More FREE Music Festivals and Concerts

Parents, Teachers, Friends and Relatives, expose the student/child in your life to music as early as possible. Here are some free events around the city that you can take advantage of.

This year marks the 15th annual Culver City Music Festival, presented by the Culver City Redevelopment Agency, featuring 9 weeks of free concerts every Thursday night.

When: Thursday nights at 7 pm from July 9^th through September 3rd
Where: City Hall Courtyard, 9770 Culver Blvd. at Duquesne, Culver City, CA
Parking Free parking in the City Hall parking structure.
Info: (310) 253-5716, www.culvercitymusic.org

Live Music at Hollywood & Highlands -- FREE

Every Tuesday, June 3 - August 25 from 7 to 9pm
Join Hollywood & Highland Center and KJAZZ 88.1 FM for the 5th annual Wine, Jazz and Moonlight series presented by Shell Vacations all summer long beginning June 3rd. Enjoy free concerts by some of the country's top jazz performers every Tuesday from 7 to 9pm in the central courtyard of Hollywood and Highland Center during the months of June, July and August. The event is FREE to the public and a wine tasting donation with wine provided by Wente Vineyards benefits Project Angel Food.

Where: Babylon Courtyard at Hollywood & Highland Center, corner of Hollywood & Highland, Hollywood
Info: http://www.hollywoodandhighland.com/play_events.php

Saturdays Off the 405 -- A FREE outdoor performance series

Fridays Off the 405 are now Saturdays Off the 405! Enjoy outdoor music and evening views of the city and drink in the refreshing summer exhibitions in a casual and spontaneous atmosphere. The evenings feature performances by your soon-to-be favorite bands, along with DJ sets to open and close the night. A cash bar is stocked with Getty-tinis and more, and the Garden Terrace Cafe offers sandwiches, salads, and other nibbles (both until 8:30 p.m.)

When: June 20, July 11, August 9, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Where: Museum Courtyard, The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Parking: $8 on site, tram to museum
Info: http://www.getty.edu/visit/events/saturdays_405.html, (310) 440-7300

Annual Central Avenue Jazz Festival -- FREE

Two days of jazz performances pay tribute to “The Avenue,” as Central Avenue was known during its renaissance years from the 1920s through the 1950s. Ethnic cuisine and arts and crafts are available for sale, and educational booths provide community information.

WHEN: July 25 & 26, Saturday 11 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., Sunday 12:00 noon – 7:30 p.m.

SITE: Central Ave. between 42nd and 43rd Sts., around the historic Dunbar Hotel, Los Angeles

INFO: 213-202-5500, www.culturela.org

Twilight Dance and Music at the Santa Monica Pier -- FREE

The 25th Annual Santa Monica Pier Twilight Dance Series will begin on June 25 and will run through August 27, 2009. For ten Thursday evenings during the summer from 7-10pm, prepare to sing, dance, or just rock out to the best in Reggae, folk, rock and eclectic world music.
When: Thursdays at 7:00 pm from June 25 through August 27, 2009
Parking: 2030 Barnard Way lot, a four to six-minute walk from the concert.
Info: (310) 458-8900, www.twilightdance.org

FREE Summer Concerts in the Park - Levitt Pavilion - Pasadena Sun 7:00 PM Headliner Artists Perform - All Summer Starting June 21 Wed 7:00 Children's Entertainment Hour
Thurs 7:30 PM, Fri and Sat 8 PM - All Summer Location: The Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts is in the heart of Old Pasadena at Memorial Park, right off the Fair Oaks exit from the 210 freeway, and on the corner of Walnut and Raymond.
Info: 626.683.3230, http://www.levittpavilionpasadena.org/calender.php

2009 Summer Concert Season at Levitt Pavilion - Macarthur Park

Located in Macarthur Park, the Levitt Pavilion offers fifty concerts this summer, featuring internationally recognized musicians and critically acclaimed performers. Enjoy music from around the world and across America with family and friends!

WHEN: July through August, Wednesdays through Saturdays 7:30 p.m., Sundays 6:30 p.m.

SITE: Levitt Pavilion, West 6th st., and South Park View St., Los Angeles

Long Beach Municipal Band Summer Concert Series -- FREE

The Long Beach Municipal Band is in its 100th season, making it the longest surviving, municipally-supported band in the country. The annual summer concert series provides a chance for neighbors and families to gather outdoors for a relaxing evening of entertainment and music. You are welcome to bring your picnic basket, blankets, and lawn chairs.

WHEN: Late June through August, 6:30 p.m.

