LJO: Tribute to McCoy Tyner

FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT!

Opening the incredible and transformative 2009/2010 Luckman Fine Art Complex season, the Luckman Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to jazz master Mccoy Tyner in a a free outdoor concert on the Luckman Street of the Arts!

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED.

In its 9th year of performing, the 20-member Luckman Jazz Orchestra, led by acclaimed musician and conductor Mr. Charles Owens, is an internationally admired ensemble of some of the best jazz musicians around. Hailed by the Los Angeles times as "one of the finest musical organizations" around, the LJO bursts us into the season and reminds us why their bold and pristine style is umatched in this city.

MEDIA PARTNER.

RUMSPRINGA

 

MIX ROCK. FREAK FOLK.

A half-century ago, baby boomer teenagers wiggled from their parents’ grips to gyrate naughtily to the sonic rebellion that was captivating America: a thrilling, liberating sound that would eventually be tagged Rock n’ Roll. It is with this spirit that Joey Stevens and Itaru de la Vega created the Americana outfit Rumspringa, which with its jumpy backbeat and colorful riffs seeks to reignite the hot, human passion of its audience. They draw on the energy of the earliest era of rock, when a hysteric wave of paranoia spread throughout the minds of parents, terrified of the music their children were listening to. Kids were responding because the music had never been more alive, and Rumspringa’s contemporary tweak on dependable, rugged 12-bar blues-rock similarly awakens the inner fire of its listeners.

MEDIA PARTNER.

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SITI Company

GROUNDBREAKING.
SITI Company, hailed around the world for their boundary shattering aesthetic and innovative work, present a new play that questions norms and challenges viewers.

A LOS ANGELES PREMIERE.

Now that brain science addresses problems of personal consciousness, neurological research has increasingly addressed the social processes of thinking: how we live and die by our commitments to particular views of life. The issues of the play are animated via a fictional quiz show, one that is devoted to the question: if you could re-live a scene of your life, using your knowledge of neurology, might it turn out better? Into that framework are thrown the structure and aesthetics of the Fassbinder film "Katzelmacher," about the circumscribed lives of young working class people, whose societal disillusionment is combined with a healthy dose of violently expressed xenophobia.

MEDIA PARTNER.

Iva Bittová

SENSUAL, FERVENT & EVOCATIVE.

Uninhibited and unaffected, Iva Bittová's works are abstract, yet deeply rooted in the classical and gypsy music of the Moravian villages where she spent her formative years. Her performances are known to be "so intimate and personal you can feel her breath on your ears."

AN EPIC GENIUS.

Celebrated around the world as an artistic genius and experimentalist, Bittová melds the explorativeness of her Romani roots with the modernism of her Czech upbringing. 

CONSULATE-HOSTED RECEPTION.

A reception hosted by the Consulate General of the Czech Republic, with support from Consul General Mr. Daniel Kumermann, will be held prior to the show in our Donor Garden. Premium ticket holders are invited to attend.

MEDIA PARTNER.

EVENT PARTNER.

"The President's Own" United States Marine Band

 

UNIVERSITY EVENT: AN HISTORIC INSTITUTION, LIVE IN CONCERT - FREE!

California State University Los Angeles & The Department of Music sponsor "The President's Own" United States Marine Band - America’s oldest professional musical organization, founded in 1798. The band has performed for every U.S. President since John Adams. Given the title “The President’s Own” by Thomas Jefferson, the Marine Band’s primary mission is to provide music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

For more information, please visit: www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/spotlight/archive/2009/USMarineBand.php