 | Philharmonic Society of Orange County - Costa Mesa - Presents:
Junction Trio
Tuesday, 1/7/2020 Three renowned visionary artists of the next generation—violinist Stefan Jackiw, pianist Conrad Tao, and cellist Jay Campbell—combine talents in this eclectic new piano ensemble, Junction Trio. |
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 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts - Costa Mesa - Presents:
Blue Man Group Speechless Tour
1/7/2020 - 1/12/2020 (next performance: Tuesday, 1/7/2020) Over 35 million people on our blue planet have experienced the surprising and exciting show that is BLUE MAN GROUP. And now, the Blue Men return with a new touring show full of joy, art, music, and hilarious absurdity. |
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 | McCallum Theatre for the Performing Arts - Palm Desert - Presents:
Tusk: The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute
Thursday, 1/9/2020 WThe #1 Fleetwood Mac tribute group in the world is Tusk, bar none. The group covers all of the great hits of Mick Fleetwood, Christine and John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, and Stevie Nicks. Authentic in sound, Tusk leaves no stone unturned in replicating the music of one of the world’s best-loved and top-selling bands.
DesertSymphony.org |
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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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 | San Diego Symphony - San Diego - Presents:
Emanuel Ax: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1
1/10/2020 - 1/12/2020 (next performance: Friday, 1/10/2020) The Beethoven Festival begins! Leonore’s tale of love and liberty bursts onto the stage with its impassioned drama. Seven-time Grammy®-winning pianist Emanuel Ax then joins us to reveal the surprising delight of Ludwig van Beethoven’s first (published) piano concerto, a youthful showpiece that dazzled Viennese audiences. |
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 | San Luis Obispo RepertoryTheatre - San Luis Obispo - Presents:
Macbeth
1/10/2020 - 1/19/2020 (next performance: Friday, 1/10/2020) SLO REP’s Academy of Creative Theatre educational program presents a young performers’ adaptation of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy, MACBETH. |
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 | Orange County Children’s Theatre - Huntington Beach - Presents:
Tarzan the Stage Musical
1/10/2020 - 1/19/2020 (next performance: Friday, 1/10/2020) Orange County Children’s Theatre presents Tarzan at Huntington Beach High School! Come enjoy the energetic and upbeat songs and showcased Aerial Silks! |
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 | Pittance Chamber Music - Pasadena - Presents:
Liv a Little!
Saturday, 1/11/2020 Pittance Chamber Music
presents
Liv a Little!
The second concert of the 2019-20 Season
featuring soprano Liv Redpath
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 | San Diego Early Music Society - La Jolla - Presents:
Concerto Italiano: "Venice, Rome, Naples"
Saturday, 1/11/2020 The San Diego Early Music Society is proud to present the long anticipated San Diego debut of the award-winning Concerto Italiano under the direction of harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini. |
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 | Carpenter Performing Arts Center - Long Beach - Presents:
Capitol Steps
Saturday, 1/11/2020 Capitol Steps
The Lyin' Kings |
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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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 | Newport Beach Public Library - Newport Beach - Presents:
Sunday Musicale: Duo Art - Four Hands One Piano
Sunday, 1/12/2020 Enjoy an afternoon concert with Duo Art, a collaboration project of pianists Kookhee Hong and Minji Noh. While their collaboration is relatively new, they are already in demand as recitalists and will present an afternoon filled with an eclectic mix of music written for one piano, four hands. |
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 | Fullerton Friends of Music - Fullerton - Presents:
Dalí Quartet
Sunday, 1/12/2020 Fullerton Friends of Music presents the Dalí Quartet in a free concert.
The Dalí Quartet brings its signature mix of Latin American, Classical and Romantic repertoire to stages and audiences of all kinds. Their program in Fullerton will include string quartets by Villa-Lobos, Schubert, and Mendelssohn. |
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 | Le Salon de Musiques - Los Angeles - Presents:
Le Salon de Musiques Chamber Music Series Concert #4
Sunday, 1/12/2020 Jessica GUIDERI Violin, Ambroise AUBRUN Violin, Jonathan MOERSCHEL Viola
Michael KAUFMAN Cello, Hyejin KIM Piano
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 | California Chamber Orchestra - Temecula - Presents:
Classics at The Merc
7/28/2019 - 6/28/2020 (next performance: Sunday, 1/12/2020) Join us in The Merc Sunday afternoons for chamber performances by the region’s best professional musicians. The intimate setting of The Merc allows the audience and musicians to interact with each other so you can learn about the musicians, their instruments, their careers, and the music they perform.
