“If music be the food of love…” let me feast at the table with stories of jazz, chamber orchestras, symphonies and more.
Here is a small selection of music features I’ve written in the past several years:
Crafting Success: Dedication propels Venice teen to Music Center semifinalists, Argonaut, Apr. 4, 2024
Fern Fest Women’s Music Festival Is Moving, But Staying True to Its Inclusive Roots, PrideSource, March 18, 2024
Experience the Magic: MUSE/ique pays tribute to LA’s cultural renaissance, Pasadena Weekly, March 14, 2024
Acapella group promises entertaining Christmas show with a classic feel, Lansing State Journal, Dec. 6, 2023
Songs of Isolation: Verdi Chorus performs words of Emily Dickinson, Argonaut, Oct. 12, 2023
Lansing songwriter records song about gun violence spurred in part by MSU shooting, Lansing State Journal, August 9, 2023
Soulful Melodies Resonate: Ladies Sing the Blues capture spotlight in Glendale, Pasadena Weekly, July, 27, 2023
Finding Peace: Choir to premiere unpublished John Williams ‘Gloria’, Argonaut, May 18, 2023
Delta Community Choir commissions two original songs to mark 10-year anniversary, Lansing State Journal, Apr. 27, 2023
Mozart of His Generation: Marina del Rey teen takes composing world by storm, Argonaut, March 23, 2023
Chamber players welcome musicians of all ages, experience levels, The Desert Times, Feb. 9, 2023
These Pasadena musicians are brave enough to be terrible, Pasadena Weekly, Feb. 9, 2023
Culture L’amor: Theatre Kabbaz celebrates French culture with season of theater, music, dance and film, music, dance and film, Argonaut. Feb. 2, 2023
Singer Dave Mensch thrives on connecting with his fans, Tucson Weekly, Jan. 19, 2023
100-year-old tuba player names music as secret to longevity, Lansing State Journal, Dec. 16, 2022
Showcasing operatic greats, Argonaut, Nov. 3, 2022
Opera gives insight into wounded soldiers lives, Ahwatukee Foothills News, Oct. 10, 2022
Together with Music, Argonaut, Oct. 6, 2022
Stories of Sacrifice, Sound of Freedom, September/October
Returning to Roots, Argonaut, Sept. 15, 2022
One-woman show: Ada Redd Austin croons her way into the city’s soul, Tucson Weekly, Sept. 8, 2022
Glendale club celebrates women and the blues, Pasadena Weekly, Aug. 11, 2022
Tucson Symphony announces vibrant season to welcome all, Tucson Local Media, Aug. 8, 2022
Putting on the Bass, The Argonaut, June 16, 2022
New operas explore ramifications of digital frontiers, The Pasadena Weekly, June 2, 2022
Playing with the Jack of Hearts, The Argonaut, May 19, 2022
Pasadena native returns home to perform with Verdi Chorus, The Pasadena Weekly, May 12, 2022
Opera features Chinese immigrants and LA’s Chinatown, The Pasadena Weekly, April 28, 2022
Music Center recognizes talent of four Pasadena students, The Pasadena Weekly, April 21, 2022
Arts groups unveil opera for deaf and hearing audiences, Los Angeles Downtown News, April 11, 2022
Tickling the Ivories, The Argonaut, March 17, 2022
Out of the Ashes: Phoenix Chorale sings story of rebirth, Entertainer/Phoenix.org, March 10, 2022
Homeless choir invited to sing about social justice, Los Angeles Downtown News, Jan. 10, 2022
Pittance unveils 2022 season of opera chamber music, Arroyo Monthly, Jan. 3 and Pasadena Weekly, Jan. 12
Duo reels in an Irish Christmas at iconic coffee bistro, Pasadena Weekly, Dec. 22, 2021
Quartet celebrates Vienna style holidays, Pasadena Weekly, Dec. 16, 2021
Chamber pieces hail the return of GYO, Pasadena Weekly, Nov. 18, 2021
Opera’s Back: Verdi Chorus returns to live, Santa Monica Argonaut, Nov. 10, 2021
Mar Vista Music and Art Walk Spotlights Artists in Disability Community, Santa Monica Argonaut, Oct. 19, 2021
Pariah casts her gaze upon Santa Monica, Santa Monica Argonaut, Oct. 13, 2021
WAM: The ultimate block party, Santa Monica Argonaut, Sept. 8, 2021
Cuban Music Festival makes a comeback, LA Downtown News, Aug. 23, 2021
Program increases sense of belonging through music, Spartan Alumni Magazine, Spring 2021 issue
Hip-Hop Artists create Twitch talk show, Los Angeles Downtown News, May 3, 2021, pp. 10-11
Orchestra offers midweek musical morsel, The Foothills Focus, April 22, 2021
Paul Bessenbacher and Opus Orange, The Santa Monica Argonaut, March 31, 2021 (cover story)
Safety in Bubbles, True Concord Voices, Lovin’ Life in Tucson, March issue, p. 7
John Beasley, The Santa Monica Argonaut, Jan. 19, 2021 (cover story)
Pasadena Symphony, Pasadena Weekly, Dec. 17, 2020
Kollaboration, Downtown Los Angeles News, Dec. 7, 2020, p. 13
Verdi Chorus, Pasadena Weekly, Nov. 12, 2020
Color Me Music, Lansing State Journal, July 18, 2020
ProMusica Tours Ireland, 85086, August 2019 issue, pp. 22-23
Best of Bernstein & Morgan James, Lansing State Journal, Feb. 12, 2019
Dustbowl Revival, Lansing State Journal, Oct. 30, 2018
Lansing Community Band, Lansing State Journal, Oct. 19, 2018
Renee Fleming, Lansing State Journal, Oct. 13, 2018
Phoenix Boys Choir, Entertainer! July 2019 issue, p. 34
LSO Broadway by Request, Lansing State Journal, April 19, 2018
Squirrel Nut Zippers, Lansing State Journal, Jan. 15, 2018
LSO Holiday Pops, Lansing State Journal, Dec. 7, 2017