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The Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter, published weekly as a free community service, covers chamber music offerings in Southern California and items of interest to music lovers. Visit this page for the current issue. If you would like to have the newsletter delivered to you via email, send a request to Jim Eninger. Your email address will never be disclosed, given out, or sold to anyone. THE CLICKABLE CHAMBER MUSIC NEWSLETTER FROM THE SOUTH BAYNo.460: Thursday, July 29, 2010 - Thursday, August 19, 2010Next issue: Thursday, August 19, 2010 I N T H I S I S S U E : *************************** A. Special $5 Admission Offer Extended through July! LIVE AT THE LOUNGE - CLASSICAL MUSIC SERIES ROBERT GUPTA Los Angeles Philharmonic Violinist ARMEN KSAJIKIAN LACO Associate Principal Cellist ZACH DELLINGER violist from the Colburn Conservatory YANA REZNIK Artistic Director and piano Saturday, July 31, 2010 - Live At The Lounge, Hermosa Beach CA B. SUNDAYS LIVE Chamber Music Series - Free HELIOS GUITAR QUARTET Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 6:00PM Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Leo S. Bing Theater C. Classical Encounters presents Sunday Summer Evening Potluck Concert ALINA ROITSTEIN soprano, COREY KLEIN horn, YANA REZNIK piano Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 7:00PM The Hamburg Room - Home of Ronna Binn-Hersh - Tarzana CA D. The 1928 French Silent-Film Masterpiece THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC with Live, Original Score by GEORGE SARAH for STRING QUARTET and CHOIR QUARTET Friday, August 6, 2010 - 8:00PM Live at the Lounge, Hermosa Beach CA Saturday, August 7, 2010 - 8:00PM Grand Performances, Downtown E. 7th Annual BEVERLY HILLS INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL Sunday, August 8 - Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Sinai Temple , Westwood CA Temple of the Arts, Saban Theatre, Beverly Hills CA F. HEATHER REITHMEIER soprano and RYAN REITHMEIER baritone Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 7:00PM Center for the Visual and Performing Arts Sage-Granada Park's United Methodist Church, Alhambra CA G. LA Times' MARK SWED writes a glowing review of iPalpiti H. Larkgallery Online Announces Marriage of Art and Music in its COLORS OF LIFE Competition I. Southern California Guitar Recitals GEORGE GUTMAN's Weekly Summary J. Southern California Orchestra Concerts MICHAEL CLEARY's Weekly Summary K. Southern California Vocal Events LAURI D. GOLDENHERSH's Weekly Highlights L. Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter Volunteers Needed M. LISTINGS OF UPCOMING CONCERTS through Thursday, August 19, 2010 :: SPEED BROWSE THE LISTINGS :: FINDING CONCERTS ON A SPECIFIC DATE :: 31 CONCERT LISTINGS FOCUSING MOSTLY ON CHAMBER MUSIC :: THE WEEKLY CONCERTS :: CALENDARS FOR OTHER CONCERTS of High Interest to Chamber Music Aficionados N. Subscribe/Unsubscribe and other information (at the end) Send Subscribe/Unsubscribe requests by clicking: mailto:jeninger@yahoo.com N E W S L E T T E R B E G I N S ********************************* GREETINGS, MUSIC AFICIONADOS, Note: This issue covers THREE weeks through Thursday, August 19, 2010. A few select concerts are listed directly below so you won't overlook them among the full list at the bottom. In chronological order: A. Special $5 Admission Offer Extended through July!* (see below) LIVE AT THE LOUNGE - CLASSICAL MUSIC SERIES ROBERT GUPTA Los Angeles Philharmonic Violinist ARMEN KSAJIKIAN LACO Associate Principal Cellist ZACH DELLINGER violist from the Colburn Conservatory YANA REZNIK Artistic Director and piano Saturday, July 31, 2010 Opens for Dinner (optional) and Drinks at 7:00PM Show Starts at 8:00PM Live At The Lounge 1014 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach CA For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/mawwqc Los Angeles Philharmonic, LACO, and Colburn Conservatory Artists collaborate on Brahms' beloved gypsy-themed G-Minor Piano Quartet. See the concert e-flyer with the artists' photos by clicking: http://home.earthlink.net/~jeninger/LiveAtTheLounge20100731.htm YANA REZNIK writes in her communiqué this week: "I cannot wait for this weekend's fun concerts. On Saturday Live at the Lounge I'm super excited to be hosting an incredible virtuoso violinist from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Robert Gupta, the one and only Armen Ksajikian on the cello from the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and Zach Dellinger, a violist from Colburn Conservatory. We will share an experience of playing Brahms' g minor quartet and blow the roof off the building :). Also Robert will blow your mind away with Ravel's Tzigane and Armen will make you cry with very rare pieces by Armenian, Georgian, and Russian composers. On Sunday I will be playing a concert of a very unique program for Horn, Soprano and Piano (see C. below). I will also perform Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. The concert is a result of my previous collaboration at Live at the Lounge with guests from the International Malibu Festival, which took place for the first time this summer. Corey Klein, a Curtis Graduate and festival's Music Director has chosen a beautiful program that is so rarely heard. We will be also joined by soprano Alina Roitstein." Sign up to receive e-mail from Yana at the bottom of the left-hand column after clicking: http://www.yanareznik.com/ Los Angeles Philharmonic violinist ROBERT GUPTA joined the orchestra in 2007 at the age of 19. He earned a Master's degree in Music from Yale University, and while completing his undergraduate studies in premedical biology at Marist College, Robert he attended the Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School. Subsequent to his solo debut at the age of 11 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of ZUBIN MEHTA, Robert has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Bombay Symphony Orchestra, among many others. Read about Robert by clicking: http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/artist-detail.cfm?id=3309 Read Steve Lopez's 2008 Los Angeles Times article "At 20, his experiences reach far beyond his years" by clicking: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez27jan27,1,551860.column Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Associate Principal Cellist ARMEN KSAJIKIAN began his professional career at the age of twelve with the National Philharmonic of Abkhazia in the former Soviet Union. Since his arrival in the United States in 1976, he has established himself as a vital contributor to nearly every aspect of the musical life of Los Angeles. He is admired for his artistry and beloved for his generosity and wonderful sense of humor. Read about Armen by clicking: http://www.laco.org/artists/42/ Violist ZACH DELLINGER is pursuing an Artist Diploma at the Colburn Conservatory under PAUL COLETTI. He completed a Bachelor's Degree at the Eastman School of Music, where he won its Concerto Competition and performed the Walton Viola Concerto with the Eastman Philharmonia. Zach studied with DONALD McINNES at the Music Academy of the West for three summers, worked with PINCHAS ZUKERMAN at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada, and with ITZHAK PERLMAN, DONALD WEILERSTEIN, and PAUL KATZ of the Cleveland Quartet at the Perlman Music Program. This year, Mr. Zach performed Herold en Italie with the Torrance Symphony under the baton of Maestro FRANK FETTA. Read about Zach by clicking: http://zachdellinger.yolasite.com/ The high artistic quality of the offerings is assured by Live At The Lounge Classical Series Artistic Director and pianist YANA REZNIK, well known to Southland aficionados, who trained at the Manhattan School of Music under PHILLIP KAWIN and earned a Master's Degree at the USC Thornton School and the coveted Professional Studies Certificate at the Colburn Conservatory with renowned pianist JOHN PERRY. Read about Yana by clicking: http://www.yanareznik.com/ Program ROBERT GUPTA violin, YANA REZNIK piano Maurice Ravel: Tzigane ARMEN KSAJIKIAN cello, YANA REZNIK piano Alexander Glazunov: Chant du Ménestrel, Op.71 Adamian: Artashat Dance and Sachidao Rebnikov: Mazurka Khachaturian: Andantino Tsinzadze: Georgian Medley YANA REZNIK piano, ROBERT GUPTA violin, ZACH DELLINGER viola, ARMEN KSAJIKIAN cello Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op.25 No.1 Thanks to MIKE LACEY, the forward-looking founder and President of the famed Comedy and Magic Club (where JAY LENO performs every Sunday evening), Southern California now has a new weekly classical music series where premier established and rising young performers can be enjoyed in an attractive and intimate club setting. Enjoy classical music in a listening-room setting (not background music) accompanied by fine dinners (optional) and/or drinks. Feel free to applaud between movements whenever you're inspired to do so. Arrive early and enjoy a delicious dinner with friends and make new ones. Stay after and socialize with the artists. Admission: $10 plus a two-beverage minimum (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Advance ticket purchase is recommended - tickets can be purchased at the door if space is available. To order tickets, call (310) 372-1193. See the dinner menu by clicking: http://www.comedyandmagicclub.com/menu/CMCSpecial2.html *To encourage classical music lovers to experience concerts at Live At The Lounge, a special $5 admission is being continued through July - up to four admissions per order - for readers of the Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter. Order right away - previous concerts sold out soon after the concert e-flyers were sent out. Use the promotion code "CMLA" when ordering ($2 service charge & two-beverage minimum per admission applies). For concert information and to order tickets online, click: http://www.ClassicalMusicLA.com Live At The Lounge, part of Comedy and Magic Club, is an 18-and-over theatre. Parking is often available on the roof of the Comedy and Magic Club for $5 (enter off 10th street). For parking suggestions, click: http://www.comedyandmagicclub.com/directions/cmcdirections.html B. SUNDAYS LIVE Chamber Music Series - Free HELIOS GUITAR QUARTET MICHAEL KUDIRKA, JACK CIMO, ALBERT DIAZ, ADAM PETTIT Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 6:00PM Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Leo S. Bing Theater 5905 Wilshire Blvd. (just east of Fairfax) Los Angeles CA For directions, click: http://sundayslive.org/directions.cfm Program Selections from J.S. Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier and other works to be announced The HELIOS GUITAR QUARTET takes a new look at the potential for this now well-established instrumental ensemble. All four members are current or former students of WILLIAM KANENGISER, founding member of the seminal Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. The Helios Guitar Quartet extends the range of the ensemble by including two unusual guitars: one, a seven-string guitar allowing for extremely low bass notes, and also a soprano guitar, re-strung so as to give notes in a much higher register than guitars are usually capable of. This expanded range of pitch allows them to embark on their current project, a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's monumental work The Well-Tempered Clavier, originally for keyboard, but here arranged for Helios by quartet member MICHAEL KUDIRKA. The ensemble, which was among the winners of last April's Beverly Hills Auditions, is preparing this work for several concerts commemorating Bach's 325th birthday in the coming year. Read about the Helios Guitar Quartet, watch, and listen by clicking: http://www.heliosguitarquartet.com/ Read about the members of the Helios Guitar Quartet by clicking: http://www.heliosguitarquartet.com/biography/biography.html 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. Listen via streaming audio by clicking at concert time: http://sundayslive.org/SundaysLive.asx Listen to the previous Sunday's concert streamed on-demand from the KUSC website! Simply click the Sundays Live logo on the KUSC website homepage after clicking: http://www.kusc.org/ Free admission. For concert and artist information, click: http://sundayslive.org/ C. Classical Encounters presents Sunday Summer Evening Potluck Concert ALINA ROITSTEIN soprano, COREY KLEIN horn, YANA REZNIK piano Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 7:00PM The Hamburg Room Home of Ronna Binn-Hersh 19365 Lemmer Drive, Tarzana CA For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/7qlyv Earlier this summer the artists performed together citywide as part of the debut of the INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL OF MALIBU including an appearance on the new Live At The Lounge Classical Series in Hermosa Beach CA, where YANA REZNIK is the Artistic Director. Read about the Festival Artistic Director COREY KLEIN who recently graduated from Curtis Institute of Music, and soprano ALINA ROITSTEIN, a SongFest alumna who just graduated from Columbia University and is entering CalArts' Masters' program, by clicking: http://www.icmfm.org/about.html Originally from Moscow, pianist YANA REZNIK is well-known and much loved by Southland aficionados. Besides Live At The Lounge Classical Series, she is the Artistic Director of the innovative ARTISTIC VOYAGE series in Yorba Linda, which combines visual arts exhibitions and chamber music concerts. In 2004, Yana gave a sold-out Carnegie Hall debut in New York as winner of the Artists International Competition. Yana trained at the Manhattan School of Music under PHILLIP KAWIN and earned a Master's Degree at the USC Thornton School and the coveted Professional Studies Certificate at the Colburn Conservatory with JOHN PERRY. Read about Yana by clicking: http://www.yanareznik.com/ Program Beethoven: Sonata in F Major for horn and piano, Op.17 Richard Strauss: Ein Alphorn, for voice, horn, and piano, Op.29 Joaquin Rodrigo: Four Madrigales amatorios for voice and piano Vos me matasteis De donde venis, amor? Con que la lavere? De los Alamos vengo, madre George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue for solo piano Schubert: Auf dem Strom for voice, horn, and piano, D943 Douglas Moore: The Willow Song from The Ballad of Baby Doe Berlioz: Le Jeune Patre Breton for voice, horn, and piano, H65 Charles Gounod: Le Soir for voice, horn, and piano Havelock Nelson: Four Irish songs for voice, horn, and piano Lovely Jimmie Poor Auld Ass Lovely Armoy Linking O'ver the Lea 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/ Suggested donation: $20 / $10 students. Bring your favorite summer fruit, wine, or dessert for a potluck reception after the concert when you will meet the artists. RSVP essential, even the day of the concert is O.K., at (818) 343-3095. D. The 1928 French Silent-Film Masterpiece THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC with Live, Original Score by GEORGE SARAH for STRING QUARTET and CHOIR QUARTET Friday, August 6, 2010 LIVE AT THE LOUNGE Opens for Dinner (optional) and Drinks at 7:00PM Show Starts at 8:00PM 1014 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach CA For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/mawwqc For parking suggestions, click: http://www.comedyandmagicclub.com/directions/cmcdirections.html Saturday, August 7, 2010 - 8:00PM GRAND PERFORMANCES' 2010 Summer Concert Series - Free In the Heart of Downtown Los Angeles At California Plaza Watercourt 350 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA For directions, click: http://www.grandperformances.org/en/gp/about/directions.html The Passion of Joan of Arc (French: La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc) is based on the trial records of Joan of Arc. The film, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and staring Renée Jeanne Falconetti, is widely regarded as a landmark of cinema, especially for Falconetti's performance, which has been described as being among the best in film history. "You cannot know the history of silent film unless you know the face of Renée Jeanne Falconetti. In a medium without words, where the filmmakers believed that the camera captured the essence of characters through their faces, to see Falconetti in Dreyer's "The Passion of Joan of Arc" (1928) is to look into eyes that will never leave you." - Roger Ebert The Artists GEORGE SARAH composer/arranger/piano LEAH ZEGER violin, ERIC SUMMER viola IRINA CHIRKOVA and MATT COOKER cellos Members of the LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE RISA LARSON soprano, CHRISTEN HERMAN mezzo-soprano SEAN McDERMOTT tenor, MICHAEL LICHTENAUER counter-tenor Composer/arranger GEORGE SARAH has scored numerous episodes for television and his songs have been featured in over 100 TV shows and films. In Aug 2008, he composed music for the ceremonies at the 2008 summer Olympic games in Beijing, China. Sarah frequently performs in the Los Angeles area and has been a guest twice on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. This will be Sarah's second Grand Performance concert. Friday, August 6, 2010 LIVE AT THE LOUNGE, Hermosa Beach CA Opens for Dinner and Drinks at 7:00PM Show Starts at 8:00PM Admission: $5 plus a two-beverage minimum (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Advance ticket purchase is recommended. To order tickets, call (310) 372-1193. See the dinner menu by clicking: http://www.comedyandmagicclub.com/menu/CMCSpecial2.html Saturday, August 7, 2010 - 8:00PM GRAND PERFORMANCES Downtown Free admission. For concert information, click: http://tinyurl.com/2fc77ng E. Seventh Annual BEVERLY HILLS INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL GREGORY CHERNINSKY festival director and founder Sunday, August 8 - Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Sinai Temple 10400 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood CA For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/ytz84o Temple of the Arts Saban Theatre 8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills CA For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/mrtr9r The Seventh Annual BEVERLY HILLS INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL presents nine summer evening concerts featuring both emerging talent and renowned musicians performing a wide range of music in the Sinai Temple and Temple of the Arts. Aficionados will recognize many of the artists as among this town's finest. See the concert programs and the performing artists by clicking: http://www.bhmusicfestival.org/Program-2010.pdf Concert tickets: $25 / 20% discount for students. For the full festival and artist information, click: http://www.bhmusicfestival.org/2010Season.htm F. Center for the Visual and Performing Arts presents Beverly Hills Audition Winners HEATHER REITHMEIER soprano and RYAN REITHMEIER baritone with JANELLE TAG piano Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 7:00PM Sage-Granada Park's United Methodist Church's Center for the Visual and Performing Arts 1850 W. Hellman Ave., Alhambra CA For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/4cldg3 In April 2010, the two young rising stars HEATHER and RYAN REITHMEIER were among the winners of the Beverly Hills Auditions and recommended artists to