Christmas Music -Jeffrey Biegel at the Steinway D 9-foot Concert Grand – NEW CD Review coming
Pasadena Symphony is the first in a Month-long celebration of Holiday Music—on Dec. 3
THIS CONCERT IS SOLD OUT!!! We have a list of 13 concerts of Holiday and Christmas music to share with you throughout December. The first, among the best of the lot, is Pasadena Symphony’s Holiday Candlelight Concert in All-Saints Church, Pasadena at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. The sanctuary of the old church, [...]
CD REVIEW…Pasadena Symphony Pianist Gloria Cheng CD a Winner
The Los Angeles Times has discovered that our local musicians are regularly performing contemporary music. Over the past two weeks, four reviews have appeared with reports on, among others, the modern music series, Piano Spheres. Pasadena Symphony’s pianist, Gloria Cheng is not only an advocate of the new, but has an album you should be [...]
Camerata Pacifica Invites Violinist Caitlin Kelley to Join in its Nov 22 Concert in San Marino
Camerata Pacifica will have a guest violinist joining its ensemble for the Nov. 22 concert at The Huntington Library in San Marino. Colburn School of Performing Arts student Caitlin Kelley will add her violin for the Santa Barbara-based group’s performance of the String Sonata No. 3 in C-major for two violins, cello and double bass [...]
Los Angeles Clarinet Choir Performs in San Marino Nov. 19
The Los Angeles Clarinet Choir has certainly earned its chops—it is noted for its performance-winning ways, its sassiness in programming (Gershwin’s “Walking the Dog”, for instance) but most of all for its founder-conductor, Margaret Thornhill and the 17 professional musicians that make up the choir. All members of the Los Angeles Clarinet Choir are accomplished [...]
People in the News… 12 Win Cash Awards in Showcase House Instrumental Competition
For the last 26 years the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts has given cash awards to exceptionally music talented young people. This year continues that tradition as the Showcase House’s Instrumental Competition garnered $25,000 for 12 ages 16 to 24 who demonstrated their high caliber of artistry and mastery of their instruments in the [...]
Holiday and Christmas Concert Calendar Now Being Prepared
Peters Music News will begin listing Holiday and Christmas Concerts on Nov. 23. Let us know about your concert, what music will be performed and by whom. The date(s) of the concert, time and place, and ticket price. Information about your organization would be nice. An information telephone number, and/or website, please. Be sure to [...]
Chamber Music in Historic Sites Presents Zivian-Tomkins Duo at Thorne House, Pasadena, Nov. 13
The Da Camera Society of Mount St. Mary’s College in presenting its notable Chamber Music in Historic Sites concerts has found the San Gabriel Valley to their liking—enough to offer three concerts in our area—on Nov. 13 at the Thorne House, Pasadena; the Pratt House in Sierra Madre on March 4, 2010; and Le Petit [...]
Quartet Plays a Trio of Songs Plus an Encore
REVIEW….. The Bryant Park Quartet offered a diverse program at The Center for the Visual and Performing Arts inAlhambraSaturday night. The New York-based group opened with Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet in D-major, produced a deeply emotive version of Leos Janacek’s String Quartet No. 1 (“Kreutzer Sonata”), Claude Debussy’s String Quartet in G-minor and closed [...]
Pasadena Pro Musica to Perform Lauridsen, Handel, di Lasso Nov. 6
For its second concert of the season Pasadena Pro Musica presents a program of reflection to honor those lost this past year. The choral group will perform the music of Morten Lauridsen, George Frideric Handel and Orlando di Lasso at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6 at the Neighborhood Church, Pasadena. Regular conductor of the singers, [...]
