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Angel City Chorale (ACC), the acclaimed Los Angeles choir led by Artistic Director Sue Fink, will present EPIC: Blockbuster Music from Video Games & Film, its thrilling annual spring concerts, the first weekend in June.

Angel City Chorale (ACC), the acclaimed Los Angeles choir led by Artistic Director Sue Fink, will kick-off the holidays with its festive annual winter concert and sing-along, which takes place the first weekend in December every year. This year's 21st edition, Season of Wonder, will entertain audiences over two very special nights tonight, December 6, and Sunday, December 7, 2014.

Angel City Chorale (ACC), the acclaimed Los Angeles choir led by Artistic Director Sue Fink, will kick-off the holidays with its festive annual winter concert and sing-along, which takes place the first weekend in December every year. This year's 21st edition, Season of Wonder, will entertain audiences over two very special nights on Saturday, December 6, and Sunday, December 7, 2014.

Acclaimed Grammy-nominated choral conductor and Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) Music Director Emeritus Paul Salamunovich, whose artistry touched millions of people around the world through recordings, live performances, college and university clinics, and the numerous film scores on which he conducted and sang, has died at age 86 from multiple complications due to West Nile virus.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC), following on the heels of its wildly successful and critically applauded 50th Anniversary Season opening night concert, has released its first all-digital album featuring 17 of its signature a cappella works conducted by Music Director Grant Gershon and recorded live at that historic concert on September 22, 2013, at Walt Disney Concert Hall. The album, entitled '50th Season Celebration Concert,' celebrates the most beloved, groundbreaking and inspiring a cappella works that have defined the Los Angeles Master Chorale and its music directors over the past 50 years. Priced at $9.99, it is available online-only, at LAMC.org, iTunes and Amazon.com. Featuring 115 singers, it is the Chorale's ninth album and its sixth conducted by Gershon.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale, a cultural icon heralded around the globe for its exceptional artistry, pulls out the stops for an extraordinary 50th Anniversary Season Celebration the last weekend of January featuring two performances of Bach's incomparable B Minor Mass, considered one of the greatest works in the choral repertoire and the first piece the Chorale performed on its inaugural concert in 1965, as well as a spectacular gala extravaganza, "Golden on Grand," which celebrates the Chorale's remarkable legacy over the past five decades. The Bach B Minor Mass concerts, conducted by Music Director Grant Gershon, are Saturday, January 25, 2 pm, and Sunday, January 26, 7 pm, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. "Golden on Grand" is Saturday, January 25, 6 pm, at the Eva and Marc Stern Grand Hall of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Chorale's home for 37 years until it moved to Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2003.

Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory may be best known for its unparalleled scientific endeavors such as landing the Curiosity Rover on the surface of Mars, but tonight, January 7, another side of the organization will be on display. The JPL Chorus joins the Donald Brinegar Singers for a choral celebration of winter with Epiphany. This free concert takes place at Pasadena City College's Westerbeck Recital Hall at 8pm.

Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory may be best known for its unparalleled scientific endeavors such as landing the Curiosity Rover on the surface of Mars, but on Tuesday, January 7, another side of the organization will be on display. The JPL Chorus joins the Donald Brinegar Singers for a choral celebration of winter with Epiphany. This free concert takes place at Pasadena City College's Westerbeck Recital Hall at 8pm.

Angelenos are invited to belt out the "Hallelujah" chorus - and all of the other glorious choruses from Handel's beloved Messiah - at the Los Angeles Master Chorale's 33rd Annual Messiah Sing-Along on Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 7:30 pm, at the iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Music Director Grant Gershon conducts the 2,200-member audience, which serves as the choir, a professional chamber orchestra and four professional soloists from the Chorale: Zanaida Robles, soprano, Nike St. Clair, mezzo soprano, Arnold Livingston Geis, tenor, and Chung Uk Lee, bass. Sopranos, altos, tenors and basses of all skill levels - even those with absolutely no singing experience - are welcome. Messiah scores are available for $10 at the door.

More than 50 years after it premiered on the ABC network, the variety shows Here's Edie and The Edie Adams Show (www.edieadams.com) are set for release on DVD and digital formats.

The trailblazing Los Angeles Master Chorale launches its milestone 50th Season tonight, September 22, 2013, 7 pm, at Walt Disney Concert Hall, with a spectacular retrospective concert conducted by the Kiki & David Gindler Music Director Grant Gershon celebrating the rich history and inspiring artistry of the extraordinary musical organization.

The trailblazing Los Angeles Master Chorale launches its milestone 50th Season on Sunday, September 22, 2013, 7 pm, at Walt Disney Concert Hall, with a spectacular retrospective concert conducted by the Kiki & David Gindler Music Director Grant Gershon celebrating the rich history and inspiring artistry of the extraordinary musical organization that has been acclaimed for its 'needle-sharp quality' (Financial Times) and hailed as 'inspired' (New York Times), 'adventurous' (Daily Variety), and 'matchlessly polished' (Los Angeles Times).

More than 50 years after it premiered on the ABC network, the variety shows Here's Edie and The Edie Adams Show (www.edieadams.com) are set for release on DVD and digital formats.

The LA Master Chorale's 2013-14 season will celebrate the choir's reputation as one of the world's most eminent choruses, and highlights its seminal role in the city's cultural development as a founding resident company of The Music Center and the Resident Chorus of Walt Disney Concert Hall.

The Hartt Wind Ensemble will be performing at Carnegie Hall's Isaac Stern Auditorium, on Sunday May 30th, 2010, at 8:00 PM. The dynamic program will feature the 54-member Hartt Wind Ensemble, conducted by Hartt's Director of Bands Glen Adsit, performing the Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare (Strauss), a brilliant new piece by Hartt graduate student composer Jess Turner called Rumpelstilzchen, and a world premiere of the internationally celebrated composer Chen YI called Dragon Rhyme.

The Hartt Wind Ensemble will be performing at Carnegie Hall's Isaac Stern Auditorium, on Sunday May 30th, 2010, at 8:00 PM. The dynamic program will feature the 54-member Hartt Wind Ensemble, conducted by Hartt's Director of Bands Glen Adsit, performing the Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare (Strauss), a brilliant new piece by Hartt graduate student composer Jess Turner called Rumpelstilzchen, and a world premiere of the internationally celebrated composer Chen YI called Dragon Rhyme.

The Hartt Wind Ensemble will be performing at Carnegie Hall's Isaac Stern Auditorium, on Sunday May 30th, 2010, at 8:00 PM. The dynamic program will feature the 54-member Hartt Wind Ensemble, conducted by Hartt's Director of Bands Glen Adsit, performing the Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare (Strauss), a brilliant new piece by Hartt graduate student composer Jess Turner called Rumpelstilzchen, and a world premiere of the internationally celebrated composer Chen YI called Dragon Rhyme.

The Hartt Wind Ensemble will be performing at Carnegie Hall's Isaac Stern Auditorium, on Sunday May 30th, 2010, at 8:00 PM. The dynamic program will feature the 54-member Hartt Wind Ensemble, conducted by Hartt's Director of Bands Glen Adsit, performing the Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare (Strauss), a brilliant new piece by Hartt graduate student composer Jess Turner called Rumpelstilzchen, and a world premiere of the internationally celebrated composer Chen YI called Dragon Rhyme.

The Colony Theatre Company presents the fifth and final production of its 35th anniversary season, the unforgettable JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS, production conception, English lyrics, & additional material by Eric Blau & Mort Shuman, based on Jacques Brel's lyrics & commentary with music by Jacques Brel, musical direction by Brent Crayon and directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera.