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SUMMARY:Host/Narrator:  LA Phil's Symphonies for Youth concert
DESCRIPTION:Bringing my modern Ms. Frizzle energy to Walt Disney Concert Hall\, I will narrate the Phil’s wonderfully engaging program for young people and their families and friends. This Symphony for Youth program will highlight the woodwind section as well as the musical concepts of melody and pitch. Works include Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story\, Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony\, Gershwin’s  Rhapsody in Blue\, Still’s 
“Afro-American” Symphony\, Stravinsky’s Petrushka\, and Riley’s In C.  \nI’m delighted to be collaborating again with script writer Callan Milani\, who knows how to bring lessons to life. The performance will feature Dudamel Fellow Kinga Głowacka on the podium. Hope to see you there! \nPhoto credit: Paul Cressey
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/host-narrator-la-phils-symphonies-for-youth-concert/
LOCATION:Walt Disney Concert Hall\, 111 S Grand Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert Performance,LA Philharmonic,Public Musicology Concert Lecture,Public Musicology for Young People
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SUMMARY:Invited Lecturer: Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival (July 21)
DESCRIPTION:My first time being part of the Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival\, which is a real treat. I love the city and can’t wait to meet the lovely community at SCMS! \nMy presentation for their new lecture series will be on Rebecca Clarke\, particularly on her earlier life leading up to the composition of Morpheus for piano and violin—a work she originally premiered under the pseudonym Anthony Trent. Clarke’s resolve to work professionally in music and her impressive body of work is an inspiration for all. I am fortunate to have access to a number of documents\, including her memoir\, thanks to Christopher Johnson\, Clarke’s great-nephew-by-marriage who owns Clarke’s rights and worked with her during her final decade and catalogued her compositions\, with her assistance. \nI will be giving this lecture on July 21-22 in two venues—the Seattle Chamber Music Society Center and Seattle Women’s University Club—and as a Zoom webinar. \n 
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/invited-lecturer-seattle-chamber-music-society-summer-festival-july-21/
LOCATION:Seattle Chamber Music Society Center\, 601 Union St Ste 220\, Seattle\, WA\, 98101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Invited speaker,Public Musicology Concert Lecture,Public Musicology LiveStream,Seattle Chamber Music Society
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250326T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250326T120000
DTSTAMP:20260515T210828
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SUMMARY:Host/Narrator: LA Phil / Symphonies for Schools (Mar 26)
DESCRIPTION:My friends at the Education Department of the LA Phil told me they were looking for someone with a Ms. Frizzle vibe to host the Symphonies for Schools educational concerts. YES!!! For these special concerts\, I am collaborating with music-education content creator Callan Milani\, a former student of mine at the Colburn Conservatory and a very dear friend. #WINNING \nThe program is going to be fantastic: works by Mozart\, Beethoven\, Vivaldi\, Piazzola\, and Montgomery will help young listeners and family members learn about musical structure and harmony!  The concert features Dudamel Conducting Fellow Dayner Tafur-Diaz and solo violinist Ray Ushikubo.
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/host-narrator-la-phil-symphonies-for-schools-mar-26/
LOCATION:Walt Disney Concert Hall\, 111 S Grand Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
CATEGORIES:LA Philharmonic,Public Musicology Concert Lecture,Public Musicology for Young People
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250325T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250325T120000
DTSTAMP:20260515T210828
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SUMMARY:Host/Narrator: LA Phil / Symphonies for Schools (Mar 25)
DESCRIPTION:My friends at the Education Department of the LA Phil told me they were looking for someone with a Ms. Frizzle vibe to host the Symphonies for Schools educational concerts. YES!!! For these special concerts\, I am collaborating with music-education content creator Callan Milani\, a former student of mine at the Colburn Conservatory and a very dear friend. #WINNING \nThe program is going to be fantastic: works by Mozart\, Beethoven\, Vivaldi\, Piazzola\, and Montgomery will help young listeners and family members learn about musical structure and harmony!  The concert features Dudamel Conducting Fellow Dayner Tafur-Diaz and solo violinist Ray Ushikubo.
