freeways. For more information, please visit www.ocgp.org/visit/hours-directions or call 866-829-3829.

About the Great Park
The Orange County Great Park, with its 1,347-acre master plan, is the focal point of the redevelopment of the publicly-owned portion of the 4,700-acre former Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro. The Great Park features an iconic tethered helium balloon that rises 400 feet in the air, providing an aerial view of Park development. Other features include the Carousel, Farm + Food Lab, Kids Rock Playground, Walkable Timeline, Palm Court Arts Complex, North Lawn recreation area and historic Hangar 244. The South Lawn lighted soccer fields and Community Garden will be added in 2012.