Music at the Wende is a free concert series in which esteemed musical organizations present programs inspired by the Wende’s collection and mission. Launched in October 2018, Music at the Wende is thrilled to announce its second season, with concerts from October 2019 through April 2020.
Series supported by the Music at the Wende Donor Group.
All concerts are free. Concerts begin at 8 p.m. and are preceded by a museum tour and reception at 7 p.m. RSVPs open four weeks prior to each event at 10 a.m.
Limit 2 tickets per RSVP.
MUSIC AT THE WENDE 2019–20 SEASON
Friday, October 4, 2019
Long Beach Opera Presents Hollywood Elegies
This event is now at capacity.To join the waitlist, please email info@wendemuseum.org.
Friday, November 15, 2019
Polyphony Presents Polyphonic Conversations
RSVPs open Tuesday, October 15, at 10 a.m.
Friday, December 6, 2019
Music/Words Presents In the Footsteps of The Master and Margarita
RSVPs open Tuesday, November 5, at 10 a.m.
Friday, February 7, 2020
wasteLAnd Presents Collective Creation
RSVPs open Tuesday, January 7, at 10 a.m.
Friday, March 6, 2020
Beth Morrison Projects Presents Nueva Canción: Songs of Protest and Resistance
RSVPs open Tuesday, February 11, at 10 a.m.
Friday, April 3, 2020
Dog Star Orchestra Presents Green Hour or Gray Future
RSVPs open Tuesday, March 10, at 10 a.m.
MUSIC AT THE WENDE 2018–19 SEASON
Friday, October 5, 2018
(Monday) Evening Concerts kicked off the Music at the Wende series with Odyssey, including pieces by composers John Cage, Lukas Foss, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky.
Friday, November 2, 2018
Jacaranda Music presented Songs of Stones, with pieces by composers Grazyna Bacewicz, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, and Henryk Górecki.
Delirium Musicum, a conductorless chamber ensemble, presented Humor Through Turmoil, with pieces by Heinrich Biber, Alfred Schnittke, Wojciech Kilar, Astor Piazzolla, and Dmitri Shostakovich.
Friday, February 1, 2019
Hear Now, organizers of the annual festival of contemporary classical compositions by Los Angeles-based composers, presented Civil Disobedience. This performance included pieces by Jeffrey Holmes, Stefan Carow, Jack Van Zandt, Joan Huang, Vera Ivanova, William Roper, Hugh Levick, and Liviu Marinescu.
Friday, March 1, 2019
Culver City’s Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum presented performance poet, educator, and community arts activist Kamau Daáood alongside a Band of Griots, performing Through Walls of Thought and Feeling.
Friday, April 5, 2019
Piano Spheres presented 21 Bricks, a collaborative performance by Grammy-nominated artist Vicki Ray and famed East German composer Stefan Carow. The piece explored the terrain of music, spoken word, film, and improvisation.
Saturday, May 4, 2019
The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) presented the premiere of The Fundamental Impermanence of All Things, a performative, site-specific piece by experimental vocalist Carmina Escobar for alto flute, viola, three performers, tape, and electronics. Conceived for the Wende Museum, the piece was performed in the garden and then in the galleries. Carmina Escobar was accompanied by Wilfrido Terrazas (flute), Alexander Bruck (viola), Mariana Flores (performer), and Miguel Zazueta (performer).
