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November 19, 2009
PASADENA, Calif. The Pasadena Master Chorale (PMC) gave its debut performance only last May but, from the beginning, reaching out to introduce students to the incomparable joy of choral music has been a key part of the choir´s mission. During that first concert, the Washington Middle School G...
November 10, 2009
Bridge players play to raise funding to help support local Pasadena shelter for homeless pregnant women and their children....
November 08, 2009
Talented musicians representing 32 different high schools and colleges throughout Southern California will perform music that was inspired by the composers' native lands. Works include Tchaikovsky's The Little Russian and Copland's Rodeo.
November 02, 2009
The Opera Buffs gives young singers more than applause...The volunteer group of opera enthusiasts also gives them a helping hand. Recently "the Buffs" awarded four aspiring opera stars of tomorrow $20,000 as Career Achievement Awards.
October 20, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif. When Rich Dembowski, the music teacher at the Frostig School, registered 30 students to attend "A Musical Carnival" – a free concert for 4th grade students from throughout Southern California sponsored by the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (PSHA) at Walt Disney Concert Ha...
October 14, 2009
The Verdi Chorus will present opera choruses from The Pearl Fishers, Giovanna d´Arco and La Boheme plus several operetta favorites. Soprano Ani Maldjian, tenor Bradley Wisk and baritone Museop Kim appear as guest artists.
September 24, 2009
These opera buffs do more than applaud young singers. They give them a helping hand. The Opera Buffs presents its Fall Performers Showcase on October 25 at the Colburn School of Music's new Thayer Hall.
August 05, 2009
Ready for a summer 'vacation' to Broadway...but you're stuck in Southern California? Join Cal Phil for "Broadway's Best" on August 22 at The Arboretum in Arcadia or August 23 at Disney Hall. Hear excerpts from blockbuster shows like Wicked, Mamma Mia!, Hairspray, Gypsy and even Die Fledermaus. Featured soloists include Khori Dastoor and Danny Gurwin.
August 03, 2009
Author and former Senator Rick Santorum will be the featured speaker at the Right to Life League of Southern California's annual benefit on October 8. Tickets are now available.
July 22, 2009
Summertime and the listening is easy -- especially with the California Philharmonic. Join the orchestra, under conductor Victor Vener, for two performances of "Movie Magic" on August 8 at The Arboretum in Arcadia and August 9 at Disney Hall in LA. Hear excerpts from blockbuster films ranging from Casablanca and Gone With the Wind to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Memoirs of a Geisha. Also on the program is Korngold's Violin Concerto, performed by Armen Anassian.
June 14, 2009
Dr. Victor Vener, founder and music director of the California Philharmonic, has often claimed that a work must meet only one criterion to be included in a Cal Phil program: it must be "great music." In other words, it doesn´t need to be written by a certain composer during a particular era fo...
June 04, 2009
On Saturday, June 27, the California Philharmonic will open its popular summer season at The Arboretum in Arcadia with "By George!," featuring works by George Gershwin, George Handel and George M. Cohan. But for the evening to be a success, members of the community need to become involved...as volunteers! Learn how you, too, can join the Cal Phil team.
May 28, 2009
Cal Phil opens its summer season at downtown's epic Walt Disney Concert Hall and The Arboretum in Arcadia on June 27/28 with "By George!" Featured composers include George Handel, George M. Cohan and George Gershwin. Guest artists include "America's Bess," soprano Henrietta Davis, and bass baritone Cedric Berry.
May 28, 2009
An Evening with Star Chefs is a win/win scenario. You get to sample cuisine from renowned Southern California restaurants and Rosemary Children's Services raises the funding it needs to continue to help at risk, troubled children from throughout Los Angeles County and sections of Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Better yet, it's a great opportunity to visit historic Santa Anita Racetrack and Park in Arcadia.
