Cal Phil Invites Audience to “Get on Track” for Summer 2012
The California Philharmonic Orchestra has announced its 2012 Festival on the Green concert schedule which moves across the street from The Arboretum to the infield at Santa Anita Park. The series will consist of five concerts. The opening concert will be held June 30 with the music of Aaron Copland, Modeste Mussorgsky, and Ottorino Respighi [...]
Pasadena Pops Posts Concert Schedule for 2012
The Pasadena Pops Orchestra will conclude its 2011 season Saturday, Aug. 27 with Marvin Hamlisch conducting “Marvin Does Movies” at the lawn adjacent to the Rose Bowl. The orchestra now takes on a new role, as resident orchestra and presenting partner of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia. This week, the [...]
Cal Phil Season Finale Aug. 20 at Arboretum; Aug. 21 at Walt Disney Concert Hall
The California Philharmonic Orchestra concludes its 2011 Festival on the Green at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden Saturday, Aug. 20, and its Sunday afternoon repeat concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Aug. 21. Maestro Victor Vener will lead the orchestra in an eclectic program of Broadway tunes, movie soundtracks, and classical [...]
Wadada Leo Smith Composition at Southwest Chamber’s Final Summer Season Concert
Southwest Chamber Music concludes the 2011 summer season at The Huntington Library in San Marino Saturday, Aug. 20 and Sunday, Aug 21 by completing its performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s quintets and introducing yet another composition by the multi-talented trumpeter, Wadada Leo Smith. With two Grammys to its name, Southwest has shown during the past [...]
Mester Named Artistic Director of Young Musicians Foundation for Coming Season
Jorge Mester has accepted an appointment as Artistic Director of the Young Musicians Foundation for the 2011-2012 season. Mester, who has served for the past 12 years on the YMF Advisory Board, received an appointment to serve as this year’s Artistic Director to lead and expand current programs. The announcement by officials of the Young [...]
“Broadway to Opera” by Theaters of Vision and Lockie Productions
Two well-known local production companies have joined together to present two exceptional vocalists, soprano Erykka Ximone and tenor Scott Thomas Priest in a program of “Broadway to Opera” at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, Aug.13 in the Donald R. Wright Auditorium of the Pasadena Public Library. Lani Pedrini of Theaters of Vision Productions and M. Roger Lockie [...]
Vener to Enlighten, Entertain at Cal Phil Concert Aug. 6 and 7
“Beautiful music and song will fill this weekend at Festival on the Green and Walt Disney Concert Hall,” Artistic Director/Conductor Dr. Victor Vener reports. Vener is talking about the California Philharmonic Orchestra’s fourth concert at Arcadia’s Arboretum on Saturday, Aug. 6 and at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Aug. 7. Cal Phil will journey musically around [...]
A Musical Mosaic in Sierra Madre: Tesserae on Aug. 7 at Ascension
The old and the new come together in a program of Renaissance music at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7 at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Sierra Madre. The new is represented by a recently formed period-instrument ensemble, Tesserae, in a presentation of 17th-century Venetian sacred music, music that graced Basilica San Marco, St. Mark’s [...]
Southwest Chamber: ‘Mozart and More’ Continues Aug. 6 and 7
The beautiful Huntington Library Art Gallery Loggia and lawn remains the top setting for summer concerts—and you can hear Southwest Chamber Music’s next program, “Mozart and More”, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, and a repeat concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7. For this concert, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s String Quintet No. 4 and his [...]
Pasadena Pops Brings Broadway and Hamlisch Back Aug 6
Marvin Hamlisch returns to conduct the Pasadena Pops Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6 at the lawn adjacent to the Rose Bowl, Pasadena. Hamlisch wowed ‘em in his first outing and there is no reason to believe that “Marvin Does Broadway” won’t be as entertaining. Hamlisch has invited Cady Huffman, Gary Mauer, and Anne [...]
