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SummerFest Commission Offers More Visual Surprises Than Musical Reward

By Ken Herman | August 20, 2021 |

Thursday’s SummerFest 2021 program at The Conrad in La Jolla brought the long-awaited première of Tamar Muskal’s ‘Facing the Automaton’ commissioned by the La Jolla Music Society and performed with virtuoso percussionist Steven Schick as soloist.

Magnificent Jerusalem Quartet Opens Coming Home Festival in La Jolla’s Acoustically Miraculous Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

By Ken Herman | April 11, 2019 |

After a star-studded Grand Opening Weekend to inaugurate The Conrad, the La Jolla Music Society’s glistening new performing arts center in downtown La Jolla, on Tuesday, April 9, the organization presented the Jerusalem Quartet in the first full concert of the organization’s lavish Coming Home Festival.

Brilliant Janáček and Mozart open La Jolla SummerFest

By Ken Herman | August 8, 2015 |

La Jolla SummerFest 2015 opened Friday (August 7) with a scintillating performance of Janáček by the Escher String Quartet and a splendid Mozart Piano Quartet that took the breath away . . .