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The grand and the different
Vocal focus from CCMN* SOUTHERN CA VOCAL EVENTS Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights This week, the Southland offers operatic oddities and big congratulations: TERRY KNOWLES will be feted at the...
View ArticleChorus America confers two top awards on LAMC leadership
[Press release] Chorus America, the nation’s leading choral music advocacy organization, announced it is conferring an unprecedented two top awards on Los Angeles Master Chorale’s key leadership –...
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Two maverick composers wrap LAMC’s finale in splendor
Eric Whitacre and Arvo Pärt A Soviet-trained Estonian and a USC grad from Reno, Arvo Pärt and Eric Whitacre couldn’t be much more different. But the parallels within their music and in their audiences...
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Ending in the middle
Vocal focus from CCMN* Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights There’s something electric about this transition between spring and summer, when the heat is building up, the...
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More than just safety: Metropolitan Master Chorale sings many shades of...
by Bonnie Schindler, Lister reviewer In the sanctuary of Hollywood Lutheran Church on Sunday evening, June 5th, the Metropolitan Master Chorale performed under the direction of Glenn Carlos, with an...
View ArticleReminder about Lauri’s List full memberships and website access
Hi, folks! Just a little housekeeping: As many of you know, the full members with Lauri’s List have access to some resources and areas of the website that others cannot see. There are a variety of...
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Music critic available… (sigh)
Someone, please give this critic a job. He’s one of the good ones. Yet another music critic has been laid off, and his absence will have a direct effect on quality arts reporting in Southern...
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Workshops are back — Make this your summer of growth
We do many things at the List, including creating specially targeted seminars and workshops for independent artists, so our members and community supporters can grow beyond the norm. These...
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The difference in seeing clearly
We talk a lot about talent, and we hear artists worry about it quite a bit. But regardless of what talent you may or may not have, it will not go far without a clear vision of what you want, and the...
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Summer schedule coming up
Can you feel the heat? It’s nicely overcast today, but summer is definitely here. That means that our Next 7 schedule will go to approximately every other week through Labor Day, so here are your...
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Critical loss and a week of major drama
Vocal focus from CCMN* Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights The SoCal music community was rocked this week by the news that the OC Register has laid off highly respected...
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Lister Lost: Celebration of Life for Cindy Martineau this Saturday in Brea
We are so saddened to hear of the sudden loss of soprano and longtime Listerina Cindy Martineau, who passed away after a heart attack on Friday, June 10. She was sixty years old, with a warm heart,...
View ArticleReal raw opera at REDCAT
LA Opera‘s latest jaunt into challenging contemporary opera is making waves, as the world premiere of David Lang‘s Anatomy Theater opens Thursday, and gets four more performances through Monday, the...
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Vocal tuneage, heat first
Vocal focus in the summertime* Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights Hope you’re all staying cool and relatively smoke-free in this crazy heat wave! Staying indoors is...
View ArticleRight to the edge
New release for The Industry’s recording label They’ve taken the art of opera to heights never before conceived, shaken us up and explored new opera with fearlessness. Now The Industry is releasing...
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Opera conductor Edoardo Müller has died at 78
San Diego Opera announced today that conductor and pianist Edoardo Müller has passed away in Milan today. He was 78. Müller was a highly respected figure in opera who performed all over the world,...
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Celebrating our other independence
Vocal focus in the summertime* Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights With July 4th coming up fast, please bear with me while I take a moment to wax rhapsodic about...
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Love, death, madness, revolution… and an Alien Jukepod
Our fourth summer season kicks off like no other! Peter Yates and the rest of our unSUNg artists would give their heads to make great music for you. Come hear it for yourself on July 10! Yes, there...
View ArticleTONIGHT a 9pm! PBS broadcast of local opera documentary
The award-winning documentary film by Anne O’Neal explores opera nights in Southern California restaurants, and it comes to KCET tonight, with a broadcast of Sing Your Own Song and the story of opera...
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Doldrums are a time to grow
You’ve probably heard “don’t waste the summer”, or something like it, from teachers and others during your life. While musicians don’t exactly get a summer vacation, it does tend to be a season of...
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