Benefit Concert

Benefit Concert for Study Abroad

• Thursday, April 10, 2025: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
• Visual and Performing Arts Center
• 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino
• Free Parking in Lot A – see campus map

On behalf of President Omar Torres and the Global Education Partnerships program, you are cordially invited to enjoy an evening of classical music – performed by virtuoso violinist Joseph Gold and State Department Musical Ambassador pianist Carl Blake – to benefit this year's Study Abroad program in  the Olympic city of Paris, France, and environs.

Please join us in the Visual & Performing Arts Center (VPAC) in the front of campus, facing Stevens Creek Boulevard. Suggested admission is $15. Admission is free for De Anza students and Study Abroad donors, including a pizza and salad repast in the VPAC for donors and students. The musical program will include interactive selections played by Gold and Blake.

Gold began studying the violin at age 8; he later graduated from the University of Southern California and was coached by Jascha Heifetz. He is the author of “Paganini's Art of Violin Playing” and other titles.

Blake holds three degrees in piano performance, including a master’s from San José State and a doctorate from Cornell, and has performed around the world on U.S. State Department tours. The first State Department Musical Ambassador was Loius “Satchmo” Armstrong.

The Study Abroad program will bring 44 students and their faculty advisers to learn and explore in Paris and the environs this summer. For more information about the program, visit deanza.edu/study-abroad/paris-2025.

For questions about the concert, please call

• John Swensson: 408.590.4430
• Julie Pesano: 408.864.8653.

We look forward to seeing you!