Camerata Pacifica Wraps up Season
Artistic Director of Camerata Pacifica, Adrian Spence, jumped onto the riser at the center of Friends Hall at The Huntington Library Tuesday night to proclaim that although the Santa Barbara-based chamber ensemble had achieved a first-rate season, he was relieved to see the final performance in sight. The concert completed the group’s final performances of [...]
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra at Alex Theatre May 16
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra ill close its 40th anniversary season on Saturday, May 16 at 8:00 p.m. at the Alex Theatre, Glendale with Jeffrey Kahane leading the orchestra and guest soloist Jonathan Biss, piano, in Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A-minor. Manuel de Falla’s “Ritual Fire Dance”, Christopher Theofanidis’ “Radiant Mind” and Alberto Ginastera’s “Variaciones [...]
New Hollywood String Quartet at Restoration Concert
Final season concert for the Restoration Concert Series at the South Pasadena Library Communiy Room is 4:00 p.m., Sunday, May 17 with the designated quartet-in-residence, the New Hollywood String Quartet: violinists Roberto Cani and Rafael Rishik, Robert Brophy, viola, Andre Shulman, cello. Joining the New Hollywood String Quartet will be pianist Robert Thies to perform [...]
Latin Four Hands-Durkovic, Petitto Play May 16
Music in Sacred Spaces at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Arcadia has presented outstanding programs. The finale of the series to be presented at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 16, stands up to be an exciting program. Artistic director of the series, Timothy Durkovic, piano and Jacqueline Petitto will perform “Four Latin Hands” a program [...]
Camerata Pacifica Closes Season May 19 at The Huntington Library
The final concert of the 2008-2009 Camerata Pacifica season will be presented at The Huntington Library, Art Galleries and Botanical Gardens in San Marino at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19. The principal members of the ensemble, Catherine Leonard, violin, Richard Yongjae O’Neill, viola, Ani Aznavoorian, cello and Warren Jones, piano will perform as will [...]
Sierra Madre Art Fair – Music Abounds on Weekend May 16 & 17
The Sierra Madre Art Fair, to be held from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, May 16 and 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 17 in Memorial Park will have more than beautiful art—it will present musicians in performance spaces in the park throughout both days. Musicians Jane Fuller, String Planet, Cow Bop, [...]
Homage to Haydn and Mexican Baroque in Musica Angelica’s May 16 Program
Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra will perform a program to include works by Mozart, Haydn, Juan Bautista Sancho with conductor and organist Martin Haselbock and soloists Mary Wilson, soprano, Carolina Bruck-Santos, mezzo-soprano, and Christopheren Nomura, baritone at Zipper Concert Hall, Coburn School of Performing Arts, Los Angeles, at 8:00 p.m. on May 16. Franz Joseph Haydn [...]
Masters of Harmony – Together, with OC Times
The Masters of Harmony will present their spring show on Saturday, May 30 at the Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts, Cal State Long Beach with two performances—at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. The Masters of Harmony were founded in 1985 right here in our area. They were then known as the Foothill Cities Chapter [...]
Summer Music Festival in Colorado Springs
Summer Festivals abound around the country, many of them at small colleges. One that stands out is a long-time festival in the West, the Colorado College Summer Festival of Arts that is celebrating its 25th year this summer. Colorado College is a small liberal arts college which will present an array of music activities, including [...]
Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Phoenix Boys Choir Sing Out Together
Los Angeles Children’s Chorus and the Phoenix Boys Choir will be together as 100 talented kids in a concert on Wednesday, May 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church. The Phoenix Boys Choir is celebrating its 60th year and will be directed by Greg Amerind, Artistic Assistant. Sixty-eight choristers of the Intermediate Choir [...]
