Inclination

UPDATED 7.21.08

music aficionados!

 

I N   T H I S   I S S U E :

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A. Windows to the Classics presents – Free

   Members of Mládí

   PAMELA VLIEK MARTCHEV flute, ALMA FERNANDEZ viola, 

   MARIA CASALE harp

 

   Wednesday, July 16, 2008 – 7:30PM

   Park La Brea Theatre, Los Angeles CA

   For a Google map, click:

   http://tinyurl.com/6f8sts

 

Program

Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola, and harp

 

Besides being members of Mládí, PAMELA VLIEK MARTCHEV, ALMA FERNANDEZ,

and MARIA CASALE are also frequent featured artists on the acclaimed

Jacaranda series. Read about the artists by clicking:

http://www.mladichamberorchestra.org/07-08/musician/musicianindex.html

 

WINDOWS TO THE CLASSICS is a television-style chat show concentrating

entirely on the world of classical music. The program is created and

hosted by musicologist and documentary filmmaker RICHARD

WINTER-STANBRIDGE, who draws his audiences inside the music, helping

them to understand and appreciate it through interaction with his

guests and audience. All the presentations at the Park La Brea Theatre

are followed by a reception and a further opportunity for audience

members to discuss and review the evening’s subject with the host and

guest artists. Read about Windows to the Classics by clicking:

http://windowstotheclassics.com

 

Since all programs are recorded for subsequent multi-media broadcast,

WTTC has just decided to change its policy regarding audience

attendance. As from today’s program, there will be no longer be a

charge for tickets. They will be FREE to the general public and as

usual they will have the opportunity of interacting with the whole

proceedings. Tickets are limited and are distributed on a first come,

first served basis. WTTC will however, appeal, for donations to help

support this venture and audiences can give at their discretion, or

simply enjoy the events.

 

Free admission. For information, call the Park La Brea Theatre at

(323) 549-5458 or click:

http://windowstotheclassics.com

 

 

 

 

B. iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates

   EDUARD SCHMIEDER music director and conductor

 

   Saturday, July 19, 2008 – Sunday, July 27, 2008

     Various Southern California Venues

   Saturday, July 26, 2008 – 8:00PM

     Grand Finale iPalpiti Orchestra in Walt Disney Concert Hall

 

The orchestra iPalpiti (ee-PAHL-pit-ee, Italian for “heartbeat”) draws

its members from prize-winning musicians of international

competitions. iPalpiti has played to acclaim in leading concert halls

throughout the world. The iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates

takes place at various venues throughout the City, and culminates in

an evening concert by the full orchestra in the Walt Disney Concert

Hall, this summer on Saturday, July 26, 2008. 

 

Twenty-four selected artists have arrived in Los Angeles from 19

countries for the 11th annual iPalpiti Festival of International

Laureates. Read about the remarkable assemblage of talented artists by

clicking:

http://ipalpiti.org/artists2008.htm

 

Watch a 3-minute video about the iPalpiti by clicking:

http://ipalpiti.org/video/yai-dvd-lg-004.wmv

 

 

THE CONCERTS

 

Saturday, July 19, 2008

iPalpiti Orchestra and soloists

  2:30-4:30PM – Open Rehearsal – Free

  7:30PM – Festival “Preview” Concert – $10 at the door

Rolling Hills United Methodist Church

For a Google map, click:

http://tinyurl.com/cwvyc

 

Program

Chamber-music and recital selections 

  performed by the iPalpiti soloists

Selections from the Walt Disney Concert Hall concert  

  by the full iPalpiti Orchestra

 

For information, click:

http://www.rhumc.org/music.asp#Upcoming

 

 

 

Sunday, July 20, 2008 – 6:00PM – Free

iPalpiti soloists

Sundays Live! – Los Angeles County Museum of Art

For directions, click:

http://sundayslive.org/directions.cfm

 

Program

Bartók: Contrasts for violin, clarinet, and piano

Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op.115

 

Free admission. Streamed live over the internet. For information,

click:

http://sundayslive.org/

 

 

 

Monday, July 21, 2008 – 12:30PM – Free

iPalpiti soloists

Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival

On the new UCLA interactive map, search for: Point of Interests and

Anderson-Korn Hall from the drop-down lists after clicking:

http://maps.ucla.edu/campus

 

Program

Prokofiev: Sonata for two violins

Dvorák: Four Romantic Pieces “Drobnosti” for two violins and viola

Mendelssohn: Quintet in B-flat Major

 

Free admission. For information, click:

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/Music07-08.htm#bruman

 

 

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 – 6:00PM

iPalpiti soloists

Greystone Mansion, Beverly Hills CA

For a Google map with street view, click:

http://tinyurl.com/6×7rhp

 

Program

Volker David Kirchner (b.1942): Pieta for violin solo

Bartók: Contrasts for violin, clarinet, and piano

Osvaldo Golijov: Lullaby & Doina

  for clarinet, flute, violin, viola, cello, and double bass

  from the film “The Man Who Cried” (2001)

Solo Selections: YVES DHARAMRAJ cello

 

Tickets: $20 $12 students under 12. Purchase tickets by clicking:

http://www.youngartists.org/buytickets2008.htm

 

 

 

Thursday, July 24, 2008 – 12:30PM – Free

iPalpiti soloists

Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival

On the new UCLA interactive map, search for: Point of Interests and

Anderson-Korn Hall from the drop-down lists after clicking:

http://maps.ucla.edu/campus

 

Program

Osvaldo Golijov: Lullaby & Doina 

  for clarinet, flute, violin, viola, cello, and double bass

Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op.115

 

Free admission. For information, click:

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/Music07-08.htm#bruman

 

 

 

Friday, July 25, 2008 – 2:00PM

iPalpiti “Junior” violinist ELENA KAWAZU

Salter Theatre, Beverly Hills High School

For a Google map with street view, click:

http://tinyurl.com/56y4v3

 

Program

Bizet/Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy

  Dress rehearsal preview of Elena’s performance 

  at the Walt Disney Concert Hall

 

Tickets: $10 at the door. For information, click:

http://www.youngartists.org/events2008.htm

 

 

 

Saturday, July 26, 2008 – 8:00PM

iPalpiti Orchestra at Walt Disney Concert Hall

For directions, click:

http://www.laphil.com/visit/visit_getting.cfm

 

Program

Purcell/Britten: Chacony for strings in G Minor

John Tavener: Tears of the Angels for solo violin and string orchestra

Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for 2 violins and string, Op.77 (1962)

  Soloists CATHARINA CHEN (Norway) / ALEXANDRU TOMESCU (Romania)

Bizet/Sarasate: Carmen

  Soloist: iPalpiti “Junior” violinist ELENA KAWAZU   

Grieg: String Serenade in G Minor, Op.27a

 

Tickets: $20 – $80. Purchase tickets by clicking:

http://www.youngartists.org/buytickets2008.htm

 

 

 

Sunday, July 27, 2008 – Free

ALEXANDRU TOMESCU violin, STEVEN VANHAUWAERT piano

Sundays Live! – Los Angeles County Museum of Art

 

Program

Mozart: Sonata in G Major

Schumann: Fantasy, Op.131

Kreisler: Liebesleid and Liebesfreud

Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

Paganini: La Campanella

 

Free admission. Streamed live over the internet. For information,

click:

http://sundayslive.org/

 

 

For full information about the iPalpiti Festival of International

Laureates and to order tickets, click:

http://www.youngartists.org/

 

 

 

 

C. 60th-Season Celebration Concert

   SOUTHEAST SYMPHONY

   CHARLES DICKERSON conductor

   ALTHEA WAITES piano soloist

   VICTORIA BUMETT soprano soloist, CEDRIC BERRY baritone soloist

 

   Sunday, July 20, 2008 – 3:00PM

   Walt Disney Concert Hall

   For directions, click:

   http://www.laphil.com/visit/visit_getting.cfm

 

Read last Sunday’s Los Angeles Times feature article “Southeast

Symphony reaches out to the next generation” about the Southeast

Symphony and Maestro CHARLES DICKERSON by clicking:

http://tinyurl.com/6b572j

 

Program – An Afternoon with Mr. Gershwin

An American in Paris

Rhapsody in Blue

  with pianist ALTHEA WAITES

Cuban Overture

Porgy and Bess Concert Suite

  with soprano VICTORIA BUMETT and baritone CEDRIC BERRY

 

A graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana and the Yale University

School of Music, ALTHEA WAITES has appeared as soloist and chamber

musician on the world’s leading concert stages. Althea is Professor of

Piano at California State University Long Beach and is organist and

pianist of Rolling Hills Methodist Church. Read about Althea at her

excellent website, where you can listen to excerpts from her acclaimed

CDs on the Cambria label, by clicking:

http://www.altheawaites.com/

 

Since its founding in 1948 by MABEL MASSINGIL GUNN, the Southeast

Symphony Association, Inc. (SESA) began as an African-American

organization and remains so predominantly; however, SESA is fortunate

to have participation and support from diverse ethnicities. The free

classical music concerts, educational programs, scholarships, outreach

to public school students and senior citizens, and its Saturday

Conservatory are all woven into the fabric of SESA’s reason for being.

Read about the Southeast Symphony by clicking:

http://www.southeastsymphony.org/

 

Tickets: $25 to $60. For information and to order tickets, click:

http://www.musiccenter.org/cal/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=1346

 

 

 

 

D. SUMMER FESTIVALS

 

Summaries of upcoming Southland summer festivals are listed below with

clicks to full festival information. Find full information in the

concert listings.

