By Ted AYALA Glendale resident Timur Bekbosunov, founder and leader of the Dime Museum band, is a busy man these days. Criss-crossing not only musical paths but also national boundaries, Bekbosunov has been hard at work engaged in various musical ventures. The high demand for his work serves as a testament to the quality of […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale resident Timur Bekbosunov, founder and leader of the Dime Museum band, is a busy man these days. Criss-crossing not only musical paths but also national boundaries, Bekbosunov has been hard at work engaged in various musical ventures. The high demand for his work serves as a testament to the quality of […]
By Ted AYALA Echoing the famous words of John F. Kennedy spoken during his trip to Berlin in June 1963 at the height of the Cold War, “Ich bin ein Berliner” [I am a Berliner], a host of dignitaries and the city of Glendale joined in solidarity to denounce the horrors of the Armenian Genocide […]
In the Wake of Japan Are We Ready? Crescenta Valley CERT Presents A Community Forum Come Find Out How Your Community is Preparing! Saturday May 7th 2011 Rosemont Middle School Auditorium 8:30am.-12:30p.m. Featured Speakers Captain David Silversparre L.A.S.D Sheriff Readiness Sergeant John Hargraves L.A.S.D Lessons of the Oakland Fire Erik Pounders U.S.G.S. Earthquake Hazards Team Paul […]
By Brandon HENSLEY On Sunday, the California Women’s Chorus will hold its 42nd annual public concert at 2 p.m. And, for the first time, it will be held in Glendale, which is exciting to Arlene Massimino. “This is amazing to have it held in Glendale,” said Massimino, the Verdugo Hills Women’s Chorus performance chair. “It’s […]
By Ted AYALA John Cage, for all the controversy this towering figure of 20th Century music left in his wake, was at heart a quiet man. In his still audacious reinterpretation of what music is and can be, one will search in vain for the self conscious pose of the enfant terrible. With self effacing […]
By Ted AYALA The atrocities of the Armenian Genocide perpetuated by the Ottoman Turks continue to resonate powerfully nearly a century after the fact. Systematically targeted for annihilation by the Ottoman Empire, the Genocide was the single keystone event in modern Armenian history, triggering the Armenian diaspora that led the community to flee to various […]
U.S. premiere of ‘Confessing With Music’ at Brand Library Recital Hall screened for SRO crowd. By Ted AYALA The sound of an ethereal choral lament can be heard in the background. The camera zooms in on the face of a man lost in contemplation, his face lined with experience and sorrow. As this grey haired […]
By Ted AYALA Daniel Catán, whose outstanding career as a composer for the operatic stage was crowned with the triumphant performances of his L.A. Opera commission “Il Postino” last year, unexpectedly passed away at the age of 62 last Sunday night according to his agent Peggy Monastra. At the time of his death, Catán was […]
By Ted AYALA Tonight, Thursday, April 7, the Brand Library (1601 W. Mountain St.) will be a screening the American premiere of a documentary film that explores the life of feted composer Tigran Mansurian. Mansurian (born 1939) has long been lauded in Central Europe and his native Armenia, though his work is still not as […]