by admin | May 20, 2023
I 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 familiar and the relatively unknown: Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Quartet No. 2... 
by admin | May 18, 2023
The 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, and flutist Rachel Mellis—for an evening of chamber... 
by admin | Apr 9, 2023
Looking 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 Nikka Gershman, a National... 
by admin | Apr 1, 2023
The 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 with “Echoes of the... 
by admin | Feb 13, 2023
The 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” on the repertoire, focusing specially on...