People in the News
Broadway and Beyond Oct. 18
The Southern Calfiornia Lyric Theater Troubadours will bring their mightly talents at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18 to the Westwood Hills Christian Church. Elyse Cook, Bryan Hale, Mary House, David McGee, Manuel Saldana, Tristan Wilhelm perform songs of old Broadway. Special appearances by Alison Eliel Kalmus, Christina Linton, Phil Meyer, Talia [...]
Pasadena Wine Festival Coming to Arboretum Oct 3 & 4
The Pasadena Wine Festival is more than wine oferings from over 120 wineries from California and around the world, it is music and fun and benefits the Pasadena Symphony and Pasadena Pops. The event is Saturday, Oct. 3 and Sunday, Oct. 4 at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens in Arcadia. José Espinosa and [...]
Violinist Chalifour Opens Music Series in Arcadia with Panache
REVEW…
Timothy Durkovic, Music Director at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Arcadia, began a winter music series called Music in Sacred Spaces several years ago, in 2002. Over time, Durkovic has brought some of Southern California’s finest classical musicians to the church chapel, including the Calder Quartet, pianist Kevin Fitz-Gerald, L A Opera tenor [...]
Dudamel In the Free-Open-Air Oct 8—but get ticket lottery details here
While patrons are at Walt Disney Concert Hall hearing the Los Angeles
Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel in his inaugural appearance as Music Director, down the block in the plaza of the Music Center, music lovers can enjoy the concert for free as the concert will be simulcast to eight plasma TV screens to an audience [...]
Crown City Chamber Players, Howling Winds, More, Oct 9
As part of the City of Pasadena’s Art Night celebration members of the Crown City Symphony, performing as the Crown City Chamber Players, will perform in the Children’s Room of the Pasadena Central Library, 185 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, on Friday, Oct. 9 from 6:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. The group invites listeners to come [...]
Bassoonists ask Can you Lip my Reeds
Bassoon Brothers are a hoot! – Listen here
People in the News – Latest
Mathieu Dufour Named to Prinicpal Flute Post at L A Phil
French flutist Mathieu Dufour, who has toured with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Asia, and has been principal flute since 1999 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, was named principal flute of the L A Phil by departing Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen as one of his [...]
USC Announces $6M in gifts to Music School; Celebrates School’s 125th Year
In a region that celebrates the latest in everything: from fashion and architecture to fads, finding something that has been around 125 years continuously advancing the cause of music in Los Angeles is truly a phenomenon. We recommend that you stand up, raise a toast, and drink to a cultural icon, the University of Southern [...]
POPS Ends Season With a Stroke of Genius
It’s over. It’s the final concert of the summer season for the Pasadena Symphony Association’s garden concerts given by the Pasadena POPS and it will be the last time the orchestra will perform at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge before moving to a spot near the Rose Bowl next summer. The season’s last performance [...]
So California Lyric Theater Reschedules Sierra Madre Concert
Taking a remarkable stance against the show business proclamation that the show must go on, nevertheless, heavy smoke-laden air in Sierra Madre has caused the cancellation of the Southern California Lyric Theater’s presentation at Memorial Park in Sierra Madre. The theater group has announced the rescheduling of its “Fairytales and Fantasy 5″ at Memorial Park [...]
