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​April 2026

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Saturday, April 11, 3:30 PM (near downtown LA)
Hejun Yang (harpsichord and organ):"Stylus Phantasticus":

Hejun Yang presents a doctoral recital on harpsichord and organ with an ensemble of strings and winds. Music of Frescobaldi, Telemann, Buxtehude, C.P.E. Bach

Performers: Hejun Yang, harpsichord and organ, Marjana Jocif and Fernanda Olmedo, recorders, Emily Lazernik, baroque bassoon, Steven Lu, violin, Jaemin Lee, cello and viol, Abi Koehler, violone, Robert Wang, lute

Enjoy this video Marjana and Fernanda and Hejun playing Fontana's Sonata "8 from our most recent Baroque Sinfonia concert!

Free admission
USC campus, McDonald Recital Hall, Raubenheimer Music Faculty Building

840 West 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089

more info: https://www.facebook.com/USCEarlyMusic/
and YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/USCEarlyMusic

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Fri, April 17 at 8pm (near downtown Los Angeles)

Les Délices : Arcadian Dreams

Faithful shepherds fall prey to love’s fateful snares in music by Handel, Scarlatti, Levebvre, and more! They perform a live concert version of our new album Arcadian Dreams. The program includes music by music by Handel, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Louis Lefevre, and Tomaso Albinoni. You can listen to a preview track from Rameau's cantata Le berger fidèle now! Listen to ‘Arcadian Dreams‘ podcast.

Les Délices is ‘an early music group with an avant-garde appetite’ (NYT) that brings long-forgotten music alive for contemporary audiences. Founded by baroque oboist Debra Nagy in 2009, the ensemble has established a reputation for unique programs that ‘can’t help but get one listening and thinking in fresh ways’ (SF Classical Voice).

Check out their new recording of this program on Avie Records AV2831:

www.earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles/arcadian-dreams-from-cleveland/

ARTISTS: Hannah De Priest – soprano, Debra Nagy – oboe, Shelby Yamin – violin, Rebecca Landell – viola da gamba, Mark Edwards – harpsichord

tickets: $35 - $85

Pompeian Room, Doheny Mansion, Mount Saint Mary’s University, 10 Chester Place, Los Angeles, CA 90007

Use the entrance gate on St. James Park W to access the Doheny Campus.

Park in the AAA parking lot adjacent to the entrance gate.

more info: https://dacamerasociety.org/concerts-upcoming/les-delices-early-music-ensemble/

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Friday  April 17 2026 (unknown time) (San Marino, near Pasadena)

USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia : Music of Spain, Mexico, and California Missions

Part of the conference: Spain and the Birth of the United States: A California Conversation .  The USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute co-sponsors this two day (Friday & Saturday, April 17 & 18, 2026) conference which includes a Friday performance by Thornton Baroque Sinfonia , directed by Adam Knight Gilbert, USC, and Jason Yoshida, USC

The Huntington 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA
Stewart R. Smith Boardroom

Register to attend

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScys4Xk_W_w1_pp4L0iiR_yh1snqwzPvDj-68mWgrpNelSEnQ/viewform?pli=1

more info: https://dornsife.usc.edu/emsi/spain-and-the-birth-of-the-united-states/

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Saturday, April 18, 2026  4:00 p.m. (Pasadena)

Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble: “Bach Encounters Vivaldi (The Weimar Years: 1708-1717)”

The performers featuring among others Carla Moore and Kati Kyme, baroque violin; William Skeene, baroque ‘cello; Lot Demeyer, baroque oboe; solo singers Andrea Zomorodian, Jon Lee Keenan & Luc Kleiner with Patrick J. Rogers,  harpsichord continuo, and directed by Preethi de Silva.

The program comprises virtuosic and glorious arias from Bach’s cantatas, BWV 12, 21, 31,61, 147 and 182; and Vivaldi’s concertos for solo violin, RV 230 and Concerto Grosso for Two Violins and ‘cello, RV 565. A reception will follow the concert.

Tickets (to be held at the door) may be obtained by donations after March 10, 2026 via Eventbrite at https://BachEncountersVivaldi.eventbrite.com. General admission: $40; seniors, members of SCEMS, EMA, AMS, and Friends of Con Gioia: $25; students (with ID): $15.