May 28, 2009
Yes, Pachelbel wrote more than Pachelbel's Canon! Musica Angelica, one of the top baroque orchestras worldwide, will end its chamber music series for 2008/09 with "Virtuoso Strings," featuring works not only by Pachelbel but Purcell, Biber and Rosenmuller.
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May 21, 2009
Many Southern Californians are all too familiar with the grim ´side effects´ of The Great Recession. Our portfolios have plummeted in value; we´ve seen the home we always believed was our most infallible investment drop 20% or more in a matter of months; and we don´t have as much money in our pocket...
May 21, 2009
Every winter, for nearly the past ten years, Pasadena resident Reid Allen has thrown a holiday party. But while the guest list changes yearly – Allen oversees plans for holiday celebrations at the Green House, one of 5 group homes for troubled teenage girls participating in Rosemary Children´s...
May 09, 2009
Here's a chance to visit six museums along LA's historic Arroyo Seco for FREE on Sunday, May 17. Participating museums include Heritage Square, The Lummis Home and Gardens, The LA Police Historical Society Museum, the Autry National Center's Southwest Museum of the American Indian; Pasadena Museum of History and Gamble House.
May 09, 2009
Composer Paul Chihara has written over 100 scores for film and television. His latest work will receive its World Premiere at Pacific Serenades on June 6, 7 and 9. Also on the program are works by Dvorak and Haydn.
April 12, 2009
Give Mom something different this Mother's Day, a bouquet of...music! Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra presents A Spring Concert on May 10.
April 04, 2009
Pacific Serenades presents the World Premiere of a new work by Grammy winning jazz pianist and composer Billy Childs. Also on the program are works by Ravel and Mozart.
March 17, 2009
Get a hard start on celebrating Holy Week...or just come and enjoy some great music. Musica Angelica and the Concord Ensemble present Lenten music composed by Spanish and Mexican composers from the 16th and 17th centuries...music composed especially to be performed HERE in the New World, not back in The Old World of Europe.
March 02, 2009
When the Opéra Comique of Paris presented Georges Bizet´s opera Carmen, the initial response was not exactly positive. Ticket sales lagged and critics denounced the production as "low" and "immoral." Bizet himself gave his detractors plenty of ammunition, saying, "As a musician I tell you that...
February 27, 2009
The Verdi Chorus – the only ensemble in Southern California devoted solely to performing great choruses from opera – will present its Spring Concert featuring excerpts from Maria Stuarda and Don Pasquale by Donizetti, Verdi´s Un Ballo in Maschera, Cavaleria Rusticana by Mascagni and Candide by Leonard Bernstein. Helping to bring these scenes to life are guest soloists Lori Ann Fuller, soprano; tenor Hak Soo Kim; and baritone Eugene Chan.
February 22, 2009
He's written the popular book, Praying at Burger King, and now devotees of Dr. Richard Mouw can hear him share his thoughts on putting your faith into action when he appears as guest speaker at "Where Love Embraces Life," a benefit for Elizabeth House -- the only shelter for homeless, pregnant women and their children in the San Gabriel Valley of California.
February 22, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif. By his own admission, composer Mark Carlson is often the first to leave a party – or to skip it altogether – so he can get back to work on his latest commission. Music lovers throughout Southern California will have a chance to hear Carlson´s most recent composition when th...
February 22, 2009
Are you an opera aficionado? If so, you may want to join your fellow Opera Buffs at the Spring Performers Showcase on March 22 at Zipper Concert Hall, when 9 young up-and-coming singers will perform. Special guest artist is tenor Rodell Rosel, who received a $10,000 grant from the Opera Buffs last year and soon will make his debut at The Metropolitan Opera in New York.
February 12, 2009
Learn about a simple new product that will change the way you view cupcakes forever. Baking was never so much fun! Imagine a cupcake that's a dead ringer for a burger...or a sushi roll...or Santa...or Abe Lincoln or a Leprechaun....
February 08, 2009
Ready to do some musical time traveling back to the baroque era of music? Musica Angelica, hailed by the LA Times as a "baroque gem," will present works by Vivaldi and Charpentier, among others, at "Italian and French Masters."