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/host-narrator-la-phil-symphonies-for-schools-mar-25/
LOCATION:Walt Disney Concert Hall\, 111 S Grand Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
CATEGORIES:LA Philharmonic,Public Musicology Concert Lecture,Public Musicology for Young People
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250322T120000
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SUMMARY:Host/Narrator: LA Phil / Symphonies for Youth (Mar 22)
DESCRIPTION:A new and very welcome adventure with the LA Phil: I’m hosting the Symphonies for Youth concerts! I come to this new collaboration with special joy\, not only because I remember bringing my youngest son to these concerts\, but also because I am collaborating with  music-education content creator Callan Milani\, a former student of mine at the Colburn Conservatory and a very dear friend. #WINNING \nThe program is going to be fantastic: works by Mozart\, Beethoven\, Vivaldi\, Piazzola\, and Montgomery will help young listeners and family members learn about musical structure and harmony!  The concert features Dudamel Conducting Fellow Dayner Tafur-Diaz and solo violinist Ray Ushikubo.
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/host-narrator-la-phil-symphonies-for-youth-mar-22/
LOCATION:Walt Disney Concert Hall\, 111 S Grand Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
CATEGORIES:LA Philharmonic,Public Musicology Concert Lecture,Public Musicology for Young People
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250315T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250315T120000
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SUMMARY:Host/Narrator: LA Phil / Symphonies for Youth (Mar 15)
DESCRIPTION:A new and very welcome adventure with the LA Phil: I’m hosting the Symphonies for Youth concerts! I come to this new collaboration with special joy\, not only because I remember bringing my youngest son to these concerts\, but also because I am collaborating with  music-education content creator Callan Milani\, a former student of mine at the Colburn Conservatory and a very dear friend. #WINNING \nThe program is going to be fantastic: works by Mozart\, Beethoven\, Vivaldi\, Piazzola\, and Montgomery will help young listeners and family members learn about musical structure and harmony!  The concert features Dudamel Conducting Fellow Dayner Tafur-Diaz and solo violinist Ray Ushikubo. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/host-narrator-la-phil-symphonies-for-youth-mar-15/
LOCATION:Walt Disney Concert Hall\, 111 S Grand Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
CATEGORIES:LA Philharmonic,Public Musicology Concert Lecture,Public Musicology for Young People
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240305T093000
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SUMMARY:Narrating “Concerts for Fifth Grade” / Philharmonic Society of Orange County
DESCRIPTION:The Philharmonic Society of Orange County presents their Concerts for Fifth Grade\, starring the Orange County Youth Symphony led by Music Director Johannes Müller Stosch. And I have the honor and pleasure of narrating the program and interacting directly with a concert-hall full of enthusiastic youngsters. (They literally clap wildly for everything!) For this presentation\, we will take our listeners through a journey from morning to night and back again with a wonderful program of excerpts evoking various times of our daily lives. \nThe program includes works by Dvořák\, Armstrong Gibbs\, Korngold\, Brahms\, as well as favorite tunes from Aladdin and The Pirates of the Caribbean.
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/narrating-concerts-for-fifth-grade-philharmonic-society-of-orange-county-3/
LOCATION:Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall\, 600 Town Center Drive\, Costa Mesa\, CA\, 92626\, United States
CATEGORIES:OC Youth Orchestra,Philharmonic Society of Orange County,Public Musicology Concert Lecture,Public Musicology for Young People
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240217T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240217T203000
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SUMMARY:Mason Concert
DESCRIPTION:What’s better than ONE fabulous pianist? Why\, TWO fabulous pianists\, of course! Mason Home Concerts welcomes the exuberant Vieness Piano Duo—wife and husband\, Eva Schaumkell and Vijay Venkatesh—in a “beast” of a program\, featuring the Bach-Busoni Chaconne in D Minor\, Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite\, some of Rachmaninoff’s Moments-Musicaux\, and (drum roll) Saint-Saëns The Carnival of the Animals. I am especially excited about this last selection\, because the Vieness Duo has asked me to do the narration. My preconcert introduction will explore the special idiom of “piano four hands\,” and also offer some insight into the individual works. \nThe Mason Concerts are a Westside gem: intimate\, well-planned\, and with great food and wine. Tickets often sell out quickly\, so buy soon!
