 | Five Senses Tastings, V Wine Room, and Eos Chocolates - West Hollywood - Presents:
HollyTales 4: A Music, Wine, Cheese, and Chocolate Tasting for the Holidays
Wednesday, 12/11/2019 Back by popular demand, Five Senses Tastings and V Wine Room join forces for their fourth annual HollyTales event to bring you songs, carols, and stories of holiday cheer from around the world! We're coming back to our hugely successful theme from last year as we focus on each of our acts on one of the five senses! |
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| | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Academy of Ancient Music
Wednesday, 12/11/2019 Celebrate the holidays with brilliant Baroque music. |
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 | USC - Brain and Creativity Institute - Los Angeles - Presents:
Delirium Musicum at USC
Thursday, 12/12/2019 Delirium Musicum is a Los Angeles-based, self-conducted, classical chamber orchestra that creates a unique, immediate, and visceral concert experience by applying dazzling creativity and limitless excitement to its performances.
They will perform pieces by pieces by J.S. Bach, G. Bersanetti, J. Ph. Rameau, I. Xenakis, S. Reich, J, Brahms, A. Pärt. |
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 | Russell Steinberg - Los Angeles - Presents:
Trio Accento plays Russell Steinberg
Thursday, 12/12/2019 Contemporary classical music of Russell Steinberg featuring Trio Accento (violinist Limor Toren-Immerman, cellist Garik Terzian, and pianist Nora Chiang Wrobel). Trio Accento releases CD 'Extant Blues' - which includes "Paleface" - and follows the concert with a meet and greet and CD signing. |
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| | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Tchaikovsky & Copland with MTT
12/12/2019 - 12/15/2019 (next performance: Thursday, 12/12/2019) Dudamel and music by the Russian Romantic and the Russian Revolutionary. |
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 | F. Thomas Simpson - PASADENA - Presents:
Crown City Ringers Holiday Concert!
Friday, 12/13/2019 Crown City Ringers will present its annual Holiday Handbell concert entitled “Carol of the Bells” for the Los Angeles and Pasadena communities on Friday, December 13 at 7:30 p.m.
The concert, under the direction of Michèle Sharik, will include well-known carols and Holiday music. |
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 | Scripps Music - Claremont - Presents:
Friday Noon Concert Series of the Claremont Colleges
9/20/2019 - 12/13/2019 (next performance: Friday, 12/13/2019) Vocal and instrumental chamber music concerts for your music education and entertainment on Fridays at Noon. Classical and contemporary works by composers from around the world.
Concerts sponsored by the Departments of Music at Pomona and Scripps Colleges in Claremont, CA.
Admission is free and open to the public. All artists and programs subject to change. Updates at events calendar link. |
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 | Five Senses Tastings, V Wine Room, and Eos Chocolates - Los Angeles - Presents:
HollyTales: A Music, Wine, Cheese & Chocolate Tasting at Angeleno Wine
Friday, 12/13/2019 Five Senses Tastings is delighted to join forces with Angeleno Wine Company to present their annual music and wine tasting event: HOLLYTALES!
Come join us as we experience the magic and joy of community during the Holiday season through songs, carols, and stories of holiday cheer from around the world! Each course will focus us in on one of the five senses. |
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 | Music at Westwood - Los Angeles - Presents:
Messiah Sing-A-Long
Friday, 12/13/2019 George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” performed by Westwood Chamber Symphony, WPC Master Choir, and featured soloists. We will transform into a 150-voice choir for this exciting event. |
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 | Wild Up - Los Angeles - Presents:
Wild Up | darkness sounding | Valitutto plays Hennies | SOVT
Friday, 12/13/2019 The West Coast premiere of Sarah Hennies’s hour-long prepared-piano solo SOVT (2017), performed by Richard Valitutto. |
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 | Los Angeles Master Chorale - Los Angeles - Presents:
Festival of Carols with Eric Whitacre
12/7/2019 - 12/14/2019 (next performance: Saturday, 12/14/2019) Herald the arrival of the holidays with our annual selection of treasured carols and songs, plus a special treat: the world premiere of The Gift of the Magi, a setting of O. Henry’s charming tale of love and giving, by Swan Artist-in-Residence Eric Whitacre.