the Consortium of Southern California Chamber Music Presenters. Both are SongFest alumni and earned their Bachelor's degrees from Concordia College in Moorhead MN and their Master of Music degrees at CSUF. Read about Heather and Ryan in No.25 of the listings below. Tickets: $20. For concert information, cal (626) 230-5435, or click: http://www.cvpaministry.com/ G. LA Times' MARK SWED writes a glowing review of iPalpiti MARK SWED writes in his review, "iPalpiti crosses L.A.'s cultural divide at Disney": "[Maestro Eduard] Schmieder is an authoritative conductor. A tall and serious Russian of the old school, he goes in for intense expression and dug-in string sonorities that reverberated through Disney with so much power that I wondered for a moment whether the loudspeakers on stage were plugged in. They weren't; they were left over from a Lyle Lovett concert in Disney the night before...." Read Mark's full review by clicking: http://tinyurl.com/33wvv68 H. Larkgallery Online Announces Marriage of Art and Music in its COLORS OF LIFE Competition Each artist and musician sees and feels the colors of life in a different way. How do you personally see and feel the colors of life? Does your artwork create a new reality and color the people and events around you? What inspires your imagination and ignites your creative fire? Larkgallery Online invites artists and musicians from around the world to share the kaleidoscope of their colors and sounds. Here is how it works: Artists submit their images to the International Online Fine Art Competition "Colors of Life". Musicians browse through art at LarkGallery Online exhibitions, choose a work of art that evokes a musical response, and send in their composition/performance. If chosen, their music will be visually embedded online under the inspirational artwork. See the LarkGallery Online Colors of Life exhibitions by clicking: http://www.larkgalleryonline.com/colors_of_life.php The main juror in the art competition is PETER FRANK, senior curator at the Riverside Art Museum and editor of Fabrik magazine. Our main juror in the music competition is LAURENCE VITTES, critic and contributor for Gramophone, HuffPost Arts, and The Hollywood Reporter. Online Art and Music Display Artists and musicians accepted into the International Colors of Life Exhibition will have their art and music showcased on LarkGallery Online and linked to their own websites for a year. Three winners chosen by the international jury will receive an individually designed web page worth $500 plus free web hosting worth $100 for one year. Three participants in the classical music section of the competition will be chosen by YANA REZNIK to perform on the, Live At The Lounge Classical Series, of which she is Artistic Director. To submit your art or music, click: http://www.larkgalleryonline.com/submissions.php I. Southern California Guitar Recitals GEORGE GUTMAN's Weekly Summary A few guitar recitals have popped up so recently that they're not yet posted on the Orange County Guitar Circle's Guitar Events calendar. First, there's HELIOS GUITAR QUARTET at 6:00PM this Sunday at LACMA. If you're out of town, you can listen live at concert time or on-demand during the following week from KUSC's website. For information, see B. above or No.7 in the listings below. Pasadena Presbyterian "Music at Noon" Series is hosting CHANSON Du SOIR - soprano CHELSEA CAMILLE and guitarist DAVID ISAACS - on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 and guitarist ISAMU NAKASHIO on Wednesday, August 11, 2010. For information, see Nos.10 & 20 in the listings below. Finally, the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena is hosting the San Diego-based ODEUM GUITAR DUO - ROBERT WETZEL and FRED BENEDETTI - on Friday, August 13, 2010 at 7:00PM. Cheers! George Gutman gagutman@uci.edu For details on other upcoming guitar events, see the Orange County Guitar Circle's web schedule by clicking: http://www.ocgc.org/SoCalEvents.htm J. Southern California Orchestra Concerts MICHAEL CLEARY's Summary Thursday, Aug 5, 2010 - 7:00PM - Claremont - Free Claremont Symphony Orchestra, Claremont Memorial Park Thursday, Aug 5, 2010 - 7:00PM - Marina del Rey - Free Marina del Rey Summer Symphony, Burton W. Chace Park Friday, Aug 6, 2010 - 7:30PM - Camarillo - $10-$5 Thousand Oaks Philharmonic, Camarillo United Methodist Church Saturday, Aug 7, 2010 - 7:30PM - Arcadia - $98-$20 California Philharmonic, The Arboretum Sunday, Aug 8, 2010 - 2:30PM - Thousand Oaks - $25-$10 Thousand Oaks Philharmonic, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Sunday, Aug 8, 2010 - 7:30PM - Los Angeles - $36-$12 Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, Ford Amphitheatre Saturday, Aug 14, 2010 - 7:30PM - Pasadena - $90-$10 Pasadena POPS, Rose Bowl Adjacent Lawn Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 - 7:00PM - Marina del Rey - Free Marina del Rey Summer Symphony, Burton W. Chace Park Friday, Aug 20, 2010 - 8:15PM - Redlands - Free Redlands Symphony Orchestra, Redlands Bowl LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC - Dudamel Conducts Bizet's Carmen - Dudamel Conducts Gershwin and Bernstein - Dudamel Conducts Bolero - Smetana and Brahms - Ax Plays Brahms - Harry Connick Jr. and his Big Band with the Los Angeles Philharmonic - Fleisher Plays Ravel - Romantic Masterworks - Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks For details click: http://www.laphil.com/tickets/calendar.cfm PACIFIC SYMPHONY - Tchaikovsky Spectacular For details click: http://www.pacificsymphony.org/main.taf?p=3 Cheers, Michael Cleary michaeljosephcleary@yahoo.com For full concert information, including program, directions, ticket prices, parking fees, and a clicks to the orchestra websites, consult Michael's Southern California Orchestra Concerts website by clicking: http://www.palosverdes.com/SoCalOrch/ K. Southern California Vocal Events LAURI D. GOLDENHERSH's Weekly Highlights Can you hear the crickets? The sound of summer quiet is here, and that makes room for a precious few extraordinary events. Don't neglect your inner vocalist. Thursday, July 29, 2010 marks the last of four sing-along concerts that have been getting raves from my readers. The First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica, home to many other inspiring musical events each year, hosts this 'Summer Sing-Alongs' series every year, and it's a wonderful opportunity to enjoy and/or partake of great music with local musicians and a very diverse audience. STEPHEN GOTHOLD (usually of First United Methodist Church in Pasadena and Chorale Bel Canto) will conduct Haydn's aptly-chosen MASS IN THE TIME OF WAR. A mere $15 gets you in, gets you a score, and includes a lovely snack. Tickets are available at the door. For more information, call (310) 393-8258 or click: http://www.santamonicaumc.org/music/ Sunday, August 1, 2010, offers two operatic choices, both potentially involving gourmet food. It begs the question: are you an indoor or outdoor concertgoer? The first is a monthly benefit hosted by CENTER STAGE OPERA, an event entitled 'Amici della Musica', which takes place at Angelo's Ristorante Italiano in Chatsworth. One very reasonable price includes dinner, tax and tip, and a diverse program from the company's creative team, soprano SHIRA RENEE THOMAS and tenor DYLAN F. THOMAS. For more information and to make reservations, call (818) 517-4102 or click http://www.centerstageopera.org Also on Sunday, August 1, 2010 is the much-anticipated concert performance of Bizet's CARMEN, with the LA PHILHARMONIC, the LA MASTER CHORALE, the LA CHILDREN'S CHORUS, and a cast of marvelous soloists, all conducted by GUSTAVO DUDAMEL at the Hollywood Bowl. Our coverage is usually focused on smaller organizations, but this stellar event could not be left out. For information, click http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4253 The rest of the summer looks exceedingly quiet, but there is one more event to include, by popular request. If you don't have your tickets yet, there is still a chance to attend PACIFIC CHORALE's Choral Festival concert on Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 5:00PM. This immensely popular free event is held annually, and is officially sold out, but there will be a stand-by line at the concert on the day of the performance. The Festival Chorus is comprised of invited choirs from the larger community, and the program will feature works by Mozart, Fauré, Vaughan Williams, Bruckner, and Bach, as well as American folk songs and spirituals. For more information, click: http://tinyurl.com/34l3ncg Stay cool, enjoy your summer, and thank you for supporting live singing! See you soon, Lauri D. Goldenhersh lauri@laurislist.com For these and other vocal events this week, please visit the Calendar at LaurisList.com for a wide variety of singing-related events across Southern California: http://www.laurislist.net/index.php?option=com_events&Itemid=192 L. Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter Volunteers Needed Would you would like to join the team of volunteers who help put out the Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter? Please reply by clicking: mailto:jeninger@yahoo.com Best wishes, Jim Eninger Torrance, California The Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter is posted on the LACMA's Sundays Live website - click: http://sundayslive.org/newsletter.cfm Read CHRIS PASLES' May 2008 LA Times article about the Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter by clicking: http://tinyurl.com/6e2a4k Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter volunteer team: Eleanor Allen, Tara Biard, Jack Bowman, Brandon Buckley, Rose Chen, Michael Cleary, Katie Eninger, Mary Lynn Eninger, Lauri D. Goldenhersh, Don Gross, George Gutman, Nina Haro, Gene Hoy, Antoinette Jaccard, Stephen Kanter, Heidi Lesemann, Paul Levin, Jim Mueller, Andrew Paroczai, Jim Parkman, Linda Saberi, Amy Sinclair, Douglas Wilkie, and Michael Zarky Send replies to jeninger@yahoo.com M. LISTINGS OF UPCOMING CONCERTS through Thursday, August 19, 2010 :: SPEED BROWSE THE LISTINGS If you'd like to speed-browse the listings by region, or find just the free concerts or concerts especially for kids, each listing has a code you can search on. Highlight and copy the appropriate code below [include the square brackets but no spaces outside them] and paste it into the field of your Edit-Find command (shortcut: Ctrl-f in most software, F4 in Outlook). (The numbers in parentheses give the number of events in each category.) [Free] (25) [DowntownLA] (3) [EastLA] (1) [midWilshireLA] (4) [OrangeCounty] (3) [Pasadena/Glendale] (11) [Oceanside/SanDiego] (1) [SanFernandoValley] (1) [SouthBay] (5) [Ventura/SantaBarbara] (1) [WestSide] (4) :: FINDING CONCERTS ON A SPECIFIC DATE Concerts that are repeated or related are grouped and appear under the date of the first. If you're looking for a concert on a specific date, consider using your Edit-Find command to search on that date, for example, search on "April 26" (without the quotes). :: 31 LISTINGS FOCUSING MOSTLY ON CHAMBER MUSIC (be sure to double-check times and dates with the contact information provided before setting out. Listings should not be taken as recommendations.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Music Academy of the West 2010 SUMMER FESTIVAL Monday, June 21 - Saturday, August 14, 2010 Music Academy of the West 1070 Fairway Road Santa Barbara CA [Ventura/SantaBarbara] For directions, click: http://www.musicacademy.org/about-us/contact-us 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 Mozart's Don Giovanni, at various Santa Barbara venues - all open to the public. Visiting artists include such luminaries as the TAKÁCS QUARTET, conductor and pianist JEFFREY KAHANE, pianist JEROME LOWENTHAL, opera superstar MARILYN HORNE, collaborative pianist WARREN JONES to name just some. 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 2009 Summer Festival information and schedule of events by clicking: http://www.musicacademy.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Norton Simon Museum - Free CALIFORNIA STRING QUARTET KATIA POPOV, LORAND LOKUSZTA violins ALMA FERNANDEZ viola VANESSA FREEBAIRN-SMITH cello Friday, July 30, 2010 - 7:00PM Gallery 21 Norton Simon Museum 411 West Colorado Blvd. Pasadena CA [Pasadena/Glendale][Free] For directions, click: http://www.nortonsimon.org/directions-and-parking/ Program Ravel: String Quartet in F Major Bartók, String Quartet No.3 Read about the CALIFORNIA STRING QUARTET by clicking: http://www.californiastringquartet.com Free with Museum admission. Parking is free. For information, call (626) 449-6840, or click: http://www.nortonsimon.org/events/detail.php?event=17043 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special $5 Admission Offer Extended through July!* (see below) LIVE AT THE LOUNGE - CLASSICAL MUSIC SERIES ROBERT GUPTA Los Angeles Philharmonic Violinist ARMEN KSAJIKIAN LACO Associate Principal Cellist ZACH DELLINGER violist from the Colburn Conservatory YANA REZNIK Artistic Director and piano Saturday, July 31, 2010 Opens for Dinner (optional) and Drinks at 7:00PM Show Starts at 8:00PM Live At The Lounge Comedy and Magic Club 1014 Hermosa Ave. Hermosa Beach CA [SouthBay] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/mawwqc For parking suggestions, click: http://www.comedyandmagicclub.com/directions/cmcdirections.html Los Angele Philharmonic, LACO, and Colburn Conservatory Artists collaborate on Brahms' beloved gypsy-themed G-Minor piano quartet. See the concert e-flyer with the artists' photos by clicking: http://home.earthlink.net/~jeninger/LiveAtTheLounge20100731.htm Los Angeles Philharmonic violinist ROBERT GUPTA joined the orchestra in 2007 at the age of 19. He earned a Master's degree in Music from Yale University, and while completing his undergraduate studies in premedical biology at Marist College, Robert he attended the Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School. Subsequent to his solo debut at the age of 11 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of ZUBIN MEHTA, Robert has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Bombay Symphony Orchestra, among many others. Read about Robert by clicking: http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/artist-detail.cfm?id=3309 Read Steve Lopez's 2008 Los Angeles Times article "At 20, his experiences reach far beyond his years" by clicking: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez27jan27,1,551860.column Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Associate Principal Cellist ARMEN KSAJIKIAN began his professional career at the age of twelve with the National Philharmonic of Abkhazia in the former Soviet Union. Since his arrival in the United States in 1976, he has established himself as a vital contributor to nearly every aspect of the musical life of Los Angeles. He is admired for his artistry and beloved for his generosity and wonderful sense of humor. Read about Armen by clicking: http://www.laco.org/artists/42/ Violist ZACH DELLINGER is pursuing an Artist Diploma at the Colburn Conservatory under PAUL COLETTI. He completed a Bachelor's Degree at the Eastman School of Music, where he won its Concerto Competition and performed the Walton Viola Concerto with the Eastman Philharmonia. Zach studied with DONALD McINNES at the Music Academy of the West for three summers, worked with PINCHAS ZUKERMAN at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada, and with ITZHAK PERLMAN, DONALD WEILERSTEIN, and PAUL KATZ of the Cleveland Quartet at the Perlman Music Program. This year, Mr. Zach performed Herold en Italie with the Torrance Symphony under the baton of Maestro FRANK FETTA. Read about Zach by clicking: http://zachdellinger.yolasite.com/ The high artistic quality of the offerings is assured by Live At The Lounge Classical Series Artistic Director and pianist YANA REZNIK, well known to Southland aficionados, who trained at the Manhattan School of Music under PHILLIP KAWIN and earned a Master's Degree at the USC Thornton School and the coveted Professional Studies Certificate at the Colburn Conservatory with renowned pianist JOHN PERRY. Read about Yana by clicking: http://www.yanareznik.com/ Program ROBERT GUPTA violin, YANA REZNIK piano Maurice Ravel: Tzigane ARMEN KSAJIKIAN cello, YANA REZNIK piano Alexander Glazunov: Chant du Ménestrel, Op.71 Adamian: Artashat Dance and Sachidao Rebnikov: Mazurka Khachaturian: Andantino Tsinzadze: Georgian Medley YANA REZNIK piano, ROBERT GUPTA violin, ZACH DELLINGER viola, ARMEN KSAJIKIAN cello Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op.25 No.1 Thanks to MIKE LACEY, the forward-looking founder and President of the famed Comedy and Magic Club (where JAY LENO performs every Sunday evening), Southern California now has a new weekly classical music series where premier established and rising young performers can be enjoyed in an attractive and intimate club setting. Enjoy classical music in a listening-room setting (not background music) accompanied by fine dinners (optional) and/or drinks. Feel free to applaud between movements whenever you're inspired to do so. Arrive early and enjoy a delicious dinner with friends and make new ones. Stay after and socialize with the artists. Admission: $10 plus a two-beverage minimum (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Advance ticket purchase is recommended - tickets can be purchased at the door if space is available. To order tickets, call (310) 372-1193. See the dinner menu by clicking: http://www.comedyandmagicclub.com/menu/CMCSpecial2.html *To encourage classical music lovers to experience concerts at Live At The Lounge, a special $5 admission is being continued through July - up to four admissions per order - for readers of the Clickable Chamber Music Newsletter. Order right away - previous concerts sold out soon after the concert e-flyers were sent out. Use the promotion code "CMLA" when ordering ($2 service charge & two-beverage minimum per admission applies). For concert information and to order tickets online, click: http://www.ClassicalMusicLA.com Live At The Lounge, part of Comedy and Magic Club, is an 18-and-over theatre. Parking is often available on the roof of the Comedy and Magic Club for $5 (enter off 10th street). For parking suggestions, click: http://www.comedyandmagicclub.com/directions/cmcdirections.