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/mason-concert-2/
LOCATION:Mar Vista\, CA
CATEGORIES:Chamber Music Concert,Mason House Concerts,Pre-Concert Talk,Public Musicology Concert Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231114T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231114T193000
DTSTAMP:20260515T210828
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SUMMARY:Laguna Beach Live! Listening to New (Classical) Music (KBM cancelled due to illness)
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Laguna Beach Live! and the Philharmonic Society of Orange County\, the evening is an exciting introduction for the 2024 Laguna Beach Music Festival which will feature esteemed violinist Anne Akiko Meyers. \nI will be acting as musicological co-host with violinist Madalyn Parnas Möller and cellist Erin Breene for this recital-conversation exploring “contemporary classical.” \nThe musical program includes compositions by Andrew Norman\, William Bolcom\, and Lera Auerbach\, thoughtfully paired with older works for a fascinating\, cross-century musical dialogue. \n  \n 
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/laguna-beach-live-listening-to-new-classical-music/
LOCATION:Woman’s Club of Laguna Beach\, 286 St\, Ann's Drive\, Laguna Beach\, CA\, 92651\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Musicology Concert Lecture,Public Musicology Conversation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230415T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230415T200000
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SUMMARY:Mason Concerts
DESCRIPTION:Looking forward to introducing the program of another sold-out Mason House Concert! The program spotlights the flute (aka Lizzo’s favorite instrument) and more specifically the astounding talent of 15-year-old flutist-composer Nikka Gershman\, a National YoungArts Winner and the “youngest musician in the history of the Pasadena Showcase House Instrumental Competition to win the Grand Prize for Exceptional Talent and Musicianship Award over all categories.” The eclectic and challenging program—with masterful accompanist Vivian Fan on the piano—spans three centuries: a full evening of magical flute music.  (Pun fully intended.) \n 
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/mason-concerts-2/
LOCATION:Mar Vista\, CA
CATEGORIES:Mason House Concerts,Public Musicology Concert Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230228T094500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230228T114500
DTSTAMP:20260515T210828
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SUMMARY:Narrating "Concerts for Fifth Grade" / Philharmonic Society of Orange County
DESCRIPTION:It’s that time of the year again! The Philharmonic Society of Orange County presents their Concerts for Fifth Grade\, starring the Orange County Youth Symphony led by Music Director Johannes Müller Stosch. And moi? I have the happiest job of all: narrating the program and interacting directly with a concert-hall full of enthusiastic youngsters. For this presentation\, we will explore music through the lens of a hero’s journey\, thinking about what it means to become “heroic” and how every hero needs support and friendship. \nThe program includes works by Copland\, Prokofiev\, Elgar\, and Weber as well as a special (musical) appearance by the Avengers!
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/narrating-concerts-for-fifth-grade-philharmonic-society-of-orange-county/
LOCATION:Irvine Barclay Theater\, 4242 Campus Drive\, Irvine\, CA\, 92612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Musicology Concert Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221103T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221103T220000
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SUMMARY:Pre-Concert Lecture / Israel Philharmonic Concert
DESCRIPTION:The Israel Philharmonic makes its first Orange County appearance in 14 years under the baton of its new Music Director Lahav Shani with an all-Prokofiev program\, including music from the beloved “Romeo and Juliet” Suites.    \nJoin Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano in a pre-concert exploration of the life and musical aesthetics of Sergei Prokofiev\, from his “enfant terrible” conservatory years to his return to the Soviet Union in the 1930s under the reign of Stalin.
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/pre-concert-lecture_israel-philharmonic/
LOCATION:Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall\, 600 Town Center Drive\, Costa Mesa\, CA\, 92626\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Musicology Concert Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221009T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221009T130000
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SUMMARY:Final Pre-Concert Lecture / Lucia di Lammermoor
DESCRIPTION:Lucia is trapped in an impossible situation. Her abusive brother hates the man she loves. Worse\, he’s forcing her to marry someone else in a last-ditch effort to shore up the family’s failing finances. Her only way out seems to be murder… \nLearn more about the opera and its composer with Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano\, Chair of Music History at the Colburn Conservatory of Music and a LA Opera Connects affiliated scholar. Pre-show talks are complimentary for all ticket holders and held on the 2nd floor of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. \n\nWednesday\, Sept 21\, 2022. Lecture @ 6:30pm\, curtain at 7:30pm.\nSaturday\, Sept 24\, 2022. Lecture @ 6:30pm\, curtain at 7:30pm.\nWednesday\, Sept 28\, 2022. Lecture @ 6:30pm\, curtain at 7:30pm.\nSunday\, Oct 2\, 2022. Lecture @ 1pm\, curtain @ 2pm.\nSunday\, Oct 9\, 2022. Lecture @ 1pm\, curtain @ 2pm.
