Notre Dame HS / Exploring “Classical” Music
I will be leading a talk at my daughter's alma mater, Notre Dame Academy. It's a great opportunity to talk with young scholars about all things classical music: how it's Find out more »
Russian Chamber Music / Salon de Musiques
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion - 5th Floor Banquet RoomThree Russian masters: Tchaikovsky, Arensky and Rachmaninoff. Presented in a unique chamber music format. Join musicologist Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano as the Salon's hostess. Providing informative live program notes. And moderating the conversation Find out more »
Bach to Piazzolla / Mason House Concert
Mar Vista, CAPiazzolla, Gershwin, Schubert, Brahms, Mozart, Bach. The Vieness Piano Duo perform music spanning music history—and the globe. Dr. Kristi Brown Montesano provides live program notes. And leads an informal conversation between Find out more »
Water and Music / OC Youth Orchestra
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United StatesMusic and water. Two things kids love! And I love narrating the Orange County Youth Orchestra's "Concerts for Fifth Graders." Sponsored by the Philharmonic Society's educational program. Featuring excerpts from Handel's Find out more »
Invited Rehearsal / Beethoven & LA Phil
Disney Hall 111 S Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesInvited rehearsals are a wonderful LA Phil education program. Local school music students (grades 6-12) get to sit in on a live rehearsal. And I help set the stage for Find out more »
Invited Rehearsal / Weimar & LA Phil
Disney Hall 111 S Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesWeimar Republic, Germany, 1919-1933. Historically speaking, it's a long way from Los Angeles 2020. So I help prepare local school music students (grades 6-12) for what they're about to hear Find out more »
LA Opera / Team Eurydice
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesOur newest—and possibly most inventive—opera retelling of Eurydice's story premieres this month. And with it, the LA Opera hosts a larger discussion regarding women in opera. I'm pleased to be Find out more »
Keynote / New Media & Opera Future Tense
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesTwitter. Podcasts. Social networking. How should new media and opera intersect? LA Opera Connect's first academic conference proposes this important question. I'm pleased to announce that on February 14th, I Find out more »
Opera Wilmington Symposium / Keynote Address
Beckwith Recital Hall - UNC Wilmington Cultural Arts Building, Wilmington, NC, United StatesOpera Wilmington's fifth annual symposium explores issues of gender, race and power in Mozart’s The Magic Flute" is. Leah Hawkins, soprano, is the event's featured artist. And Dr. Brown-Montesano will present a keynote Find out more »
Invited Rehearsal / Ives Dvorak LA Phil
Disney Hall 111 S Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesAs part of the orchestra's outreach and education program, the LA Phil sometimes invites LA-area students to sit in on a rehearsal. For some young people, this event may well be Find out more »