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Family Concert - Free CHIZUKO ASADA piano Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 2:00PM The Richard Nixon Library 18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard Yorba Linda CA [OrangeCounty][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/exr7l Born in Japan, CHIZUKO ASADA earned her Master's Degree in Piano Performance at California State University, Long Beach, where she teaches as a music faculty member. Read about Chizuko by clicking: http://www.irvineclassical.com/Asada.html Free admission. For information, click: http://tinyurl.com/34y8shl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Music Guild - Coffee, Cookies & Concerts DAEDALUS STRING QUARTET MIN-YOUNG KIM violin, ARA GREGORIAN violin JESSICA THOMPSON viola, RAMAN RAMAKRISHNAN cello Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 3:00PM University Synagogue 11960 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles CA (one mile west of the San Diego Fwy) [WestSide] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/95u66 Program Mozart: String Quartet in B-flat Major, K589 Janacek: String Quartet No.1, "Kreutzer Sonata" Schubert: String Quartet in D Minor, D810, "Death and the Maiden" The DAEDALUS QUARTET (pronounced DED-a-lus) was founded in the summer of 2000, and one year later captured the Grand Prize of the 2001 Banff International String Quartet Competition, quickly establishing itself as among America's outstanding string quartets with numerous appearances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. They have performed throughout the U.S. and Europe including appearances at the Mostly Mozart Festival, the Caramoor Festival, and the Lincoln International Chamber Music Festival in the U.K. Read about the Daedalus Quartet by clicking: http://daedalusquartet.com/ Complimentary coffee, cakes, cookies, cheese, crackers, and fruit are served 2:30-3:00PM and at intermission. Tickets: $45 / $35 Seniors / $12 Students / $7 17 and under. For information, call Pam at (323) 954-0404 or click: http://www.themusicguild.org/spring.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shaffer Memorial Organ SUMMER ORGAN CONCERTS 2010 - Free Westwood United Methodist Church Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 3:00PM PAUL MEIER Assistant Organist of St. James' Church in Los Angeles Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 3:00PM TY WOODWARD Staff Organist at Disney's El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 3:00PM PETER FENNEMA Organist of Westwood United Methodist Church Westwood United Methodist Church 10497 Wilshire Blvd. Westwood CA [WestSide][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/e6yck Free admission. Read about the organists and see their recital programs by clicking: http://www.westwoodumc.org/content.cfm?id=341 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUNDAYS LIVE Chamber Music Series - Free HELIOS GUITAR QUARTET MICHAEL KUDIRKA, JACK CIMO, ALBERT DIAZ, ADAM PETTIT Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 6:00PM Sundays Live Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Leo S. Bing Theater 5905 Wilshire Blvd. (just east of Fairfax) Los Angeles CA [midWilshireLA][Free] For directions, click: http://sundayslive.org/directions.cfm Program Selections from J.S. Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier and other works to be announced The HELIOS GUITAR QUARTET takes a new look at the potential for this now well-established instrumental ensemble. All four members are current or former students of WILLIAM KANENGISER, founding member of the seminal Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. The Helios Guitar Quartet extends the range of the ensemble by including two unusual guitars: one, a seven-string guitar allowing for extremely low bass notes, and also a soprano guitar, re-strung so as to give notes in a much higher register than guitars are usually capable of. This expanded range of pitch allows them to embark on their current project, a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's monumental work The Well-Tempered Clavier, originally for keyboard, but here arranged for Helios by quartet member MICHAEL KUDIRKA. The ensemble is preparing this work for several concerts commemorating Bach's 325th birthday in the coming year. Read about the Helios Guitar Quartet, watch, and listen by clicking: http://www.heliosguitarquartet.com/ Read about the members of the Helios Guitar Quartet by clicking: http://www.heliosguitarquartet.com/biography/biography.html 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. Listen via streaming audio by clicking at concert time: http://sundayslive.org/SundaysLive.asx Listen to the previous Sunday's concert streamed on-demand from the KUSC website! Simply click the Sundays Live logo on the KUSC website homepage after clicking: http://www.kusc.org/ Free admission. For concert and artist information, click: http://sundayslive.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Classical Encounters presents Sunday Summer Evening Potluck Concert ALINA ROITSTEIN soprano, COREY KLEIN horn, YANA REZNIK piano Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 7:00PM The Hamburg Room Home of Ronna Binn-Hersh 19365 Lemmer Drive Tarzana CA [SanFernandoValley] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/7qlyv Program Beethoven: Sonata in F Major for horn and piano, Op.17 Richard Strauss: Ein Alphorn, for voice, horn, and piano, Op.29 Joaquin Rodrigo: Four Madrigales amatorios for voice and piano Vos me matasteis De donde venis, amor? Con que la lavere? De los Alamos vengo, madre George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue for solo piano Schubert: Auf dem Strom for voice, horn, and piano, D943 Douglas Moore: The Willow Song from The Ballad of Baby Doe Berlioz: Le Jeune Patre Breton for voice, horn, and piano, H65 Charles Gounod: Le Soir for voice, horn, and piano Havelock Nelson: Four Irish songs for voice, horn, and piano Lovely Jimmie Poor Auld Ass Lovely Armoy Linking O'ver the Lea Earlier this summer the artists performed together citywide as part of the debut of the INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL OF MALIBU including an appearance on the new Live At The Lounge Classical Series in Hermosa Beach CA, where YANA REZNIK is the Artistic Director. Read about the Festival Artistic Director COREY KLEIN who recently graduated from Curtis Institute of Music, and soprano ALINA ROITSTEIN, a SongFest alumna who just graduated from Columbia University and is entering CalArts' Masters' program, by clicking: http://www.icmfm.org/about.html Originally from Moscow, pianist YANA REZNIK is well-known and much loved by Southland aficionados. Besides Live At The Lounge Classical Series, she is the Artistic Director the innovative ARTISTIC VOYAGE series in Yorba Linda, which combines visual arts exhibitions and chamber music concerts. In 2004, Yana gave a sold-out Carnegie Hall debut in New York as winner of the Artists International Competition. Yana trained at the Manhattan School of Music under PHILLIP KAWIN and earned a Master's Degree at the USC Thornton School and the coveted Professional Studies Certificate at the Colburn Conservatory with JOHN PERRY. Read about Yana by clicking: http://www.yanareznik.com/ 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/ Suggested donation: $20 / $10 students. Bring your favorite summer fruit, wine, or dessert for a potluck reception after the concert when you will meet the artists. RSVP essential, even the day of the concert is O.K., at (818) 343-3095. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.9 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Glendale Noon Concerts - Free RACHEL BERRY French horn, and Friends STEPHEN GREEN and ROGER LEBOW cellos VIVIAN LIU and JOCELYN HUA-CHEN CHANG piano Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 12:10-12:40PM First Baptist Church of Glendale 209 N. Louise Street Glendale CA [Pasadena/Glendale][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/5ead4p Program - Celebrating the Bicentennial of Robert Schumann Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for French horn and piano, Op.70 Schumann: Andante and Variations in B-flat Major, WoO 10 for two pianos, two cellos and French horn (original version of Op.46, for two pianos) First Baptist Church cordially invites you to free half-hour concerts during the lunch-break hour. Glendale Noon Concerts are presented on the first and third Wednesdays of each month in the Sanctuary. The church is also partnering with Angela's Bistro to prepare a sandwich, chips, and drinks for $6.00 for concert attendees. You may order from the menu when you arrive and pick it up to take with you as you go...or you are invited to stroll down to Angela's a block from the church to retrieve your prepared meal and eat in the cozy little bistro. If you work in the downtown Glendale area, stop in for meditation and music plus a great deal on lunch with Angela's Bistro! Free admission - a donation basket for the artists will be present. For information, call (818) 242-2113 or click: http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com/ and http://www.fbcglendale.net/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pasadena Presbyterian "Music at Noon" Series - Free CHANSON Du SOIR CHELSEA CAMILLE soprano and DAVID ISAACS guitar Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 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 Established in 2005, CHANSON Du SOIR is composed of Southern California natives soprano CHELSEA CAMILLE and classical guitarist DAVID ISAACS. Read about Chanson du Soir by clicking: http://www.isaacsguitar.net/chansondusoir.html Free admission. Lunch is available following the concert for a $6 donation, or bring your own lunch to enjoy in the church's courtyard. See the Pasadena Presbyterian "Music at Noon" series by clicking: http://www.ppc.net/music/noonconcerts.