A limited number of tickets will be issued AT THE DOOR.

Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church 301 N. Orange Grove Boulevard Pasadena, 91103.

more info: Phone: 909.913-0550. For additional information visit www.congioia.org

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Sunday, April 19, 2026, 2:00 PM
USC Collegium Musicum :“French Chansons, Airs de Cour, and Devotional Songs”
Directed by Jason Yoshida

Music by Charpentier, Couperin, Destouches, Guedron and spirituel airs from the  New Orleans Ursuline manuscript of 1736.
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel 427 South Junipero Serra Drive, Dr. San Gabriel, CA, 91776

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SATURDAY, April 25th (South Los Angeles)
Early Modern Women’s Music Workshop
L.A. Camerata Artistic Director Marylin Winkle leads a day of workshops exploring music by women composers in the 16th and 17th centuries. Three workshop sessions will be offered, targeting instrumental/vocal disciplines, maximizing opportunities for participation.
The cost to participate is PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN, with suggested donation levels of $35 per workshop session or $90 for the full day (with snacks and lunch included). Currently-enrolled students may participate for free.
All workshop sessions will be at A=415. The full schedule will be as follows:

• 10:00-11:30am Instruments Only: Articulating texts without words.

• 11:30-12:00 Refreshment Break & Scores Exhibition: Coffee, tea, and light snacks provided. Participants welcome to bring treats to share. Meanwhile, peruse a small exhibit of print editions of music by women composers.

• 12:00-1:30 Sacred Music for Voices & Instruments: Bask in the beauty of music by nun composers. All voices and instruments welcome.

• 1:30-2:00 Lunch Break & Scores Exhibition: Assorted sandwiches provided and participants encouraged to contribute treats to share. Meanwhile, peruse a small exhibit of print editions of music by women composers.

• 2:00-3:30 Secular Music for Voices & Instruments: Cupid’s piercing arrows, living roses, lilting zephyrs… come enjoy the ways in which women set these vivid texts. All voices and instruments welcome.

Location: Private Residence in Vermont Square Park, 1317 W. 51st Street / Los Angeles, CA 90037. Free street parking available in the neighborhood.

Registration Link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSeO1UMIHL_lOM3f7NA03_wIlb230Xo7orR3e6vEGDqf94GR5Q/viewform?usp=send_form 

Website: https://www.losangelescamerata.org/seasonevents

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April 26 at 7:30pm  (Pasadena)

Tallis Scholars : Victoria's Missa O Magnum Mysterium and other works

The Grammy award winning Tallis Scholars return from the UK for their 4th visit to St. Andrew and their only concert in Southern California.

A captivating program centered around Victoria's Missa O Magnum Mysterium. Described by the Washington Post as one of the world's premier vocal ensembles, the Tallis Scholars bring their acclaimed sound to St. Andrew with a luminous Easter season program. The concert traces stories of wonder and revelation, from Christ's birth to resurrection. Victoria's seminal Missa O Magnum Mysterium, celebrating the miracle of the virgin birth, is the concert's centerpiece, amplified by motets by Tallis, de Wert and Slovenian composer Jacobus Gallus exploring Christian themes of wonder and awe. 

“These ten singers displayed the floating silkiness, light without seeming insubstantial, that has been Tallis’s trademark over its remarkable career” (The New York Times).

“... as near extraterrestrial as you can get sitting in a concert hall” (Fiona Maddocks, The Observer)

Tickets: $42 to $135. To purchase tickets, please visit here.

SCEMS members  get discount (discount code for General and Rear seating is: ANDREWMUSICFRIEND)

Please join us to celebrate glorious music at St. Andrew - an architectural masterpiece built in 1927 replicated from Santa Maria in Cosmedin, a church dedicated in 1123 and situated in Rome on the left bank of the Tiber River. 

St. Andrew Church 311 North Raymond Avenue Pasadena, CA 91103

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May 2026

Friday, May 1, 2026, 8:00 PM
Thornton Baroque Sinfonia: Music of English, Scottish, and American Revolutions
Directed by Adam Gilbert and Jason Yoshida
USC, Newman Recital Hall 700 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089
 

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