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1:00pm

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Derek Purdy

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Long Beach Opera - Coincidence

Ambition or Obsession? Saturday, June 1 @ 1PM Art Theatre Long Beach 2025 East 4th Street Long Beach CA

Become an insider into our upcoming season! Learn about what makes two of America’s most prominent composers tick. Travel deep into the mind of a ruthless madman to unearth the reasoning behind his gruesome pursuits. And as always: expect the unexpected! Tickets are available through Ticket Services. Call (562) 432 – 5934 or order online. To prepare for our production of Ernest Bloch’s Macbeth, we’ll take you on a fascinating journey through the world of Macbeth settings, including Bloch and Verdi’s operatic treatments alongside excerpts from film and, of course, Shakespeare himself! Shakespeare savants and opera-philes will dissect the title character’s wicked hubris and LBO cast members will present illuminations of this bloody, cautionary tale. General Admission $20

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7:00pm

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Los Angeles Master Chorale Concludes Season

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A celebration of American choral and roots music – classic and new – wraps the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s 49th season with the world premiere of Plath Songs, set the poetry of Sylvia Plath by Swan Family Composer in Residence Shawn Kirchner, as well as works by Samuel Barber, Charles Ives, Elliott Carter, Abbie Betinis, Eric Whitacre and celebrated spiritual composer/arrangers William Dawson, Jester Hairston, André Thomas and Moses Hogan on Sunday, June 2, 2013, at Disney Hall.

Music Director Grant Gershon conducts Eric Whitacre’s Three Songs of Faith, set to a trio of texts by e.e. cummings and written in 1999 for the 100th anniversary of Northern Arizona University’s School of Music. In addition, the Chorale performs Charles Ives’ General William Booth Enters Into Heaven, based on a Vachel Lindsay poem, Elliott Carter’s Tarantella, written for men’s chorus by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer for the Harvard Glee Club in 1936, and Abbie Betinis’ humorous and imaginative Songs of Smaller Creatures, which captures the sonic essence of buzzing bees, spindly spider legs and graceful butterflies. Two works by Samuel Barber are also featured – Sure on this Shining Night, with text from James Agee's first published collection of poems, Permit Me Voyage, and Agnus Dei, a 1967 transcription for eight-part choir of his deeply emotional Adagio for Strings, which is conducted by LAMC Associate Conductor Lesley Leighton. The program concludes with a show-stopping finale of “blow the roof off” arrangements by four masters of the American spiritual – William Dawson, Jester Hairston, André Thomas and Moses Hogan.

Kirchner is currently in his first season as LAMC Composer in Residence and Plath Songs is the first of his works to be premiered during his tenure. The 25-minute suite for choir, piano and percussion, including vibraphone, bass drum, triangle, and tubular bells, is set to seven of Sylvia Plath’s most well known poems: Morning Song, Mirror, Lady Lazarus, Tulips, Poppies in October, Child and Blackberrying, chosen for their beauty, brilliance and sheer impact. States Kirchner, “I'm particularly excited about unveiling this project because it represents an aspect of my writing that will be new to the LAMC audience. While the piece retains a very vocal and melodic approach, its harmonic palette is multi-dimensional in keeping with the expressive breadth and complexity of Plath's poetry.”

Kirchner, Gershon and KUSC’s Alan Chapman participate in ListenUp!, the pre-concert talk at 6 pm, sponsored by the Flora L. Thornton Foundation.

Tickets range from $29 - $134. Group rates are available. For tickets and information, please call (213) 972-7282, or visit www.lamc.org. (Tickets cannot be purchased at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office except on concert days starting 2 hours prior to the performance.) The Walt Disney Concert Hall is located at 111 South Grand Avenue at First Street in downtown Los Angeles.

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9:00am - 5:00 pm

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LOS ANGELES CHILDREN’S CHORUS HOLDS AUDITIONS JUNE

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Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC), one of the nation’s leading children’s choirs, is holding auditions for boys and girls ages eight (by September 1, 2013) to 12 on June 6 -9, 2013, in Pasadena. Previous singing experience is not necessary, but audition appointments are required.