Eric Whitacre, conductor
100 voices, organ |
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 | Pasadena Symphony Association - Pasadena - Presents:
Holiday Candlelight
Saturday, 12/14/2019 This, Pasadena’s most sought-after holiday concert, sells out quickly. Top off your holiday season and enjoy fully reserved seating arrangements in the architecturally exquisite and acoustically sonorous All Saints Church, Pasadena’s equivalent of a classic European cathedral. |
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 | Santa Monica Symphony - Santa Monica - Presents:
Mahler's 5th Symphony - Santa Monica Symphony
Saturday, 12/14/2019 Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra
Guido Lamell, Music Director and Conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in D Major
A pre-concert lecture by KUSC’s Rich Campanella begins 7 pm |
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 | Salastina - Pasadena - Presents:
Sounds Festive: The Four Seasons x 2 - Pasadena
Saturday, 12/14/2019 Pairing Vivaldi’s iconic Four Seasons with hommages from four of our favorite local composers.
Hear Vivaldi's masterpiece alongside the premieres of the "LA Seasons" it inspired in composers Jeremy Cavaterra, Derrick Spiva, Sakari Dixon Vanderveer, and Philip White. |
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 | USC Thornton School of Music - Los Angeles - Presents:
Sounds of the Season: A Scholarship Gala for USC Thornton students
Saturday, 12/14/2019 Celebrate the holidays in style with our annual gala concert, featuring 250 singers and instrumentalists ringing in the season with carols and songs, in support of scholarships for USC Thornton's most talented students. |
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 | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
TSFY: The Rite of Spring
12/7/2019 - 12/14/2019 (next performance: Saturday, 12/14/2019) Children learn about Stravinsky’s revolutionary masterpiece.
About This Performance
Stravinsky’s revolutionary vision of primitive Russia caused a riot in its Paris premiere and changed music forever with its emphasis on the pulse-pounding power of rhythm. Dancers will help illuminate this extraordinary composition. |
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| | Bel Air Church - Los Angeles - Presents:
Angel City Christmas: Free Concert
12/14/2019 - 12/15/2019 (next performance: Saturday, 12/14/2019) With a full orchestra, choir and special guest artists!
Bel Air Church dazzles LA with its Angel City Christmas Concert. Enjoy the spectacular sights and sounds of the season on Saturday, 12/14 and Sunday, 12/15 at 5:00pm. |
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 | L.A. Camerata - Los Angeles - Presents:
L.A. Camerata & Salon de Jazz present: A Holiday Soiree
Saturday, 12/14/2019 Performing an eclectic mix of holiday favorites through the ages: Renaissance and Baroque carols (on period instruments!), classics, theatrical monologues, jazz standards, bossa nova, and sweet blues "avec un touche francaise." |
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| | Mansfield Chamber Singers - Santa Monica - Presents:
Mansfield Chamber Singers
Saturday, 12/14/2019 Kenneth Wells, director, leads the concert on the theme "Hallelujah! Joyful and Soulful," featuring works by two gifted teenagers: Mozart's Missa Brevis (K. 192) and Schubert's Magnificat. Also featured are Salamone Rossi's Haleluya, Franz Biebl's Ave Maria, Arvo Part's Magnificat, works by local composers Ernest H. Harrison and Sam Hersch, spirituals and more. |
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 | Samvel Chilingarian - San Marino - Presents:
Verdugo Young Musician's Association
Saturday, 12/14/2019 The String, Youth, and Chamber Orchestras of the Verdugo Young Musician's Association (VYMA) will be performing in their 2019 Winter Concert. VYMA’s goal is to provide inclusive, high-quality music education by professional, performing musicians in a nurturing, fun, non-competitive setting, musicians ages 7 to 17. |
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 | American Youth Symphony at Laemmle Live - Santa Monica - Presents:
American Youth Symphony at Laemmle Live
Sunday, 12/15/2019 AYS Brass Ensemble
The Laemmle Monica Film Center transforms into a salon-style venue for the award-winning Laemmle’s Live series. AYS returns this season to share classical and holiday melodies performed by the new AYS Brass Ensemble. |
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 | Music Guild - Beverly Hills - Presents:
Christmas Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Sunday, 12/15/2019 The Choirs of All Saints' Church, Beverly Hills
Craig Phillips, director
Jason Klein-Mendoza, organist
This seasonal favorite, modeled after King's College, Cambridge, features beloved Christmas carols for congregation and choir, including music by Briggs, Adelmann, Paulus, des Prez, Rütti, Berlioz, Phillips and Tavener. |
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 | Lake Avenue Church - Pasadena - Presents:
Messiah Sing-Along
Sunday, 12/15/2019 Enjoy singing or listening to Handel's Messiah led by orchestra, soloists and choir.