February 02, 2009
She's successfully organized four fundraisers for Obama, served on his national campaign and is co-chair of the National Women's Leadership Initiative but, on February 21, community activist and political consultant Lena Kennedy will be Grand Marshall of Pasadena's Black History Parade.
January 21, 2009
BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE OR FLOWERS:
MUSICA ANGELICA TO CELEBRATE VALENTINE´S WEEKEND WITH PURCELL´S "THE FAIRY QUEEN"
Baroque musical production inspired by Shakespeare´s "A Midsummer Night´s Dream" features sopranos Lisa Saffer & Andrea Brown, bass baritone Michael Dean and the Concord Ensemble
January 13, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif. By his own admission, composer Mark Carlson is often the first to leave a party – or to skip it altogether – so he can get back to work on his latest commission. On March 21, 22 and 24, music lovers throughout Southern California will have a chance to hear Carlson´s most re...
January 03, 2009
What does the Ud have to do with Beethoven and Mozart? Join Pacific Serenades at its opening chamber series, The World Is Our Community, on February 7, 8 and 10 to find out. Featured soloists include Münir Beken, a former conductor of the State Conservatory Orchestra of Istanbul who moved to Los Angeles in 2007 to become Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at UCLA.
December 27, 2008
Musica Angelica, hailed as "a Baroque gem…a triumph" by the LA Times will open its 2009 Chamber Music Series on January 10 in Pasadena and January 11 in Santa Monica, California. Guest artists include French soprano Celine Ricci and Gonzalo Ruiz, one of North America's most acclaimed historic woodwind soloists, plus cellist David Morris and Ian Pritchard on harpsichord. Musica Angelica will present cantatas and sonatas by Handel, Vivaldi, Clérambault and Couperin.
December 15, 2008
Looking for a free -- and unique -- evening of classical music, jazz, and discussion among the musicians in between sets? Then Clazzical Notes on Monday, January 12, is for you.
November 18, 2008
Tired of sing-a-long Messiahs during the holidays? Musica Angelica, one of the top baroque orchestras in the nation, will perform Bach's Christmas Oratorio, on December 13 and December 14...featuring the world renowned boys choir from Germany, Tolzer Knabenchor.
November 18, 2008
Looking for a fun way to kick off the Christmas season? The California Philharmonic's special holiday concert, Christmas with the Maestro, is a musical package with something for everyone -- from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker and Handel's Messiah to your favorite carols. Plus kids get to conduct Jingle Bells!
October 26, 2008
These coaches don't play sports. They help aspiring musicians realize their dreams. On November 23, they'll perform with and conduct The Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra in "Bach, Brahms, Bizet and Bernstein."
October 21, 2008
Elizabeth House, founded in 1994, was developed to meet an ever-growing need to provide shelter for pregnant women who were homeless and had small children. The Elizabeth House program is designed to address the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of women in a crisis pregnancy practically and holistically, preparing each resident to meet the future challenges of supporting a family. Its program includes career planning, health care and nutrition education, instruction in childbirth and parenting, and weekly sessions with a licensed therapist. Here's a chance to learn more 'up close and personal'...at an Open House on November 8.
October 21, 2008
Many singers who are renowned internationally today sing the praises of The Opera Buffs -- a nonprofit organization that has supported and nurtured young singers just embarking upon their careers since 1983. Here's a chance, on November 8 to hear the opera world's stars of the future...
October 10, 2008
Valerie Perri, who played Evita to rave reviews -- "This Evita beats the Broadway original" -- in the first National Touring company production of Evita, and Sam Harris, who starred in Broadway productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, last performed together in 1989. Now, nearly 20 years later, they're reunited when the California Philharmonic presents "Andrew Lloyd Webber Meets Puccini" on November 8 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium
September 25, 2008
Millions hear "Dr. Laura" Schlessinger, offer her no-nonsense advice for life's problems and issues over the radio each week. But, on October 7, fans will have a chance to hear her in person at the Right to Life League of Southern California's annual benefit in Los Angeles.
