Cerritos College faculty showed off its talent with the 22nd Annual Faculty Gala Concert on Sunday at the Burnight Theatre.

Of the more than 60 people in attendance were students from the Music Department’s Applied Music Program and the music that was heard was from the classical period.

Among the faculty who performed were: Paul Da Silva, music instructor, Anna DeMichele, music instructor, Rhonda Dillon, music instructor, Sung Ae Lee, music instructor, Christine Lopez, music instructor.

Also, the music that was performed were: Poema en la Forma Canciones by Joacquin Turina, Scaramouche by Darius Milhaud, Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73 by Robert Schumann, Nothing from a “Chorus Line” by Marvin Hamlisch.

After the concert those who performed said that they were pleased with the turnout and also said that there was talent within the Cerritos College faculty.

Fang-Fang Shi Inouye, former President and Vice President of the Branch of the Music Teacher’s Association of California said that she was glad and happy with her duet performance with Da Silva.

“It was very exciting, but I do think that the program was too short.” She added that it was only a few weeks before that she and Da Silva practiced the piece “Scaramouche” and that it was also the first time she worked with him.

Inouye said that she was a little nervous but got through it as she performed the piece.

Dr. Christine Lopez, music instructor, said that it wasn’t the nerves that got to her. “Sometimes you have to tell yourself that you just have to do it.” She continued, saying that to have a concert like this where instructors get to show what they know and play is great.

She too agreed that the turnout was a success and that the faculty at Cerritos is one of the best at what it does.

Students also said that the concert itself was great but there was a performance that stood out for them.

“DeMichele brought out the acting doing her performance of “Nothing” from A Chorus Line,” Lynn Smith, music major, said.

In addition, she said that during Da Silva duet it was fun watching him dancing while he played the piano.

Stacy Neacato, music major, agreed that DeMichele’s performance was entertaining.

Smith said that DeMichele did a good job while doing spoken word and singing. “That’s hard to switch from spoken word and singing and she was amazing.”