Southern California's largest free sing-along Messiah celebrates its 24th year, with professional soloists and orchestra. |
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 | Los Angeles Master Chorale - Los Angeles - Presents:
O Magnum Mysterium | Los Angeles Master Chorale
Sunday, 12/15/2019 A classic from the moment the Los Angeles Master Chorale premiered it 25 years ago, Morten Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium is performed around the world. A responsorial chant from the Matins of Christmas, the piece is a fixture of holiday programs and is presented here alongside Victoria’s 16th-century version. Also on the program: the West Coast premiere of The Faire Starre. |
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 | Jacarandamusic - Santa Monica - Presents:
Organic II
Sunday, 12/15/2019 Former organist of All Saints Pasadena, James Walker celebrates advent with Adeste Fidelisin a Prelude by Charles Ives, Ten Christmas Chorale Preludes of Bach, Partita by Hugo Distler and Sleeper’s Prayer, Jacaranda’s 2016 co-commission for treble voice and organ by David Lang. |
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 | Salastina - Santa Monica - Presents:
Sounds Festive: The Four Seasons x 2 - Santa Monica
Sunday, 12/15/2019 Pairing Vivaldi’s iconic Four Seasons with hommages from four of our favorite local composers.
Hear Vivaldi's masterpiece alongside the premieres of the "LA Seasons" it inspired in composers Jeremy Cavaterra, Derrick Spiva, Sakari Dixon Vanderveer, and Philip White. |
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 | Friends of Sundays Live & LACMA - Los Angeles - Presents:
Sundays Live
10/20/2019 - 6/28/2020 (next performance: Sunday, 12/15/2019) Sundays Live presents FREE weekly classical chamber music concerts and recitals by premier professional artists from Southern California and around the world.
These one-hour concerts are presented free to the public at 6:00PM on Sundays
This program takes place off-site at St. James' in-the-City | 3903 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010 |
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 | Westminster Presbyterian Church - Pasadena - Presents:
The Westminster Brass Ensemble
Sunday, 12/15/2019 Christmas Music for Brass, Organ and Choir.
The Westminster Brass Ensemble is joined by The Riverside City College Chamber Singers and Organist Imre Szilas for an evening of wondrous Christmas music. |
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 | Wild Up - Los Angeles - Presents:
Wild Up | darkness sounding | Satsang 1 - Nini | Voice Bath
Sunday, 12/15/2019 Four Satsangs (spiritual discourses) spread on different weeks, span the duration of darkness sounding, in which singer / composer Odeya Nini and artistic director Christopher Rountree lead discussions, group sings, sound baths, and readings around the topics of community, endeavoring, history, darkness, and ritual. |
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 | The Westminster Brass Ensemble - Los Angeles - Presents:
The Westminster Brass Ensemble
Monday, 12/16/2019 Christmas Music for Brass, Choir and organ set in the magnificent St. Basil Cathedral. |
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 | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
A Chanticleer Christmas
Tuesday, 12/17/2019 The beloved singers return with their vaunted Christmas program.
