Alejandro Hernandez News

Musica Viva NY celebrates Leonard Bernstein's centennial with Bernstein at 100: In friendship with Copland on Sunday, March 10 at 5:00 p.m. at The Brick Church. The Musica Viva NY Choir, led by Artistic Director Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, is featured in music by two iconic American composers of the 20th century, Leonard Bernstein, and Aaron Copland. The concert includes Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, and Make Our Garden Grow, as well as the chamber version of Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, and Concerto for Clarinet, Strings and Harp.

Josefina Lopez, Founding Artistic Director of CASA 0101 Theater and Co-Founder of the Boyle Heights Museum announced today that a Roybal Panel Discussion will be held after an added Matinee performance on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 2:45 p.m. of CASA 0101 Theater's currently running critically acclaimed World Premiere production of Remembering BOYLE HEIGHTS at CASA 0101 Theater, 2102 E. First Street (at St. Louis Street), Boyle Heights, CA 90033.

The venerable playwright Josefina Lopez is will be tapping into new ground as a writer with her latest collaborative work, the World Premiere of REMEMBERING BOYLE HEIGHTS, an audience participatory, immersive and theatrical celebration, created and devised by Josefina Lopez, Corky Dominguez and the REMEMBERING BOYLE HEIGHTS Ensemble. Contemporary gentrification debates unlock the early history, stories and memories of Boyle Heights revealing the mythical and human dimensions of L.A.'s own Ellis Island of the West.

Josefina Lopez, Co-Founder of the Boyle Heights Museum and Founding Artistic Director of CASA 0101 Theater and Dr. George J. Sanchez, Co-Founder of the Boyle Heights Museum and a USC Professor of History and American Studies, announced today they will present their third exhibition for the Boyle Heights Museum, ROYBAL: A Multi-Racial Catalyst for Democracy, to be housed in the Jean Deleage Arts Gallery in the lobby of CASA 0101 Theater, 2102 East First Street (at St. Louis Street), Boyle Heights, CA 90033. This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, http://www.calhum.org. (Este proyecto fue possible con el apoyo de California Humanities, un asociado sin fines de lucro del National Endowment for the Humanities, http://www.calhum.org)

The venerable playwright Josefina Lopez is will be tapping into new ground as a writer with her latest collaborative work, the World Premiere of REMEMBERING BOYLE HEIGHTS, an audience participatory, immersive and theatrical celebration, created and devised by Josefina Lopez, Corky Dominguez and the REMEMBERING BOYLE HEIGHTS Ensemble. Contemporary gentrification debates unlock the early history, stories and memories of Boyle Heights revealing the mythical and human dimensions of L.A.'s own Ellis Island of the West.

Musica Viva NY commemorates the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I with a program entitled the End of the War to End All Wars on Sunday, November 11 at 5:00 p.m. at All Souls Church.

Musica Viva NY kicks off its 2018-19 season with Songs of Love, an evening of lieder by Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, and P.D.Q. Bach, on Sunday, September 23 at 5:00 p.m. at All Souls Church. The concert features soprano Devony Smith, mezzo-soprano Michele Eaton, tenor Nathan Siler, and baritone Brian Mextorf, accompanied by Artistic Director Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez and Trent Johnson.

Musica Viva NY-a chamber choir under the artistic direction of Dr. Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, that presents a series of chamber concerts on the Upper East Side-today announces its 2018-19 season.

Musica Viva NY celebrates its 40th anniversary with a concert entitled Sunrise in the City on Sunday, May 20 at 5:00 p.m. at All Souls Church. The performance, which features the Musica Viva NY Choir led by Artistic Director Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, includes the world premiere of Ars Poetica #1002: Rally by Elena Ruehr, commissioned by Musica Viva NY in celebration of its 40th anniversary.

 Musica Viva NY presents Infinite Hope, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s untimely death and celebrating his life and legacy, on Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.

Musica Viva NY presents its third installment ofVoices In Motion, Sunday, February 25 at 5:00 p.m at All Souls Church on the Upper East Side (Lexington Avenue at 80th Street).

Musica Viva NY presents legendary pianist, teacher, and composer Seymour Bernstein in a special benefit concert, Reintroducing Seymour, on Sunday, January 21 at 2:00 p.m at All Souls Church on the Upper East Side (Lexington Avenue at 80th Street).

Musica Viva NY opens its 40th anniversary celebration season, with a concert entitled The Wheel and the Sphere on Sunday, November 12 at 5:00 p.m. at All Souls Church on the Upper East Side.

No professional actor's journey is exactly the same, but there are many common challenges and pitfalls for those starting out in this fiercely competitive field. Jersey City-based actor Alejandro Hernandez, a 2008 alumnus of Mercer County Community College (MCCC), will return to the college on Friday evening, Oct. 13, to share some of what he's learned in the past decade as his acting career has taken off.