‘Dance of Da Vinci 2.0’ premieres at Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington

FARMINGTON — Sonia Plumb Dance Company announces the world premiere of “The Dance of da Vinci 2.0,” to be held on the grounds of the historic Hill-Stead Museum, according to an email from organizers. There will be four live performances presented from July 31 through August 2. “The Dance of Da Vinci 2.0” explores the

By |2020-07-24T20:30:31+00:00July 24th, 2020|Categories: Alumni, Dance, LACHSA Alumni|Tags: , , |Comments Off on ‘Dance of Da Vinci 2.0’ premieres at Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington

Here’s Why COVID-19 Has Made Arts Education so Problematic

LACHSA alumni Arianna Carson, who plans to study dance at SUNY Purchase in the fall, is photographed near her home in Rowland Heights on July 6, 2020.(Christina House / Los Angeles Times) By MAKEDA EASTER JULY 20, 2020 As a dance student at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Arianna Carson’s meticulously scheduled

By |2020-07-20T23:30:24+00:00July 20th, 2020|Categories: Arts Education, Dance, LACHSA Alumni, LACHSA student artists, Music|Tags: |Comments Off on Here’s Why COVID-19 Has Made Arts Education so Problematic

Pianist Gerald Clayton Makes Blue Note Debut With Star-Studded Quintet via ‘Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard’

Joining famed jazz pianist and LACHSA alumni Gerald Clayton are a formidable front line of altoist Logan Richardson and tenorist Walter Smith III and the rhythm tandem of bassist Joe Sanders and drummer Marcus Gilmore, both fellow LACHSA alumni, that perform on five of the seven tunes – four Clayton originals and the finale, Billy Strayhorn’s “Take the Coltrane.” Bud Powell’s “Celia” and the

By |2020-07-16T22:31:07+00:00July 16th, 2020|Categories: LACHSA Alumni|Tags: , |Comments Off on Pianist Gerald Clayton Makes Blue Note Debut With Star-Studded Quintet via ‘Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard’

Phoebe Bridgers’s Frank, Anxious Music

In 2009, Phoebe Bridgers began attending the music program at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. She started dyeing her hair unnatural colors, and, later, shaving it off. She was not an especially good student—“I just didn’t get far enough in school to where it was interesting,” she said—but remains grateful for

By |2020-05-18T15:39:11+00:00May 18th, 2020|Categories: Arts Education, LACHSA Alumni, Music|Tags: |Comments Off on Phoebe Bridgers’s Frank, Anxious Music

LACHSA Alum Christina Quarles Paints the Complicated, Intimate Moments When We Feel like Ourselves

See full article by Claire Voon at Artsy Quarles, 35, approaches figuration through a steadfast embrace of ambiguity—a style that has contributed to her fast ascendence as one of the most compelling painters working today. She has been included in major institutional shows from the New Museum’s “Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon” in

By |2020-04-21T16:26:33+00:00April 21st, 2020|Categories: Alumni, LACHSA Alumni, Visual Arts|Tags: |Comments Off on LACHSA Alum Christina Quarles Paints the Complicated, Intimate Moments When We Feel like Ourselves

Premiere episode of Live with Carnegie Hall features Angel Blue

Renowned soprano and LACHSA alum`02 Angel Blue (The Metropolitan Opera’s Porgy & Bess), joined TonyAward-winning composer Jason Robert Brown (The Bridges of Madison County, The Last Five Years), and acclaimed theater, TV, and film actor Tituss Burgess for the launch of Live with Carnegie Hall. Host Frank DiLella debuted a new online series designed to

By |2020-04-16T20:17:37+00:00April 16th, 2020|Categories: LACHSA Alumni, Music|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Premiere episode of Live with Carnegie Hall features Angel Blue

Monterey Jazz Festival Announces LACHSA Vocal Jazz as Finalists at 2020 Next Generation Jazz Festival

Congratulations to the LACHSA Vocal Jazz Ensemble directed by Pat Bass, runners up in the 2020 Next Generation Jazz Festival High School Vocal Ensemble Division. 2020 will mark the ensemble's 13th appearance at Monterey Jazz Festival. The 2020 Virtual Next Generation Jazz Festival was a reimagining of the 50-year-old event in the age of COVID-19, taking place

By |2020-04-16T16:41:23+00:00April 16th, 2020|Categories: LACHSA Alumni, Music|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Monterey Jazz Festival Announces LACHSA Vocal Jazz as Finalists at 2020 Next Generation Jazz Festival
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