Life & Music of Walter Arlen

Moroccan Room at The Village Studios 1616 Butler Avenue, Los Angeles

Salasitna’s Resident Flutist Benjamin Smolen sought out and befriended Walter Arlen, an Austrian-born, gay Jewish composer who fled the Nazis, ultimately spending most of his life and career in Southern California. Sadly, Ben never had the chance to perform Walter’s … Read More

$25

Event Series Schubert Cello Quintet

Schubert Cello Quintet

Moroccan Room at The Village Studios 1616 Butler Avenue, Los Angeles

Classical musicians don’t often fight over who will get to play second. This beloved work by Schubert is a notorious exception. Each part is so immaculately constructed that the second cello part is, in some ways, more satisfying. Cellist Michael … Read More

$45
Event Series Schubert Cello Quintet

Schubert Cello Quintet

Westerbeck Recital Hall, Pasadena City College 1570 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena

Classical musicians don’t often fight over who will get to play second. This beloved work by Schubert is a notorious exception. Each part is so immaculately constructed that the second cello part is, in some ways, more satisfying. Cellist Michael … Read More

$45

A Salastina Compline

Mary Chapel at Mount Saint Mary's University 12001Chalon Road, Los Angeles

On this mystical compline program, Salastina’s Composer Mentor Derrick Skye’s latest string quartet Deliverance is a portal to another time. Its musical DNA came from select works of other Baroque composers whose works share the program. Together, the program illustrates … Read More

$10 – $40

Dvořák’s Piano Quintet

Barrett Hall at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music 100 North Hill Avenue, Pasadena

Power, drama, tenderness, nostalgia, rusticity, patriotism… What is it about Dvořák that’s so compelling and familiar? What does it mean to be a “nationalist” composer? Brian explores all that and more as Salastina performs.

$45