 

 

Music Academy of the West

2008 SUMMER FESTIVAL

Monday, June 23 – Monday, August 18, 2008

Various Santa Barbara venues

For information, see No.2 in the listings below or click:

http://www.musicacademy.org/

 

 

St. LUKE’s GARDEN CONCERTS – Free

Sundays – June 24, July 29, August 26, 2007 – 5:00-7:00PM

St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church – Rolling Hills Estates CA

For information, call (310) 377-2825. 

 

 

ZELTSMAN MARIMBA FESTIVAL

Sunday, July 6 – Saturday, July 19, 2008

Zipper Concert Hall – The Colburn School

For information, see No.8 in the listings below or click:

http://www.zmf.us/concerts.cfm

 

 

HENRY J. BRUMAN SUMMER CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL – Free

Mondays & Thursdays, July 7, 10, 17, 21, 24 2007 – 12:30ˆ1:30PM

Korn Convocation Hall, The Anderson School, UCLA

For information, see No.9 in the listings below or click:

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/Music07-08.htm#bruman

 

 

SUMMER SING-ALONGS

Thursdays, July 10, 17, 24, 31, 2008 – 7:30PM

First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica

For information, see No.14 in the listings below or click:

http://www.santamonicaumc.org/music/july08singalongsflyer.pdf

 

 

INTERNATIONAL LAUREATES FESTIVAL

iPalpiti Orchestra and Soloists

Saturday, July 19 – Sunday, July 27, 2008

Walt Disney Concert Hall and Various Other Southland Venues

http://ipalpiti.org/

 

 

FIFTH ANNUAL BEVERLY HILLS INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

Friday, August 1 – Sunday, August 10, 2008

Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church 

http://www.bhmusicfestival.org/

 

 

LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY SummerFest 2008

Friday, August 1 – Sunday, August 24, 2008

http://www.ljcms.org/

 

 

MALIBU COAST CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Tuesday, August 19 – Saturday, August 30, 2008

http://www.malibucoastmusicfestival.org/

 

CARLSBAD MUSIC FESTIVAL

Friday, September 19 – Sunday, September 28, 2008

http://www.carlsbadmusicfestival.org/

 

 

E. LISTINGS OF UPCOMING CONCERTS

   through Wednesday, July 30, 2008

 

Robert Cauer Violins

http://cauer.com/component/option,com_jcalpro/Itemid,32/

 

Guitar Events in Southern California

http://www.ocgc.org/SoCalEvents.htm

 

FineArtsLA

http://www.fineartsla.com/

 

Zipper Arts

http://www.zipperarts.com/

 

 

 

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:: THE WEEKLY CONCERTS

 

 

 

a. Pasadena Presbyterian – Free

   MUSIC AT NOON Concert Series

 

Wednesdays – 12:10PM

Pasadena Presbyterian Church

585 E. Colorado Blvd.

(NW corner of Colorado & Madison)

Pasadena CA

[Pasadena/Glendale][Free]

For directions, click:

http://www.ppc.net/map.html

 

Free admission. All concerts are followed by an optional $6 sandwich

lunch. 

See the Pasadena Presbyterian “Music at Noon” series by clicking:

http://www.ppc.net/music/noonconcerts.html

 

 

 

 

b. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – Free

   ORGAN DEMONSTRATION or RECITAL

   Cathedral organist SAMUEL S. SORIA or guest artist

 

Wednesdays – 12:45PM

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

555 W. Temple Street

Los Angeles CA

[DownTownLA][Free]

For directions and parking information, click:

http://www.olacathedral.org/gettinghere/

 

Free admission. 

See the musical offerings at Our Lady of the Angels by clicking:

http://www.olacathedral.org/

 

 

 

 

c. First Congregational Church of Los Angeles – Free

   THURSDAY NOONTIME ORGAN RECITALS

   S. WAYNE FOSTER Organist-in-Residence or guest organist

 

Thursdays – 12:10PM

First Congregational Church of Los Angeles

540 S. Commonwealth Ave. (at Sixth St.)

Los Angeles CA

[midWilshireLA][Free]

For directions, click:

http://www.fccla.org/finding.html

 

Read about S. WAYNE FOSTER, where you can listen to Air by Gerre

Hancock, by clicking:

http://www.concertartists.com/SWF.html

 

Free admission with a light lunch following. 

For information, call (213) 385-1345 or click:

http://www.fccla.org/music.html

 

 

 

 

d. The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace – Free

   FAMILY CONCERT SERIES

 

Sundays – 2:00PM

The Richard Nixon Library

18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard

Yorba Linda CA

[OrangeCounty][Free]

For a Google map, click:

http://tinyurl.com/exr7l

 

Free admission. See the schedule of upcoming concerts by clicking:

http://tinyurl.com/2ca4qt

 

 

 

 

e. Sundays Live – Free

   CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES

 

Sundays – 6:00PM

Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Leo S. Bing Theater

5905 Wilshire Blvd. (just east of Fairfax)

Parking across the street at Wilshire & Spaulding

Los Angeles CA

[midWilshireLA][Free]

For directions, click:

http://sundayslive.org/directions.cfm

 

Begun in 1948, SUNDAYS LIVE is the longest-running music broadcast in

Los Angeles. It presents weekly classical chamber music concerts and

recitals by premier professional artists from Southern California and

around the world. These one-hour concerts are presented free to the

public at 6:00PM on Sundays in the Leo S. Bing Theater of the Los

Angeles County Museum of Art. No tickets or reservations are required

and all are welcome. Read about Sundays Live by clicking:

http://sundayslive.org/

 

Attend on Sunday and listen again on Wednesday! Each Sunday’s concert

is heard by delayed broadcast the following Wednesday at noon on Cal

State Northridge Classical Radio KCSN, 88.5FM. For information, click:

http://wwww.kcsn.org/

 

Listen live on the internet via streaming audio on Sundays at

6:00PM by clicking at concert time:

http://sundayslive.org/SundaysLive.asx

 

Send a request to subscribe to the new Sundays Live weekly e-mail

reminders of concerts and broadcasts by clicking:

mailto:SundaysLive@earthlink.net

 

Free admission. For concert information, click:

http://sundayslive.org/

 

 

 

 

f. Compline with the MASTERS CONSORT – Free

   DAVID ARMITAGE, DANIEL CHANEY, PAUL CUMMINGS, HOLLIS ERDMANN,

   LINCOLN HANKS, PHIL HAUSSMANN, CHRISTOPHER REMMEL, KORY REID, 

   DORY SCHULTZ, GEORGE STERNE

 

Sundays – 8:30PM

Lutheran Church of the Master

10931 Santa Monica Boulevard

Los Angeles CA

[WestSide][Free]

For directions, click:

http://lutheran.churchofthemaster.org/about?q=node/20

 

The Master’s Consort under the leadership of HOLLIS ERDMANN performs

the choral service of Compline – from the days of Christian monks,

candlelit sanctuary and Gregorian chants – every Sunday night at

8:30PM. The singers are drawn from Los Angeles’ premier professional

choral ensembles including the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Concord

Ensemble, the Los Angeles Chamber Singers, and Cappella. 

 

Freewill donation. For information, click:

http://lutheran.churchofthemaster.org/node/52

 

 

 

 

:: 42 LISTINGS FOCUSING MOSTLY ON CHAMBER MUSIC

  (be sure to double-check times and dates with the

   contact information provided before setting out)

 

 

 

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Music Academy of the West

2008 SUMMER FESTIVAL

 

Monday, June 23 – Monday, August 18, 2008

Music Academy of the West

1070 Fairway Road

Santa Barbara CA

[Ventura/SantaBarbara]

For directions, click:

http://www.musicacademy.org/about-us/contact-us

 

Guest Conductors

LARRY RACHLEFF ˆ Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra 

DANIEL HEGE – Syracuse Symphony Orchestra 

NICHOLAS McGEGAN – Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra 

ANNE MANSONˆFORMER – Kansas City Symphony 

GEORGE MANAHAN ˆ New York City Opera 

 

Visiting Artists and Guest Faculty

Composer WILLIAM BOLCOM 

TAKÁCS QUARTET 

Mezzo-soprano JOAN MORRIS 

CANADIAN BRASS 

Violinist DONALD and Pianist VIVIAN WEILERSTEIN 

Pianist GILBERT KALISH

Pianist JOSEPH KALICHSTEIN 

Violinist WILLIAM PREUCIL 

 

During the Academy’s Summer School and Festival, Music Academy of the

West brings to audiences masterclasses, chamber music, recitals,

orchestra concerts, and two fully staged performances of William

Bolcom’s comic opera A Wedding, at various Santa Barbara venues – all

open to the public.

 

The MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST, founded in 1947, is one of the

country’s premier summer music schools for gifted young musicians,

primarily of college and graduate-school age. As a full-scholarship

institution, the school selects its students based on their musical

merit. The setting is the beautiful Montecito estate Miraflores.

 

Find full Music Academy of the West 2008 Summer Festival information

by clicking:

http://www.musicacademy.org/

 

 

 

 

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Pasadena Presbyterian “Music at Noon” Series – Free

LOS ANGELES CELLO COLLECTIVE 

 

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 – 12:10PM

Pasadena Presbyterian Church

585 E. Colorado Blvd.

(NW corner of Colorado & Madison)

Pasadena CA

[Pasadena/Glendale][Free]

For directions, click:

http://www.ppc.net/map.html

 

See the Pasadena Presbyterian “Music at Noon” series by clicking:

http://www.ppc.net/music/noonconcerts.html

 

Free admission. All concerts are followed by an optional $6 sandwich

lunch.

