Easter Week Music
Los Angeles Master Chorale Bach’s St. John Passion with Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra will be presented by the Los Angeles Master Chorale at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, March 31 and 7:00 p.m. Sunday, April 1 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The choir will be pared to 40 singers with Chorale member Pablo Corá as Evangelist. [...]
Bassoonist Fisher Brings Versatility to Pasadena Community Orchestra Concert March 30
For over 20 years, Donald Fisher has served as principal bassoonist with the Pasadena Community Orchestra. At their concert, 8:00 p.m. Friday, March 30, Fisher will be out in front of his fellow musicians as soloist when the orchestra performs Carl Maria von Weber’s Bassoon Concerto in F-major at the First Church of the Nazarene, [...]
Elegant French-Court Songs at Pasadena’s Versailles Replica March 25
The Da Camera Society of Mount St. Mary’s College has discovered some of the architectural grande maison of the San Gabriel Valley. In two concerts Sunday, March 25, at 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., the Society’s Chamber Music in Historic Sites series will present an elegant program of courtly French songs of the 17th and [...]
New Season at Boston Court in Branson Performing Space Announced
The Marjorie Branson Performance Space at Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena continues to be the place to stay current with the Southern California music scene. The small recital hall at Boston Court is an acoustically pristine space that allows individual performers and small groups to spread their musical wings into new areas. It [...]
John Cage at 100, Still Too New for Many-But not Southwest Chamber
Last weekend Southwest Chamber Music began a month-long tribute to celebrate the centennial of composer John Cage’s birthday. They continue the festival, “Cage 2012″ with a retrospective of the controversial composer’s works throughout the month of March. The schedule includes Saturday, March 10 at the Art Center College of Design; Sunday, March 11 at the [...]
Tonight: A Cabaret Performance at Arcadia Public Library (Feb 29)
The Arcadia Public Library’s Classical Kaleidoscope Concert Series lightens up tonight with the presentation of Alan Chapman and his wife, Karen Benjamin, in a program of Broadway songs tonight, Wednesday, Feb. 29. The program, which starts at 67:00 p.m., is free and open to the public, but be warned: this is a well-attended series and [...]
Inaugural “Valentine” Party Event Feb. 14 for Music Lovers
The Pasadena Symphony kicks off Live at Noor at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14 combining the pianistic talents of Esther Keel and Yana Reznik. The event will be held at Noor Restaurant, upstairs, at Paseo Colorado, Pasadena. Keel will be the guest pianist at the Pasadena Symphony concert on Saturday, Feb. 18 at Ambassador Auditorium [...]
Coleman Competition Winners Pianist Chen; Cellist Hoefs Perform in Alhambra Feb. 11
In 2005 when Rose Chen, pianist and Lars Hoefs, cellist, were students at USC’s Thornton School of Music, studying Chamber Music America with Peter Marsh as a trio, Blue Rose competed—and won the string competition of the Coleman Chamber vaunted Coleman Competition. That was 2005. Now seven years later, Chen and Hoefs are performing as [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