SITE: Various parks located throughout the city

INFO: 562-570-3524, www.lbparks.org

Downtown Burbank’s Summer Music Series -- FREE

Join us for nine amazing nights of great music and dancing under the stars on the AMC Walkway (at Palm Avenue and San Fernando Boulevard) in Downtown Burbank. Festivities start at 6:00 P.M. with free dance lessons by Francisco and Stacey of The Dance Family Studio (thedancefamily.com). Then at 7:00 P.M., the two-hour concert begins and everyone hits the dance floor!

WHEN: Thursday evenings in July & August

INFO: http://www.downtown-burbank.org

Free Summer Concerts

Grand Performances Summer Festival – FREE

Grand Performances presents more than forty free noon and evening performing arts events in downtown Los Angeles' California Plaza. The award-winning programming reflects the best of global culture and has created a place for all to share in the diverse arts of Los Angeles.

WHEN: June 13 through October 12, Various times

SITE: 350 S. Grand Ave., Downtown Los Angeles

INFO: 213-687-2198, www.grandperformances.org

Annual Pershing Square Summer Concert Series -- FREE

Enjoy this series of free concerts at Pershing Square, an outdoor area in the heart of downtown, featuring a variety of musical genres and performers. Come relax on the grass areas or sit at one of the tables with umbrellas and enjoy a weekday lunchtime show, or a monthly Sunday afternoon performance.

WHEN: June through September, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m.,

the third Sunday of each month from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

SITE: Pershing Square, 532 S. Olive St. Downtown Los Angeles

SPONSOR: City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks

INFO: 1-888-527-2757, www.laparks.org

The Music Center

The Music Center helps schools to design and implement arts programs that build nurturing and engaging learning environments, conducive to student and teacher success. With three decades of experience in the field, the Music Center is committed to providing effective planning, program implementation, and practical assistance to support schools in this endeavor.

In light of the financial burden being placed on schools and districts due to the state budget crisis, the Music Center has decided to suspend their membership policy as a requirement for programs and services. For the 2009-2010 school year, the Music Center will waive district membership fees, and allow schools to have regular access to any of their programs and services.

The Music Center wants to work together to build a well-defined approach for quality education.

For questions and feedback contact:

Leonardo Bravado
Director, School Programs
213-972-3308
lbravo@musiccenter.org

UCLA Summer Institute

UCLA SUMMER ART INSTITUTE IS STILL ACCEPTING STUDENT APPLICATIONS!

Hello,

I wanted to tell you about a fantastic summer opportunity for creative and talented teenagers.

The UCLA Department of Art is offering two-week Summer Art Institutes for high school students in Drawing, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Video Art and New Genres. Students may enroll in one of two two-week sessions, or enroll in both sessions. The programs in each area offer two weeks of intensive studio time with UCLA faculty and graduate students. Up to twenty qualified high school students, ages 14 to 18, will be accepted into each area.

Each two-week session offers three units of UCLA college credit. Activities will include intensive arts instruction, lab and studio time, museum field trips, visiting artist lectures, film and video screenings, and the presentation of a culminating exhibition of student work in the New Wight Gallery at UCLA. Students may also choose to live in the dorms on campus while attending the Institute, for the full college experience! This program is a great way for art students to w ork on building their portfolios, hone their technical and conceptual skills, experience life at college, and gain exposure to some of the best contemporary artists around.

The dates for the two sessions are as follows:
Session A: July 6 – July 17
Session B: July 20 – July 31

Applications are still being accepted for the following Sessions:

Drawing, Sessions A and B
Painting, Sessions A and B
Photography, Sessions A and B
Sculpture, Session B
Video Art, Session A

Additional information about the Summer Art Institute can be found here:

www.summer.ucla.edu/institutes/Art/overview.htm

Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions about the program.

We have completed our hiring process for instructors, and are only seeking student applicants at this time.

Sincerely,

Micol Hebron
Director, Summer Art Institute
UCLA Department of Art
hebronm@arts.ucla.edu
323-687-9897

Instructors Needed

McGroarty Arts Center is seeking Art Instructors for its Summer Class Session.

One position is to teach Drawing classes to children ages 6-12 as part of the Center's Art Camp program. Classes are held on Tuesdays from 9am-3pm July 21-August 25, and the compensation is $600.

The other position is to teach two Children's Ceramics classes on Thursdays from 3pm-5:45pm, July 9-August 27. This position pays $600 for both ceramics classes.

Minimum Requirements: BA or BFA and two years previous teaching experience.