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/pre-concert-lecture-lucia-di-lammermoor-2/
LOCATION:Dorothy Chandler Pavilion\, 135 North Grand Avenue\, Los Angeles\, 90012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Musicology Concert Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220921T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220921T183000
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SUMMARY:Pre-Concert Lectures / Lucia di Lammermoor
DESCRIPTION:Lucia is trapped in an impossible situation. Her abusive brother hates the man she loves. Worse\, he’s forcing her to marry someone else in a last-ditch effort to shore up the family’s failing finances. Her only way out seems to be murder… \nLearn more about the opera and its composer with Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano\, Chair of Music History at the Colburn Conservatory of Music and a LA Opera Connects affiliated scholar. Pre-show talks are complimentary for all ticket holders and held on the 2nd floor of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. \n\nWednesday\, Sept 21\, 2022. Lecture @ 6:30pm\, curtain at 7:30pm.\nSaturday\, Sept 24\, 2022. Lecture @ 6:30pm\, curtain at 7:30pm.\nWednesday\, Sept 28\, 2022. Lecture @ 6:30pm\, curtain at 7:30pm.\nSunday\, Oct 2\, 2022. Lecture @ 1pm\, curtain @ 2pm.\nSunday\, Oct 9\, 2022. Lecture @ 1pm\, curtain @ 2pm.
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/pre-concert-lecture-lucia-di-lammermoor/
LOCATION:Dorothy Chandler Pavilion\, 135 North Grand Avenue\, Los Angeles\, 90012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Musicology Concert Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220414T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220414T230000
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SUMMARY:UpBeat Live / Fidelio with Deaf West Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Fidelio—Beethoven’s only opera—continues to lend itself to dramatic innovation. Join me for Upbeat Live\, where we review Fidelio’s history and prepare this new semi-staged collaboration between the LA Phil’s and Deaf West Theatre. Hearing vocalists sing while Deaf actors use the gestural poetry of sign language to explore communication—both primal and sublime—at the heart of all artistic expression.
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/fidelio-deaf-west-theatre/
LOCATION:Disney Hall\, 111 S Grand Avenue\, Los Angeles\, 90012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Musicology Concert Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220318T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220318T230000
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SUMMARY:Pre-Concert Lecture / Lang Lang's Goldberg
DESCRIPTION:Lang Lang and the Goldberg Variations. Always the same\, always different. The essence of Bach’s Goldberg Variations turns on this fundamental tension: a perpetual bass line connecting the initial aria melody with 30 astonishingly inventive variations. While surveying the fascinating architecture of this work\, my pre-concert lecture will also consider how the Goldberg Variations played a crucial role in popularizing Bach during the twentieth century. A thrilling program presented by La Jolla Music Society. \n“I’ve been studying this work for more than 20 years\, and recording it has been a lifelong dream.” — Lang Lang
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/lang-lang-piano-the-sublime-goldbergs/
LOCATION:Balboa Theater\, 868 Fourth Ave\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Musicology Concert Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220304T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220304T223000
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SUMMARY:Pre-Concert Lecture / La Jolla Music Society
DESCRIPTION:Beatrice Rana\, known for ferocious technique and musical intelligence\, presents a program on laughter and lessons from the “City of Lights.” In her delightful La Jolla Music Society program\, Rana explores the city where Chopin\, Debussy\, and Stravinsky all lived\, loved\, and created. My pre-concert lecture considers how Paris offered the perfect milieu for these composers and works: The idiosyncratic humor of Chopin’s Scherzos. The serious business of Debussy’s formidable Études. And the Russian traditions and modernist innovations of Stravinsky’s Petrushka.  
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/beatrice-rana-piano-city-of-lights/
LOCATION:The Baker-Baum Concert Hall @ The Conrad\, 7600 Fay Ave\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92037\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Musicology Concert Lecture
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SUMMARY:LA Phil / Salonen\, Strauss + 2 Premieres
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano for UpBeat Live to explore this Esa-Pekka Salonen-led program featuring two exciting premieres. \nSalonen’s own Fog (a tribute to Frank Gehry) takes as inspiration the Bach E major Prelude from Partita in E (BWV 1006)\, which was the first piece of music Salonen and Gehry heard in the Walt Disney Concert Hall while it was still under construction. Much of the of the harmony is based on Gehry’s first name: F A G E H (B natural in English). \nAnd Gabriella Smith’s new organ concerto Breathing Forests. As a composer and environmentalist\, Smith explores the complex relationship between humans\, forests\, climate change\, and fire—with the wood and power of the organ invoking the grandeur of the forest. \nThen buckle up for Strauss’ whirlwind of a symphonic poem\, well known for its use in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
URL:https://kristibrownmontesano.com/event/la-phil-salonen-strauss-2-premieres/
LOCATION:Disney Hall\, 111 S Grand Avenue\, Los Angeles\, 90012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Musicology Concert Lecture
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