September 20, 2008
His new CD, The New Brown Sound, will be released at the end of the year. Here's a chance to hear Grammy-nominated latin jazz guitarist Luis Villegas perform excerpts live!
August 16, 2008
Internationally renowned Canadian pianist Alain Lefevre will join the Mobile Symphony Orchestra on September 13 and 14th. Lefevre has been hailed by the Toronto Star as possessing "the ten most agile fingers to have emerged from Quebec" and by London´s The Spectator as "phenomenal" and "extraordinary."
August 06, 2008
Purists and elitists may scoff, but if Leonard Bernstein were alive today, he'd more than likely be the first to jump to his feet to applaud Cal Phil conductor Victor Vener and his mission to make classical music relevant, accessible...and fun! The orchestra will present music from Bernstein's West Side Story and Candide at "Beethoven, Bernstein and Bolero" August 23 at The Arboretum in Arcadia, California, at 7:30 p.m. and August 24 at Disney Hall in downtown LA. at 2 p.m.
July 31, 2008
From Flamenco to Jazz Rock: Will the audience like it? Grammy nominated guitarist Luis Villegas will perform songs from his soon-to-be-released CD, The New Brown Sound,at the Catalina Country Club on August 7. "It's a great way to capture the excitement of a live performance and bring it back with us into the recording studio," says Villegas.
July 18, 2008
Dr. Victor Vener, founder of the California Philharmonic, has long been on a mission - to introduce those who are wary (to put it mildly!) of 'classical music' to the joy of live orchestral performances. Whether it was written by Bach or, centuries later, by Bono, it's all "great music," says Vener. "Movie Magic," on August 9 and August 10, with works by John Williams and Richard Strauss is a case in point...
July 11, 2008
Exciting things are happening for music lovers in Mobile, Alabama...and not only artistically, tho visits by world renowned percussionist Evelyn Glennie from Scotland and violinist Midori are worth plenty of bravos for sure! But, for an orchestra in this day and age, to end its fiscal year in the black is REALLY big news. Uncommon too - ask anyone in the world of the arts. It's a constant struggle.
July 11, 2008
Broadway bound star Kevin Earley will catch a red eye from NYC to perform with the California Philharmonic on July 26 and 27. Earley is currently in rehearsals for the opening of the new Broadway musical, A Tale of Two Cities, based on the popular Dickens' novel. Joining Earley is his great pal and dynamic mezzo soprano Suzanna Guzman.
June 26, 2008
Renowned mezzo-soprano Suzanna Guzman appears as keynote speaker at graduation ceremonies for at risk teenage girls attending Rosemary Children´s Services´ non public school, The Rosemary School
June 17, 2008
The California Philharmonic invites music lovers from throughout Southern California to spend a night -- or an afternoon -- at the opera when it presents "Andrew Lloyd Webber Meets Puccini" on July 12 and July 13. On the program are excerpts from blockbuster musicals by Lloyd Webber, including Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Sunset Boulevard and Evita as well as arias from such beloved Puccini operas as La Boheme, Madame Butterfly, Gianni Schicci and Tosca.
June 03, 2008
Rosemary Children´s Services will hold its popular annual gala – "An Evening with Star Chefs" – at the historic Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Californiaon June 21
May 22, 2008
Musician Ben Harper didn´t realize he was also a talented photographer until he picked up a camera for the Mobile Symphony. In August, the Mobile Arts Council will mount an exhibition of his works at the Skinny Gallery in Mobile.