A great classical experience for a great price! |
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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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 | CAMA - Santa Barbara - Presents:
Emmanuel Ax, piano
Monday, 1/13/2020 Few American pianists are as accomplished as the masterful Emanuel Ax. Between 1986 and 1996, Ax was awarded five Grammy® Awards for Best Chamber Music Performance for his collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma, Jaime Laredo, Isaac Stern and Richard Stoltzman. |
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 | The Road Theatre Company - North Hollywood - Presents:
Nowhere On The Border
1/14/2020 - 3/8/2020 (next performance: Tuesday, 1/14/2020) A border watch volunteer confronts a Mexican man who claims to be looking for his missing daughter. Set in a hostile wasteland between nations, Nowhere On The Border reveals the personal dramas that drive people to cross borders both physical and emotional.
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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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 | Center Theatre Group - Los Angeles - Presents:
The Last Ship
1/14/2020 - 2/16/2020 (next performance: Tuesday, 1/14/2020) 'The Last Ship' is the heartfelt and empowering new musical by multiple Grammy Award® winner Sting. |
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 | San Diego Symphony - La Jolla - Presents:
Beethoven: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Tuesday, 1/14/2020 We celebrate our January Festival with the works of a young Ludwig van Beethoven, whose innovations as a pianist and composer dazzled Viennese audiences. The Septet was the most popular of Beethoven’s work in his own lifetime, and in it we hear foreshadowing of the great symphonies he would later write. |
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 | Carpenter Performing Arts Center - Long Beach - Presents:
An Evening with Davis Gaines
1/15/2020 - 1/16/2020 (next performance: Wednesday, 1/15/2020) Davis Gaines brings his intimate evening of song to Carpenter Center |
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 | Pacific Symphony - Costa Mesa - Presents:
Beethoven's Violin Concerto
1/16/2020 - 1/18/2020 (next performance: Thursday, 1/16/2020) This is Beethoven at his best – lyrical, spirited and epic. Dvorák, while greatly inspired by the great German, expresses his own Bohemian lyricism in his Symphony No. 8, filled with indelible melodies and themes that flow like no other symphony.
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 | Theatre 40 - Beverly Hills, CA - Presents:
Sunday Dinner
1/16/2020 - 2/16/2020 (next performance: Thursday, 1/16/2020) Shocking family secrets may upstage the food at this Italian-American family's Sunday dinner. |
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 | McCallum Theatre for the Performing Arts - Palm Desert - Presents:
Backhausdance
Thursday, 1/16/2020 Backhausdance, formed in 2003 by Jennifer Backhaus, is known for its ensemble aesthetic and lush movement vocabulary. The company’s deeply human and emotional creations are infused with a sense of humor and theatricality. Backhausdance just finished a milestone 15th anniversary season that included its first European tour and an engagement at the internationally renowned Joyce Theater. |
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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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 | San Diego Symphony - San Diego - Presents:
Beethoven's Symphony No. 5
1/17/2020 - 1/18/2020 (next performance: Friday, 1/17/2020) From the enigmatic to the iconic, join our renowned principal guest conductor Edo de Waart on a journey through three monumental works. Ludwig van Beethoven's Great Fugue has puzzled and entranced audiences and critics alike for nearly 200 years, leading Stravinsky to call it “an absolutely contemporary piece of music that will be contemporary forever.” |
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 | OB Playhouse & Theatre Company - San Diego - Presents:
The Rocky Horror Show
1/17/2020 - 3/1/2020 (next performance: Friday, 1/17/2020) An outrageous musical comedy featuring a Transylvanian transvestite, a cryogenically preserved zombie motor biker and Frankenstein's monster in Greek god form. This sexual parody of horror and science fiction films premiered onstage in London in 1973, becoming the popular cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1975. |
