Association of California Symphonies and Orchestras Conference: Panel on Expanding Audiences and Programming
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA 50 Third Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesI will be moderating this crucial conversation as part of ASCO's annual conference in beautiful San Francisco with a stellar group of panelists: Kedrick Armstrong (Music Director, Oakland Symphony); Nora Find out more »
Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and postconcert Q&A
La Jolla Women's Club 7791 Draper Avenue, La Jolla, CA, United StatesThe finale of the 2023-24 Salon de Musiques season, featuring an extraordinary trio of artists: Vijay Gupta (Street Symphony Founder, MacArthur Fellow, and first-class violinist!), pianist Dominic Cheli, and cellist Find out more »
Opera League of Los Angeles: Seminar on “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly” (Puccini100 celebration)
I continue my seminar series with for the Opera League of Los Angeles celebrating the centennial of Puccini's death. This second lecture looks at Puccini's "triple crown" of popular works: Find out more »
Prelude Lecture: La Jolla Music Society presents Bruce Liu
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center 7600 Fay Avenue, La Jolla, CA, United StatesMy final Prelude Lecture of LJMS season will introduced a sold-out concert! Pianist Bruce Liu, first prize winner of the 18th Chopin Piano Competition 2021 in Warsaw, makes his debut Find out more »
LA Phil’s Upbeat Live Lecture: Dudamel conducts “Harry Potter”
BP Hall at Walt Disney Concert HallAs a Harry Potter fan, of course I put my name in the Sorting Hat for a chance to introduce this concert, the final installment of LA Phil’s John Williams Spotlight series. Opening with Find out more »
LA Phil’s Upbeat Live Lecture: Dudamel conducts “Harry Potter”
BP Hall at Walt Disney Concert HallAs a Harry Potter fan, of course I put my name in the Sorting Hat for a chance to introduce this concert, the final installment of LA Phil's John Williams Find out more »
Invited Panelist on Public Musicology: “Music in Dialogue” Conference at UCLA
Schoenberg Music Building 445 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesMy life as a teacher and scholar has been wonderfully enriched over the past 2+ years as a Lecturer in Musicology at UCLA. Case in point? The "Music in Dialogue" Find out more »
Mason Home Concerts: Program Intro and Interview (Zelter Quartet)
Mar Vista, CAAnother beautiful offering from the Mason Home Concert Series: the fabulous Zelter Quartet playing string quartets by Beethoven, Todd Mason, and Erich Korngold. I'll be talking with composer Todd Mason Find out more »
Opera League of Los Angeles: Seminar on Puccini’s Early Works (Puccini100 celebration)
I'm delighted to lead this 4-part seminar series, a deep dive journey into the world of this consummate Italian opera composer as the music world honors the 100th anniversary of Find out more »
Opera for Educators: Puccini’s “Turandot”
ZoomMy presentation for this special Turandot seminar—an initiative of LA Opera Connects—will set the opera in the context of Puccini's Italy and highlight significant stylistic elements in the composer's final Find out more »