Bands Welcome in the New Year at Tournament of Roses Parade
Twenty-four bands will march down Colorado Blvd. on New Years Day. These bands are definitely, in the terms of the theme of the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, Ca. “A Cut Above the Rest”.
Bands come from across the country, and one, the Pedro Molina Banda Musical Latina, comes from Guatemala. The 130-member Danvers High [...]
Washington Middle School Glee Club Joins Pasadena Master Chorale for Repeat Concert
Pasadena Master Chorale is a fairly new group, having been re-formed in 2008 under the direction of Artistic Director Jeffrey Bernstein, although its roots trace to 1935 when Pasadena Symphony conductor Dr. Richard Lert led the Pasadena Festival Chorus. Their Spring and Winter concerts were sold out. Taking advantage of this surge in popularity, the [...]
Fung Ho Leads Olympia Youth Orchestra Jan. 10
Olympia Youth Orchestra is a function of the Olympia Philharmonic Society. Established in 1988, the orchestra serves as an outlet for young musical talent. Fung Ho, who has served as concertmaster for the West L.A. Symphony and Burbank Chamber Orchestra (now Burbank Philharmonic) serves as Music Director and conductor of the Olympia Philharmonic Orchestra and [...]
Camerata Pacifica Brings a Wave of Music from Santa Barbara
Camerata Pacifica rolls in from Santa Barbara with a chamber group that is par excellent. Their next concert is at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 12 in Fellows Hall at The Huntington Library, San Marino. The program will consist of the music of Ravel, Janacek, Macmillan and Wilson. This group, under the [...]
‘Musica Mexico’ – Mission of Santa Cecilia Orchestra
Santa Cecilia Orchestra is the special project of Music Director and conductor, Sonia De Leon de Vega who focuses on the Latino community to introduce classical music to an otherwise resistant group, but ties it together with Mexican music and performers. “Musica~Mexico” is the theme of the concert to be held at 8:00 p.m., [...]
Europa Galante to play ‘Four Seasons’ at Coleman Chamber Concert
Coleman Chamber Concerts generally program music that is considered “safe” by out-of-town and/or European-based ensembles. All concerts are on a Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in Beckman Auditorium on the campus of Cal Tech. The next concert presents Europa Galante on Jan. 24 playing Telemann, Sammartini and Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons”. Two more concerts remain in [...]
Into the New Year: A Musical Adventure Awaits Classical Music Fans
Forget last year. It’s so last year. Given the economic perils faced by many, if not most of us, during the year 2009 it won’t do any good reviewing the weaknesses in the arts that ensued from the tsunami of bad news that dried up local funding. The good news is that due to a [...]
Holiday Celebration Dec 24 at Music Center
Each year, The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors provides a gift to the community through its Los Angeles Arts Commission by supporting the staging of a cultural extravaganza on the stage of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles on Dec. 24. This year, the 50th annual celebration of [...]
Telluride, Co. Sells Skiing with Video
Once in a while a really good video shows up with some great music. Here is a video produced by Ben Knight to promote the skiing opportunities in Telluride, Co, an old mining town now the second-home of the pretty rich to the very rich located on the Western slope of the Colorado Rockies.
What makes [...]
“The Glory of Christmas” Now Through Jan 3
The Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove had only been open for a year when its production “The Glory of Christmas” was introduced. Now in its 28th year, this story of the nativity is re-told in a spectacular pageant nightly (except Christmas Day) through Jan. 3. Thursday and Friday, Dec. 17 and 18, performances are at [...]
