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Upcoming Music: SYMPHONIC ELLINGTON: NEW WORLD A-COMIN’ & SACRED CONCERTS (LA Phil/Thomas Wilkins)
DUKING IT OUT In 1943, Duke Ellington premiered two works about the experience of Black Americans’”one, Black, Brown, and Beige, traced their collective history and another, New World A-Coming, imagined a hopeful future. Ellington wrote about the latter in his biography, “I visualized this new world as a place in the distant future, where there would…
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Jazz Preview: DAVE BRUBECK CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION (Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa)
Dave Brubeck Centennial Celebration With the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra,The Brubeck Brothers Quartet,and Dianne Reeves at Segerstrom Feb. 4 2020 marked the Centennial Year of jazz giant Dave Brubeck. Celebrating his life and legacy, Dave’s sons Chris and Dan Brubeck, who performed and recorded with their father since the 1970s, have been presenting a centennial celebration with…
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Music Preview: JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS (SCFTA, Costa Mesa; The Soraya, Northridge)
Wynton Marsalis has received a plethora of awards from numerous countries, committees and academies for his talents and contributions to the world as a musician, arranger, composer, and cultural ambassador. In 2009, he received the Insignia Chevalier of the Legion of Honor from France; it’s the equivalent of attaining knighthood in the UK. French Ambassador Pierre Vimont…
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Cabaret Opening: TWO LOST SOULS (Jane Lynch & Kate Flannery)
HAVE A NIGHT OUT WITH A COUPLE OF BROADS Emmy Award-winning singer/actor Jane Lynch (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” ”Glee”) and Kate Flannery (“The Office”) return to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts with their hilarious cabaret show, Two Lost Souls, on Thursday, January 20, 2022, at 7:30 pm. Putting their one-of-a-kind spin on…
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Concerts/Events: LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (2022 Winter & Spring Line-up)
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts is offering some unforgettable experiences and extraordinary entertainment this coming year in its newly-renovated theatre, including THE POINTER SISTERS, THE FOUR TOPS, THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS, THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA, THE BENNY GOODMAN TRIBUTE ORCHESTRA featuring THE FOUR FRESHMEN, a jazz celebration of THE ALLMAN BROTHERS, songs &…
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Recommended Concert: ECO ENSEMBLE TOSHIO HOSOKAWA PORTRAIT CONCERT (Cal Performances at UC Berkeley)
CAL PERFORMANCES AT UC BERKELEY PRESENTSECO ENSEMBLETOSHIO HOSOKAWA PORTRAIT CONCERTFEATURING STACEY PELINKA, FLUTESSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5 AT 8PMIN HERTZ HALL Cal Performances at UC Berkeley welcomes back the university’s ensemble-in-residence, Eco Ensemble, in a concert showcasing the music of Toshio Hosokawa, one of Japan’s pre-eminent living composers, on Saturday, February 5 at 8pm at Hertz Hall. The…
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Music Review: HOLIDAY SING-ALONG (LA Phil at Disney Hall)
A SING-ALONG WHERE WE DIDN’T SING ALONG WORKED OUT SWELL The matinee performance of LA Phil’s Holiday Sing-Along last Saturday was festive, kitschy and funny. Due to COVID, the concert’s annual sing-along format shifted into a fully presented performance. But truly, except for the returnee, one would ever know that it wasn’t normal that patrons…
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Music, Dance, Theater & Concerts: THE BROAD STAGE (Santa Monica)
The Broad Stage is presenting these twenty-eight attractions Jan to June 2022 Subscription packages, starting at $47, are on sale at thebroadstage.org or 310.434.3200. Premieres — The Broad Stage is a theatre conceived and designed toshowcase new work; 2022 season features a world premiere and three Los Angeles premieres Iphigenia (February 17-19) premiere opera by jazz great esperanza spalding and…
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Music / Dance Recommendation: LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY (2022 Lineup)
EMANUEL AX, WYNTON MARSALIS LEAD STAR-STUDDED EVENTS AT LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY IN JANUARY 2022 La Jolla Music Society (LJMS) opens 2022 with a star-studded lineup of live performances at its world-class venue, The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. From international superstars like Emanuel Ax, Wynton Marsalis, and Lang Lang to global artists, dance, jazz, National…
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Music Concert: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (Benjamin De Los Monteros and Marisa Buchheit at CineCity Studios in Chicago)
