Orchestral Music

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Incoming: M83, Propagandhi, Gojira, Coming to the Glass House

We've been blessed with some cool show announcements lately, and hey, here are a few more! Fresh from their performance with the LA Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, M83 (pictured) are headed to Pomona, Glass House-style, on May 20. Tickets are on sale noon this Friday (March 20), for 20 ... More >>

My Neighbor is Famous

Ok, not really. But he is a musician and he's playing Saturday.His name is Darrin Thaves and he's a flutist. Let me go on record right now as saying this: If you have to live within earshot of a professional musician who not only practices all day, but gives lessons in their spare time, make it a fl ... More >>

Power Piano

Rachmaninoff's Mighty Third

Kid Envy

Operatic Fusion

All in the Family

Debby Boone

Salute to Vienna

Orange County Performing Arts Center

The Glory of Christmas

The Crystal Cathedral

Bright Lights

Bernstein on Broadway

Starry 
Night

Don McLean

Organ Loner

Voodoo Organist

On the Virg

Dido & Aeneas

Get Stoney

Stone Soup

Bohemian Rhapsody

Czech Philharmonic

Epiphanies

Czech Philharmonic

Self-Sufficient

This OC Philharmonic design house has all the toys

Aural Reports

Beauty and Biology
DJ Ziba Z.

Gratitude for Being

Beauty and Biology
DJ Ziba Z.

Pulchritudinous Performer

Joshua Bells concert violin is easy on the ears and eyes

The Lemons of Orange

The Pacific Symphonys vanity fair

Pimp My House

The Philharmonic Society of Orange Countys annual House of Design is in full bloom

Any Lengths

All about the booing at Segerstrom Hall

Strings & Things

All about the booing at Segerstrom Hall

Rage Against the Classical Machine

Christopher Russell leads the OCHSA orchestra into new terrain

Classical Punk

Bach, Bartok, Hendrix scream from Kennedy's bow

OC Turns Brit as 'BritWeek' Begins

Is Tony Blair a Freemason? The video above seems to think so. Oddly, some evidence behind the claim is provided by Martin Short, although it is unclear if he was doing so as himself, Jiminy Glick, Ed Grimley, Katharine Hepburn or Jackie Rogers Jr. What is as clear as London fog is the freewheelin ... More >>

Attention All Flute Enthusiasts

Besides being a great guy to live downstairs from, Darrin Thaves is also a darn good musician. He performs regularly as the Principal Flutist of the Northwest Sinfonietta, is an instructor at Cal State Long Beach, gives lessons in his spare time and never complains when we have to swap parking space ... More >>

Last Night: Death Cab for Cutie, Tegan and Sara, the New Pornographers at the Hollywood Bowl

Just watch the fireworks.Last Night: Death Cab for Cutie, Tegan and Sara and the New Pornographers at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles; July 5, 2009.Better than: Staying home and celebrating the Fifth of July, the sacred holiday commemorating the cloning of Dolly the Sheep in 1996.Minor celebrity s ... More >>

This Month: Free Classical Concerts

​In this recession-plagued economy, the most enticing word has to be free. Free is good, free is seductive. It usually doesn't really matter what that free is (within reason). As long as you don't have to pay for it then why in the world are you complaining? To capitalize on that theme, here are ... More >>

Pacific Symphony Offering 50% Off Tickets

Courtesy of Pacific Symphony​Who doesn't love a good sale--especially in these dreary economic times? Here's one: the Pacific Symphony is celebrating its upcoming season--their 20th year with musical director/conductor Carl St.Clair, pictured--with a chance to score some half-price tickets.Thi ... More >>

Star Wars: In Concert

Honda Center

Eight Questions with Rick Berry

​Rick Berry's a lot of things. Some of these things include jazz trumpeter (currently in the Hollywood Canteen Swing Band), political candidate (he ran for Long Beach city council) and gardener (he's got a killer backyard garden). But to the rest of the world, he's got a new title that is pretty d ... More >>

Last Saturday: Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

​ ITwo reasons brought me to the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra on Saturday night. First, I'm always on the prowl for something new, and to me, the symphony is definitely something new. The second reason was because I had been locked down by the flu for two weeks and I had enough of staying in bed ... More >>

Lecture: What Makes Music Beautiful?

Irvine Barclay Theatre

A Tchaikovsky Portrait

Orange County Performing Arts Center

La Traviata

Cerritos Center

Lynn Harrell and John Kimura Parker

Cerritos Center

Leila Josefowicz

Orange County Performing Arts Center

Idina Menzel

Orange County Performing Arts Center

Laguna Beach Music Festival

Various Locations

A Tribute to Ray Charles

Long Beach Convention Center

Alcantara Piano Trio

St. Edward's Church

Classical Music for Dummies: Eight Composers for the Longing Musicalista in You

Mozart: Not on the list, but doesn't he look like a hipster in this picture?​It seems like every other week I come across people who have a budding tendency within themselves to be more enthusiastic about classical music. Whether a hipster, rocker, or person somewhat regretting that he/she never ... More >>

Sarah Chang

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Five Questions with Long Beach Symphony Orchestra Singer Tony DeSare

​Here's the thing about the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra's POPS! concerts: You might not think you'd want to go, but you'd be wrong. Take me for example.When I was a wee lad, I thought the music world began at the Germs and ended at Jawbreaker. I guess you could say I've expanded my horizons sinc ... More >>

Mark Hix Big Band

Steamers Jazz Club

Long Beach Symphony Orchestra's Enrique Arturo Diemecke Explains the Musical Joke

www.ThomasMcConville.com​Two things pop into my head when I hear the term "musical joke." One is something along the lines of Tenacious D or those classic Adam Sandler Saturday Night Live sketches. You know--stuff that's meant to be funny.The other is a lot less positive and brings to mind the wor ... More >>

Love Lou Reed, or Leave Him

The Velvet Underground front man is a bitch to interview, but he's still Lou Reed

Gustavo Dudamel Appearing on Sesame Street

LA Weekly​LA Philharmonic's dashing music director Gustavo Dudamel is guesting on PBS' Sesame Street on Monday, Feb. 6 for the first time ever. Dudamel and Elmo are going to play together by "conducting a sheep playing a violin, an octopus playing the drums and a chorus of penguins singing opera." ... More >>