Herb Alpert News

The Soraya congratulates jazz legends Chucho Valdés and Arturo Sandoval for their recent lifetime achievements. Valdés is named a 2025 NEA Jazz Master, and Sandoval will be celebrated this December.

Partnering with oceanographer Georgy Manucharyan and six visionary composers, violinist Rachel Lee Priday will embark on a musically rich project that blends classical music with the visual poetry of fluid dynamics experiments, including a new album, Fluid Dynamics, with pianist David Kaplan out Friday, August 23, 2024 on Orchid Classics. 

Violinist Rachel Lee Priday releases her new album Fluid Dynamics, featuring works by Smith, Wiancko, Spinei, Andres, Lanzilotti, and Cerrone, with pianist David Kaplan.

54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, will present April Varner in April by April Varner in August. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Pacific Jazz Orchestra, LA's only resident 40-piece hybrid big band and string orchestra, has announced an ambitious and adventurous 2024-25 season.

Algos Music has announced the release of the new album by vintage vocalist extraordinaire ALLYSON BRIGGS – Promises, Prayers, and Raindrops: Allyson Briggs Sings Burt Bacharach – on CD and in digital and streaming platforms.

ALLYSON BRIGGS and special guest JULIE BENKO will perform at BIRDLAND THEATER to celebrate a new BURT BACHARACH album, with a livestream available for those unable to attend in person. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Ann Hampton Callaway - Finding Beauty: Inspired Classics and Originals will come to Herb Alpert's Vibrato Grill & Jazz next month. The performance is on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 6:00 PM.

Explore new exhibitions at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) this July and August, featuring innovative works and events that highlight the vibrant Scottsdale Arts scene.

Still hurting over the end of the Broadway season? BroadwayWorld has just learned that that singer, songwriter and actor Nick Jonas and Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren will return to Broadway to star as 'Jamie' and 'Cathy' in the first ever Broadway production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's beloved THE LAST FIVE YEARS. We have all of the details!

Folsom’s Harris Center for the Arts has revealed the Harris Center Presents 2024-2025 Season. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Algos Music has announced that vintage vocalist extraordinaire ALLYSON BRIGGS will release her new album Promises, Prayers, and Raindrops: Allyson Briggs Sings Burt Bacharach on Friday, July 12. It will be available on CD and in digital and streaming platforms.

The Colburn School, a renowned performing arts school based in Los Angeles, revealed the 2024 cohort of its Fortissima program. Learn more!

Lux Quartet, co-led by pianist Myra Melford and drummer Allison Miller, is proud to present its eponymous debut: a glowing musical encounter with Dayna Stephens (saxophones) and Scott Colley (bass). The program features original compositions by all four band members, exploring philosophical and spiritual themes through the language of jazz. The name Lux Quartet was inspired by the role of light in the diversity of life on Earth.

Opera UCLA, a collaboration between The Herb Alpert School of Music and the UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television, will present the world premiere of Grammy Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour’s new opera, The Grand Hotel Tartarus.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 10, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Yale Repertory Theatre has revealed its 2024–25 season of five productions. Learn more about the five shows in the season and see how to purchase tickets.

The Grammy® Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir, under the direction of Robert Simpson, will close out the 2023-2024 season with Brubeck! A Celebration, the inaugural performance of “The Voice of Brubeck” project on Saturday June 1 at Stude Concert Hall at Rice University.

Join Elizabeth Marvel in MEDEA, a unique adaptation by Ben Power, directed by Daniel Fish, as part of Red Bull Theater's 20th Anniversary Festival. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The Pacific Jazz Orchestra and Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit take the stage at The Soraya on May 11.