Jazz returns to the Athenaeum for our annual series of winter concerts in the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Music Room (at 1008 Wall Street in La Jolla). This series features …
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Thursday, January 25, 2024 7:30 PM One of our (and our audience’s!) favorite string quartets returns to the series, with two of the most revolutionary works for string quartet ever written (by Haydn and Beethoven) as well as a celebration of folk music from three-quarters of the quartet’s native Scotland. All concerts are preceded by …
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2024 · 7:30 PM LUCAS & ARTHUR JUSSEN THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL Prelude Lecture by Kristi Brown Montesano · 6:30 PM MOZART Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448 SCHUBERT Fantasy in F Minor, D. 940 KULENTY VAN… STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring “You realise that this is …
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The Athenaeum welcomes the return of one of its audience’s favorite string quartets: the Maxwell Quartet from Scotland. The quartet performs regularly across the UK and has toured widely across …
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 2024 • 5 PM & 7:30 PM LAKECIA BENJAMIN AND PHOENIX “Lakecia Benjamin plays jazz that is sprinkled with the rich flavors of funk and soul—she’s a crafty traditionalist who remains in step with the rhythms of the young generation.” — The New Yorker Voted “Rising Star Alto Saxophonist in the 2020 Downbeat Critics …
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Sunday, January 28, 2024 7:30 PM The series continues Sunday, January 28, with the San Diego debut of NYC-based jazz guitar phenomenon Gilad Hekselman, with bassist David Robaire and drummer JK Kim. Israeli-born Hekselman has shared the stage with some of the greatest artists in jazz, including John Scofield, Danilo Perez, Anat Cohen, and Esperanza …
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Sunday, January 28, 2024 7:30 PM The series continues Sunday, January 28, with the San Diego debut of NYC-based jazz guitar phenomenon Gilad Hekselman, with bassist David Robaire and drummer JK Kim. Israeli-born Hekselman has shared the stage with some of the greatest artists in jazz, including John Scofield, Danilo Perez, Anat Cohen, and …
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Monday, January 29, 2024 12 PM Rebecca is an accomplished singer/songwriter and has been able to turn her love for music into a career for close to two decades. Growing up in a musical home, she had been exposed at to a broad range of artists, genres and styles from her mother, who is also …
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Monday, January 29, 2024 12 PM Rebecca is an accomplished singer/songwriter and has been able to turn her love for music into a career for close to two decades. Growing up in a musical home, she had been exposed at to a broad range of artists, genres and styles from her mother, who is also …
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