My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

Nadia Sirota Announces New Online Series

By:
Nadia Sirota Announces New Online Series Image

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) has announced an online series from violist, broadcaster, curator and CAP UCLA alum Nadia Sirota. An Artist-In-Residence with CAP-UCLA, Nadia Sirota released a new music and talk show, Living Music with Nadia Sirota, from her garage in Los Angeles, with special guests performing from their homes. The first show, is today, Thursday, March 19th at 9pm EDT and 6pm PDT, to be broadcast on Facebook Live. Featured socially-distanced guests: composer, pianist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Timo Andres, GRAMMY-nominated composer and performer Nathalie Joachim, and cellist Gabriel Cabezas.

"I just wanted to do something joyful," host Nadia Sirota said. Having previously won a Peabody Award for her podcast "Meet the Composer," Nadia had been planning on releasing her new show "Living Music" this fall, but in light of current events, she decided to fast track it. "None of us has anything to do! All of our gigs were cancelled for the foreseeable future, and what I really miss is coming together -- a whole bunch of people doing the same thing at the same time. Broadcasting this show gives us a chance at the type of community a concert can create. " She added that this event will present new challenges for the show. "It's brand new territory for everyone; we'll see what happens!"

If all goes to plan, Living Music with Nadia Sirota will be broadcast twice each week. Nadia and her staff have decided to do the show without a paywall, instead soliciting donations from those who can afford it.

"We are all various degrees of unemployed, so it kind of defeats the purpose to put up a paywall and prevent musicians from tuning in! But hopefully those who can help to make this more of a "gig" for the staff and performers will chip in a couple of bucks."

Future guests on the show include composers Marcos Balter, Nico Muhly and Missy Mazzoli, performers Pekka Kuusisto and Claire Chase, and many more to be announced. For more information, nadiasirota.com/livingmusic.

Theater Fans' Choice Awards
2026 Theater Fans' Choice Awards - Live Stats
Best Ensemble - Top 3
1. Chess
20.2% of votes
2. The Lost Boys
16.7% of votes
3. Schmigadoon!
11.4% of votes

Don't Miss a Los Angeles News Story
Sign up for all the news on the Spring season, discounts & more...


Videos


The Most Happy Fella in Los Angeles The Most Happy Fella
North Coast Repertory Theatre (6/03-6/28)
In the Blink of an Eye: A Musical Memoir in Los Angeles In the Blink of an Eye: A Musical Memoir
The Pico (6/19-6/21)
Hunting the Irish Heiress in Los Angeles Hunting the Irish Heiress
Newport Theatre Arts Center (6/05-6/05) VIDEOS
Melt : The Play in Los Angeles Melt : The Play
The Marilyn Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute (6/11-6/13) PHOTOS
Jenn Collela: LIVE at the Nikko in Los Angeles Jenn Collela: LIVE at the Nikko
Feinstein's at the Nikko (6/04-6/05) PHOTOS
Chameleon - A New Musical in Los Angeles Chameleon - A New Musical
Hudson Theatre - MainStage (6/03-6/07)
Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers presents Cinematic Dance Theater From Louise Reichlin & Dancers, "Tap Dance Widows Club", an acclaimed combination of video, movement and storytelling. and two parts of "Rodeo" in Los Angeles Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers presents Cinematic Dance Theater From Louise Reichlin & Dancers, "Tap Dance Widows Club", an acclaimed combination of video, movement and storytelling. and two parts of "Rodeo"
Culver City Senior Center (5/30-5/30)
MISS MAGNOLIA BEAUMONT GOES TO PROVINCETOWN in Los Angeles MISS MAGNOLIA BEAUMONT GOES TO PROVINCETOWN
Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre (6/17-6/28) PHOTOS VIDEOS
A Haunting Revue II in Los Angeles A Haunting Revue II
Impro Theatre (6/06-6/26) PHOTOS
My Life is a Sonnet in Los Angeles My Life is a Sonnet
Broadwater Studio (6/07-6/27)