by admin | Mar 4, 2024
I’m honored to be the invited speaker at this gathering of the Committee of Professional Women, affiliated with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. This Affiliate group has member from across the greater Los Angeles area and focuses its philanthropical... 
by admin | Jan 26, 2024
Los Angeles Opera presents a double feature of neglected one-act operas : Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg (The Dwarf, 1922) and William Grant Still’s Highway 1, USA, which was first completed in 1946, but had to wait nearly two decades for its premiere. My... 
by Kristi | Oct 1, 2021
Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano will guide LA Opera Board members through an exploration of music from the interwar period (1919—1939), an era that witnessed an astonishing variety of aesthetic and stylistic developments in western Classical music. Lectures will delve into... 
by Kristi | Sep 30, 2021
Beethoven’s Ninth is iconic. But why does it persist as a cultural touchstone, well into the 21st century? This is my inaugural Zoom course for the Colburn Community School. So I’ve invented a class for adult learners—from Beethoven super fans to musical... 
by Kristi | Sep 29, 2021
This Week’s Topic – A Tale of Two Opera Composers We will explore the careers of Rossini and Wagner up to 1850 in the context of European opera cultures—French, German, and Italian—of that time. How did these two creative artists get their start in the...