All-Singing, All-Dancing Show to Benefit 8 Performance Groups
“What an era!” proclaimed Lani Ridley Pedrini, the enthusiastic co-chair of the all-singing all-dancing musical “Harry Who?” to be presented at Ambassador Auditorium in two shows, a matinee and an evening performance, on April 24. Ms. Pedrini is referring to not just songs of the 1930s and the 1940′s, but specifically to music written by [...]
Great Strides at the Piano: Stephanie Trick re-ignites interest in Ragtime, Stride and Jazz Piano
REVIEW… Stephanie Trick is a phenomenon in many ways. A classically trained pianist (University of Chicago), a busy touring performer (19 scheduled appearances this year), young (she received her BA in Music last year), and a challenge she has touted since her teen years, dedicated to reprising piano styles that range from the turn [...]
Southwest Chamber Welcomes American and Vietnamese Musicians
Musicians and staff of Southwest Chamber Music are facing multiple challenges this week as they prepare for five concert series that will bring together the brightest and most accomplished younger American composers with their Vietnamese counterparts to introduce contemporary music in a cultural exchange between the United States and Vietnam performed by both the Southwest [...]
Stride Pianist Stephanie Trick April 15 at Clairbourn School
TONIGHT APRIL 15 You have to be old to have even heard the term “stride” piano, but you’d better be youthful to perform this unique American style of popular music that traces its roots to jazz and finally melds with ragtime. One exponent of this music is young Stephanie Trick who is currently touring the [...]
Guitarist David Russell’s 15th CD for Telarc Released This Week
CD REVIEW… Telarc is releasing David Russell’s 15th album recorded for the label this week, “Sonidos Latinos, Guitar Music of Latin America” that surveys the South American music of Augustin Barrios Mangoré, Manuel Maria Ponce, Hector Ayala, Armondo Neves and Jorge Morel. Among his previously released albums is the 2007 Grammy winner, “Art of [...]
Guitars Take the Spotlight This Week
To say this is the only week that guitar music can be heard live or on CD is of course ridiculous. But guitar music is certainly in the spotlight as the Pasadena Symphony presents guitarist Celino Romero and two new CDs are released this week: one by the Grammy-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and the [...]
Clyde Montgomery Concert April 11
The Shumei Arts Council will again bring together some of the most talented musicians now studying at USC’s Thornton School of Music or at the Colburn School for the Peforming Arts to present a concert honoring lawyer and arts-advocate Clyde Montgomery, who died in 2006, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 11. Montgomery served on the [...]