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – Free

Organ Recital by NAMHEE HAN

 

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 – 12:45PM

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

555 W. Temple Street

Los Angeles CA

[DownTownLA][Free]

For directions and parking information, click:

http://www.olacathedral.org/gettinghere/

 

Organist at Westwood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles since 1999,

NAMHEE HAN has performed throughout Southern California including

Saint James Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, the First Congregational

Church of Los Angeles, and Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. She

was a featured artist at the National Convention of the American Guild

of Organists (AGO) in 2004. A native of South Korea, Namhee Han began

organ study with THOMAS HARMON, and has since completed her Master’s

and Doctoral degrees in organ performance at UCLA, studying with Dr.

CHRISTOPH BULL. Prior to attending UCLA, she earned a Bachelor of Arts

from Seoul National University in Korea.

 

Read about the Dobson organ at Our Lady of the Angels by clicking:

http://www.dobsonorgan.com/html/instruments/op75_losangeles.html

 

Free admission. See the musical offerings at Our Lady of the Angels by

selecting “Music at Cathedral Events” from the drop down menu under

“Music” after clicking:

http://www.olacathedral.org/

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Windows to the Classics presents – Free

Members of Mládí

PAMELA VLIEK MARTCHEV flute, ALMA FERNANDEZ viola, MARIA CASALE harp

 

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 – 7:30PM

Park La Brea Theatre

475 S. Curson Avenue West 

Los Angeles CA

[midWilshireLA][Free]

For a Google map, click:

http://tinyurl.com/6f8sts

 

Program

Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola, and harp

 

Besides being members of Mládí, PAMELA VLIEK MARTCHEV, ALMA FERNANDEZ,

and MARIA CASALE are also frequent featured artists on the acclaimed

Jacaranda series. Read about the artists by clicking:

http://www.mladichamberorchestra.org/07-08/musician/musicianindex.html

 

WINDOWS TO THE CLASSICS is a television-style chat show concentrating

entirely on the world of classical music. The program is created and

hosted by musicologist and documentary filmmaker RICHARD

WINTER-STANBRIDGE, who draws his audiences inside the music, helping

them to understand and appreciate it through interaction with his

guests and audience. All the presentations at the Park La Brea Theatre

are followed by a reception and a further opportunity for audience

members to discuss and review the evening’s subject with the host and

guest artists.

 

Free admission. For information, call the Park La Brea Theatre at

(323) 549-5458 or click:

http://windowstotheclassics.com

 

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ZELTSMAN MARIMBA FESTIVAL

 

Sunday, July 6 – Saturday, July 19, 2008

Zipper Concert Hall

The Colburn School

200 South Grand Avenue

Los Angeles CA

[DownTownLA]

For a Google map with street view, click:

http://tinyurl.com/3xnb39

 

The ZELTSMAN MARIMBA FESTIVAL is the brainchild of Artistic

Director/marimbist NANCY ZELTSMAN. It is an annual, two-week event

that occurs during July in different locations. 

 

The seventh edition of ZELTSMAN MARIMBA FESTIVAL presents a series of

eight concerts featuring renowned faculty, special guests, and

emerging marimba stars. They’ll perform music ranging from classical

and contemporary to jazz, in solo and chamber music settings. The

featured instrument will be the marimba as well as its cousins, the

vibraphone and the MalletKAT (an electronic mallet keyboard).

 

Concert tickets: $10 / $7 students and seniors. 

Free admission to July 9 and July 11, 2008 outdoor concerts

  and Saturday, July 19, 2008 participants marathon.

For complete Festival, artist, and program information, click:

http://www.zmf.us/concerts.cfm

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

HENRY J. BRUMAN SUMMER CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL – Free

 

Mondays & Thursdays

July 7, 10, 17, 21, 24, 2008 – 12:30ˆ1:30PM (note new time)

Korn Convocation Hall, The Anderson School, UCLA

[WestSide][Free]

On the new UCLA interactive map, search for: Point of Interests and

Anderson-Korn Hall from the drop-down lists after clicking:

http://maps.ucla.edu/campus

 

Each summer, the UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies, which

also bring us the superb UCLA Clark Library Chamber Music series,

presents a series of free afternoon chamber music concerts made

possible by the Henry J. Bruman Trust. This summer’s offerings are:

 

 

Continuing…

 

 

Thursday, July 17, 2008 – 12:30ˆ1:30PM

ARMADILLO STRING QUARTET

BARRY SOCHER and STEVE SCHARF violins

RAYMOND TISCHER viola, ARMEN KSAJIKIAN cello

 

Program

Mozart: String quartet in D Major, K155

Tchaikovsky: String quartet No.3 in E-flat Major, Op.30 

Peter Schickele: Seven short movements from “Brass Calendar” 

  “January” through “July”

  arranged for string quartet by BARRY SOCHER

 

Read about the ARMADILLO STRING QUARTET and its artists by clicking:

http://www.armadillostringquartet.com/

 

 

 

Monday, July 21, 2008 – 12:30ˆ1:30PM

iPalpiti Artists International presents

iPalpiti Soloists

 

Program

Prokofiev: Sonata in C Major for two violins, Op.56

   MARI-LIIS PAKK and AISHA DOSSUMOVA violins

Bohuslav Martinu: Serenada No.2 for two violins and viola, H216

  NORA HAPCA and ROBERT KOWALSKI violins, RUMEN CVETKOV viola

Mendelssohn: String Quintet No.2 in B-flat Major, Op.87 

  DANIEL TURCINA and NORA HAPCA violins,

  VLADIMIR DYO and THOMAS WEILBACH violas,

  YVES DHARAMRAJ cello

 

 

 

Thursday, July 24, 2008 – 12:30ˆ1:30PM

iPalpiti Artists International presents

iPalpiti Soloists 

 

Program

Osvaldo Golijov: Lullaby & Doina 

  for violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, and clarinet,

  from the film “The Man Who Cried” (2001)

  VLADIMIR DYO violin, RUMEN CVETKOV viola, 

  JULIE JUNG cello, KRISTOFFER SAEBO double bass,

  JENNI OLSEN flute, TIBI CZIGER clarinet

Brahms: Quintet in B Minor for clarinet and strings, Op.115 

  MARIE RADAUER-PLANK and PETER RAINER violins,

  IVAN PALOVIC viola, EVGENY SAKAKUSCHEV cello,

  TIBI CZIGER clarinet 

 

Read about the artists, in town for the annual International Laureates

Festival, by clicking:

http://www.ipalpiti.org/artists2008.htm

 

For full information about the International Laureates Festival,

click:

http://www.ipalpiti.org/

 

 

 

Admission is free, and no reservations or tickets are required. For

information, click:

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/Music07-08.htm#bruman

 

Parking is available on campus for $8 in Lot 4 and, for seniors and

holders of disabled parking placards, in Lot 5 (park on top and you

can walk into the Anderson School without any steps). For both lots,

enter the campus from Sunset Boulevard on Westwood Boulevard, and

inquire at the Lot-4 information kiosk. (I like to Park in Parking

Structure 2, where Westholme enters the campus from Hilgard, and take

a scenic stroll to Dickerson Plaza and then behind Royce Hall to the

Anderson School. Arrive early and have lunch at the Espresso Roma Café

in the architecturally beautiful Marion Anderson Courtyard, just

downstairs from Korn Hall.)

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica

SUMMER SING-ALONGS

 

Thursdays, July 10, 17, 24, 31, 2008 – 7:30PM

First United Methodist Church

1008 11th St.

Santa Monica CA

[WestSide]

For a map and directions, click:

http://www.santamonicaumc.org/reachus/map_directions.html

 

For those who love to sing or simply enjoy listening, FIRST UNITED

METHODIST CHURCH of SANTA MONICA once again offers four SUMMER

SING-ALONGS of major choral works led by outstanding guest conductors.

Here’s the lineup:

 

Continuing…

 

Thursday, July 17, 2008

PAUL SALAMUNOVICH 

(Director Emeritus LA Master Chorale, St. Charles Borromeo, USC)

  conducts

Duruflé’s Requiem

 

Thursday, July 24, 2008

NICK STRIMPLE 

(USC, Choral Society of Southern California, LA Zimriyah Chorale,

Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church)

  conducts

Dvorák’s Stabat Mater

 

Thursday, July 31, 2008

PETER RUTENBERG

(Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Singers & Cappella)

  conducts

Brahms’ Requiem (in English)

 

Admission: $45 for the series or $15 for each event at the door.

Musical scores and refreshments are provided. For information, call

(310) 393-8258 or click:

http://www.santamonicaumc.org/music/specialevents.html

 

For the series flyer order form, click:

http://www.santamonicaumc.org/music/july08singalongsflyer.pdf

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Grand Performances’ 2008 Summer Concert Series – Free

 

Thursday, July 17, 2008 – 8:00PM

  Musicology 203: ON TOM LEHRER AND OTHER CHAMPIONS OF SATIRICAL MUSIC

Thursday, August 7, 2008 – 8:00PM

  Musicology 204: JOSH KUN’s BRASS BAND ODYSSEY

Saturday, August 9, 2008 – 8:00PM

  Mládí Chamber Orchestra

In the Heart of Downtown Los Angeles

At California Plaza Watercourt

350 South Grand Avenue

Los Angeles CA

[DownTownLA][Free]

For directions, click:

http://grandperformances.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/venue.directions

 

Continuing…

 

Thursday, July 17, 2008 – 8:00PM

Musicology 203: ON TOM LEHRER AND OTHER CHAMPIONS OF SATIRICAL MUSIC 

ALAN CHAPMAN and KAREN BENJAMIN review the roles that a wealth of

clever lyricists has taken as they twist popular songs and compose

their own to comment on the contemporary scene. For information,

click:

http://tinyurl.com/6rdrvk

 

Thursday, August 7, 2008 – 8:00PM

Musicology 204: JOSH KUN’s BRASS BAND ODYSSEY 

From Bach to Banda, the Balkans to the Beatles, brass bands have

influenced music throughout the ages via colonialism and migration.

