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For many years, Culver City residents enjoyed the summer concerts on Thursday evenings. The series became a cultural tradition, with hundreds gathering in the City Hall Courtyard to listen to and dance to some phenomenal musicians. When the pandemic hit, the concerts were discontinued, and our summers were never the same. But I am happy to report that the City Council has accepted a proposal from city staff and the Culver City Arts Foundation to reinstitute the Summer Sunset Music Series...
Santa Monica College's Emeritus Concert Band, under the baton of Yosuke Miyoshi, will present a free concert on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 3 p.m. The performance will be held in The Eli & Edythe Broad Stage at the SMC Performing Arts Center, located at 1310 11th Street (at Santa Monica Boulevard), Santa Monica. The concert will feature a combined performance with the Santa Ana College Concert Band under the direction of Adam Gerling. "You do not want to miss the wonderful opportunity of experiencing...
Emersion Music is excited to announce the launch of Emersion Nights, a new monthly series bringing together musicians, artists, and the community through live performances and thought-provoking conversations. The first event takes place on October 23rd at 7:30 PM at The Blue Door located in downtown Culver City, at The Blue Door, 9617 Venice Blvd. featuring the evocative sounds of EMER and the Emersion Ensemble. Following their "Renewal" concert at The Culver Steps, Emersion Music returns with a...
Classic Albums Live (CAL) Presents: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours made a special appearance and was a smashing success, performing at The Lisa Smith Wengler Center For The Arts at Pepperdine University in Malibu. CAL, founded in 2003 by Craig Martin, takes the greatest albums and re-creates them live on stage, note for note, cut for cut, using the best musicians. "Think of it as a recital," says Martin. "These albums are historic and stand the test of time." Forgoing costumes and impersonations, CAL...
Living legend Pat Benatar and her summer concert tour made a landing at Cerritos Center For The Performing Arts. Neil Giraldo, her long-time husband and musical partner and producer shared the stage with her playing lead guitar, piano, and some backup vocals. Mick Mahan played bass very capably, which he has been doing for Benatar since 1997. And drummer Caesar Griffin rocked the house banging on the skins. Benatar was fortunate to have recruited Griffin from the Taylor Dane band. He is fun to...
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the kickoff of the Summer Sunset Music Series last week. We're ready for another evening of music this Thursday as we have multiple musicians bringing the funk, soul, and jazz to Town Plaza at the Culver Step. The free, family-friendly series runs every Thursday evening until August 29th from 7 PM to 9 PM each week. Seating is limited and available on a first come first served basis for view of the stage. Small picnic blankets and low back chairs are...
Santa Monica Public Library invites you to experience the joy of making music with others at an uplifting ukulele concert, strum-along and sing-along on Saturday, July 20, 2024, from 2-3:15 p.m. The event is free and takes place in the Main Library's Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. Cali Rose and The CC Strummers will perform a set of popular songs, from Broadway to the Beatles to the 12-bar blues. The audience can then join in strumming and singing tunes that are...
The City of Culver City will host a free summer music series on Thursday evenings at Town Plaza at the Culver Steps. The family-friendly events will run every Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. until August 29. Seating for the series is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Attendees are encouraged to bring small picnic blankets and low-back chairs to designated areas as space permits. The City invites visitors to explore the nearby restaurants in and around the Culver S...
International Diva soprano sensation Renee Fleming made a special appearance supported by acclaimed pianist Inon Barnatan at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion which closed out the LA Opera season. Because Fleming is passionate about saving our environment, the first half was titled Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene which included a beautiful and colorful film about nature by National Geographic which displayed on a screen behind Fleming. The film included forest scenes, mountains, wild animals, among...
It took 30 years, but Giacomo Puccini's Turandot finally made another successful and phantasmagorical splash-down at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for Los Angeles Opera. The production was boosted by artist David Hockney's scenery brilliance and Ian Falconer's lush costume design. Hockney hit a home run with his color choices, paintings and shapes as it relates to Chinese-themed designs. And leading the way was conductor James Conlon who is a veteran of Puccini operas. Turandot is his 200th...
In 2022-23, the Culver City Symphony Orchestra made musical news with its first full season since the pandemic and a major talent search for a new conductor. Each of the finalists for the position had an opportunity to conduct the Orchestra during the 2022-23 season, and each also conducted a Marina del Rey Summer Symphony concert in 2022 or 2023. The Board of Directors of the SoCal Symphony Society is pleased to announce two new Music Director-Conductors: Clyde Mitchell will be the Music...
The Santa Monica College (SMC) Music Department will present the SMC Wind Ensemble in its lively annual "Pops" concert. The concert will be held on Sunday, June 9, at 4 p.m. in The Broad Stage at the SMC Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th Street (at Santa Monica Boulevard), Santa Monica. Under the direction of Kevin McKeown, the SMC Wind Ensemble will present an exciting program that highlights popular music from the Broadway stage to Hollywood movie scores. Tickets are $10 general admission...
At Zipper Hall, Camerata Pacifica presented their second Baroque Series concert curated by 18th century master baroque and Avery Fisher Career Grant flautist Emi Ferguson titled "The French Dispatch." Joining her were some of the country's leading Baroque experts playing period instruments: Rachel Ellen Wong (violin), the first violinist to receive a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant; Doug Balliet (viola da gamba), a professor of Baroque bass at The Juilliard School; Michael Sponseller...
