I’ve picked out some of the most promising events …
Los Angeles Philharmonic announces 2016 season at the Hollywood Bowl. The Orange County Register, Feb. 12, 2016.
Go and do: Laguna Beach Music Festival
Laguna Beach Music Festival will feature violinist Jennifer Koh and pianist Shai Wosner in trio of concerts. The Orange County Register, Feb. 11, 2016.
Orange County teens, members of YOLA, play in Super Bowl halftime, live to tell about it
La Habra teen musicians return after playing the Super Bowl halftime show with Coldplay. The Orange County Register, Feb. 8, 2016.
Photo: Gustavo Dudamel at the Super Bowl
Snapped on a flat screen during yesterday’s halftime show … In case you hadn’t heard, those kids with the string instruments were members of Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, the L.A. Phil’s El Sistema-style youth ensemble. Dudamel could be seen conducting them early in the halftime show, and returned later for the apotheosis cameo. It’s good to have a representative of the art form making inroads into the mainstream. Dudamel also conducted the opening and closing credits of the latest “Star Wars” movie.
photo: M.A. Mullen
Pacific Symphony plays music for organ and orchestra by Bolcom, Paulus, Oquin
Review: Pacific Symphony offers two-fisted program for organ. The Orange County Register, Feb. 5, 2016.
Los Angeles Opera announces 31st season
A quick round up. Not a bad season at all …
Los Angeles Opera announces 2016-2017 subscription season. The Orange County Register, Feb. 3, 2016.
photo: Library of Congress
Organist Paul Jacobs is curator of this year’s American Composers Festival
Preview: American Composers Festival to explore recent organ music. The Orange County Register, Jan. 31, 2016.
Long Beach Opera revives ‘Candide’
Review: Long Beach Opera delivers a brisk, stylish ‘Candide’. The Orange County Register, Jan. 31, 2016.
photo: Keith Ian Polakoff
Classical music walks into a bar
Classical music walks into a bar: Pacific Symphony takes concerts on the road to the cocktail crowd. The Orange County Register, Jan. 29, 2016.
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