Noted author and USC Professor JOSH KUN takes us on a journey filled

with brass wonderment, experimentation, and discovery. For

information, click:

http://tinyurl.com/6roqy8

 

Saturday, August 9, 2008 – 8:00PM

MLÁDÍ CHAMBER ORCHESTRA and CHUCHITO VALDEZ

Mládí Chamber Orchestra promises an evening of Latin-American virtuoso

musicianship and daring. Third generation Cuban jazz-pianist CHUCHITO

VALDEZ will brings the spirited passion for which he, his father

(Chucho) and grandfather (Bebo) are known, to a classical repertoire.

For information, click: 

http://tinyurl.com/6xhcen

 

GRAND PERFORMANCES strives to bring together diverse peoples of Los

Angeles through quality, free-of-charge, performing-arts programs that

reflect the rich tapestry of this region’s communities.

 

Free admission. For full information on the performances, click:

http://www.grandperformances.org/

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church – Free

SOPHIE-VERONIQUE CAUCHEFER-CHOPLIN organ

 

Friday, July 18, 2008 – 7:30PM

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

525 East 7th Street at Atlantic Avenue

Long Beach CA

[LongBeach][Free]

For directions and a map, click:

http://www.stlukeslb.org/contact2.html

 

Program

Selections by Bedard, Mendelssohn, Widor, and Faure

Improvisation

 

Internationally acclaimed concert artist and teacher SOPHIE-VERONIQUE

CAUCHEFER-CHOPLIN is organist at St. Sulpice and St. Jean Baptiste de

la Salle, Paris. Watch a sensational performance of the final movement

of Symphonie Passion by Marcel Dupré at St. Sulpice in Paris by

clicking:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1XpP7D8VGQ

 

Tickets: $10 in advance / $15 at the door. For information call (562)

436-4047, or click:

http://www.stlukeslb.org/events.html

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DAVID RONA classical guitar – Free

 

Saturday, July 19, 2008 – 3:00PM

Edendale Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library

2011 W. Sunset Blvd

Los Angeles CA

[Hollywood/LosFeliz][Free]

For a Google map with street view, click:

http://tinyurl.com/2z8y3z

 

This concert is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

For information, click:

http://www.lacountyarts.org/free_july08.html

 

For information, click:

http://www.lapl.org/branches/Branch.php?bID=69

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chamber Music Institute Student Chamber Music Concert – Free

RICHARD ANSHUTZ, CHARLES BAKER, LESLIE HO, KAY PECH Faculty

 

Saturday, July 19, 2008 – 3:00PM and 4:30PM

Calvary Baptist Church

8281 Garfield Avenue

Huntington Beach CA

[OrangeCounty][Free]

For a Google map with street view, click:

http://tinyurl.com/56wzf6

 

The concert features nine student ensembles – eight string quartets

and one quintet. Students range in age from 9 to 20 and have just

completed a two-week course.

 

The CHAMBER MUSIC INSTITUTE/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA has prepared students

(ages 8-88) in the art of chamber music performance since 1993. For

information, click:

http://www.chambermusicinstitute.com/

 

Free admission – the public is welcome. For program and artist

information, click:

http://www.chambermusicinstitute.com/events.html

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

11th Annual International Laureates Festival 2008 “Preview”

iPalpiti Orchestra and Soloists

Maestro EDUARD SCHMIEDER conductor

 

Saturday, July 19, 2008 – 7:30PM

  Open Rehearsal – 2:30-4:30PM – Free

  Concert – 7:30PM

Rolling Hills United Methodist Church

26438 Crenshaw Blvd.

Rolling Hills Estates CA

[SouthBay]

For a Google map, click:

http://tinyurl.com/cwvyc

 

The orchestra iPalpiti (ee-PAHL-pit-ee, Italian for “heartbeat”) draws

its members from prize-winning musicians of international

competitions. iPalpiti has played to acclaim in leading concert halls

throughout the world. 

 

Twenty-four selected artists have arrived in Los Angeles from 19

countries for the 11th annual iPalpiti Festival of International

Laureates. Read about the remarkable assemblage of talented artists by

clicking:

http://www.youngartists.org/artists2008.htm

 

The iPalpiti Festival takes place at various venues throughout the

city culminating in a concert by the iPalpiti Orchestra in the Walt

Disney Concert Hall on Saturday, July 26, 2008. See the schedule for

the 2008 Festival by clicking:

http://www.youngartists.org/events2008.htm

 

 

Watch an excellent short video about iPalpiti Artists International,

Inc. by clicking:

http://www.youngartists.org/video/yai-dvd-lg-004.wmv

 

and read a glowing New York Times review of iPalpiti’s New York debut

earlier this year in Carnegie Hall’s chamber-orchestra-sized Zankel

Hall by clicking:

http://tinyurl.com/257jxn

 

Following an all-day rehearsal under the baton of MAESTRO SCHMIEDER,

open to the public from 2:30-4:30PM, the iPalpiti Orchestra and

Soloists will perform a Festival “Preview” at 7:30PM – chamber-music

and solo recital selections by iPalpiti soloist and a selection from

its upcoming Walt Disney Concert Hall concert by the full iPalpiti

chamber orchestra.

 

Concert tickets: $10. For full Festival information, click:

http://www.youngartists.org/

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.14 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MARINA Del REY SUMMER CONCERTS – Free

 

Thursday, July 10 – Saturday, August 30, 2008 – 7:00PM

Burton Chace Park

13650 Mindanao Way

MARINA Del REY CA

[WestSide]/[SouthBay][Free]

For a Google map, click:

http://tinyurl.com/9yq5b

 

The MARINA Del REY SUMMER CONCERTS feature Thursday-evening classical

concerts with the MARINA Del REY SUMMER SYMPHONY under the baton of

Maestro FRANK FETTA and on alternate weeks, Saturday-evening pop

concerts starring celebrated musical entertainers.

 

 

CLASSICAL THURSDAYS

MARINA Del REY SUMMER SYMPHONY

FRANK FETTA conductor

KUSC’s RICH CAPPARELA host

 

Continuing…

 

Thursday, July 24, 2008 – 7:00PM

“A Night at the Opera” showcases finalists and winners from the Loren

Zachary National Vocal Competition in arias and ensembles from

best-loved operas.

 

Thursday, August 7, 2008 – 7:00PM

Selections by Dmitri Shostakovich, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel,

George Gershwin, and one of Ottorino Respighi’s Roman Festivals.

 

Thursday, August 21, 2008 – 7:00PM

Pianist JOHN NOVACEK performs George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and

Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2.

 

 

 

POP SATURDAYS

KUSC’s RICH CAPPARELA host

 

Saturday, July 19, 2008 – 7:00PM

Singer/songwriter MELISSA MANCHESTER

http://www.melissa-manchester.com/

 

Saturday, August 2, 2008 – 7:00PM

STEVE MARCH TORMÉ with a 9-piece band.

http://www.stevemarchtorme.com/

 

Saturday, August 16, 2008 – 7:00PM

THE 5th DIMENSION

http://www.vocalgroup.org/inductees/fifth_dimension.html

 

Saturday, August 30, 2008 – 7:00PM

Dame CLEO LAINE and Sir JOHN DANKWORTH 

http://www.quarternotes.com/

 

Open seating on the lawn and hillsides surrounding the performance is

available on a first-come, first-serve basis. You are encouraged to

bring low beach chairs and/or blankets. Don’t forget to bring along a

jacket or sweater to stay comfortable at night near the water.

Concertgoers are invited to come early with their own picnic. Be

prepared for a loud and festive audience.

 

Free admission. For information, click:

http://www.labeaches.info/BandH/Events/July.htm#concert

  and

http://www.labeaches.info/BandH/Events/August.htm#chace

 

See the brochure by clicking:

http://www.labeaches.info/BandH/Events/Concerts2008.pdf

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

GLOW Festival and TONALISM – Free

Dusk to Dawn on the Santa Monica Pier

 

Saturday, July 19 – Sunday, July 20, 2008 ˜ 7:00PM-7:00AM

Santa Monica Pier

Santa Monica CA

[WestSide][Free]

For a Google map, click:

http://tinyurl.com/d7o37

 

GLOW is a visual and musical all-night arts festival sponsored by the

City of Santa Monica that defies a simple description. Read for

yourself by clicking:

http://www.smgov.net/smarts/glow/

 

The TONALISM (part of the of sound. series) is one of the components

of GLOW. sound. frequently appears at the Schindler House. This time

its venue is the historic Looff Hippodrome carousel building on the

Santa Monica Pier. Read about Tonalism and its artists by clicking:

http://www.soundnet.org/sound/2008/july.shtml

 

Free admission.

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates

EDUARD SCHMIEDER music director and conductor

 

Saturday, July 19, 2008 – Sunday, July 27, 2008

  Various Southern California Venues

Saturday, July 26, 2008 – 8:00PM

  Grand Finale iPalpiti Orchestra in Walt Disney Concert Hall

 

The orchestra iPalpiti (ee-PAHL-pit-ee, Italian for “heartbeat”) draws

its members from prize-winning musicians of international

competitions. iPalpiti has played to acclaim in leading concert halls

throughout the world. The iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates

takes place at various venues throughout the City, and culminates in

an evening concert by the full orchestra in the Walt Disney Concert

Hall, this summer on Saturday, July 26, 2008. 

