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Soaring Clarinet Flights and String Reveries at La Jolla SummerFest

By Ken Herman | August 22, 2024 |

Wednesday’s La Jolla SummerFest programming proved too eclectic to have a common theme, but the concert’s continuity came from the evening’s virtuoso performers.

Friendship and Music in ‘Moonlight’s Wonderful ‘Beautiful’

By David Dixon | August 21, 2024 |
Melissa Musial (photos courtesy of Karli Cadel).

Based on the title, audiences might think that Beautiful: The Carole King Musical will solely focus on the life of the famous singer-songwriter. In actuality, Moonlight Stage Productions wonderful staging is largely about the rivalry and friendship she shared with composer, Barry Mann, and lyricist, Cynthia Weil.

La Jolla SummerFest’s California Dreamin’ Survey of 20th-Century Music in the Golden State

By Ken Herman | August 19, 2024 |

Pianist Conrad Tao’s ‘Rachmaninoff Songbook’ and a sampler of contrasting works by classical 20th-Century composers with California connections comprised Saturday’s La Jolla SummerFest program.

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