LACC’s program focuses on training children who may not necessarily have had previous singing experience, but who are dedicated to achieving excellence in vocal technique, choral singing and classical music. Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to match pitch, follow instructions, and thrive in a structured, but supportive learning environment. Children audition in groups of five to ensure their comfort, and no preparation is necessary.

Under the artistic direction of Anne Tomlinson, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, currently in its 27th season, provides a comprehensive music education and performance program for children of diverse cultural and economic backgrounds in Los Angeles County. LACC is comprised of six choirs with choristers ranging in age from 8 to 18 who hail from 60 communities throughout Southern California. (Younger singers are encouraged to enroll in LACC’s classes for six- and seven-year-olds, First Experiences in Singing, offered in Pasadena.)

Rehearsals for entry-level choirs are once a week at Pasadena Presbyterian Church. In addition, all children take musicianship classes (a six level curriculum) and receive individual vocal training. They receive mid- and end-of-year evaluations as well. Repertoire is selected to fit each choir’s skill level and focuses on classical works, but also encompasses folk music from around the world, spirituals, gospel songs and jazz, as well as new music

High-profile performance opportunities are an important and integral part of the program and include two culminating choral concerts each year, plus performances at major civic events. LACC’s premier choirs perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, among other prestigious music presenters. The choir was also featured in the Academy Award-nominated documentary film, “SING!” which chronicles a year in the life of the choir and is shown periodically on PBS stations nationwide, as well as follow-up documentaries “SING OPERA!” and “SING CHINA!” In addition, LACC tours locally, nationally and internationally.

Auditions will be held at Pasadena Presbyterian Church, located at 585 East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California 91101. For more information or to make an audition appointment, please call (626) 793-4231 or visit www.lachildrenschorus.org.

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8:00pm - 10:00 pm

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Long Beach Opera presents Macbeth

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Ambitious. Violent. Treacherous. Macbeth, incited by witches' prophecies and the promptings of his manipulating wife, sells his soul to be king. Once a great man, he trades honor for power. Doomed by his own deeds, he is killed by a man “not born of a woman.” Swiss-American composer Ernest Bloch’s lavish and highly dramatic 1906 score creates the perfect tone for this bone-chilling thriller.

Pre-Opera talk begins 1 hour before each performance.

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8:00pm - 10:00 pm

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Long Beach Opera presents Macbeth

Event Info:

Ambitious. Violent. Treacherous. Macbeth, incited by witches' prophecies and the promptings of his manipulating wife, sells his soul to be king. Once a great man, he trades honor for power. Doomed by his own deeds, he is killed by a man “not born of a woman.” Swiss-American composer Ernest Bloch’s lavish and highly dramatic 1906 score creates the perfect tone for this bone-chilling thriller.

Pre-Opera talk begins 1 hour before each performance.

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8:00pm - 10:00 pm

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Long Beach Opera presents Macbeth

Event Info:

Ambitious. Violent. Treacherous. Macbeth, incited by witches' prophecies and the promptings of his manipulating wife, sells his soul to be king. Once a great man, he trades honor for power. Doomed by his own deeds, he is killed by a man “not born of a woman.” Swiss-American composer Ernest Bloch’s lavish and highly dramatic 1906 score creates the perfect tone for this bone-chilling thriller.

Pre-Opera talk begins 1 hour before each performance.

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7:30pm - 10:00 pm

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MUSE/IQUE's Outdoor Summer of Sound Festival

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MUSE/IQUE, known for its counter-conventional performances that feel more like parties than formal concerts, launches “Summer of Sound” 2013 with “Lost in the Stars with Patti Austin,” featuring the Grammy Award-winning legend, on Saturday, June 29, 2013, 7:30 pm, outdoors at Caltech’s Beckman Mall in Pasadena. Austin joins MUSE/IQUE Artistic Director Rachael Worby, who conducts the MUSE/IQUE Orchestra in a musical mash up of works by Brubeck, Beatles, Ellington, Weill, Paganini and more. Also spotlighted is critically acclaimed Concertmaster Robert Wilke. Gates open at 5:30 pm for dinner (ordered in advance) or bring-your-own picnics, with table and bleacher seating and plentiful free parking.

