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AUGUST
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I PALPITI
TRIBUTE TO JASCHA HEIFETZ
Thursday, August 2 at 8:00 PM - $30
Full time students and children (12 and under) $12
Sound Clip - TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade
for Strings, Walzer
Chamber orchestra of international laureates marks the 100th birthday of the legendary violinist who used to make music at the Ford with his famous friends.
Eduard Schmieder, conductor
Soloists TBA
Special Appearance: Erick Friedman, violin (foremost student of
Jascha Heifetz)
SALINEN Fantazy (Commissioned work)
MENDELSSOHN Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra in d minor
PIAZZOLLA The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
The International
Documentary Association
presents
DON'T LOOK BACK - BEHIND THE SCENES
WITH BOB DYLAN
Friday, August 3 at 8:00 PM - $20
Full time students and children (12 and under) $12
General Admission
Salute an American pop icon. A screening
of D.A. Pennebaker's acclaimed 1968 film is preceded by a live concert
celebrating Dylan's musical influence and presentation of IDA's Mentor
Award to Pennebaker.
Nnamdi Moweta
& WETU Communications
present
AFRICAN VILLAGE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Saturday, August 4 at 7:00 PM - $25
Full time students and children (12 and under) $12
General Admission
Zairean singer-composer Papa
Wemba, called the "King of Rhumba Rock," headlines this annual event.
Additional artists TBA. Audience dancing on stage!
Danza
Floricanto/USA
presents
LOS FOLKLORISTAS
Sunday, August 5 at 7:00 PM - $30
Full time students and children
(12 and under) $12
General Admission
Sound Clip - El Arrastradito (Trote)
Marking their 35th anniversary, these peerless performers
of Latin American folk music and masters of 100 instruments retrieve the
memories of cultures and speak the universal language of a continent.
JAZZ BAKERY
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S JAZZ
Friday, August 10 at 8:00 PM - $25, $20
Sound Clip - Softly as in a Morning
Sunrise
(Romberg/Hammerstein)
A night of Verve recording stars! Legendary
pianist Kenny Barron in duo with his amazing protege, violinist
Regina Carter, plus powerful young Chilean-born vocalist Claudia
Acuña and her sensational quartet.
HOMEGROWN
Saturday, August 11at 10:00 AM
9:00 AM, pre-performance activities
Children FREE*, Adults $4
General Admission
*Reservations are required, call: (323) 461-3673
Four artists hailing from Altadena blend storytelling
with global sounds:
Leslie Perry spins yarns like "The Bremen Town Musicians" as the Three
Peace Ensemble invents "new" world music.
JAZZ TAP ENSEMBLE
Saturday, August 11 at 8:00 PM - $25
Full time students and children (12 and under) $12
DRC members 20% off
L.A.'s world renowned rhythm tap dance company, under
Lynn Dally's direction, delivers live jazz, tributes to the masters
- Bojangles, Nicholas Brothers, Jimmy Slyde, Gregory Hines, Eddie Brown
- and the spirited teen Caravan Project.
LOS ANGELES ST. PETERSBURG RUSSIAN
FOLK ORCHESTRA
RUSSIAN STRINGS
Sunday, August 12 at 8:00 PM - $25
Full time students and children (12 and under) $12
General Admission
Sound Clip - Lyrical
Mood
Composer: Yevgeny Derbenko
Arranger: Orlova-Mamalyga
The massed balalaikas and domras of this
30-member ensemble, complemented by virtuoso guest soloists, echo traditions
from the Baltic to the Black Sea. "Enchanting" said the Reno Gazette-Journal.
BALLET FOLKLÓRICO DEL PACÍFICO
MEXICO: CANCÍON Y ROMANCE
Friday, August 17 at 8:00 PM - $25, $22
Full time students and children (12 and under)
$12
DRC members 20% off
LOS ANGELES MOZART ORCHESTRA
COSI FAN TUTTE (in concert)
Saturday, August 18 at 8:00 PM - $36, $28
Sound Clip - MOZART
Symphony No. 29, Allegro con spirito
Concert opera returns to the Ford! Mozart's sparkling
tale on the fickleness of
love, full of comic surprises, twists and turns, is led by Lucinda
Carver,
"a find... a first-rate conductor" (New York Times).
Garry George and Gecko Records
presents
AMANDA McBROOM & JULIE WILSON
Sunday, August 19 at 8:00 PM - $36
Sound Clip - Amanda
McBroom - Whoever You Are
(Amanda McBroom)
Call them "The Two Mezzos." Manhattan star
Wilson and LA nebula McBroom - two of the country's top cabaret divas
- orbit in tandem in a galaxy of vocal standards.
CIRCUS MILLENNIA
Saturday, August 25 at 10:00 AM
9:00 AM, pre-performance activities
Children FREE*, Adults $4
General Admission
*Reservations are required, call: (323) 461-3673
West Coast debut! These creators of visionary family
fare erase boundaries between circus and theatre presents Hats,
the story of a misfit clown integrating juggling, chair climbing, acrobatics
and audience participation.
Hollywood Arts Council
presents
JAZZ PILGRIMAGE 2001
Saturday, August 25 at 8:00 PM - $25
Jazz on the Latin Side All-Stars, featuring the
likes of Poncho Sanchez, Justo Almario and Alex Acuña, heat up the night
and honor master drummer and mentor Francisco Aguabella.
P.E.B. Foundation
presents
INSTRUMENTAL WOMEN 2001
JAZZ ON A STRING
Sunday, August 26 at 6:30 PM - $30
Full time students and children (12 and under) $12