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels - Free Organ Recital by CRAIG WILLIAMS Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 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/ CRAIG S. WILLIAMS is Organist and Choirmaster of the Cadet Chapel, United States Military Academy West Point. Read about Craig by clicking: http://www.eastwestorganists.com/pages/CraigSWilliams.htm 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.12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ La Jolla Chamber Music Society SUMMERFEST LA JOLLA 2010 CHO-LIANG "Jimmy" LIN violinist/artistic director Friday, August 6 - Friday, August 27, 2010 Various venues La Jolla CA [Oceanside/SanDiego] La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest is a nationally recognized chamber music festival featuring over 70 artists and ensembles performing 16 concerts from Friday, August 6 - Friday, August 27, 2010. For concert information, click: http://www.ljms.org/SummerFest-2010/Performances/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 1928 French Silent-Film Masterpiece THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC with Live, Original Score by GEORGE SARAH for STRING QUARTET and CHOIR QUARTET Friday, August 6, 2010 LIVE AT THE LOUNGE Opens for Dinner (optional) and Drinks at 7:00PM Show Starts at 8:00PM 1014 Hermosa Ave. Hermosa Beach CA [SouthBay] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/mawwqc For parking suggestions, click: http://www.comedyandmagicclub.com/directions/cmcdirections.html Saturday, August 7, 2010 - 8:00PM GRAND PERFORMANCES' 2010 Summer Concert Series - Free In the Heart of Downtown Los Angeles At California Plaza Watercourt 350 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles CA [DowntownLA][Free] For directions, click: http://www.grandperformances.org/en/gp/about/directions.html The Artists GEORGE SARAH composer/arranger/piano LEAH ZEGER violin, ERIC SUMMER viola IRINA CHIRKOVA and MATT COOKER cellos Members of the LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE RISA LARSON soprano, CHRISTEN HERMAN mezzo-soprano SEAN McDERMOTT tenor, MICHAEL LICHTENAUER counter-tenor The Passion of Joan of Arc (French: La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc) is based on the trial records of Joan of Arc. The film, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and staring Renée Jeanne Falconetti, is widely regarded as a landmark of cinema, especially for Falconetti's performance, which has been described as being among the best in film history. "You cannot know the history of silent film unless you know the face of Renée Jeanne Falconetti. In a medium without words, where the filmmakers believed that the camera captured the essence of characters through their faces, to see Falconetti in Dreyer's "The Passion of Joan of Arc" (1928) is to look into eyes that will never leave you." - Roger Ebert Composer/arranger GEORGE SARAH has scored numerous episodes for television and his songs have been featured in over 100 TV shows and films. In Aug 2008, he composed music for the ceremonies at the 2008 summer Olympic games in Beijing, China. Sarah frequently performs in the Los Angeles area and has been a guest twice on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. This will be Sarah's second Grand Performance concert. Friday, August 6, 2010 LIVE AT THE LOUNGE, Hermosa Beach CA Opens for Dinner and Drinks at 7:00PM Show Starts at 8:00PM Admission: $5 plus a two-beverage minimum (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Advance ticket purchase is recommended. To order tickets, call (310) 372-1193. See the dinner menu by clicking: http://www.comedyandmagicclub.com/menu/CMCSpecial2.html Saturday, August 7, 2010 - 8:00PM GRAND PERFORMANCES Downtown Free admission. For concert information, click: http://tinyurl.com/2fc77ng ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.14 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2nd Annual Mid Summer Night Concert, Under The Stars HARMONIUM TRIO TINA CHANG QU violin, LING YAN cello, YIN YIN HUANG piano and Jazz Artists NOLAN SHAHEED on trumpet, HAROLD JOHNSON on piano Saturday, August 7, 2010 Margaritas, Hors D'oeuvres - 7:00-7:45PM Concert - 8:00PM Terrace Overlooking the Entire City of Pasadena 4065 Park Vista Dr. Pasadena CA [Pasadena/Glendale] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/2w7f72h Program Paul Schoenfield: Café Music for violin, cello, and piano 1st movement, Allegro Henryk Wieniawski: Polonaise Brillante in A Major, Op.21 for violin and piano Ástor Piazzolla: Invierno (Winter) Porteño from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires W.C. Handy: Saint Louise Blues (1914) NOLAN SHAHEED on trumpet, HAROLD JOHNSON on piano Chopin: Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op.15 YIN YIN HUANG piano Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.2 in C Minor, Op.66 A native of China, TINA CHANG QU has studied at the Curtis Institute of Music under JAIME LAREDO and at Juilliard under DOROTHY DeLAY and at USC. Also a native of China, LING YAN earned her Bachelor's and Masters' degrees at Boston University. A native of Taiwan, YIN YIN HUANG serves as Associate Professor of Keyboard Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. The ensemble has performed together as the HARMONIUM TRIO for several years now. Pasadena-born Jazz trumpeter NOLAN SHAHEED is one of LA's top studio musicians, was lead trumpet with the Count Basie Orchestra from 1976 to 1979, and has collaborated with such notable artists as Natalie Cole (1979-1981), Stevie Wonder (1981-1983), Diana Ross (1983-1985), and Phil Collins (1985), to name some. Tickets: $20. The concert is to benefit Upper Hastings Ranch Association. Reserve your seats by contacting the concert's producer NAT NEHDAR at (626) 351-8680 or via e-mail at nnehdar@aol.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LIVE AT THE LOUNGE - CLASSICAL MUSIC SERIES YANA REZNIK Artistic Director KUSC Classical Radio Celebrity ALAN CHAPMAN Guest Host Saturday, August 7, 2010 Opens for Dinner (optional) and Drinks at 7:00PM Show Starts at 8:00PM Live At The Lounge Comedy and Magic Club 1014 Hermosa Ave. Hermosa Beach CA [SouthBay] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/mawwqc For parking suggestions, click: http://www.comedyandmagicclub.com/directions/cmcdirections.html Thanks to MIKE LACEY, the forward-looking founder and President of the famed Comedy and Magic Club (where JAY LENO performs every Sunday evening), Southern California now has a new weekly classical music series where premier established and rising young performers can be enjoyed in an attractive and intimate club setting. Enjoy classical music in a listening-room setting (not background music) accompanied by fine dinners (optional) and/or drinks. Feel free to applaud between movements whenever you're inspired to do so. Arrive early and enjoy a delicious dinner with friends and make new ones. Stay after and socialize with the artists. The high artistic quality of the offerings is assured by Artistic Director and pianist YANA REZNIK, who trained at the Manhattan School of Music under PHILLIP KAWIN and earned a Master's Degree at the USC Thornton School and the coveted Professional Studies Certificate at the Colburn Conservatory with JOHN PERRY. Read about Yana by clicking: http://www.yanareznik.com/ Watch an iCadenza interview of Yana at Live At The Lounge by JULIA TORGOVITSKAYA, the guest host for the evening, by clicking: http://cadenza.typepad.com/yanareznik/closer-look.html Admission: $10 plus a two-beverage minimum (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Advance ticket purchase is recommended - tickets can be purchased at the door if space is available. To order tickets, call (310) 372-1193. See the dinner menu by clicking: http://www.comedyandmagicclub.com/menu/CMCSpecial2.html For concert information and to order tickets online, click: http://www.ClassicalMusicLA.com Live At The Lounge, part of Comedy and Magic Club, is an 18-and-over theatre. Parking is often available on the roof of the Comedy and Magic Club for $5 (enter off 10th street). For parking suggestions, click: http://www.comedyandmagicclub.com/directions/cmcdirections.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Family Concert - Free SUNGAE LEE piano Sunday, August 8, 2010 - 2:00PM The Richard Nixon Library 18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard Yorba Linda CA [OrangeCounty][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/exr7l Cerritos College faculty pianist SUNGAE LEE earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees at UCLA and her DMA at USC under Professor DANIEL POLLACK. Read about Sungae by clicking: http://sungaelee.com/ Free admission. For information, click: http://tinyurl.com/34y8shl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Second Sunday Concerts - Free CURTIS HORTON violin DOROTHY WATERMAN cello KATHLEEN McCLOSKEY piano and CAROL FLEISHER flute ZANDRA HANSON cello DORIS ANNE HENDIN piano Sunday, August 8, 2010 - 2:30PM Donald R. Wright Auditorium Pasadena Central Library 285 East Walnut Street Pasadena CA [Pasadena/Glendale][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/pbyjw Program - Summer Serenade - a visit to Esterhazy Palace with Court Composer Josef Haydn Josef Haydn: Piano Trios No.39 in G Major, (Gypsy) Josef Haydn: Piano Trios No.40 in F-sharp Minor Josef Haydn: Trio in G Major for flute, cello, and piano Free admission. For information, call (626) 398-0658 or click: http://tinyurl.com/y8z65f4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUNDAYS LIVE Chamber Music Series - Free PETRONEL MALAN piano Sunday, August 8, 2010 - 6:00PM Sundays Live Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Leo S. Bing Theater 5905 Wilshire Blvd. (just east of Fairfax) Los Angeles CA [midWilshireLA][Free] For directions, click: http://sundayslive.org/directions.cfm Program Griffes: Sonata Haydn: Sonata in A-flat Major, Hob.XVI:46 Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.19 PETRONEL MALAN's career was launched following five Gold Medals in 2000 at international piano competitions throughout the United States. These included the Louise McMahon, Missouri Southern, Los Angeles Liszt and Hilton Head International Piano Competitions. In addition, she garnered the Grand Prize in the 2000 Web Concert Hall Competition and Gold Medals in both the Grace Welsh Piano Competition and the Entergy Young Artist Award. Born in South Africa, Petronel Malan studied with ADOLPH HALLIS, a student of both Matthay and Leschetizky. Having debuted with the Johannesburg Symphony at age ten and subsequently winning all major national competitions in her native country, Ms. Malan moved to the United States to further her studies. Following a degree at Michigan State University, she completed her graduate work at the University of North Texas. Read about Petronel Malan by clicking: http://www.petronelmalan.