The Music Center's presentation of Paul Taylor Dance Company will offer audiences a host of experiences in which they can engage with the world-renowned modern dance company. Five in-person performances (June 16–20, 2021), part of the return of live experiences at The Music Center, will feature the West Coast premiere of Abraham's critically-acclaimed 2019 work, Only the Lonely, set to the music of Shirley Horn, and the beloved and iconic Taylor work, Promethean Fire created in 2002 after 9/11, which suggests that even after cataclysmic events, the human spirit finds renewal and emerges triumphant.
Providing a week-long celebration surrounding National Tap Dance Day on May 25, 2021, and to honor the ultimate unity between music and motion, The Music Center will transform Jerry Moss Plaza into The Super Villainz Tap Dance Park.
The Music Center and non-profit radio station dublab announced today the 71 “Best Films” and “Official Selections” awardees of A Quiet Scene: L.A., a free film competition and screening initiative that was launched in January 2021.
The Music Center and non-profit radio station dublab have partnered to offer A Quiet Scene: L.A., a free film competition and screening initiative. To meet the needs of interested participants, the deadline for submissions has been extended through March 1, 2021 (at 11:59 p.m. PT)
The Music Center and non-profit radio station dublab have partnered to offer A Quiet Scene: L.A., a free film competition and screening initiative. Starting today, the public is invited to submit a short original film that is an authentic reflection of Los Angeles during current times.
From January 22–February 21, 2021, The Music Center will screen more than 100 short film finalists and winning entries from A Quiet Scene, an audio-visual project by pioneering ambient music artists and brothers, Roger Eno and Brian Eno.
A Los Angeles holiday tradition presented in conjunction with The Music Center since 1959, the 61st Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration takes on a vibrant new format for 2020.
The Music Center today announced it received a $25 million gift from Tina and Jerry Moss to benefit new programming initiatives. With this gift, the arts organization will establish an annual, free summer concert, open to all, to be held outdoors on the newly named Jerry Moss Plaza, located at The Music Center; sustain and enhance The Music Center's commitment to free and low-cost events; and formally launch arts partnerships with community organizations to help uplift artists and their work, with an emphasis on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC ) artists.
At the launch of its 2019/2020 Season, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents iconic trumpeter and composer Herb Alpert and his wife, two-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist/producer Lani Hall - 'a true music power couple' (Opera Wire) - performing an eclectic mix of Alpert's greatest hits for one night only on Saturday, September 21, 2019, 7:30 pm, in the Bram Goldsmith Theater at The Wallis.
Trumpet icon Herb Alpert and Grammy Award-winning vocalistproducer Lani Hall return to Cafe Carlyle performing new and classic songs, November 19-30. Lani Hall started her career as the lead singer of Sergio Mendes' breakthrough group, Brasil 66. Herb Alpert's legendary career includes five decades of unprecedented breakthroughs as a musician, painter, sculptor, and record executive and philanthropist. A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Herb Alpert has sold over 72 million albums worldwide.
May 13 marks the 25th year the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA) will be presented to five risk-taking, mid-career artists - experimenters - who are challenging and transforming art, their respective disciplines, and society. Founded and conceived by legendary musician, philanthropist and artist Herb Alpert, and his Grammy-winning vocalist wife, Lani Hall in conjunction with the California Institute of the Arts, the HAAIA has been awarded to 125 artists in the five disciplines of dance, film/video, music, theatre and visual arts. Each artist receives a $75,000 unrestricted prize and a one-week residency at CalArts which administers the prize on behalf of the Herb Alpert Foundation.
Trumpet icon Herb Alpert and Grammy Award-winning vocalist/producer Lani Hall return to Cafe Carlyle performing new and classic songs, October 9-13. Lani Hall started her career as the lead singer of Sergio Mendes' breakthrough group, Brasil 66. Herb Alpert's legendary career includes five decades of unprecedented breakthroughs as a musician, painter, sculptor, and record executive and philanthropist. A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Herb Alpert has sold over 72 million albums worldwide.
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), one of the nation's premier music ensembles and a leader in presenting wide-ranging repertoire and adventurous commissions, announces broadened collaborations and inventive new programming for its 2018-19 season. Opening in September 2018 and continuing into May 2019, the season spotlights LACO's virtuosic artists and builds upon the Orchestra's five decades of intimate and transformative musical programs.