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 | McCallum Theatre for the Performing Arts - Palm Desert - Presents:
The Piano Guys
1/17/2020 - 1/18/2020 (next performance: Friday, 1/17/2020) Hailing from Utah, The Piano Guys are four dads who became an Internet sensation by way of their immensely successful series of strikingly original self-made music videos. They’ve made over 65 since early 2011, including their hit video, an innovative multi-handed version of One Direction’s “What Makes You Beautiful” and a gorgeous reinvention of the hit song “Let It Go” from Disney’s Frozen. |
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 | Palm Canyon Theatre - Palm Springs - Presents:
Palm Canyon Theatre
11/29/2019 - 7/19/2020 (next performance: Friday, 1/17/2020) The King & I
Nov 29, 2019 - Dec 22, 2019
Camelot
Jan 17, 2020 - Feb 9, 2020 |
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 | Young Stars Theatre - South Pasadena - Presents:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1/17/2020 - 2/2/2020 (next performance: Friday, 1/17/2020) Stephen Sondheim- Hugh Wheeler musical theatre classic. |
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 | August Wilson - San Diego - Presents:
August Wilson’s Jitney
1/18/2020 - 2/23/2020 (next performance: Saturday, 1/18/2020) By August Wilson
Directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Originally produced by Manhattan Theatre Club |
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 | Pacific Symphony - Costa Mesa - Presents:
Opera for Kids: Elixir of Love
Saturday, 1/18/2020 Step under the big top at our zany circus, as talented singers take the stage in a rollicking, kid-friendly version of Donizetti’s comic opera “The Elixir of Love.”
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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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 | Christ Cathedral Concerts - Garden Grove - Presents:
Westminster Choir
Saturday, 1/18/2020 The Westminster Choir College from Princeton, New Jersey |
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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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 | San Diego Symphony - San Diego - Presents:
Beyond the Score®: Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Sunday, 1/19/2020 Delve into the life of Ludwig van Beethoven and discover what is behind his most famous symphonic work. A riveting multimedia first half presents dramatic visuals on a giant screen, with actors depicting Beethoven, influential writers and other period characters. On the second half of the concert, you will experience the dramatic tour de force that is the complete Fifth Symphony! |
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 | Soka PAC - Aliso Viejo - Presents:
Pacific Symphony Plays Mozart with Benjamin Smolen & Dennis Kim
Sunday, 1/19/2020 Carl St.Clair, conductor
Benjamin Smolen, flute
Dennis Kim, violin
This concert is truly a Pacific Symphony family affair. Joining Maestro St.Clair in this all-Mozart program is Pacific Symphony’s Concert Master Dennis Kim and Benjamin Smolen who holds the symphony’s Valerie and Hans Imhof Principal Flute Chair. |
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 | Kala Koa Entertainment - Redondo Beach - Presents:
2020 Southern California Slack Key Festival
Sunday, 1/19/2020 Kala Koa Entertainment celebrating 13 years of bringing the biggest and
brightest names in Hawaiian music to the mainland presents '2020 Southern California Slack Key Festival and Island Marketplace' |
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 | Philharmonic Society of Orange County - Costa Mesa - Presents:
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Sunday, 1/19/2020 Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin, Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely afforded a classical musician. Perlman returns to Orange County with pianist Rohan De Silva in a program that not only reflects remarkable artistry, but an irrepressible joy for making music. |
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 | McCallum Theatre for the Performing Arts - Palm Desert - Presents:
Itzhak Perlman
Monday, 1/20/2020 Join us for a special evening with Itzhak Perlman, whose career is legendary since his U.S. debut on The Ed Sullivan Show over 60 years ago. The program will be a new multi-media experience with Perlman sharing stories of his life and career, and performing with his longtime pianist Rohan De Silva. This will be a unique and extraordinary event, not to be missed.