 

Twenty-four selected artists have arrived in Los Angeles from 19

countries for the 11th annual iPalpiti Festival of International

Laureates. Read about the remarkable assemblage of talented artists by

clicking:

http://ipalpiti.org/artists2008.htm

 

Watch a 3-minute video about the iPalpiti by clicking:

http://ipalpiti.org/video/yai-dvd-lg-004.wmv

 

THE CONCERTS

 

Saturday, July 19, 2008

iPalpiti Orchestra and soloists

  2:30-4:30PM – Open Rehearsal – Free

  7:30PM – Festival “Preview” Concert

Rolling Hills United Methodist Church

26438 Crenshaw Blvd.

Rolling Hills Estates CA

[SouthBay][Free]

For a Google map, click:

http://tinyurl.com/cwvyc

 

Program

Chamber-music and recital selections 

  performed by the iPalpiti soloists

Selections from the Walt Disney Concert Hall concert  

  by the full iPalpiti Orchestra

 

Open rehearsal: Free admission

Concert tickets: $10 at the door. For information, click:

http://www.rhumc.org/music.asp#Upcoming

 

 

 

Sunday, July 20, 2008 – 6:00PM – Free

iPalpiti soloists

Sundays Live! at LACMA

Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Leo S. Bing Theater

5905 Wilshire Blvd. (just east of Fairfax)

Parking across the street at Wilshire & Spaulding

Los Angeles CA

[midWilshireLA][Free]

For directions, click:

http://sundayslive.org/directions.cfm

 

Program

Bartók: Contrasts for violin, clarinet, and piano

Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op.115

 

Free admission. Streamed live over the internet. For information,

click:

http://sundayslive.org/

 

 

 

Monday, July 21, 2008 – 12:30PM – Free

iPalpiti soloists

Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival

Korn Convocation Hall, The Anderson School, UCLA

[WestSide][Free]

On the new UCLA interactive map, search for: Point of Interests and

Anderson-Korn Hall from the drop-down lists after clicking:

http://maps.ucla.edu/campus

 

Program

Prokofiev: Sonata for two violins

Dvorák: Four Romantic Pieces “Drobnosti” for two violins and viola

Mendelssohn: Quintet in B-flat Major

 

Admission is free, and no reservations or tickets are required. For

information, click:

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/Music07-08.htm#bruman

 

 

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 – 6:00PM

iPalpiti soloists

Greystone Mansion

905 Loma Vista Drive

Beverly Hills CA

[WestSide]

For a Google map with street view, click:

http://tinyurl.com/6×7rhp

 

Program

Volker David Kirchner (b.1942): Pieta for violin solo

Bartók: Contrasts for violin, clarinet, and piano

Osvaldo Golijov: Lullaby & Doina 

  for clarinet, flute, violin, viola, cello, and double bass

  from the film “The Man Who Cried” (2001)

Solo Selections: YVES DHARAMRAJ cello

 

Tickets: $20 $12 students under 12. Purchase tickets by clicking:

http://www.youngartists.org/buytickets2008.htm

 

 

 

Thursday, July 24, 2008 – 12:30PM – Free

iPalpiti soloists

Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival

Korn Convocation Hall, The Anderson School, UCLA

[WestSide][Free]

On the new UCLA interactive map, search for: Point of Interests and

Anderson-Korn Hall from the drop-down lists after clicking:

http://maps.ucla.edu/campus

 

Program

Osvaldo Golijov: Lullaby & Doina 

  for clarinet, flute, violin, viola, cello, and double bass

Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op.115

 

Admission is free, and no reservations or tickets are required. For

information, click:

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/Music07-08.htm#bruman

 

 

 

Friday, July 25, 2008 – 2:00PM

iPalpiti “Junior” violinist ELENA KAWAZU

Salter Theatre

Beverly Hills High School

241 Moreno Drive

Beverly Hills CA

[WestSide]

For a Google map with street view, click:

http://tinyurl.com/56y4v3

 

Program

Bizet/Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy

  Dress rehearsal preview of Elena’s performance 

  at the Walt Disney Concert Hall

 

Tickets: $10 at the door. For information, click:

http://www.youngartists.org/events2008.htm

 

 

 

Saturday, July 26, 2008 – 8:00PM

iPalpiti Orchestra

Walt Disney Concert Hall

111 S. Grand Avenue

Los Angeles CA

[DownTownLA]

For directions, click:

http://www.laphil.com/visit/visit_getting.cfm

 

Program

Purcell/Britten: Chacony for strings in G Minor

John Tavener: Tears of the Angels for solo violin and string orchestra

Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for 2 violins and string, Op.77 (1962)

  Soloists CATHARINA CHEN (Norway) / ALEXANDRU TOMESCU (Romania)

Bizet/Sarasate: Carmen

  Soloist: iPalpiti “Junior” violinist ELENA KAWAZU   

Grieg: String Serenade in G Minor, Op.27a

 

Tickets: $20 – $80. Purchase tickets by clicking:

http://www.youngartists.org/buytickets2008.htm

 

 

 

Sunday, July 27, 2008 – Free

ALEXANDRU TOMESCU violin, STEVEN VANHAUWAERT piano

Sundays Live! at LACMA

Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Leo S. Bing Theater

5905 Wilshire Blvd. (just east of Fairfax)

Parking across the street at Wilshire & Spaulding

Los Angeles CA

[midWilshireLA][Free]

For directions, click:

http://sundayslive.org/directions.cfm

 

Program

Mozart: Sonata in G Major

Schumann: Fantasy, Op.131

Kreisler: Liebesleid and Liebesfreud

Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

Paganini: La Campanella

 

Free admission. Streamed live over the internet. For information,

click:

http://sundayslive.org/

 

 

For full information about the iPalpiti Festival of International

Laureates and to order tickets, click:

http://www.youngartists.org/

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace

Family Concert Series – Free

Duo Pianists MARILYN SCRANTON and ANN PATRICK GREEN

 

Sunday, July 20, 2008 – 2:00PM

The Richard Nixon Library

18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard

Yorba Linda CA

[OrangeCounty][Free]

For a Google map with street view, click:

http://tinyurl.com/exr7l

 

Free admission. For information, click:

http://tinyurl.com/2ca4qt

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Shaffer Memorial Organ

SUMMER ORGAN RECITALS – Free

at Westwood United Methodist Church

 

Continuing…

 

Sunday,   July 20, 2008 – 3:00PM

  AUDREY JACOBSEN

Sunday, August  3, 2008 – 3:00PM

  ROBERT TALL

Sunday, August 17, 2008 – 3:00PM

  PETER FENNEMA

Westwood United Methodist Church

10497 Wilshire Blvd.

Westwood CA

[WestSide][Free]

For a Google map with street view, click:

http://tinyurl.com/e6yck

 

Read about the summer organists and see their recital programs by

clicking:

http://tinyurl.com/6jqtcw

 

Free admission. See the series flyer by clicking:

http://tinyurl.com/5d78ed

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

60th-Season Celebration Concert

SOUTHEAST SYMPHONY

CHARLES DICKERSON conductor

 

Sunday, July 20, 2008 – 3:00PM

Walt Disney Concert Hall

111 S. Grand Avenue

Los Angeles CA

[DownTownLA]

For directions, click:

http://www.laphil.com/visit/visit_getting.cfm

 

Program – An Afternoon with Mr. Gershwin

An American in Paris

Rhapsody in Blue

  with pianist ALTHEA WAITES

Cuban Overture

Porgy and Bess Concert Suite

  with soprano VICTORIA BUMETT and baritone CEDRIC BERRY

 

A graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana and the Yale University

School of Music, ALTHEA WAITES has appeared as soloist and chamber

musician on the world’s leading concert stages. She has also appeared

in recital at major festivals such as Aspen, Tanglewood, the Yale

Summer Festival, and the Idyllwild Arts Festival. Althea is Professor

of Piano at California State University Long Beach and is organist and

pianist of Rolling Hills Methodist Church. Read about Althea at her

excellent website, where you can listen to excerpts from her acclaimed

CDs on the Cambria label, by clicking:

http://www.altheawaites.com/

 

Since its founding in 1948 by MABEL MASSINGIL GUNN, the Southeast

Symphony Association, Inc. (SESA) began as an African-American

organization and remains so predominantly; however, SESA is fortunate

to have participation and support from diverse ethnicities. The free

classical music concerts, educational programs, scholarships, outreach

to public school students and senior citizens, and its Saturday

Conservatory are all woven into the fabric of SESA’s reason for being.

Read about the Southeast Symphony by clicking:

http://www.southeastsymphony.org/

 

Read last Sunday’s Los Angeles Times feature article “Southeast

Symphony reaches out to the next generation” about the Southeast

Symphony and Maestro CHARLES DICKERSON by clicking:

http://tinyurl.com/6b572j

 

Tickets: $25 to $60. For information and to order tickets, click:

http://www.musiccenter.org/cal/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=1346

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Concordia University Irvine – Concert on The Green – Free

CONCERT ON THE GREEN WIND ORCHESTRA

JEFF HELD conductor

 

Sunday, July 20, 2008 – 5:00PM

Concordia University

1530 Concordia

Irvine CA

[OrangeCounty][Free]

For directions, click:

http://www.cui.edu/index_ektid90.aspx

 

Program

James Swearingen, arr.: Star-Spangled Banner

Holst: Second Suite in F Major

Amparito Roca (arr. Winter): Spanish Dance

Leroy Anderson: A Trumpeter’s Lullaby

  CHARLIE WARREN tuba soloist

Brahms/Longfield: Hungarian Dance No.5

Schwartz/Zimmer/Bocook: Highlights from the Prince of Egypt

Traditional: The Blue Bells of Scotland

  CHARLIE WARREN tuba soloist

Ted Ricketts, arr.: Prime Time Toon Review

  American Dad, Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill

John Moss, arr.: Cars (highlights)

Claude T. Smith: Intrada – Adoration and Praise

Frank W. Meacham: American Patrol

Meredith Willson/arr. Leroy Anderson: Seventy-Six Trombones

 

The CONCERT ON THE GREEN WIND ORCHESTRA has some of the finest college

musicians in the Southland (and beyond), two high school students, and

several Concordia University instrumental faculty members. The concert

begins at 5:00PM with games for children and will conclude by 7:00PM.

Bring a picnic dinner and have a great time!

 

Free admission. For information, click:

http://www.cui.edu/aboutcui/mediarelations/index.aspx?id=13702

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.21 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

South Coast Botanic Garden Concert – Free

PALOS VERDES SYMPHONIC BAND

 

Sunday, July 20, 2008 – 6:00PM

Outdoors on the Lawn

South Coast Botanic Garden

26300 Crenshaw Blvd.

Palos Verdes Peninsula CA

[SouthBay][Free]

For a Google map, click:

http://tinyurl.com/294tse

 

Program

Summer pops concert 

 

Free with garden admission. Bring a picnic dinner. For information,

click:

http://www.palosverdes.com/pvsb/

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.22 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SUNDAYS LIVE Chamber Music Series – Free

iPalpiti Soloists

PETER RAINER violin, MARIE RADAUER-PLANK violin,

CATHARINA CHEN violin, IVAN PALOVIC viola, 

EVGENY SAKAKUSCHEV cello, TIBI CZIGER clarinet,

STEVEN VANHAUWAERT piano

 

Sunday, July 20, 2008 – 6:00PM

Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Leo S. Bing Theater

5905 Wilshire Blvd. (just east of Fairfax)

Parking across the street at Wilshire & Spaulding

Los Angeles CA

[midWilshireLA][Free]

For directions, click:

http://sundayslive.org/directions.cfm

 

Program

Bartók: Contrasts for violin, clarinet, and piano

Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op.115 

 

The orchestra iPalpiti (ee-PAHL-pit-ee, Italian for “heartbeat”) draws

its members from prize-winning musicians of international

competitions. iPalpiti has played to acclaim in leading concert halls

throughout the world. 

 

Twenty-four selected artists have arrived in Los Angeles from 19

countries for the 11th annual iPalpiti Festival of International

Laureates. Read about the remarkable assemblage of talented artists by

clicking:

http://www.youngartists.org/artists2008.htm

 

The iPalpiti Festival takes place at various venues throughout the

city culminating in a concert by the iPalpiti Orchestra in the Walt

Disney Concert Hall on Saturday, July 26, 2008. See the schedule for

the 2008 Festival by clicking:

http://www.youngartists.org/events2008.htm

 

Begun in 1948, SUNDAYS LIVE is the longest-running music broadcast in

Los Angeles. It presents weekly classical chamber music concerts and

recitals by premier professional artists from Southern California and

around the world. These one-hour concerts are presented free to the

public at 6:00PM on Sundays in the Leo S. Bing Theater of the Los

Angeles County Museum of Art. No tickets or reservations are required

and all are welcome. Read about Sundays Live by clicking:

http://sundayslive.org/

 

Listen live on the internet via streaming audio on Sundays at

6:00PM by clicking at concert time:

http://sundayslive.org/SundaysLive.asx

 

Attend on Sunday and listen again on Wednesday! Each Sunday’s concert

is heard by delayed broadcast the following Wednesday at noon on Cal

State Northridge Classical Radio KCSN, 88.5FM. For information, click:

http://wwww.kcsn.org/

 

Send a request to subscribe to Sundays Live weekly e-mail reminders of

concerts and broadcasts by clicking:

mailto:SundaysLive@earthlink.net

 

Free admission. For concert and artist information, click:

http://sundayslive.org/

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.23 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Newport Beach Public Library presents – Free

Concerts in the Parks

OPERA PACIFIC ENSEMBLE OF REPERTORY ARTISTS (O.P.E.R.A.)

DYLAN F. THOMAS director

 

Sunday, July 20, 2008 – 6:00PM

Grant Howald Park

Marguerite and 5th Ave.

Corona Del Mar CA

[OrangeCounty][Free]

For a Google map with street view, click:

http://tinyurl.com/6q9cfe

 

Program – Opera Soup!

A sparkling one-hour plus pastiche of opera for the whole family

 

Free admission. For information, click:

http://tinyurl.com/5drtfp

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.24 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Pasadena Presbyterian “Music at Noon” Series – Free

SIMONE VITUCCI cello 

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 – 12:10PM

Pasadena Presbyterian Church

585 E. Colorado Blvd.

(NW corner of Colorado & Madison)

Pasadena CA

[Pasadena/Glendale][Free]

For directions, click:

http://www.ppc.net/map.html

 

SIMONE VITUCCI has appeared in concert and television broadcasts in

Europe, North America, and her native South Africa. In addition to

numerous recitals across North America and Europe, she has made solo

appearances with the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra. Along with degrees

from the Universities of Miami and Notre Dame, she studied with ALDO

PARISOT at Yale. A past prizewinner of the SASOL and UNISA music

competitions in South Africa, Ms. Vitucci has, since moving to the

United States, been the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts

grant as a member of the improvisatory chamber ensemble, Clogs. Read

about Simone by clicking:

http://www.valhallaquartet.com/simone

 

See the Pasadena Presbyterian “Music at Noon” series by clicking:

http://www.ppc.net/music/noonconcerts.html

 

Free admission. All concerts are followed by an optional $6 sandwich

lunch.

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.25 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – Free

Organ Recital by

Cathedral Organist SAMUEL S. SORIA

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 – 12:45PM

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

555 W. Temple Street

Los Angeles CA

[DownTownLA][Free]

For directions and parking information, click:

http://www.olacathedral.org/gettinghere/

 

SAMUEL SALVADOR SORIA has been the organist of the Cathedral of Our

Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles since its dedication in 2002. Mr.

Soria is a graduate of Valparaiso and Northwestern Universities. In

addition to study with PHILIP GEHRING and WOLFGANG RÜBSAM, he has been

coached privately by JEAN GUILLOU, NAJI HAKIM, and PAUL MANZ,

concentrating on the art of organ improvisation. Samuel is a

prize-winner in the J.S. Bach International Competition at the Kennedy

Center, Washington, D.C., and was also a prizewinner in the American

Guild of Organists Improvisation Competition at Trinity Church, New

York.

 

Samuel’s Delos CD “The Premiere Organ Recording” was released in

February 2004 to critical acclaim. Listen to excerpts and purchase the

CD by clicking:

http://tinyurl.com/2ydynw

 

Read about the Dobson organ at Our Lady of the Angels by clicking:

http://www.dobsonorgan.com/html/instruments/op75_losangeles.html

 

Free admission. Free parking – be sure to bring your parking ticket

with you and get it validated. See the musical offerings at Our Lady

of the Angels by selecting “Music at Cathedral Events” from the drop

down menu under “Music” after clicking:

http://www.olacathedral.org/

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.26 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Musical Evenings at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

MICHAEL RYAN guitar and Friends

 

Thursday, July 24, 2008 – 7:00-9:00PM

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

1500 N. College Avenue

Claremont CA

[Pomona/Claremont]

For a Google map with street view, click:

http://tinyurl.com/5rxgv3

 

Program

A blend of renaissance, classical, nuevo flamenco, and contemporary

music

 

Classical guitarist MICHAEL RYAN is Senior Adjunct Professor of Music

at the University of La Verne. Read about Michael by clicking:

http://www.michaelryanmusic.com/

 

For a calendar of Southern California guitar events, where you can

subscribe to George Gutman’s occasional e-mail reminders of upcoming

classical guitar recitals, essential for guitar aficionados, click:

http://www.ocgc.org/SoCalEvents.htm

 

Musical Evenings at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden are on Thursdays,

July 10, 17, 24, 31 and August 7, 14, 2008. The concerts feature an

eclectic variety of musical styles. The July 24 concert is the only

classical offering.

 

Tickets: $8 / $6 seniors (62+) and students / $4 kids (3-12)

Free for RSABG members. Advance tickets and dinner reservations

available. For information, click:

http://www.rsabg.org/content/view/297/1/

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.27 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Norton Simon Museum – Free

HARMONIA BAROQUE PLAYERS

MARIKA FRANKL recorders

DEVIN FRYLING viola da gamba and Baroque cello

RICHARD GLENN archlute

MARI HAIG Baroque violin

 

Friday, July 25, 2008 – 7:00PM

Norton Simon Museum

411 West Colorado Blvd.

Pasadena CA

[Pasadena/Glendale][Free]

For directions, click:

http://www.nortonsimon.org/visitor/directions.aspx

 

Program – Baroque Treats for the Eye, Ear and Soul

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): Trio Sonata in F Major

  for alto recorder, violin, and basso continuo

Francis Cutting (1550-1595): Galliard and Greensleeves for archlute

Jean-Marie LeClair (1697-1764):

  Ciaconna for violin and basso continuo

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707): Sonata No.VI

  for violin, viola da gamba and basso continuo

Handel (1685-1767): Sonata No.4 in F Major for alto recorder and b.c.

