Pasadena Violinist to Coach Kids, then Perform with Symphony
Muir High Senior Wins Vocal Competition
Michael Arceneaux entered a competition with 12 students who love to sing for the chance to solo with the Pasadena Master Chorale in June. There may have been butterflies of nervousness, but he was named winner in the First Annual Vocal Solo Competition winning out over students from area schools. “Students from Washington Middle School, [...]
Caltech Student Chamber Ensembles Celebrate Mother’s
The Caltech Spring Chamber Music Series will present its annual Mother’s Day concert at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 9 at Dabney Hall on the campus of Caltech. Admission is free. Three student groups will perform in a concert: two coached by founder of the series, Delores Bing and two by Robert Ward. The music of [...]
‘Microfest’ Festival of Microtonal Music at Pomona College May 9
The Microfest festival of Microtonal music continues at Pomona College 8:00 p.m. Sunday, May 9. A close-by opportunity to find out what all the hullabaloo about modern and contemporary music is—and performed by excellent musicians whose credentials are impeccable for a wide array of music. The concert is in Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building, Pomona [...]
Cal Phil Returns to Westfield Santa Anita for Special Mother’s Day Concert
Westfield Santa Anita will begin a series of Sunday afternoon concerts outdoors at their one-year old Promenade this Sunday, May 9 with Victor Vener conducting the California Philharmonic Orchestra from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Cal Phil orchestra, one of the region’s favorite, will perform at a special Mother’s Day concert at the Promenade [...]
Jessica Pierce, flute, at Music at Noon, Pasadena Presbyterian Church
Jessica Pierce will bring what Flute Magazine has called a “beautiful clear and pure tone” to the Pasadena Presbyterian Church’s Music at Noon on Wednesday, May 5. A Northern Californian, Jessica Pierce was heralded as a talented young flutist. Following study at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley, she attended a music conservatory in Paris. [...]
Musica Angelica is “HIP” This Time Out
Musica Angelica will perform “Favorite Baroque Concerti” at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 8 at Neighborhood Church, Pasadena. This concert, with the works of Bach, Fasch, Handel, Vivaldi and Telemann is sure to be HIP. Uh, that means “Historically Informed Performances”. Get it? Well, to clarify, Executive Director Laura Spino says, “It’s what we do, performing [...]
Comic Silent Movie and The Mighty Wurlitzer Theater Organ – San Gabriel May 9
The movie will be hilarious—but silent. But wait a minute. There will be the thunderous, magnificent sounds of the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse’s Mighty Wurlitzer Theater Organ. Buster Keaton’s “The Cameraman” will be screened at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 9 at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse and while the 1928 romantic comedy is one of [...]
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Norman Davis, Guitar Norman Davis continues to perform with his classical guitar at California Wine and Cheese in Monrovia on Sunday afternoons at 3:30 p.m. Davis has added Noir in Pasadena to his agenda, also on Sundays, but in the evening in the patio starting at 6:00 p.m. California Wine and Cheese is at 115 [...]
Another Early Pasadena Symphony Member Passes
A member of the Pasadena Civic Orchestra, the orchestra that thrived under the direction of Richard C. Lert and gave birth to the vibrant Pasadena Symphony, has died. Miriam C. Spaulding performed with the Pasadena Civic Orchestra as Principal Violist in the 1940′s with such luminaries as Roberta Nowlin, violinist who served as concertmaster, [...]
