By Aliza Zaidi

Town Crier Editorial Intern

Two former Los Altos High School musicians will return to campus Saturday, to perform in the first community concert to be held at the school’s newly constructed Eagle Theater. The classical music concert will benefit the performing arts department.

Los Altos High graduate Bonnie Wagner, who helped organize the event and rallied three musical friends to join her, will perform on the piano. She is no stranger to performing at the school, having done so annually during her four years at Los Altos High.

Wagner said she wanted to give something back to the department and help provide the support it needs to maintain a quality program.

“The high school has put in a lot of work in this theater, and the department needs all it can get to keep the facilities in great condition,” Wagner said.

Wagner was a member of the Cantabile Children’s Chorus and Main Street Singers. She conducted performances at restaurants and gave a recital with a saxophonist in Los Altos Methodist Church.

After graduating in piano performance from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Wagner plans to begin her master’s degree in piano accompanyment and chamber music from the same institution.

Greg Fair, Mark Andrew Shaull and Michelle Davis will join Wagner in the concert.

Fair, also an alumnus of Los Altos High and the Main Street Singers, will put his vocal cords to the test singing baritone.

“I began singing in my last year of college but did not pursue any private lessons or focus on solo performance until the very end of my undergraduate career,” Fair said.

At the University of California at Berkeley, Fair switched from physics to a music major. He is now pursuing a master’s degree in vocal performance at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

“I understand the costs of running a top-flight music program, and I know that the money can go to anything from new equipment, music and travel expenses to uniform/formal wear purchases,” Fair said.

Shaull, director of the Main Street Singers and head of the performing arts department at Los Altos High School, will sing baritone alongside Fair.

The only stranger to Los Altos is violinist Davis, a graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, who will fly in for the concert.

Wagner said the tentative schedule for the program includes a sonata for violin and piano by Brahms, selections of Dichterliebe by Schumann, a contemporary song set by Frinzi and some arias.

Wagner’s solo will be Chopin’s first Ballade.

The concert is scheduled for 4 p.m., Saturday, at the Eagle Theater, 201 Almond Ave., Los Altos. A $10 donation at the door is suggested.