One amazing Friday (and other wonders this week)
Vocal focus from CCMN Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights Forget the week. Get lost and celebrate something more profound and moving with this weeks truly fantastic...
View ArticleLong Beach Opera included in grant cluster to support audience development
Long Beach Opera is one of 10 national companies to receive a grant from Opera America’s Opera Fund: Audience Development grant program. Opera America is the national service organization for opera and...
View ArticleLent, lending itself to great music
Vocal focus from CCMN Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights While Lent is most often referenced as an annual ritual of self-denial, it is actually, at its root, more about...
View ArticleNew opera dreams up Disney’s last days
With a chamber opera by Philip Glass focused on entertainment icon Walt Disney, The Perfect American comes to Long Beach this weekend, with a look at the storyteller’s final act. The libretto by Rudy...
View ArticleSoundin’ good for 332…
With J.S. Bach’s birthday rounding the bend again on March 21st, Bach in the Subways is back, bringing the wigged master’s tunes to urban nooks and crannies all over the world, proving that centuries...
View ArticleThe fight is here — right now
Arts community, it’s time to speak up — TODAY. As of this morning, Donald Trump’s administration has released a budget proposal that, as they have repeatedly threatened, completely eliminates the...
View ArticleFive reasons to stand up for the arts this week
Vocal focus from CCMN Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights With the news today that federal arts funding is under fire, it’s never been a better time to show your support...
View ArticleLACO mixes it up
Here’s an event with a little bit of lots of things: LA Chamber Orchestra welcomes pianist Jon Kimura Parker and mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke (pictured) as guest artists, premieres a new work by...
View ArticleNY steals back Borda
It’s been a dramatic week for the arts and humanities across the country, of course, and for all the calls to action, you may somehow have missed the news that LA Phil’s intrepid prez/CEO, Deborah...
View ArticleSome sopranos moonlight beautifully as pot-stirrers…
Bubble, bubble… Let’s hear it for Lister / diva / activist / inspiration Ayana Haviv, who tweeted one of the most eloquently concise calls to action we’ve seen in the last week — here’s the...
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