Join CineCity Studios in Chicago for a night of elegance, flair, wine, champagne and an operatic concert on Saturday, November 27th. 7:30pm Doors Open & Cocktail Reception; 8:30pm Concert; 10pm Post-Show Reception A Night at the Opera features event founders & acclaimed opera singers Benjamin De Los Monteros and Marisa Buchheit. Musical guest on electric violin and Concertmaster…
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Theater Opening: INDRA’S NET (Meredith Monk World Premiere, Mills College in Oakland)
CAUGHT IN HER NET Meredith Monk’s newest interdisciplinary, evening-length music theater piece is an experiential performance work affirming the interconnectedness of life. Following On Behalf of Nature (2013), a plea for ecological awareness, and Cellular Songs (2018), which turned attention to the fabric of life itself, Indra’s Net is Monk’s third work in a trilogy dedicated to our relationship with the…
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Concert Preview: AN EVENING WITH BRANFORD MARSALIS (The Soraya)
MARSALIS IN WONDERLAND Exactly a year before the COVID shutdown, the Branford Marsalis Quartet had just released their new album, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul. The new album finds the celebrated ensemble at a new peak, addressing a kaleidoscope of moods with inspiration and group commitment. This quartet that saxophonist Branford Marsalis…
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Music: AMERICAN TRADITIONS VOCAL COLLECTION (2021-2022 Season in Savannah, GA)
The American Traditions Vocal Collection (ATC), previously known as the American Traditions Vocal Competition, has expanded its organizational name to be more inclusive of its year-round offerings. Originally producing one annual event – its namesake competition — the ATC has grown to include year-round musical concert events, a large-scale education program that takes place in…
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Attraction Preview: EMPIRE CIRCUS (Empire Stores in Brooklyn)
DUMBO, MEET BOZO Here comes the world premiere of Empire Circus, a holiday season limited engagement, November 12, 2021 – January 30, 2022, at Empire Stores in DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass); the entrance is at 2 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY. Tickets ($45) are on sale now at Empire Circus. Created by Remarkable…
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Concert Review: HERBIE HANCOCK & ESPERANZA SPALDING (The Hollywood Bowl)
The Hollywood Bowl’s Shortened Jazz Season Ends on a High Note! What a wonderful jazz fusion double-bill at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, September 26 featuring four-time GRAMMY Award-winning bassist Esperanza Spalding accompanied by her long-time cohort, Argentinian Leo Genovese on keyboard, sax and accordion, opening up for the great pianist/composer, and one of the…
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Festival Preview: MÉXICO DE NOCHE (The Ford in L.A.)
OH, WHAT A NIGHT! México de Noche, which plays October 9, 2021, at The Ford (2580 Cahuenga Boulevard East) in L.A., explores the energetic and eclectic music of Mexican nightlife. Whether it’s listening over a romantic dinner to a special serenade by the iconic duo Pepe Martinez Jr. and Susie Garcia, or walking through a…
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Concerts: SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY’S 2021–22 FILM SERIES (Davies Symphony Hall)
SFS’s Film Series, featuring the Orchestra performing the live accompaniment to iconic films as they are projected on a large screen above the stage, returns. And this season is a knockout. Tickets are available now and can be purchased online at sfsymphony.org or by calling the SFS Box Office at 415-864-6000. All performances takes place…
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Concert Hall: THE SORAYA’S 2021-22 SEASON (Northridge, CA)
Handily one of our greatest performance venues, The Soraya just keeps getting better with its programming. And as a 10th Anniversary Gift to the Community, there will be Five Free Events to kick off a spectacular season. Members at any level secure guaranteed seating to all Free concerts. Non-member reservations (limit 4 per household) will be taken…
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Music Concert: MARIACHI ARCOIRIS DE LOS ANGELES (World’s First Queer Mariachi Band at The Wallis in Beverly Hills)
The Wallis’s Summer @ The Wallis Presents Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles, the world’s first queer mariachi band, presents sounds and rhythms from south of the border in back-to-back performances on Thursday and Friday, August 26 and 27, 2021, 8 pm, on the outdoor stage at The Wallis in Beverly Hills….
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Theater Event: STEPHEN SONDHEIM & JAMES LAPINE (with Christine Baranski, Bernadette Peters & Mandy Patinkin)
On August 3, Christine Baranski, who was in the original off-Broadway production of Sunday In the Park with George at Playwrights Horizons, moderated an intimate digital conversation event with playwright and director James Lapine and composer Stephen Sondheim to celebrate the release of Lapine’s new book Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I created…
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