2pm -- Beverly Hills
Music in the Mansion
Slava Kagan-Paley, alto-tenor

2pm -- Pasadena
Ensemble la Rêveuse
Rest, Shade and Silence

2:30pm -- Downtown LA
Opera Buffs
Spring 2012 Performers Showcase
Music in the Air

3pm -- Long Beach
Long Beach Mozart Festival
Competition Winners Concert

3pm -- Downtown LA

Dilijan Chamber Music Series 

 

3pm -- San Diego

Bach Collegium San Diego

OPEN SING St. John Passion 

 

3:15pm -- Westchester

The Concert Singers 

Poetry in Music 

 

4pm -- Hermosa Beach 

Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble 

Spirit and Light  

 

4pm -- Glendale

First United Methodist Church  

Lenten Concert with Fauré's Requiem

 

4pm -- Downtown LA 

Le Salon de Musiques 

 Schumann 

 

4pm -- South Pasadena 

Wagner Ensemble 

 Haydn's 'Creation' 

 

4pm -- Sherman Oaks

A Lenten Choir Concert:

Wondrous Love 

 

4:30pm -- Culver City
National Assoc of Composers, LA
Guitarithon

 

4:30pm -- Fullerton

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

Barbershop Quartet Concert

 

6pm -- LACMA

Sundays Live:

Countertenor Slava Kagan-Paley 

 

6pm -- Hollywood

Opera on Tap

Dueling Divas! 

 

6:30pm -- Zipper Hall 

Liana Cohen Music Festival 

Winners of the 2012   

Citywide Competition and   

Surprise Guest Artists 

 

7pm -- Torrance

El Camino College

LUVN BLM Project 

 

7pm -- Malibu

Malibu Friends of Music

Green With Envy 

 

7:30pm -- Oak Park

Church of the Epiphany

Service in the Style of Taizé 

 

7:30pm -- Mid-Wilshire

St. James' in the City 

Compline 

 

 

Gorgeous American

Angeles Chorale breaks its own mold

Writers about American music have long hinted at a sort of national inferiority complex, as if our "serious" artistic wares don't stack up to the hundreds of years of achievement by Western composers elsewhere.  However, our own national traditions, newish as they may be, have withstood time's tests, and are being wholly embraced by many ensembles who more usually glorify the work of the WEMs*. 

Angeles Chorale devotes this Saturday's program to a much more diverse batch of talent, exploring modern repertoire that is uniquely American.  The centerpiece of this performance is the Gospel Mass by Robert Ray, hailed the world over as a true expression of worshipful joy.  Led by artistic director Dr. John Sutton, and performed with jazz ensemble and featuring soloists Eyvonne Williams-Hines and Darnell Abraham -- you'll need your best foot-tapping shoes.

* White European Males

Angeles Chorale presents
American Experience

Spirituals, Gospel and Jazz

  
Saturday, March 24, 8pm
First United Methodist Church
500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena

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Tickets $25, or $17 for students with valid ID
Call (818) 591-1735 for reservations

 

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Boy, this week's a tough one: the weeks before Easter are full to bursting with unique ensembles, contemplative Lenten programs, choral favorites, and
beloved performance groups doing what they do best.  But we also have several events that celebrate young, up-and-coming talent, which seems particularly appropriate now that spring has sprung:

Saturday evening, the winners of the 42nd Annual Opera Scholarship Competition, presented by the American Educators of Italian Origin United (AEIOU -- best acronym ever!), will present a concert at downtown LA's Italian Cultural Center.  Tickets include a full Italian dinner and dancing, so wear great shoes and come hungry.  Make your reservations quickly -- get details by clicking here.

Sunday includes a three-fer of young talent celebrations:  First, the OPERA BUFFS present their Spring 2012 Performers Showcase at the Colburn School, featuring a diverse program of songs and arias, entitled 'Music in the Air'.  Get info by clicking here.

Next, the LONG BEACH MOZART FESTIVAL celebrates its competition winners:  pianists QUENNA NGUYEN and AUDREY YIM, and soprano ALYSSA WILLS.  The three will perform the first half of the concert, followed by the host church's Sanctuary Choir and orchestra performing Fauré's Requiem. The concert is free, but a freewill offering will be collected.  For details, click here.

Finally, and featuring the youngest performers of the bunch, the first of two concerts featuring winners of the 16th Annual LIANA COHEN MUSIC FESTIVAL takes place at Zipper Hall on Sunday evening. Budding artists ranging from 4th to 12th grade will perform piano, strings, winds or voice, as part of the family's ongoing efforts "to encourage and inspire young musicians and artists".  Admission is free.  Details are available by clicking here.

So many other events are available from an especially large range of ensembles.  Check out the calendar to see what's available, including concerts from JOUYSSANCE, the ROSE ENSEMBLE, the WAGNER ENSEMBLE, ANGELES CHORALE, and ENSEMBLE LA RÊVEUSE.  There are plenty more where those came from -- thank you for supporting the future of music, and as always, thank you for supporting live singing!