MLK Jr. 50th Anniversary “SYMPHONY of BROTHERHOOD” Concert Sunday, August 18, 2013, 3:00PM, Zipper Hall-Colburn School (200 South Grand Ave., Los Angeles 90012). Reference from 1963 MARCH on WASHINGTON for JOBS & FREEDOM “I Have A Dream” speech by MLK Jr. “With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our…
Music UNTOLD String Quartet (Clavis Ballard-cello, Jennifer Lindsay-violin, Darrel Sims-violin, Joseph Taylor-viola) Roy Harris (1898-1979) arrangement – The Star-Spangled Banner Pianist Phoenix Park-Kim, Violinist Annelle Gregory William Grant Still (1895-1978) arrangement – Here’s One (Talk about a child that do love Jesus) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) arrangement – Deep River, op. 59 no. 10 Pianist Phoenix…
Dennis Bartel is a thirty-year veteran broadcaster, having served in Washington, D.C., where among his duties he assumed the role of opera host from Paul Hume upon the legendary music critic’s retirement; in Baltimore, where he was founding program director for WJHU; and in Pittsburgh. Mr. Bartel began his broadcast career in his native Los…
Zanaida Robles is the artistic director of the San Gabriel Valley Choral company. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Robles served for five years as director of classical choirs at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA). Under her direction, the LACHSA classical choirs performed for numerous festivals, concerts, and special events at…
James Lent earned his Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree in Concert Piano Performance from Yale University. Dr. Lent’s diverse performance of classical, broadway, jazz, pop, and vocal collaborations, concertos and solos are a noteworthy delight for any guests of event or occasion! James currently serves at the UCLA School of Music and has served on…
JULIANA GONDEK has performed with over 120 of the top symphony orchestras and opera companies throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, in collaboration with such legendary musicians as Aaron Copland, Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Carlos Kleiber, James Levine, Nello Santi, Yehudi Menuhin, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, and Rudolf Serkin. Her operatic credits include starring roles at…