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Letters, art and an ear for opera
Composer Michael Gordon is one of two composers being performed by Long Beach Opera in a show opening this weekend. Gordon is the creator of Van Gogh, a chamber opera based on the letters between the...
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Sensational SoCal
Vocal focus from CCMN* SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VOCAL EVENTS Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights A few reminders of why we’re so lucky to enjoy the SoCal music scene: This Saturday, the first annual...
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The other blog you should be reading
Damjan Rakonjac has been known to us at the List for several years, and several reasons: He’s a talented composer, with works including a charming 2010 chamber opera, The Other Wise Man, based on a...
View ArticleJune goes big, with a bit of everything
Vocal focus from CCMN* Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights Relishing the last days of the season, the next couple of weeks will trot out one great choral work after...
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LA Opera goes to the dogs, at REDCAT
John Kelly as Prince and Lauren Worsham as Lisa in “Dog Days”. Photo: James Matthew Daniel, courtesy of LA Opera It’s not your typical opera plot: a family copes with post-apocalyptic trials and the...
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Voices of summer
Vocal focus from CCMN* Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights The heat is on. Here are just a few things which offer some musical reprieve over the next two weeks: Of...
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Arts group advocates for post-election unity
In an emailed statement, Americans for the Arts’ chief Robert L. Lynch has followed up this week’s dramatic election results with a reiteration of the organization’s resolve to support arts policy as...
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Baroque treasures in Beverly Hills
Four chamber musicians bring a sublime program of music by George Frideric Handel and the far lesser-known Francesco Antonio Bonporti to All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills this weekend, as...
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Rae Macdonald, 1932-2016
It’s been a rough fall, with several members of the vocal community lost. Sadly, this week we’ve received details about the passing of Rae Macdonald, who served most recently as executive director for...
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Thankful voices… and a holiday gauntlet for composers
Vocal focus from CCMN Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights There’s a song in there somewhere… Composers, a challenge: We need a really big, fun, novelty Thanksgiving...
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R.I.P. mezzo-soprano Elender Wall
News has been circling the globe that unforgettable mezzo-soprano Elender Wall has died on Tuesday, November 14, after a fast and furious battle with cancer. She was a musician, a physicist, a belly...
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Paris gets a taste of LA’s vibrant new music scene in December
With new classical music flourishing in Los Angeles, it’s no surprise that our composers and performers are expanding beyond SoCal’s borders. One of the endeavors our local music community can be very...
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After the gobble: Holiday marketing and the arts
In case you’ve been completely ignoring us, you’re probably aware that Lauri’s List does offer a few special discounts on memberships, events and services during the annual post-Thanksgiving...
View ArticleHello December… with a lot of holiday (and other) music
Vocal focus from CCMN Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights With December in full swing, the holidays are here with a vengeance. These events may not yet be on your radar...
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Can’t wait: Hollywood Master Chorale sings in the holidays with ‘Anticipate!’
by Yayra Sanchez ‘Tis the season of concerts, caroling and sing-alongs. The Hollywood Master Chorale joins in on the fun this Sunday and launches into the holiday season with “Anticipate!“, a concert...
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Holidays are blooming
As we told our members this week, we have so much going on right now that our social media and blog posts will be less often for a bit, and email newsletters will be streamlined, as well. This is...
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SoCal has a Christmas all its own
Vocal focus from CCMN Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights Christmas is just around the corner, and as this week’s issue of CCMN reaches into the first week of January,...
View ArticleSweetest holidays: Sweet Honey in the Rock comes to Disney Hall next week
This internationally-acclaimed, Grammy-winning group is too spectacular to miss, and their multicultural approach to the holidays offers an inclusive way to celebrate, whatever background your family...
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Resolution for all members
In the spirit of fresh starts, we need to draw attention to the way the List works. We were recently embarrassed with a client, as a job that was specifically brought to us for our members-only board...
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SoCal’s wave of modern opera is getting attention
As the perfect introduction to one of their end-of-year fundraising blasts, Pacific Opera Project shares an article from LA Weekly that we can all be proud of. The local press is taking notice of the...
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