Value-Oriented Chamber Music Organizations
In this time of limited financial resources, in terms
of funding for the arts and discretionary income, we are fortunate to
have a number of Southland Arts organizations dedicated to providing
top
quality Chamber Music performances at a reasonable cost or free of
charge.
In the hope of providing support to those
organizations, the following list represents a list of those
orgnanizations that are deserving of Chamber Music lovers'
patronage and attendance. All organizations here provide
top quality Chamber Music concerts at a very
affordable ticket price or free of charge.
- Cal Tech Public Affairs
-- Providers of the Coleman Chamber Music Series concerts at Beckman
Auditorium on the Cal Tech campus in Pasadena and an outstanding series
of free Chamber Music concerts at Dabney Lounge on the Caltech
campus. The 2008 program includes such notable Chamber Music
ensembles as the Philharmonia Quartett Berlin, The Academy of Ancient
Music and the Janaki String Trio. The 2007-2008 free concert series
included such artists as The California String Quartet and The Merling
Trio. Call Tech
Events Website
- Cerritos Performing Arts
Center -- The current 2007-2008 season features such
artists as The Trio Con Brio Copenhagen, Juilliard String Quartet,
Chamber Music Lincoln Center and the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin. Cerritos Center Home Page
- John Anson Ford Amphitheatre
-- Low cost Classical Chamber Music outdoor concerts; venue is near the
Hollywood Bowl. Previous summer seasons included such renowned artists
as Cellist, Lynn Harrell; Pianists, Jon Nakamatsu and Christopher
O'Riley; The Ahn Trio and Camerata Nordica. Ford Amphitheater Website
- The Music Guild --
The Music Guild provides some of the world's renovwned Chamber
Ensembles at a very reasonable cost The current season features
such acclaimed artists as the St. Petersburg String Quartet, Borromeo
String Quartet, Rosetti String Quarttet and Ireland's RTE Vanbrugh
String Quartet. There is also a Spring Concert Season at
University Synagogue in Los Angeles, which last season featured artists
such as The Euclid String Quartet, La Catrina Quartet and The Capitol
Ensemble and cellist, Ronald Leonard. Music
Guild Series
Events Web Page
- Sundays Live -- Hour-long
Weekly Sunday Evening (excluding holidays) free concerts at 6 p.m. held
in the Bing Theater at Los Angeles County Musuem of Art free of
charge. The early 2008 season includes performances by teh
Berlin Piano Trio, Capitol Ensemble and Young Musicians
Foundatin Debut Orchestra. Their website
contains a complete schedule of upcoming concerts for the quarter, plus
a newsletter published by Jim Eninger, which comprehensively
covers Chamber Music concerts in the Southland. Delayed
broadcasts of these concerts can be heard on KCSN radio Wednesdays at
Noon. Sundays Live Website