“'Summer of Sound' performances are 90 minutes of pure out-of the-box adventures in sound,” says Worby, who founded MUSE/IQUE in 2011. “Linking master artists like Patti Austin with unexpected musical pairings represents what MUSE/IQUE is all about.”

Worby coaxes Austin, a “vocal powerhouse,” to explore the far reaches of her staggering stylistic range with repertoire spanning Kurt Weill’s Lost in the Stars and Ira Gershwin’s Swanee, Slap that Bass and Lady Be Good to Tena Clark’s emotional Way Up There (written for NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger), Duke Ellington’s apt Sophisticated Lady and the Beatles' Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. A special Paganini match up also features Austin on Sam Coslo’s hip jazz tune Mr. Paganini, which follows a blistering performance by MUSE/IQUE Concertmaster Roger Wilke of the second movement of Paganini’s tour de force Concert No. 2, one of the most difficult pieces ever written for violin. Other orchestral works include Glinka’s Russina und Ludmilla Overture, a Dave Brubeck medley and Weill’s New York Suites: September Song and Mack the Knife.

MUSE/IQUE’s “Summer of Sound” continues on July 27 with “Moving Pictures,” featuring groundbreaking cellist Matt Haimovitz and actress Wendie Malick ("Hot in Cleveland") in a fresh take on motion picture scores by Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith and Erich Korngold as well as a world premiere of a work by Peter Golub, prolific composer for films and theatre and director of Sundance's Film Music Program, and some Bach and Beethoven as well. It concludes August 17 with "Lose Your Senses with Ellis Hall," which brings together celebrated vocalist/pianist virtuoso Ellis Hall, former Tower of Power lead singer, with the MUSE/IQUE orchestra, for a blend of soul by Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, and beyond with works by Beethoven, Vivaldi and Bach, to celebrate life through music.

MUSE/IQUE, known for its inspired, unexpected live music events, connects master artists with new voices across a limitless range of styles. Its counter-conventional performances, which feel more like parties than formal concerts, link musicians with great thinkers and compelling visual, cinematic and dance artists. In the two years since MUSE/IQUE was founded by Artistic Director Rachael Worby, it has grown from one performance with a handful of devoted followers to a major cultural presence that reaches vast audiences. Its considerable membership currently numbers nearly 500 people. In the fall and spring, MUSE/IQUE presents “Uncorked” evenings at unconventional locations, and in the summer MUSE/IQUE features three outdoor "music parties" at Caltech's Beckman Mall, all curated by the innovative and visionary Worby. Among MUSE/IQUE’s guest artists are Jessye Norman, Charlie Haden, Patti Austin, Mary Wilson, Flea, Rickie Lee Jones, Ellis Hall, Matt Haimovitz, Angela Bassett, Arturo Sandoval and more. Uncorked's “pop-up” venues have included Pasadena's Phoenix Decorating Center (where Rose Parade floats are constructed), Art Center College of Design Sculpture Garden, Castle Press (one of the nation's largest printing presses), backstage at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and others. KIDS/IQUE!, a primary element of the organization, serves boys and girls, ages 12 to 18, in the San Gabriel Valley’s network of foster care services by presenting ongoing interactive experiences with professional musicians and other artists designed to compliment the service goals of the foster care facilities even as they allow MUSE/IQUE to reach otherwise underserved youth. Other outreach programs include free and low-cost tickets for students and community groups, and "Free For All," a free annual concert featuring a fusion of music with family friendly surprises.

Caltech's Beckman Mall is located at 332 S. Michigan Ave. Pasadena CA 91106. Plentiful parking is free. To reserve a catered dinner that can be picked up on site, please contact Perfect Equation Catering at (626) 529-5585. Concert tickets begin at $10 per person with top tier seating, $96 per person, available to MUSE/IQUE members at the $1,000+ level; students with ID are $10. MUSE/IQUE membership, which ranges from $250 to $2,500, includes a variety of special benefits including priority seating and services. For tickets and membership information, please call 626-539-7085 or visit www.muse-ique.com.