Please send cover letter and resume to: leslie@mcgroartyartscenter.org

Website: www://mcgroartyartscenter.org

Day at the APOLLO at Barrett

The 2nd 10-Year Plan for Arts Edusation in LAUSD

Planning The Second
10-Year Arts Education Plan for LAUSD


CALL FOR
PARTICIPANTS



A COMMUNITY INVITATION
Deadline: May 1, 2009


The Los Angeles Unified School District 10-Year Arts Education Plan 1999-2009
LAUSD has been a national model and leader in the development and reinstatement of a comprehensive arts education for all students in dance, music, theatre, visual and media arts. Since 1999, the LAUSD Board of Education’s resolution has served as the hallmark for establishing a proper sequential curriculum in the arts, highly skilled teachers, arts professional development, communication and evaluation strategies.

Planning Participant Invitation
The 1st 10-Year Arts Education Plan was commenced as a community and district project to provide voice and leadership from inside and outside public education. The 2nd 10-Year Arts Education Plan reconvenes in similar fashion with even broader constituency groups, but with the information and knowledge of a highly successful first decade of arts implementation and access. Participants from a broad spectrum of the community are invited to nominate themselves or others to serve in a year-long planning process, guided by professional facilitators.

Planning Process Timeline
January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 -- Planning Period: July 1, 2009 to December 30, 2009

Planning Process, Responsibilities & Commitments
Seven informant groups including generalist teachers, arts teachers, major cultural institutions, post-secondary and pre-service institutions, arts organizations, city and county service agencies, administrators, arts experts, the general public, and parents will meet in a series of meetings to examine data, explore ideas, identify current and future needs, and make recommendations for the structure of a 2nd 10-Year Arts Education Plan. Participants must be willing to attend all meetings, have reviewed all briefing materials, work collaboratively, and provide focused leadership. Time commitment will not exceed 30 hours total. Sub-release coverage will be available to participating LAUSD teachers.
As a voice for planning members, each informant group will select a chair as spokesperson for cross-convening conversations/presentations.

Planning Outcomes
At the conclusion of the planning process a set of consensus recommendations will be developed into a Plan Proposal. Included will be system procedures, goals and objectives and a draft operational plan for presentation to the Superintendent and the Board of Education.

Deadline for Submission and Criteria
Deadline is May 1, 2009. Criteria for selection is based on experience, diversity, and breadth.


Contact me for an application. Dellis Frank def5363@lausd.net


The planning process is supported, in part, by The Wallace Foundation

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE Symposium

Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
4718 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90016

SATURDAY, MAY 2nd, 2009 8:00am—3:00pm

FOR RESERVATIONS, please call WGS at 323-734-1165
Continental Breakfast
Panel Discussions
Preservation of Dance
New Technology
The Business of Dance
Raising Capital in a Recession
Master Class Workshop
DSLA MEMBERSHIP SIGN-UPS!

*Schedule subject to change

RESERVE YOUR SEAT TODAY!!
DANCE SOUTH LA
Presents 2nd Annual
DANCE SYMPOSIUM
"Preservation of Dance in South Los Angeles"

Panel discussions on Preservation of Dance, New Technology, The Business of Dance, Raising Capital in a Recession. The conference represents notable persons, institutions, dancers, educators and philanthropic groups designed for the purpose of identifying existing resources and needs of the dance community. The coalition of dance service organizations, individuals, local municipal offices and the business community will work to identify traditional, non-traditional and non-dance industry partnerships that emphasize the economic survival of dance as an industry.

The invited participants include: Arts Presenters, Professional and non-professional dance organizations, Media representatives, local theaters, Local Representative of IABD, The Department of Cultural Affairs, Arts Funding Institutions, individual foundations, The LA County Commission on the Arts, The Los Angeles Urban League, LA Unified School District, LA Community College District, and leaders from the dance field based in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Inland Empire, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego County.

Co-sponsored by the William Grant Still Arts Center & the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs

For more information and to view the agenda for the day go to:

http://culturela.org/

What is Reggae?

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Four-time GRAMMY-winning reggae singer, songwriter, and producer Ziggy Marley will perform his first-ever exclusive children's concert at L.A. LIVE's Club Nokia. Celebrating the release of his first children's music album, Family Time, Marley appears as part of

The GRAMMY Museum's monthly "Musical Explorations" family program.Before Marley's live performance, local drum-based performers Rhythm Child will engage the audience in free-form drumming, while performing a few of their own award-winning children's songs.

Immediately following the live performance, children and parents will participate in educational activities and crafts intended to deepen their understanding of reggae music in the Club's exclusive VIP Lounge. Don't forget to join us on Saturday, May 16 at 10 am for "What Is Folk?" featuring GRAMMY-winning children's artists Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer in the Museum's GRAMMY Sound Stage.

For more information on the event or how to become a GRAMMY Museum member, visit:
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