Joyce Pan: Triple Threat—Scholar, Film Technician, and Violinist
The Pasadena Community Orchestra under the direction of conductor Alan Reinecke performs their second concert of their season at 8:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27 in the sanctuary of the First Church of the Nazarene, Pasadena. Proving that the group is truly a community effort of talented local musicians, Reinecke has invited violinist, Joyce Pan, a [...]
Violinist Armstrong a Winner all-the-way With LA Chamber
REVIEW… Young, lithe, violinist Nigel Armstrong stole the hearts of the packed house at Alex Theatre in Glendale Saturday night with his taut performance of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in G-major performed with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. The 21 year-old, recently graduated from the Colburn School of Performing Arts is now studying at [...]
Pasadena Symphony is On the Move…
It seems only a few months ago that Pasadena Symphony was on the ropes. That was 2008 when stuff hit. But now, with Paul Ian Zdunek having announced that the Symphony is in the black, the Pasadena Symphony Association is on the move in a really big way. Pasadena Symphony announced today the naming of [...]
Coleman Chamber Invites Pacific Trio for 3rd Concert, Jan. 22
In a marked turnaround for the Coleman Chamber Music Association, a trio made up of local musicians, the Pacific Trio, performs in the third concert of six that comprises the 2011-2012 season at 3:30 p.m. this Sunday, Jan. 22 at Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium. Coleman has a strong bias to book foreign performers. The Pacific Trio’s [...]
Bold is the word for the Turtle Island Quartet – They’re in town Jan 20
Many string quartets are taking on new trends in chamber music. Turtle Island Quartet is one of them. Often arranging modern tunes for string quartet, (John Coltrane is one—but more about that later), their exacting, full-bodied musicianship produces an exciting performance. You can see Turtle Island Quartet in their Los Angeles appearance, 7:30 p.m. Friday, [...]
Mezzo-soprano Lauren Edwards at Music at Noon
Lauren Edwards has been making a name for herself in opera productions and appearances around Southern California. She will be in rectial at 12:00 noon, Wednesday, Jan. 18 at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church’s Music at Noon series. Her stunning appearance at UCLA Opera West Coast in their production of “Flight” as the stewardess still has [...]
It’s Wild – It’s Wildup LA, and it happens Jan 14 at Armory Center
Twenty-two musicians arrive in Southern California ready to take the place by storm. Well, some do, some don’t. But they are all well-trained and ready to play. A congregation of 22 of these younger musicians will tell you all about the music of today at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 at Pasadena’s Armory for the [...]
Pasadena Musicians agree to four-year deal
People in the news… The Pasadena Symphony and Pops orchestras and the musicians that serve in both orchestras have agreed to a four-year contract that provides a 5% increase in wages stretched over the term of the deal. In other words, the contract, which rolls back to October, 2011, will provide no increase for [...]
The British are Coming!
The San Gabriel Valley has always been welcoming to the British, so it is not unexpected that the Pasadena Symphony would kick off its 2012-2013 season with two of the Queen’s subjects, conductor David Lockington, and cellist Andrew Shulman and perform an almost-all United Kingdom program of English composers. The opening concert will be held [...]
