The Mason House Concert Series
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 »
CANCELED / Mason House / Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler
Mar Vista, CACanceled as a COVID-19 Precaution. Beethoven's Piano Trio in D Major ("Ghost"). Brahms Piano Quintet No. 3, Op. 60. Mahler Piano Quartet Movement. Dr. Kristi Brown Montesano provides live program Find out more »
Concert Intro / The Hunt
Mar Vista, CAThe Hunt. Why is Mozart's String Quartet No. 17 given this nickname? We will explore the hunting sounds that Mozart may have heard and how they turn up in the Find out more »
Introduction/Interview: Mason Concerts
Mar Vista, CAThe first concert of this intimate chamber-music series features the Zelter Quartet playing works by Haydn, Puccini, Todd Mason, and Jessie Montgomery. Dr. Brown-Montesano will offer a short introductory "lesson" 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 »
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 »
Mason Concert
Mar Vista, CAWhat'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" Find out more »
Mason Concert
Mar Vista, CAThis concert is going to be FUN! The Mason Concert series presents the Los Angeles Wind Sextet in a wonderfully variegated program featuring works by Blümer, Ligeti, Poulenc, Falla, Chabrier, 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 »