Joyce Pan: Triple Threat—Scholar, Film Technician, and Violinist

The Pasadena Community Orchestra under the direction of conductor Alan Reinecke performs their second concert of their season at 8:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27 in the sanctuary of the First Church of the Nazarene, Pasadena.

Proving that the group is truly a community effort of talented local musicians, Reinecke has invited violinist, Joyce Pan, a member of the orchestra since 2008, to perform Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin …

Violinist Armstrong a Winner all-the-way With LA Chamber

REVIEW…

Young, lithe, violinist Nigel Armstrong stole the hearts of the packed house at Alex Theatre in Glendale Saturday night with his taut performance of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in G-major performed with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. The 21 year-old, recently graduated from the Colburn School of Performing Arts is now studying at The Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. He used his …

Bold is the word for the Turtle Island Quartet – They’re in town Jan 20

Many string quartets are taking on new trends in chamber music. Turtle Island Quartet is one of them. Often arranging modern tunes for string quartet, (John Coltrane is one—but more about that later), their exacting, full-bodied musicianship produces an exciting performance. You can …

Pasadena Symphony is On the Move…

It seems only a few months ago that Pasadena Symphony was on the ropes. That was 2008 when stuff hit. But now, with Paul Ian Zdunek having announced that the Symphony is in the black, the Pasadena Symphony Association is on the move in a really big way.
Pasadena Symphony announced today the naming of Altadena resident Peter Boyer as its composer-in-residence for the …