About This Performance
The much-celebrated, Grammy®-winning, 12-man chorus makes its return for a classic program of a cappella choral music, presented with stunning clarity, precision, and excellence. |
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 | Brightwork newmusic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Carolyn Chen – Other Forests
Tuesday, 12/17/2019 Tuesdays @ Monk Space presents
Carolyn Chen – Other Forests
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 | Los Angeles Master Chorale - Los Angeles - Presents:
39th Annual Messiah Sing-Along | Los Angeles Master Chorale
Wednesday, 12/18/2019 Our popular do-it-yourself version of Handel’s Messiah, where the audience is the chorus. This will be the 39th annual Messiah Sing-Along and is sure to pack the house. Bring your own score or purchase one in the lobby. Hallelujah! |
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 | A Call2Peace Foundation - Santa Monica - Presents:
Holiday Earth Concert
Friday, 12/20/2019 An epic Concert of collaboration of heart stopping rhythms and cross genre music!
Iconic Newly Grammy nominated artists, featured Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, and Oscar & Emmy award winning Guitarist from 'COCO' gather to benefit local charities in saving our planet! |
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 | Third@First Concert Series - Pasadena - Presents:
Christmas Joy Concert
Saturday, 12/21/2019 Pasadena’s First United Methodist Church will present its annual Christmas Joy Concert on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. A part of the monthly Third@First Concert Series, the concert takes place in the church Sanctuary and admission is free. |
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 | Los Angeles Master Chorale - Los Angeles - Presents:
Handel's Messiah | Los Angeles Master Chorale
Saturday, 12/21/2019 The perennially popular Handel’s Messiah is a Christmas-time tradition not to be missed. Jubilantly conducted by Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director, and sung by the Los Angeles Master Chorale. |
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 | A Call2Peace Foundation - Los Angeles - Presents:
Harmony Holiday Gala
Saturday, 12/21/2019 Black tie concert/fundraiser benefiting Armory of Harmony, featuring Grammy, Oscar and Emmy artists, Atlys Strings, et al. Armory transforms decommissioned guns into musical instruments to support school music programs and will present the first instrument components made from melted-down guns. |
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 | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
White Christmas Sing-Along
Sunday, 12/22/2019 Join Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, and hundreds of snow-starved Angelenos in song!
Get dressed up in your snazzy best and sing along with Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen, and the film’s remastered soundtrack – plus hundreds of your fellow snow-dreaming Angelenos – at our special holiday screening of this classic 1954 film, presented with lyrics on screen. |
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 | Music Center - Los Angeles - Presents:
LA County Holiday Celebration
Tuesday, 12/24/2019 L.A.’s largest holiday spectacular celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2019. Join this year’s co-hosts, internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Suzanna Guzmán and actress Marissa Ramirez (Blue Bloods), for this free, three-hour holiday show featuring more than 20 music ensembles, choirs and dance companies from the many neighborhoods and cultures that make up L.A. |
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 | Attila Glatz Concert Productions - Hollywood - Presents:
Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert
Sunday, 12/29/2019 Waltz into 2020 with selections from beloved operettas, elegant dances, and lively overtures, brought to life by European singers, ballroom dancers, and ballet. |
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 | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
A Viennese New Year with Zubin
Wednesday, 1/1/2020 Welcome the New Year in delightful Viennese style! |
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 | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Mehta’s Mahler
10/25/2019 - 1/5/2020 (next performance: Friday, 1/3/2020) Revelations from beyond by Mahler and Mehta. |
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 | Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble - Los Angeles - Presents:
Pacem: An He Will Bring Us Peace
Saturday, 1/4/2020 Renaissance and Medieval holiday choral music dedicated to peace. |
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| | Adat Ari El - Valley Village - Presents:
David Kaplan and Friends
Sunday, 1/5/2020 This is an annual free event.
David Kaplan, Piano , Vijay Gupta, Violin , Jonathan Moersohel, Viola, and Eric Byers , Cello will perform selections by Mozart, Dohnanyi, and Brahms. |
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 | Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble - Monrovia - Presents:
Pacem: An He Will Bring Us Peace
Sunday, 1/5/2020 Renaissance and Medieval holiday choral music dedicated to peace. |
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 | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
An Acoustic Evening with Jason Isbell
Friday, 1/10/2020 A special acoustic performance from a songwriter of remarkable depth. |
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 | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Mehta Conducts Wagner & More
1/10/2020 - 1/12/2020 (next performance: Friday, 1/10/2020) Mehta takes an adventurous look at music from the 19th to the 20th centuries.