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. Listen via streaming audio by clicking at concert time: http://sundayslive.org/SundaysLive.asx Free admission. For concert and artist information, click: http://sundayslive.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Seventh Annual BEVERLY HILLS INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL GREGORY CHERNINSKY festival director and founder Sunday, August 8 - Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Sinai Temple 10400 Wilshire Blvd Westwood CA [WestSide] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/ytz84o Temple of the Arts Saban Theatre 8440 Wilshire Boulevard Beverly Hills CA [WestSide] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/mrtr9r The Seventh Annual BEVERLY HILLS INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL presents nine summer evening concerts featuring both emerging talent and renowned musicians performing a wide range of music in the Sinai Temple and Temple of the Arts. Aficionados will recognize many of the artists as among this town's finest. See the concert programs and the performing artists by clicking: http://www.bhmusicfestival.org/Program-2010.pdf Concert tickets: $25 / 20% discount for students. For the full festival and artist information, click: http://www.bhmusicfestival.org/2010Season.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pasadena Presbyterian "Music at Noon" Series - Free ISAMU NAKASHIO guitar Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 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 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. He is a former student of some of the world's leading guitarists such as DAVID RUSSELL, MANUEL BARRUECO, DAVID LEISNER, FREDRIC HAND, SHARON ISBIN, and BENJAMIN VERDERY. Isamu has a Bachelor's Degree from the New England Conservatory, and studied at the Mannes college of Music in New York and Yale University from which be holds two Master's Degrees in music performance. He also has four diplomas from Mozarteum summer academy in Salzburg, Austria. Read about Isamu by clicking: http://eroica.com/nakashio/artist.html Free admission. Lunch is available following the concert for a $6 donation, or bring your own lunch to enjoy in the church's courtyard. See the Pasadena Presbyterian "Music at Noon" series by clicking: http://www.ppc.net/music/noonconcerts.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.21 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Wednesday Organ Recital - Free Cathedral Organist SAMUEL S. SORIA Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 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 first Delos CD "The Premiere Organ Recording" was released in February 2004. Listen to excerpts and purchase the CD by clicking: http://tinyurl.com/2ydynw Samuel's second Delos CD "Organ Voices" was released in March 2005. Listen to excerpts and purchase the CD by clicking: http://www.amazon.com/Organ-Voices-Eric-Lamarter/dp/B0007SL1MG/ 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.22 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Concerts in the Park - Free SARKIS: Classical and Flamenco Guitar Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 7:00PM Malaga Cove Library Lawn 2400 Via Campesina Palos Verdes Estates CA [SouthBay][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/ylbkkez Free admission. For information, click: http://host5.evanced.info/pvld/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=23566 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.23 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Norton Simon Museum - Free ODEUM GUITAR DUO ROBERT WETZEL and FRED BENEDETTI Friday, August 13, 2010 - 7:00PM Gallery 21 Norton Simon Museum 411 West Colorado Blvd. Pasadena CA [Pasadena/Glendale][Free] For directions, click: http://www.nortonsimon.org/directions-and-parking/ Program - Twentieth-Century Alchemy for Two Guitars Selection of 20th-century guitar duets from France, the Americas, and Spain Read about the San Diego-based ODEUM GUITAR DUO by clicking: http://www.odeumguitarduo.com/ Free with Museum admission. Parking is free. For information, call (626) 449-6840, or click: http://www.nortonsimon.org/events/detail.php?event=17046 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.24 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Glendale City Church Second Saturday Series presents - Free Organ Concert by SEAN COBURN O'NEAL Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 4:00PM Sanctuary Glendale City Adventist Church 610 E. California Ave. (corner of Isabel St. & California Ave.) Glendale CA [Pasadena/Glendale][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/yj6j9dw Program Selections by Ottorino Respighi, J.S. Bach, Craig Phillips, Felix Mendelssohn, Herbert Howells, and Charles-Marie Widor SEAN O'NEAL is a frequent recitalist, both locally and around the United States. He is also a pipe organ builder with the Long Beach-based firm O'Neal, David & Associates, is the accompanist for the Cal State University Long Beach 49'er Chorus, and is the Director of Music and Organist/Choirmaster at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Covina CA. The organ is a 150-rank Colby-Harrah symphonic organ. It utilizes a hybrid configuration of wind-blown pipe work and digital technology on four manuals. The Second Saturday Series is a free community concert held the second Saturday of each month at City Church. Admission: Free-will offering. A reception will be held in the courtyard following the concert allowing everyone to meet the artist. For information call (818) 244-7241 or click: http://tinyurl.com/34llhlr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.25 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Center for the Visual and Performing Arts presents HEATHER REITHMEIER soprano, RYAN REITHMEIER baritone, JANELLE TAG piano Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 7:00PM Sage-Granada Park's United Methodist Church's Center for the Visual and Performing Arts 1850 W. Hellman Ave. Alhambra CA [EastLA] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/4cldg3 In April 2010, HEATHER and RYAN REITHMEIER were among the winners of the Beverly Hills Auditions and recommended artists to the Consortium of Southern California Chamber Music Presenters. Soprano HEATHER REITHMEIER recently was awarded the title of the NATS L.A. Gwendolyn Roberts Young Artist of the Year, and in September will "The Unrest Inside: Songs of Mad Women" at the CSUF's Meng Concert Hall. Earlier this year she made her debut in Segerstrom Hall as the soprano soloist for the Fauré Requiem with the Pacific Youth Symphony and Chorus. Other highlights of the 2009-2010 season included her Pacific Symphony debut as the soprano soloist for Weill's Ice Cream Sextet as part of Pacific Symphony's "Into the Streets" series. She returned to CSUF Opera in April as a guest artist to portray Adina in L'elisir d'amore and to the La Mirada Symphony for its annual Pops Concert. Heather has performed with Celestial Opera of Los Angeles (Sandman, Hansel & Gretel), Intimate Opera of Los Angeles (Gianetta, L'elisir d'amore), Repertory Opera of Los Angeles (Suor Genevieffa, Suor Angelica), the Fargo-Moorhead Opera (Sally/Ida, Die Fledermaus), and the CSUF Opera Theater (Adina, L'elisir d'amore; Tessa, The Gondoliers; Yum-Yum The Mikado; Lucy, The Telephone). She recently sang the West Coast premiere of Tom Cipullo's The Husbands and can be heard as the soprano soloist on the debut recording of conductor René Clausen's groundbreaking work, Memorial, commissioned in honor of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks. In 2009 Heather was the Grand Prize Winner in the annual Vocal Concerto Competition at CSUF, and was the First Place Winner in the Graduate Women Division of the NATS L.A. Collegiate Auditions. She was recently awarded a grant from Opera Buffs, as well as scholarships from the Ruth B. Shannon Foundation, OperaWorks (Los Angeles), and SongFest (Malibu). Heather holds a Bachelor's degree from Concordia College in Moorhead MN. She recently received her Master of Music at CSUF. Baritone, RYAN REITHMEIER made his debut at the Segerstrom Hall as the baritone soloist for the Fauré Requiem as part of the Pacific Symphony's Rising Superstars Concert in February 2010. Also in 2010 he made his Pacific Symphony debut in CSUF's Meng Concert Hall as well as his Opera a la Carte tour debut in the role of Giuseppe (The Gondoliers). He recently returned to the CSUF Opera as a Guest Artist to portray Belcore in L'elisir d'amore, and to the La Mirada Symphony for their annual Pops Concert. This summer he will travel to Princeton, New Jersey to sing in a series of summer festival concerts as part of Westminster Choir College's CoOPERAtive training festival for young opera singers. In 2009 Ryan sang the West Coast Premiere of composer Tom Cipullo's The Husbands. Also in 2009, he participated in the World Premiere of Insomnia by Tom Cipullo at SongFest in Malibu. He has been heard with Intimate Opera (Pasadena), Guild Opera, San Fernando Valley Master Chorale, Southland Opera, Repertory Opera, and Lyric Opera companies (Los Angeles), as well as Opera in the Ozarks/Inspiration Point, and the Fargo-Moorhead Opera. Ryan recently was awarded the Summer Study Grant by NATSLA, and in 2009 was the Winner of the NATSLA Gwendolyn Roberts Young Artist Auditions. He has received grants from the Shannon Foundation, the Opera Buffs, as well as from the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council, toward the production of four annual concerts for the Red Rock Center for the Arts in Minnesota. Ryan is a graduate of Concordia College in Moorhead MN and recently completed the M.M. degree in Vocal Performance at CSUF. Tickets: $20. For concert information, cal (626) 230-5435, or click: http://www.cvpaministry.