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Ring Festival LA E-Newsletter Volume 1 | Issue 7      


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RING FESTIVAL LA E-NEWSLETTER


Barry Sanders "Ring Festival LA is officially open!" declared Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky from the LACMA courtyard stage on Wednesday evening, April 14, at the kick-off of the ten-week countywide festival. Ring Festival LA partners joined Marc I. Stern, LA Opera Board Chairman and CEO, and members of the Boards of LA Opera and LACMA to celebrate the start of the festival.

Supervisor Yaroslavsky continued, "This is a watershed moment in the rich cultural history of Los Angeles County, and I am very happy to be here to celebrate the opening of Ring Festival LA. It is amazing that so many diverse organizations have come together to partner in this incredible effort. This festival should be-and is-an occasion of great civic pride."

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Zev Yarolslavsky (2nd from left) with LA Opera and Music Center Leaders.



    IN THIS ISSUE OF THE RING FESTIVAL LA E-NEWSLETTER

Festival Ring Festival LA Events
Upcoming Events

Featured Article
An Educational Festival for Young People

Featured Article
Ring Seminars for Life-long Learners

Festival Partner Showcase
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra



Upcoming Events

04.20.2010 Visions and Voices: "Pride, Prejudice, Bigotry and Genius: Richard Wagner's World" with James Conlon USC Thornton School of Music
04.21.2010 Ring Symposium- Drama in Wagner's Ring: Music Propels the Action University of La Verne
04.22.2010 The Rhine's Gold by We Tell Stories West LA Regional Branch, LA Public Library
04.23.2010 Musical Theater Workshop for Teens/Young Adults Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum at CSUSB
04.24.2010 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books University of California, Los Angeles
04.29.2010 Westside Connections 3 - (LACO) at The Broad Stage Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

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Featured Article

An Educational Festival for Young People An Educational Festival for Young People

As the first performances of LA Opera's Götterdämmerung are staged this April in anticipation of the first-ever full presentations in Los Angeles of the full Ring cycles in May and June LA Opera has teamed up with libraries and other LA institutions to present musical and educational events for young people, which will introduce them to the Ring, other operas, and history as it relates to 21st-century cultural thinking. The varied presentations will serve to create relevant links between Wagner's music and contemporary culture.

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Featured Article

Ring Seminars for Life-long Learners Ring Seminars for Life-long Learners

Throughout the festival there are a number of educational offerings for life-long learners who are interested in discovering more about the Ring and its influence on life and culture in history and the present day.

LA Opera has partnered with three of Los Angeles' premier art institutions - the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Huntington Library, and the J. Paul Getty Museum - to develop a series of in-depth seminars to enhance your experience and deepen your knowledge of Wagner's Ring cycle. Entertaining and informative for both for the novice and Ring devotees, these seminars offer a unique focus special to each landmark location.

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Partner Showcase

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Founded in 1979, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) is the only museum in Los Angeles devoted exclusively to contemporary art. It is committed to the collection, presentation and interpretation of work produced since 1940 in all media, and to preserving that work for future generations.
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Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1968 as an artistic outlet for the film and record studios’ most gifted musicians. The Orchestra’s artistic founder, cellist James Arkatov, envisioned an ensemble that would allow these conservatory-trained players to balance studio work and teaching with pure artistic collaboration at the highest level.
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