Harvard Westlake Choir Concert
2025-12-11 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA

MIDCENTURY/MODERN
2025-12-16 20:00 - 22:00 | Thayer Hall at the Colburn School, 200 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Pianist Aron Kallay plays masterworks by Sergei Prokofiev, Grażyna Bacewicz,

plus three world premieres.

“Besides the Schoenberg and Cage schools of thought, there was this other thing going on in the ‘40s and ‘50s that I quite like. Some composers were looking back to old forms for expression, and seemingly picking up where Liszt and Mahler left off.” -Aron Kallay

On Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at Thayer Hall in the Colburn School, Piano Spheres is pleased to present Aron Kallay performing an evening of works for solo piano.Two major works – infrequently heard – are at the center of this ambitious program. First is Prokofiev’s monumental Seventh Piano Sonata, the second of the composer’s three so-called “war sonatas.” Sketched as early as 1939, the work was completed at the beginning of 1942, having been written during the time Prokofiev was in the Caucasus, to which he had fled from Moscow to escape the approaching German invaders. The second is Grażyna Bacewicz’s Sonata No. 2, written in 1953. A neoromantic type of narrative, derived straight from the tradition of Beethoven and Brahms, combined with sonic radicalism, worthy of the best pieces by Bartók and Prokofiev, but also sensitivity to color, sensual approach to sound – these are characteristics of the work, which has no precedence in the composer’s entire oeuvre.Three new “30 for 30” Piano Spheres commissions will be premiered, including Michael Frazier’s garrapatero aní, inspired by Toru Takemitsu’s orchestral work, A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden; Zanaida Stewart Robles’s LA River Scenes based on experiences kayaking through Los Angeles; and Brandon Rolle’s Hypnagogia, inspired by Liszt’s Liebestraum No. 3.

PROGRAM: Michael Fraizer – garrapatero aní (2024) World Premiere – Piano Spheres 30 for 30 CommissionZanaida Stewart Robles – LA River Scenes (2025) World Premiere – Piano Spheres 30 for 30 Commission Grażyna Bacewicz – Piano Sonata No. 2 (1953) Brandon Rolle – Hypnagogia (2025) World Premiere – Piano Spheres 30 for 30 CommissionSergei Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 (1942)

Neighborhood UU Church Christmas Concert
2025-12-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Neighborhood Church, 301 N Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 90041, United States
Neighborhood UU Church
Christmas Concert
7:30 PM

The ZSR Singers’ “Up Your Game: Choral Reading Session
2026-02-01 02:00 - 17:00 | Neighborhood Church, 301 N Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 90041, United States
The ZSR Singers “Up Your Game” Reading Session is a professional development experience for singers ages 15 and up. Singers will sharpen their musicianship skills while singing favorite choral works by some of LA’s most acclaimed composers. Meet and sing with the composers, make connections, and gain practical insight for advancing your career in choral music. Designed for choral students, teachers, composers, emerging professionals, and any choral music lover who wants to up their game in the choral field.

REGISTRATION FEE:

$60 Students

$100 General

DATE & TIME

Sunday, February 1 from 2pm-5pm

LOCATION

301 N. Orange Grove Bl. Pasadena, CA 91103 in the Sanctuary

Registration DUE: January 15, 2026

Northern Arizona University Jazz Madrigal Festival
2026-02-05 00:00 - 2026-02-08 23:59 | CA

Costa Rica Choir Tour Harvard Westlake
2026-03-21 00:00 - 2026-03-26 23:59 | CA
The Harvard Westlake Choir Tour to Costa Rica!