About This Performance
Mehta leads an adventurous look at German Romanticism as it develops into the birth of 20th-century music, from the lushness of the full orchestra in Wagner’s final Ring opera to the concentrated brevity of Webern’s nine-instrument concerto. |
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 | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Christian Schmitt
Sunday, 1/12/2020 The German organist debuts with a special focus on Bach. |
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 | Coleman Chamber Music Association - Pasadena - Presents:
Sundays with Coleman Chamber Music Concerts 1/12
Sunday, 1/12/2020 "Tapestries of Music" The 116th Season of Coleman Chamber Music concerts presents CONCERTO ITALIANO in a program of baroque music |
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 | Crowell Public Library - San Marino - Presents:
Artisan Guitar Ensemble
Sunday, 1/12/2020 in concert at Crowell Public Library
Sunday, January 12, 3:00 pm |
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 | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Russian Romantics
Tuesday, 1/14/2020 Rich Russian chamber music follows our lovely wine reception. |
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 | Piano Spheres - Los Angeles - Presents:
Richard Valitutto: THOUGHT AND DESIRE
Tuesday, 1/14/2020 Pianist Richard Valitutto invites listeners to contemplate various processes of becoming, both in the sounds of the concert hall and within themselves. |
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 | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Bach, Handel, and Telemann
1/16/2020 - 1/17/2020 (next performance: Thursday, 1/16/2020) Revel in top Baroque composers in vivid performances. |
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| | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Adams Conducts Adams
1/18/2020 - 1/19/2020 (next performance: Saturday, 1/18/2020) Julia Wolfe’s premiere explores the psychedelic ’60s. Adams’ acclaimed work explores music itself. |
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 | Downey Symphonic Society - Downey - Presents:
Downey Symphony "Happy 250th Beethoven!"
Saturday, 1/18/2020 Come celebrate Beethoven's 250th birthday as the Downey Symphony plays his Symphony no. 2 and Concerto no. 5 "Emperor," with internationally renowned pianist Sung Chang. Free parking. |
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 | Enlightenment Chamber Music Series - Burbank - Presents:
Enlightenment Music Series 2019-2020 Concert Season
11/3/2019 - 5/16/2020 (next performance: Saturday, 1/18/2020) SAVE THE DATES!!
Announcing Enlightenment Music Series 14th Concert Season!
ADMISSION TO OUR CONCERTS IS FREE!
(except our Gala Fundraising Event)
Reception following after each concert |
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| | Friends of Music at St. Bede's - Los Angeles - Presents:
Taso Comanescu, guitar
Sunday, 1/19/2020 Music of Agustin Barrios, Isaac Albeniz and others
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 | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Laurie Anderson & Christian McBride with special guest Rubin Kodheli
Tuesday, 1/21/2020 Two legendary artists come together in a showcase for their respective versatility – and the pliability of jazz and the avant-garde. |
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 | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Beethoven with Emanuel Ax
1/24/2020 - 1/26/2020 (next performance: Friday, 1/24/2020) Experience the timeless power of Beethoven’s heroic music! |
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| | Colburn School - Los Angeles - Presents:
Colburn Chamber Music Society - Orli Shaham, Piano
Saturday, 1/25/2020 Orli Shaham, Piano
JANÁCEK Concertino
STEVE REICH Quartet for Two Pianos and Two Marimbas
FAURÉ Piano Quartet No. 1
Hailed by The New York Times as a “brilliant pianist,” Orli Shaham has gained a reputation as one of today’s most gifted performers. |
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| | LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
TSFY: Peter and the Wolf
1/25/2020 - 2/1/2020 (next performance: Saturday, 1/25/2020) The beloved musical tale comes to life. |
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 | Los Angeles Master Chorale - Los Angeles - Presents:
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | Los Angeles Master Chorale
Sunday, 1/26/2020 Critics and historians consider F. W. Murnau’s Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans to be one of the best films ever. For many admirers, its only flaw has been its comparatively clumsy soundtrack. In this world premiere presentation, Emmy Award–winning composer Jeff Beal (House of Cards) has created a brand-new score for choir and chamber orchestra. |
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