May 06, 2008
CAL PHIL BLASTS OFF – PAST "THE PLANETS" TO A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY ON MAY 17…WITH HELP FROM JPL
Season finale at Ambassador Auditorium will feature John Williams Star Wars; a multimedia performance, featuring recent images of the planets captured by JPL spacecraft, of Holst´s The Planets; and the intergalactic premiere of composer-in-residence Roger Allen Ward´s earth: you are here
May 06, 2008
ROSEMARY CHILDREN´S SERVICES ´RENEWS CONTRACT´ OF KTLA "MORNING SHOW" CO-ANCHOR MICHAELA PEREIRA TO ACT AS MC AT STAR CHEFS FUNDRAISER FOR ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN
April 27, 2008
The California Philharmonic´s popular chamber music series – Cal Phil Music, Martinis and the Maestro – welcomes concertmaster Pavel Farkas on Sunday, May 4
April 27, 2008
Robert Seebacher, Assistant Conductor of Orchestras and Opera at the University of Kentucky, is appointed Music Director of the Mobile Symphony Youth Orchestra
April 05, 2008
The Mobile Symphony proves yet again why it is 'racing' ahead of other regional orchestras...with Season Finale featuring a "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" by John Adams,...this noble company by composer-in-residence Kevin Puts, Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4.
April 05, 2008
Nationally syndicated radio host Dennis Prager was the guest speaker at "An Era for Change" gala for only shelter for homeless pregnant women and their children in Southern California's San Gabriel Valley. Prager shared the spotlight with a 15 year old former resident who told the audience how Elizabeth House helped him and his mother make a new start in life 12 years ago.
March 22, 2008
Subscriptions for Cal Phil´s summer seasons at the LA County Arboretum and Walt Disney Concert Hall are now available
March 22, 2008
MOBILE, Ala. As anyone addicted to exercising with an Ipod will attest, music can be energizing. Music lovers throughout the Mobile Bay area will soon be able to reap the exhilarating benefits of that experience, however, without breaking a sweat – simply by visiting the historic Saenger Theatre fo...
March 22, 2008
New restaurant at historic Santa Fe Depot in Pasadena, California will now welcome visitors eager to embark upon a culinary journey in quest of "honest food you can eat everyday"
March 09, 2008
MOBILE, Ala. Mozart wrote "Paris" and "Prague" symphonies, Haydn composed a grand total of twelve with a subtitle of "London," while Dvorak cast his musical eye even further afield and dedicated a symphony to the entire "New World." On Saturday, April 5, the Mobile Symphony Orchestra (MSO) will add...
March 09, 2008
PASADENA, Calif. Millions of fans nationwide turn up their radios daily to hear talk show host and author Dennis Prager share his opinions on an eclectic array of issues ranging from politics to personal happiness. But on Saturday evening, March 29, devotees of the Dennis Prager Radio Show – which a...
February 28, 2008
TV personality Art Linkletter used to say "Kids say the darndest things!" They also write them, too! Learn more about the prize winning essays children in grades 4 through 12 wrote about their new library in San Marino, California
February 25, 2008
Get a head start on celebrating St. Patrick's Day in Pasadena...at Cal Phil's performance of "Thistle and Shamrock" at the "Carnegie Hall of the West," the renowned, acoustical gem -- the Ambassador Auditorium. Hear the Cabar Feidh bagpipe band perform Scotland the Brave and Amazing Grace with the orchestra as well as the "Irish Suite"-- featuring the Irish Washerwoman and the Wearing of the Green -- and excerpts from Riverdance and Braveheart.
February 23, 2008
How often do you get a chance to while away a Sunday afternoon sipping martinis, savoring great music and meeting a bona fide maestro?
February 13, 2008
Attorney and local philanthropist Richard Dorman pledges $100,000 to the Mobile Symphony Orchestra
February 13, 2008
Adding to the musical bouquet at the Mobile Symphony Orchestra's "Overture to Spring" performance is soprano Jayne West, hailed as "radiant" by the New York Times.
February 13, 2008
Here's where some of the nearly $1 MILLION raised by Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts goes...helping aspiring musicians advance a step further in their careers. 22-year-old violinist Pasha Tseitlin is awarded $6000 Grand Prize