www.itzhakperlman.com |
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 | Philharmonic Society of Orange County - Costa Mesa - Presents:
Emanuel Ax, piano
Tuesday, 1/21/2020 Grammy Award-winning pianist Emanuel Ax makes a special recital appearance in an all-Beethoven program, including the delicate and emotional “Für Elise”, and two of the Op. 2 sonatas, praised for their harmonic and dramatic thought. |
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 | Athenaeum Music and Arts Library - La Jolla - Presents:
The Maxwell String Quartet
Tuesday, 1/21/2020 The Maxwell String Quartet performs at the Athenaeum. |
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 | Laguna Beach Live! - Laguna Beach - Presents:
John Jorgenson Quintet
Wednesday, 1/22/2020 Laguna Beach Live! Presents John Jorgenson Quintet on Wednesday, January 22 at [seven-degrees] |
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 | La Jolla Music Society - San Diego - Presents:
Martha Graham Dance Company
Wednesday, 1/22/2020 Feel at home with the Mother of Modern Dance: Martha Graham Dance Company is coming to San Diego Civic Theatre on Jan. 22 |
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 | Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic - Palm Desert - Presents:
Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic
1/23/2020 - 3/23/2020 (next performance: Thursday, 1/23/2020) The Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic in the Coachella Valley still has available series tickets in good locations. Series tickets make great Holiday gifts or this might be a chance to treat yourself! |
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| | Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic - Palm Desert - Presents:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thursday, 1/23/2020 The Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic proudly presents the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Pinchas Zurkerman, conducting and violin on Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 7:30 PM at the McCALLUM Theater in Palm Desert.
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 | San Diego Dance Theater - San Diego - Presents:
Janus IV
1/24/2020 - 1/26/2020 (next performance: Friday, 1/24/2020) San Diego Dance Theater presents its annual repertory concert “Janus.” |
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 | McCallum Theatre for the Performing Arts - Palm Desert - Presents:
An Intimate Evening with David Foster
1/24/2020 - 1/25/2020 (next performance: Friday, 1/24/2020) Hit Man Tour
One of the most successful producers in history, 16-time Grammy Award winner David Foster is joined by some special guest artists, performing songs from his unparalleled catalog. |
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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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 | San Diego Symphony - San Diego - Presents:
Beethoven's Pastoral
1/24/2020 - 1/25/2020 (next performance: Friday, 1/24/2020) From the powerful and expressive strains of Egmont to the natural beauty of the Pastoral, experience Ludwig van Beethoven’s mastery of musical drama. As Edo de Waart has said, there would have been no Beethoven without Franz Joseph Haydn. |
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 | El Camino College - Torrance - Presents:
Vicious Circle Dance Company, "Chroma"
Saturday, 1/25/2020 Valerie Cabag, artistic director |
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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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 | Soka PAC - Aliso Viejo - Presents:
Pacific Symphony Plays Mozart with Benjamin Smolen & Dennis Kim
Saturday, 1/25/2020 “Soulful honey to the ears.” - NPR |
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 | Pacific Symphony - Costa Mesa - Presents:
Lunar New Year
Saturday, 1/25/2020 Join us for Pacific Symphony’s annual festivities honoring the Lunar New Year! Celebrating the Year of the Rat, this performance is sure to sell out once again as audiences from across our communities come together to feast on a colorful presentation of Eastern and Western music and dance.
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 | Claire Trevor School of the Arts - Irvine - Presents:
The Living Earth Show: Hyphen
Saturday, 1/25/2020 Hyphen showcases new works written for The Living Earth Show by
Iranian electroacoustic music composers of different generations. |
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 | CaltechLive! - Pasadena - Presents:
Kres Mersky: The Life and Times of A. Einstein
Saturday, 1/25/2020 Be a guest in Einstein's study as his secretary entertains you while you wait for the great man. A touching and hilarious portrait of this Einstein loyalist and a humanizing look into the famous thinker's life. |
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 | Carpenter Performing Arts Center - Long Beach - Presents:
A.I.M by Kyle Abraham
Saturday, 1/25/2020 Abraham’s acclaimed company A.I.M stuns with its diverse range of styles. |
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 | Carpenter Performing Arts Center - Long Beach - Presents:
OH WHAT A NIGHT!
Sunday, 1/26/2020 OH WHAT A NIGHT!
A Musical Tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons |
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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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