Category Archives: Music

The Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer will perform “Labyrinths” at St. Matthew’s Music Guild at 8 p.m. Friday, April 28. Chanticleer’s Music Guild program will bring a rich and varied line-up of more than 500 years of music, from Josquin … Continue reading →

The final concert of the 22-23 season of Chamber Music Palisades will feature duo pianists Bernadene Blaha and Kevin Fitz-Gerald who are highly acclaimed international performers who give masterclasses all over Europe and have been piano professors at USC for … Continue reading →

Composer Philip Springer, playing Moonlight Sonata on the piano, has been nominated for a Webby Award and a Webby People’s Voice Award for Best Individual Performance. His playing has ended up with more than 25 million views, worldwide. Now, 96, … Continue reading →

Gracie Abrams, 23, the daughter of director J.J. Abrams and producer Katie McGrath has just released her first full-length album, Good Riddance. The Daily News ran a March 22 story (“Are Your Ready for Gracie Abrams?”) and wrote that she … Continue reading →

Ukrainian-born pianist Inna Faliks will join St. Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew’s, under the director of Dwayne S. Milburn, at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 24. Called the “high priestess of piano” by Chicago PBS Station WTTW, Faliks has … Continue reading →

  A volunteer of the LA Opera will give a talk at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, in the community room of the Palisades Library, 861 Alma Real. The L.A. Opera’s presentation of Debussy’s opera Pelléas et Mélisande has been described … Continue reading →

Daily News columnist Dennis McCarthy wrote (“Church Organ Player Says Poignant Goodbye,” January 28) that Canoga Park Lutheran Church’s Christine Benich is retiring. At 97, she has been playing the organ for services since they joined the congregation in 1955. … Continue reading →

Chamber Music Palisades will present the “Pacific Trio” at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, at St. Matthew’s Parish. This concert will feature the trio, violist Roger Wilke, cellist John Waltz, pianist Edith Orloff, and will be joined by flutist … Continue reading →

“We’ll get it right the second time.” Singer/songwriter Matty Gottesman. By CHAZ PLAGER Pacific Palisades resident Matty Gottesman, released his first single “Don’t Play Dumb” on January 19. The singer-songwriter’s single has already racked up more than 10,000 views on … Continue reading →