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713): Trio Sonata in G Major

  for alto recorder, violin and basso continuo

 

The HARMONIA BAROQUE PLAYERS perform Baroque chamber music as well as

medieval- and renaissance-era selections on period instruments in the

Museum’s early-Renaissance galleries. Read about the ensemble by

clicking:

http://www.harmoniabaroque.org/

 

Gallery concerts are free with museum admission ($8 / $4 seniors 62+).

For information, call (626) 449-6840, or click:

http://www.nortonsimon.org/events/

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.28 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Southwest Chamber Music

2008 SUMMER FESTIVAL AT THE HUNTINGTON

 

Friday, July 11 – Saturday, August 23, 2008 – 7:30PM

Huntington Art Gallery Loggia (newly renovated)

  with additional seating on the lawn

Huntington Library

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino CA

[Pasadena/Glendale]

For directions, click:

http://www.huntington.org/Information/directions.html

 

Continuing…

 

Friday,   July 25, 2008 – 7:30PM

Saturday, July 26, 2008 – 7:30PM

Program

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787): Quartet for flute and strings

J.C. Bach: Quartet for flute and strings, Op.19 No.3

Joan Huang: Impressions of Suzhou

Schumann: Fantasy Piece for clarinet and piano, Op.73

Beethoven: Trio No.7 for piano, clarinet, and cello, Op.11

 

 

Friday,   August 8, 2008 – 7:30PM

Saturday, August 9, 2008 – 7:30PM

Program

Mozart: String Quartet No.17 in B-flat Major K458, “The Hunt”

Phúc Linh: String Quartet, “From Fairytale Land”

Brahms: String Sextet in G Major, Op.36

 

 

Friday,   August 22, 2008 – 7:30PM

Saturday, August 23, 2008 – 7:30PM

Program

Darius Milhaud: La Cheminée du Roi René

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôros No.2

Samuel Barber: Summer Music

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6

Leos Janácek: Mládí

 

 

Read about the Southwest Chamber Music artists by clicking:

http://www.swmusic.org/site/aboutUs/players_lower.html

 

Tickets: 

Art Gallery Loggia, single-concert $38 / series $137

Lawn seating, single-concert $28 / series $100

Pre-concert dinners available at The Huntington Tea Room.

For information and to order tickets, call (800) 726-7147 or click:

http://www.swmusic.org/site/concerts/huntington_master.html

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.29 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Long Beach Classical Guitar Society

BEN BOLT guitar

 

Thursday, July 24, 2008 – 8:00PM

  Masterclass

Friday,   July 25, 2008 – 8:00PM

  Recital

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

525 E 7th Street Long Beach CA

[LongBeach]

For a Google map, click:

http://tinyurl.com/cjpst

 

Read about guitarist BEN BOLT, who studied with from ABEL CARLEVARO

and Maestro Segovia, by clicking:

http://www.benboltguitar.com/

 

For a calendar of Southern California guitar events, where you can

subscribe to George Gutman’s occasional e-mail reminders of upcoming

classical guitar recitals, essential for guitar aficionados, click:

http://www.ocgc.org/SoCalEvents.htm

 

Admission for masterclass and recital: $10. For information, click:

http://www.lbcgs.net/

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.30 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

OperaWorks presents

NON-BORING ORIGINAL OPERA – Title TBA

ANN BALTZ OperaWorks founder and executive director,

CATHY HURST and JOHN AHART directors, PAULA THOMSON choreographer,

SHANE SCHAG, CHUN-WEI KANG, and DAN BRIDSTON music directors 

 

Saturday, July 26, 2008 – 7:00PM

Sunday,   July 27, 2008 – 2:00PM

Recital Hall (in Cypress Hall)

Cal State University Northridge

18111 Nordhoff Street

Northridge CA

[SanFernandoValley]

For directions to CSUN, click:

http://www.csun.edu/~pubrels/directions/directions.html

 

Each summer during a four-week Summer Intensive Program, OperaWorks

creates a original 3-act opera to showcase the 30 international

singers in residence.

 

Read about OperaWorks by clicking:

http://www.operaworks.com/

 

Tickets (advance sale): $23 / $18 students, seniors, servicemen.

Tickets  (at the door): $25 / $20 students, seniors, servicemen.

For information, click:

http://www.operaworks.com/owproduction.php

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.31 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Susan Allen’s Summer Harp Course, Inc.

Faculty Recital STELLA CASTELLUCCI – Free

  and

Final Student Concert – Free

 

Saturday, July 26, 2008 – 7:30PM

  STELLA CASTELLUCCI

Friday,  August 1, 2008 – 7:30PM

  Final Student Concert

Pacific Palisades Women’s Club

901 Haverford Avenue

Pacific Palisades CA

[WestSide][Free]

For a Yahoo map, click:

http://tinyurl.com/44vho

 

Saturday, July 26, 2008 – 7:30PM

STELLA CASTELLUCCI performs her arrangements of jazz standards for

solo harp. Read about Stella by clicking:

http://www.summerharpcourse.com/stella_castellucci.html

 

Friday, August 1, 2008 – 7:30PM

Students perform solo and harp ensemble selections

 

CalArts faculty harpist SUSAN ALLEN holds an annual Summer Harp Course

in Pacific Palisades. Students from all over the world come to study

harp and attend concerts during the two-week event. Read about Susan

by clicking:

http://www.summerharpcourse.com/susan_allen.html

 

Free admission. For information, click:

http://www.summerharpcourse.com/

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.32 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Borders Books Recitals – Free

AARON SPOOR classical guitar

 

Saturday, July 26, 2008 – 8:00PM

Borders Books

3833 Grand Avenue

Chino CA

[Pomona/Claremont][Free]

For a Google map with street view, click:

http://tinyurl.com/z9apd

 

AARON SPOOR began his guitar studies in 1996 at the Metropolitan State

College of Denver, where he earned his Bachelor of Music degree with

an emphasis on Classical Guitar Performance. In 2003 Aaron received a

conservatory scholarship from the Chicago College of Performing Arts

to study under internationally acclaimed guitarist/composer SERGIO

ASSAD. Currently, he is on the faculty at Mt. San Antonio College, in

Walnut CA. Read about Aaron and listen by clicking:

http://atstamusic.com/

 

For a calendar of Southern California guitar events, where you can

subscribe to George Gutman’s occasional e-mail reminders of upcoming

classical guitar recitals, essential for guitar aficionados, click:

http://www.ocgc.org/SoCalEvents.htm

 

Free admission. Aaron’s CDs will be available for purchase for $15 and

tips are more than welcome. For information, click:

http://web.mac.com/atstamusic/atstamusic/Events.html

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.33 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace

Family Concert Series – Free

ISAMU NAKASHIO guitar

 

Sunday, July 27, 2008 – 2:00PM

The Richard Nixon Library

18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard

Yorba Linda CA

[OrangeCounty][Free]

For a Google map, click:

http://tinyurl.com/exr7l

 

ISAMU NAKASHIO has performed throughout the U.S., Japan, Canada, and

Europe, including his New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall in

February of 1998. Isamu earned a Bachelor’s degree from the New

England Conservatory in Boston, and studied at Mannes College of Music

in New York and Yale University, where he earned two Master’s degrees

of music in performance. He also has four diplomas from Mozarteum

summer academy in Salzburg, Austria. Isamu currently lives in Orange

County and is a faculty member at both Cerritos and Santa Ana

Community Colleges. Read about Isamu by clicking:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/isamunakashio

 

For a calendar of Southern California guitar events, where you can

subscribe to George Gutman’s occasional e-mail reminders of upcoming

classical guitar recitals, essential for guitar aficionados, click:

http://www.ocgc.org/SoCalEvents.htm

 

Free admission. For information, click:

http://tinyurl.com/2ca4qt

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.34 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Guild Opera Company Benefit Recital

 

Sunday, July 27, 2008 – 2:00PM

Brand Library & Art Center

1601 W. Mountain Street

Glendale CA

[Pasadena/Glendale][Free]

For a Google map, click:

http://tinyurl.com/2ejowj

 

Artists  

MICHELLE BOURQUE soprano

MELODEE FERNANDEZ soprano

LINDA JACKSON soprano

LUCIA LYNN soprano

DEBORAH MAYHAN soprano

ELENDER WALL soprano

BELINDA WILKINS mezzo-soprano

GABRIEL R. PAZOS tenor

BENITO GALINDO baritone

GABRIEL MANRO baritone

DAVID REEDER and ROBERT CHAULS pianists

 

Program – Great Songs of Love and Passion

 

Since 1949, Guild Opera Company has been introducing children to the

magical world of opera. With the generous support of individual music

lovers, as well as funding from corporations, foundations and

government sources, over four million students have experienced live

professional performance of this important art form that encompasses

music, theater, dance and visual arts.

 

The event is free. Donations are gladly accepted. Refreshments will be

served. Reservations are recommended – call (323) 463-6593.