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.26 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CalPhil at the Mill Summer Chamber Music Concerts Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 8:00PM Pomegranate Patio The Old Mill 1120 Old Mill Road San Marino CA [Pasadena/Glendale] For a map, click: http://tinyurl.com/27yofuj Program Selections for brass CalPhil at the Mill brings California Philharmonic artists to San Marino's historic El Molino Viejo (The Old Mill), the oldest commercial building still standing in Los Angeles County. These concerts take place on the Pomegranate Patio, surrounded by The Old Mill's beautiful pomegranate trees and lush gardens. In addition to enjoying the fine music, concertgoers are invited to view the building, learn about its history, and view the art exhibit (curated by the California Art Club) currently showing in its gallery space. Wine and cookies are available for purchase at intermission. Read about the historic Old Mill, built in 1816, by clicking: http://www.old-mill.org/ Upcoming Summer Chamber Music Concert: Saturday, September 11, 2010 - strings Admission: $10. CalPhil at the Mill is produced by The Old Mill Foundation. Due to limited seating, advance reservations are required. For more information and reservations, call (626) 449-5458 or click: http://www.calphil.org/concerts/old_mill.asp and http://www.old-mill.org/calphil_seasonal.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.27 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LIVE AT THE LOUNGE - CLASSICAL MUSIC SERIES YANA REZNIK Artistic Director Saturday, August 14, 2010 Opens for Dinner (optional) and Drinks at 7:00PM Show Starts at 8:00PM Live At The Lounge Comedy and Magic Club 1014 Hermosa Ave. Hermosa Beach CA [SouthBay] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/mawwqc For parking suggestions, click: http://www.comedyandmagicclub.com/directions/cmcdirections.html Thanks to MIKE LACEY, the forward-looking founder and President of the famed Comedy and Magic Club (where JAY LENO performs every Sunday evening), Southern California now has a new weekly classical music series where premier established and rising young performers can be enjoyed in an attractive and intimate club setting. Enjoy classical music in a listening-room setting (not background music) accompanied by fine dinners (optional) and/or drinks. Feel free to applaud between movements whenever you're inspired to do so. Arrive early and enjoy a delicious dinner with friends and make new ones. Stay after and socialize with the artists. The high artistic quality of the offerings is assured by Artistic Director and pianist YANA REZNIK, who trained at the Manhattan School of Music under PHILLIP KAWIN and earned a Master's Degree at the USC Thornton School and the coveted Professional Studies Certificate at the Colburn Conservatory with JOHN PERRY. Read about Yana by clicking: http://www.yanareznik.com/ Watch an iCadenza interview of Yana at Live At The Lounge by JULIA TORGOVITSKAYA, the guest host for the evening, by clicking: http://cadenza.typepad.com/yanareznik/closer-look.html Admission: $10 plus a two-beverage minimum (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Advance ticket purchase is recommended - tickets can be purchased at the door if space is available. To order tickets, call (310) 372-1193. See the dinner menu by clicking: http://www.comedyandmagicclub.com/menu/CMCSpecial2.html For concert information and to order tickets online, click: http://www.ClassicalMusicLA.com Live At The Lounge, part of Comedy and Magic Club, is an 18-and-over theatre. Parking is often available on the roof of the Comedy and Magic Club for $5 (enter off 10th street). For parking suggestions, click: http://www.comedyandmagicclub.com/directions/cmcdirections.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.28 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Family Concert - Free HERSHEL GREEN vocalist Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 2:00PM The Richard Nixon Library 18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard Yorba Linda CA [OrangeCounty][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/exr7l Program Favorite Big Band and Sinatra Favorites Free admission. For information, click: http://tinyurl.com/34y8shl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.29 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUNDAYS LIVE Chamber Music Series - Free LYRIS STRING QUARTET ALYSSA PARK violin, SHALINI VIJAYAN violin, LUKE MAURER viola, TIMOTHY LOO cello Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 6:00PM Sundays Live Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Leo S. Bing Theater 5905 Wilshire Blvd. (just east of Fairfax) Los Angeles CA [midWilshireLA][Free] For directions, click: http://sundayslive.org/directions.cfm Program Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor Webern: Langsamer Satz 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. Listen via streaming audio by clicking at concert time: http://sundayslive.org/SundaysLive.asx Free admission. For concert and artist information, click: http://sundayslive.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.30 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Glendale Noon Concerts - Free ROSA LoGIUDICE piano and ARTHUR BLISS OBOE QUINTET KEWA ENSEMBLE CATHERINE DEL RUSSO oboe RUTH BRUEGGER and JACQUELINE SUZUKI violins VICTOR DeALMEIDA viola, PAM DeALMEIDA cello Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 12:10-12:40PM First Baptist Church of Glendale 209 N. Louise Street Glendale CA [Pasadena/Glendale][Free] For a Google map, click: http://tinyurl.com/5ead4p Program - Celebrating the Bicentennial of Chopin and Schumann Chopin: Nocturne No.8 in D-flat Major, Op.27 No.2 Schumann: Intermezzo - Mit Groesster Energie from Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26 First Baptist Church cordially invites you to free half-hour concerts during the lunch-break hour. Glendale Noon Concerts are presented on the first and third Wednesdays of each month in the Sanctuary. The church is also partnering with Angela's Bistro to prepare a sandwich, chips, and drinks for $6.00 for concert attendees. You may order from the menu when you arrive and pick it up to take with you as you go...or you are invited to stroll down to Angela's a block from the church to retrieve your prepared meal and eat in the cozy little bistro. If you work in the downtown Glendale area, stop in for meditation and music plus a great deal on lunch with Angela's Bistro! Free admission - a donation basket for the artists will be present. For information, call (818) 242-2113 or click: http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com/ and http://www.fbcglendale.net/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.31 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pasadena Presbyterian "Music at Noon" Series - Free CHRISTINE AZZONI DOW piano Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 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 Los Angeles native CHRISTINE AZZONI DOW earned her Bachelor of Music Degree from Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles and her Master of Arts in Performance Degree from California State University, Northridge. Christine is Associate Faculty member at Irvine Valley College and Principal Organist at Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano. Read about Christine by clicking: http://www.christineazzonidow.com/ Free admission. Lunch is available following the concert for a $6 donation, or bring your own lunch to enjoy in the church's courtyard. See the Pasadena Presbyterian "Music at Noon" series by clicking: http://www.ppc.net/music/noonconcerts.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No.32 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :: THE WEEKLY CONCERTS (check schedules - some may be on hiatus) a. 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 a map, click: http://www.fccla.org/_extra/map-directions.html Organist in Residence S. Wayne Foster and his guests offer free concerts every Thursday at 12:10P throughout the year. Los Angeles Magazine has chosen the free Thursday organ recitals at First Church as one of their "152 Favorite Things About LA!" 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 b. 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. Find the schedule of upcoming concerts by clicking: http://tinyurl.com/2fcrlrq c. 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/ 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/ d. 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 e. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels - Free ORGAN RECITAL or DEMONSTRATION 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 parking information, click: http://www.olacathedral.org/gettinghere/ Free admission. 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