Posts Tagged ‘Duke Ellington’
Camarada’s Musical Tribute to Frida Kahlo at Park & Market
Thursday at UC San Diego Park & Market in the East Village, the ensemble Camarada presented a concert titled ‘Frida Dreams’– a cabaret confection of Mexican and Latin American music that was popular during Frida Kahlo’s heyday.
Read MoreSan Diego Symphony Rings in the New Year with Piano Virtuoso Ray Ushikubo in Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”
San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare revisited the traditional New Year’s Eve symphony concert Thursday, streaming an online program from the stage of Copley Symphony Hall.
Read MoreDavid Roussève’s ‘Halfway to Dawn’ Dances a Portrait of Jazz Great Billy Strayhorn
“Strayhorn was far ahead of his time, gay and out and living with his life partner in the late 1930s, which was unheard of and dangerous…His motto was ‘halfway to dawn.’”
Read MoreCamarada Goes Calypso at the Mingei in Balboa Park
Branching out from its customary programming, Beth Ross Buckley’s enterprising Camarada offered a laid-back concert of jazz-tinged calypso Sunday, April 15, at the Mingei International Museum.
Read MoreWestwind Brass Delivers Smart Jazz Survey on the Berkeley
Although the Westwind Brass ensemble has established its enviable reputation playing the classical brass quintet repertory, in recent seasons it has branched out.
Read MoreSDSU Symphony’s New Music of the Night
The San Diego State University Symphony premiered composer Joseph Martin Waters’ “Suite Noir” Sunday (March 22) with soloists from the virtuoso avant-garde performance ensemble Swarmius at SDSU’s Montezuma Hall . . .
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