DMT Hosts Spring Chorus Concert This Weekend

The Morrisson Theatre Chorus, under the musical direction of César Cancino, presents its Spring Concert: The Magic of Movies and Music today, March 20 and tomorrow, March 21 at 8:00pm and March 22, 2015, at 2:00pm. The Spring Concert will feature music from many great and beloved films, including "Casablanca," "Titanic," "The Mission," "The Wizard of Oz," and many more! Also featured will be a medley of James Bond movie "hits."

Tickets are $18 adults, $15 senior and $12 junior/student. Douglas Morrisson Theatre, 22311 N. Third St., Hayward, CA 94546. www.dmtonline.org. (510) 881-6777. The Douglas Morrisson Theatre is a program and facility of the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District.

CÉSAR CANCINO enjoys a musically diverse career as pianist, musical director and conductor. He attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and then studied piano with Alain Naudé, a pupil of the great Dinu Lipatti. For many years, he was the musical director/pianist for Teatro Zinzanni in San Francisco and for several years he toured with singer/songwriter Joan Baez as her musical director and pianist. Most recently, he was the Musical Director/Pianist for "Life Without Makeup" a play starring the legendary Rita Moreno at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. He is also a recipient of the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle award for "Outstanding Musical Director." Mr. Cancino has performed throughout North America, Europe and Australia in such venues as the Montreux Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall, Int'l Music Festival of Mexico City, Atlanta Summer Pops Symphony and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Local credits include: the Rrazz Room (San Francisco), Diablo Theatre Company, Martinez Opera, Monterey County Symphony, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, 42nd St. Moon, and the Douglas Morrisson Theatre.