Narrating “Concerts for Fifth Grade” / Philharmonic Society of Orange County
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United StatesThe 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 Find out more »
Prelude Lecture: La Jolla Music Society presents Igor Levit
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center 7600 Fay Avenue, La Jolla, CA, United StatesI'm heading back to the beautiful Conrad-Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla! I'll be giving the Prelude lecture for this recital by one of my favorite pianists: Igor Levit! Find out more »
Mason Concerts
Mar Vista, CAThe ever-engaging Mason Concerts series swings into spring appropriately enough with this performance by the Sakura ("cherry blossom") cello ensemble! The program: works by Bach, Handel, Barrière, and Dotzauer together Find out more »
Mason Concerts
Mar Vista, CALooking 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 Find out more »
Le Salon de Musiques: Concert Intro and Q&A
La Jolla Women's Club 7791 Draper Avenue, La Jolla, CA, United StatesFor the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, I'm returning to the marvelous Salon de Musiques chamber-concert series—now in La Jolla!—to introduce the program and moderate the post-concert Find out more »
Prelude Lecture: La Jolla Music Society presents Alice Sara Ott
The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center 7600 Fay Avenue, La Jolla, CA, United StatesI will offer an immersive introduction to the musical works for this "multimedia reimagining of the piano recital." Accompanied by a full-length video installation designed by architect Hakan Demirel, this Find out more »
Opera for Educators / Otello
ZoomAs part of this seminar for local educators and operas lovers, I will speak about the historical context for Verdi's final dramatic opera, Otello (1887), which the composer completed after Find out more »
Mason Concert
Mar Vista, CAThe final Mason Concert of the 2023 season—and it's going to be amazing! LA Philharmonic concertmaster Martin Chalifour is joined by three talented friends—cellist Cécilia Tsan, violist Victor de Almeida, 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 StatesI am delighted to be acting as musicological cohost for this special Salon de Musiques concert celebrating Jewish composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. The program offers both the Find out more »
Lecture: Pasadena Conservatory of Music
Master teacher and violinist Aimée Kreston has invited me again to bring a little music history to her marvelous "Chamber Music Intensive" at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music. Her students—primarily Find out more »