Education Through Music-LA is proud to be honoring Zanaida Stewart Robles with a Shining Star Award on December 6, 2024, given to those whose contributions through music have positively impacted our lives and communities!
ETM-LA provides sequential and comprehensive yearlong music education to under-resourced local schools across Los Angeles County. In our 19th Year, ETM-LA has grown from reaching 2 schools and 800 students to 41 schools and over 19,000 students.
The Gala will honor Music Educator & Artist ZANAIDA STEWART ROBLES (Frozen 2, Mulan, Harvard-Westlake School); Composer & ETM-LA Board Member BLAKE NEELY (Emmy-Winning Composer, Riverdale, The Flight Attendant, Masters of the Air); GAMESOUNDCON. Current and prior celebrity champions include Ed Helms, Kristen Bell, Debbie Allen, Cynthia Erivo, Rickey Minor, Mike Knobloch, Randy Spendlove, Michael Giacchino, John Debney, Siddhartha Khosla, Goldie Hawn, Harvey Mason jr, Christopher Columbus, Bryan Cranston, Sebastian Krys, Jane Lynch, Arturo Sandoval, Hans Zimmer, Rudy Sarzo, and more.
Out for a bit
I’m having surgery and will be on medical leave in December, with a current plan to return to work after the new year. Thankfully, my condition is not life-threatening. The surgery is to alleviate ongoing discomfort and prevent future complications. Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts as I prioritize my health.
Composition
Album release meet-up
Family, friends and fans of Zanaida Stewart Robles are invited to join Zanaida on Sunday, December 8 between 2pm and 4pm for a celebratory meet-up in Pasadena, CA, marking the release of Ecstatic Expectancy. The address will be shared with those who complete this form by December 1:
Conducting
Celebrating friends
My Harvard-Westlake Jazz Singers are performing my friend Amy Gordon‘s arangement of Joy to the World for our Winter Choir Concert on Thursday, December 5 at 7pm in Rugby Auditorium. The concert also features Alleluia by my friend and HW colleague Chris Wong, performed by my HW Chamber Singers.
Thank you, Amy and Chris, for your brilliant music!
My friend and assistant conductor Michael Fausto will lead worship on Sundays and on Christmas Eve at Neighborhood Church while I’m on leave. He will also conduct our Neighborhood Church Christmas Concert on Friday, December 13 at 7:30pm. Thank you, Michael, for stepping up to help out!
For Fun
Oh.
THESE were the clean clothes we’re supposed to get off of.
Our bad.
Ollie immersed in the classic film UHF starring Weird Al Yankovic.
Me and Felicity at the Michael Mayo concert in Santa Monica last month. Michael, who was a vocal arts student of mine at the Los Angeles County High for the Arts, was on FIRE!!
And finally,
“It’s time to trust my instincts, close my eyes and leap:…”
I can now announce that I was part of the choir in the new blockbuster film, “Wicked”, which opened on November 22!
Happy Thanksgiving!