Santa Monica College (SMC) will hold its Annual Children's Concert - "Melody in Motion" - a popular event that welcomes families and music lovers of all ages. The performance is free and will be held Saturday, May 18, at 11 a.m. in the Music Hall at the SMC Performing Arts Center, located at 1310 11th Street (at Santa Monica Boulevard), Santa Monica. Free parking on premises. Seating is on a first-arrival basis. Under the direction of SMC music instructor Megumi Smith, the concert will present...
By LA Opera was successful in its presentation and restaging of the 2022 San Francisco production of La Traviata, one of opera's most enduring tragedies, directed by Shawna Lucey with scenery and costumes by Robert Innes Hopkins. Verdi master James Conlon is always the perfect choice to conduct this composers body of work. Conlon is in such reverence of Verdi's greatness that this reporter once saw him stop and bow to Verdi's statue on the Founders Circle level at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion....
The Jewish Women's Theatre (JWT) Presented Bravissima! Jewish Women in Music last Sunday. The event included a Celebrated Flutist, Emmy-Winning Composer and Internationally Renowned Conductor . The distinguished artists who comprise the panel are: flutist Susan Greenberg, composer Miriam Cutler and Rachael Worby, Artistic Director of MUSE/IQUE, LA's musical adventure series. Live music and a dance performance by Lillian Rose Barbeito. Screenwriter Arlene Sarner moderate the panel. She...
Emersion Music is presenting the third and final installment of its trilogy live concert performance series on April 24th and 25th at 7:00 pm at the Culver Steps in the downtown Culver City plaza. This concert installment, RENEWAL: Harmonizing Our Tomorrow, will explore what 'renewal' means for individuals in our diverse and growing city through live strings and movement. The concert will feature the work of six local award-winning film and media composers: Emer Kinsella (Saturn), Hannah...
The Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) presented a concert titled Spem In Alium at Walt Disney Concert Hall. It was a program of much diversity as LAMC sang 12 extraordinary pieces led by the very capable and passionate associate music director/conductor Jenny Wong. All of the awe-inspiring works performed showcased music reflecting the spirit of hope, devotion, and deliverance. Out of all of the pieces, the three that were most remarkable were two monumental masterpieces - Thomas Tallis'...
Culver City Chamber Orchestra Presents a double Concerto Concert Sunday, March 17,at 4:00pm featuring concerto soloists, Sara Andon, Flute • Cristina Montes Mateo, Harp, Kevin Anderson, Harpsichord • Deborah H. How, Harpsichord at the Turning Point School Auditorium 8780 National Blvd in Culver City The musicians and concerto soloists will be performing: .S. Bach: Concerto in C Minor for Two Harpsichords, BWV 1060, Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C Major for String Orchestra, Op. 48, Mozart: Con...
LA Opera will present two one-act rarities - William Grant Still's Highway 1, USA and Alexander Zemlinsky's The Dwarf conducted by Music Director maestro James Conlon. Unifying the operas is the theme of unrequited love told through powerful, emotional music. The story of Highway 1 USA follows a hardworking Black couple Bob and Mary, who have scrimped and saved to put Bob's younger brother through college. After the ne'er-do-well Nate attacks Mary for refusing his advances, the couple come...
Santa Monica Public Library's Soundwaves new music series welcomes saxophonist/composer/filmmaker Chris Jonas on March 2 at 3:30PM, for a special performance in the Multipurpose Room of the Main Library at 601 Santa Monica Blvd. During the 1990s Jonas lived in New York, performing with creative music legends including Anthony Braxton, Lawrence "Butch" Morris, William Parker, and Cecil Taylor, as well as leading his own groups. Now in New Mexico, his current project is a set of compositions for...
On Saturday, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) presented a concert as part of their special Baroque series at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Veteran LACO violinist, concertmaster and Director of Chamber Music, Margaret Batjer, led the charge as they presented an all-Bach program. LACO's Baroque series features smaller groups of the Orchestra's musicians and guest artists on chamber masterworks from the Baroque Era (1600 to 1750). And Bach, the architect of the...
Santa Monica College's Emeritus Concert Band, under the baton of Yosuke Miyoshi, will present a free concert - "Liquid Grooves" - on Sunday, Mar. 3, at 3 p.m. The performance will be held in The Broad Stage at the SMC Performing Arts Center, located at 1310 11th Street (at Santa Monica Boulevard), Santa Monica. The almost-spring concert will feature a program based on the ocean and sea. The Emeritus Concert Band will be performing "Pacific Grooves" by Tyler S. Grant, "Water Reflections" by...
The concert will be held on Sunday January 21, at 7:00pm in the Robert Frost Auditorium located at Culver City High School. In 2022-23 the Orchestra presented its first full season for several years, with four outstanding concerts led by four guest conductors. Our 2023-24 season opened in November, as we introduced our new Music Director-Conductor, Clyde Mitchell, with a program that included a world premiere of Circle Overture by Craig Safan, and ended with a performance of the Symphony No. 1...
The Santa Monica College Music Department is pleased to present an evening concert featuring the SMC Jazz Vocal Ensemble. "Jazz Crossover: Where Genres Converge" will be held Friday, December 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Hall at the SMC Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th Street (at Santa Monica Boulevard), Santa Monica. Under the direction of SMC music instructor Megan Gillespie, the ensemble's 41 talented vocalists will explore jazz merging with various genres, including pop, musical theater,...