For information, click:

http://www.guildopera.org/

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.35 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CLAP and TAP CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 

  from California

MOONSTRING YOUTH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA and CAVALLERIA Di MUSICA

  from Taiwan

ANNIE CHUNG and DAVID L. WEN conductors

 

Sunday, July 27, 2008 – 3:30PM

Irvine Barclay Theatre

4242 Campus Drive

Irvine CA

[OrangeCounty]

For directions, click:

http://www.thebarclay.org/contact_map.htm

 

Program

Beethoven: String Quartet No.11 in F Minor, Op.95, “Quartetto serioso”

Piazzolla: Four Seasons for violin and strings 

Bartók: Divertimento for Strings 

David L. Wen:

  Two Dances for Strings

  Voices with Dialogues

Dvorák: Serenade for strings in E Major, Op.22

 

International youth orchestras are celebrating their second season

summer music festival at the Irvine Barclay Theater. They will perform

in Japan and Taiwan in August 2008.

 

Tickets: $20. For information on the Barclay website, click:

http://www.thebarclay.org/custom/events/event10.asp?eventID=1071

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.36 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sunday Afternoon Concert Series – Free

ROSELLE PIANO TRIO

JOANNE AUSMUS BAKER violin, CHARLES BAKER cello, ALISON EDWARDS piano

 

Sunday, July 27, 2008 – 4:30PM

Parish Hall

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church

1231 East Chapman Avenue

Fullerton CA

[OrangeCounty][Free]

For a Google map, click:

http://tinyurl.com/2oxmul

 

Program

Beethoven: Trio in E-flat Major, Op.1 No.1

Dvorák: Piano Trio No.4 in E Minor, Op.90, “Dumky”

 

Free admission. For information, call (714) 870-4350 or click:

http://tinyurl.com/4×4z3j

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.37 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

St. LUKE’s GARDEN CONCERTS – 2008 – Free

Series produced by RAYMOND EGAN director of music

 

Sundays – June 29, July 27, August 24, 2008 – 5:00-7:00PM

St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church

26825 Rolling Hills Road

Rolling Hills Estates CA

[SouthBay][Free]

For a Google map, click:

http://tinyurl.com/auwcx

 

Continuing…

 

Sunday, July 27, 2008 – 5:00PM

JIM SCOTT in Concert

JIM SCOTT has performed around the world with artists such as PETE

SEEGER, HOLLY NEAR, and PAUL HORN. He has been a tireless activist,

musician, composer, poet, and teacher of peace and planetary

stewardship. Read about JIM SCOTT by clicking:

http://www.jimscottmusic.com/

 

Sunday, August 24, 2008 – 5:00PM

NOTEWORTHY DUO – Flute and Guitar

LISA SCHROEDER flute and MICHAEL NIGRO guitar

Selections for classical guitar and flute.

Read about the NOTEWORTHY DUO and listen by clicking:

http://www.noteworthyduo.com/

 

The concerts are outdoors in St. Luke’s beautiful garden. Bring your

own chairs. Come early and picnic on the lawn.

 

Free admission. Beverages, dessert, and coffee hosted by St. Luke’s at

intermission. For information, call (310) 377-2825.

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.38 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CHRISTINE AVILA mezzo soprano, JEFFREY LAVNER piano – Free

and guest artists

 

Sunday, July 27, 2008 – 5:30PM

11534 Gateway Blvd.

Los Angeles CA

[WestSide][Free]

For a Google map with street view, click:

http://tinyurl.com/5zslxa

 

Program

Enrique Granados: Selections from Tonadillas 

Manuel de Falla: Selections from Siete Canciones Populares

 

Mezzo-soprano CHRISTINE AVILA, whose singing and acting career spans

three decades, has sung at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall,

performed the role of Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar at the

Opera House, Washington D.C., and currently sings at St. Joan of Arc

Church.

 

Christine will be joined by Colburn School faculty pianist JEFFREY

LAVNER, who earned his Bachelor’s degree at Syracuse University and

his Master’s at USC.

 

Free admission, donations appreciated. Proceeds will benefit the music

department of St. Joan of Arc Church. Reception food stylings by

Carlos Farfan and Jill Dancy. For information and reservations, call

(310) 479-5111.

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.39 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SUNDAYS LIVE Chamber Music Series – Free

iPalpiti Soloists

ALEXANDRU TOMESCU violin, STEVEN VANHAUWAERT piano

 

Sunday, July 27, 2008 – 6:00PM

Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Leo S. Bing Theater

5905 Wilshire Blvd. (just east of Fairfax)

Parking across the street at Wilshire & Spaulding

Los Angeles CA

[midWilshireLA][Free]

For directions, click:

http://sundayslive.org/directions.cfm

 

Program

Mozart: Sonata in G Major

Schumann: Fantasy, Op.131

Kreisler: Liebesleid and Liebesfreud

Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

Paganini: La Campanella

 

Now among the world’s premier violinist, Romanian ALEXANDRU TOMESCU is

an iPalpiti alumnus who returned to Los Angeles to perform Malcolm

Arnold’s Concerto for Two Violins with iPalpiti and Norwegian

violinist CATHARINA CHEN in Walt Disney Concert Hall. Read about

ALEXANDRU and listen by clicking:

http://www.alexandrutomescu.com/en

 

Belgium-born Los Angeles-based pianist STEVEN VANHAUWAERT studied

piano in Brussels at the Royal Conservatory and in Los Angeles at the

USC Thornton School of Music. In October 2004 he won the Grand Prize

at the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition and has performed

worldwide. Read about Steven by clicking:

http://www.stevenpiano.com/

 

Begun in 1948, SUNDAYS LIVE is the longest-running music broadcast in

Los Angeles. It presents weekly classical chamber music concerts and

recitals by premier professional artists from Southern California and

around the world. These one-hour concerts are presented free to the

public at 6:00PM on Sundays in the Leo S. Bing Theater of the Los

Angeles County Museum of Art. No tickets or reservations are required

and all are welcome. Read about Sundays Live by clicking:

http://sundayslive.org/

 

Listen live on the internet via streaming audio on Sundays at

6:00PM by clicking at concert time:

http://sundayslive.org/SundaysLive.asx

 

Attend on Sunday and listen again on Wednesday! Each Sunday’s concert

is heard by delayed broadcast the following Wednesday at noon on Cal

State Northridge Classical Radio KCSN, 88.5FM. For information, click:

http://wwww.kcsn.org/

 

Send a request to subscribe to Sundays Live weekly e-mail reminders of

concerts and broadcasts by clicking:

mailto:SundaysLive@earthlink.net

 

Free admission. For concert and artist information, click:

http://sundayslive.org/

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.40 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Classical Encounters Foundation presents

First Scholarship Award Recipient

Pianist PETER KLIMO

 

Sunday, July 27, 2008 – 6:00PM

The Hamburg Room

Home of Ronna Binn-Hersh

19365 Lemmer Drive

Tarzana CA

[SanFernandoValley]

For a Google map, click:

http://tinyurl.com/7qlyv

 

Program

Selections by Beethoven, Haydn, Chopin, Liszt, Prokofiev, Balakirev,

and others

 

Pianist RONNA BINN-HERSH is the founder of Classical Encounters

Foundation, which provides performance opportunities for exceptionally

talented artists, in her Tarzana home. Donations go primarily to the

artists. Ronna cordially extends an invitation to subscribers of this

newsletter and their guests. Read about Classical Encounters

Foundation by clicking:

http://www.classicalencounters.org/

 

Ronna writes, “We have discovered a phenomenal talent who we voted to

give our first scholarship award to. Enjoy his beautiful piano playing

before he travels away to New York to attend Eastman School of Music.

Donate what you wish. All donations will go directly to Peter to help

with his studies. I hope to see you there.”

 

RSVP to call Anna at (818) 832-7644 or call Tyler at (626) 791-4273. A

treasure chest will be available for donations to help Peter’s study.

Buffet follows the concert.

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.41 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SUEZENNE FORDHAM CHAMBER JAZZ LA – Free

SUEZENNE FORDHAM piano

ROCHELLE COATNEY and CASSIDY TURBIN drums and percussion

CHARLIE DOMINGO and MICHAEL ALVIDREZ contrabass

 

Sunday, July 27, 2008 – 7:30PM

Community Room

South Pasadena Library

1115 El Centro Street

South Pasadena CA

[Pasadena/Glendale][Free]

For a Google map, click:

http://tinyurl.com/3c42gk

 

SUEZENNE FORDHAM CHAMBER JAZZ LA QUINTET is a unique fusion of

classical and Jazz improvisation, which spans such selections as

Ravel’s Bolero, Bach’s Two-Part Inventions, Rachmaninov’s Vocalise,

Liszt, Bartók, Messiaen, John Adams, Bill Evans, Monk, Stockhausen,

and others as improvised by the ensemble.

 

Free admission, donations gratefully accepted. For information call

(818) 371-7735 or click:

http://suezennefordhamchamberjazz.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.42 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Pasadena Presbyterian “Music at Noon” Series – Free

ELLEN BURR flute and BILL SCHMIDT organ

 

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 – 12:10PM

Pasadena Presbyterian Church

585 E. Colorado Blvd.

(NW corner of Colorado & Madison)

Pasadena CA

[Pasadena/Glendale][Free]

For directions, click:

http://www.ppc.net/map.html

 

ELLEN BURR holds a Masters degree in composition from California

Institute of the Arts, a Bachelor in performance from Wichita State

University, and a Certificat de Stage from her studies with JEAN

PIERRE RAMPAL in France.

 

See the Pasadena Presbyterian “Music at Noon” series by clicking:

http://www.ppc.net/music/noonconcerts.html

 

Free admission. All concerts are followed by an optional $6 sandwich

lunch.

 

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The current issue is posted on the website of the Los Angeles County

Museum of Art’s SUNDAYS LIVE recital series. Click:

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It’s also posted on the LA AUDIO FILE website as CHAMBER MUSIC IN LA.

Select “Calendar” after clicking:

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