Jennifer Miller Hammel - KUSC

16/11/2023

Just a little over two weeks away! Please join us December 2!

Dear L.A. friends, I hope you can join us at L.A. Comic Con with Jennifer Miller Hammel - KUSC Classical KUSC Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) https://comicconla.com/

04/11/2023

31/10/2023

What a week on Classical KUSC! Arcade launches tomorrow on our mobile apps and website, and then Wednesday night at 7, join Inon Zur as he takes the microphone to be your Classical Californian!

This week our Classical Californian is composer Inon Zur – who’s written for film…

16/10/2023

Coming up next is a fantastic concert in partnership with the Pasadena Conservatory of Music - one where you can hear me SING! Yes indeed! Join me Saturday, November 4 at 4pm for the music of Mozart and Salieri as I'll be sharing arias and duets from Cosi fan tutte, Don Giovanni, and Salieri's Prima la musica e poi le parole. In addition, Brian Lauritzen - KUSC will be your historical tour guide. I hope you can make it!

Events Musical Interludes Pedagogues and Protégés | Salieri Pedagogues and Protégés | Salieri Musical Interludes November 4, 2023 4 pm Barrett Hall Pasadena Conservatory of Music 100 North Hill Avenue Pasadena, California 91106 $100 per ticket. Tickets include a post-concert wine and hors d’oe...

04/10/2023

It was great to kick off the concert talk season last weekend with Salastina! Next up, on Sunday, October 15, I'm excited to be back with my friends at the Los Angeles Master Chorale to chat about their season opening concert featuring the music of Reena Esmail and Philip Glass! Join me, Grant Gershon, and Reena Esmail at 6:00 for our Listen Up! pre-concert chat before the gorgeous music at 7pm.

Heaven and Earth, east and west are celebrated in this concert with works by Reena Esmail and Philip Glass.

21/09/2023

Next week, I'm excited to join Salastina Los Angeles as their guest host for a pair concerts in their Shostakovich Cycle! Info on how you can attend in person or online below. I would love to see you there!

Our multi-year cycle of the complete works of Dmitri Shostakovich – otherwise known as the BFF of Mieczysław Weinberg – continues with his first and ninth string quartets and his Sonata for Viola and Piano. Wine and munchies reception to follow.

10/08/2023

Voting is on for the Classical CA Ultimate Playlist! Here are just a couple of my picks. 🌹✨

01/08/2023

30/11/2022

The US Premiere of Vivaldi's "Ercole su'l Termodonte" (Hercules and the Amazons) is happening this January thanks to those geniuses at Pacific Opera Project. I invited POP's Artistic Director Josh Shaw to tell me more about this immersive, premiere production. Sit in with us here!

Josh Shaw and Jennifer Miller Hammel discuss Vivaldi's recently re-discovered Ercole su'l Termodonte, POP's upcoming Immersive Baroque Opera experience.GET Y...

30/11/2022

The holiday season is here - and so are the holiday concerts! Next up for me on Sunday, December 11 is a fantastic conversation with Jenny Wong before the LA Master Chorale's presentation of Lo, How a Rose! The talk is at 6pm, followed by the concert at 7pm. Please come support this fantastic, talented group of musicians!

This concert pays tribute to the classic Renaissance Christmas carol by Michael Praetorius that depicts the beauty and comfort of the nativity.

21/11/2022

It was an AMAZING night. Thank you, Los Angeles Jewish Symphony for having me!!

18/11/2022

In less than three days, I invite you to travel to faraway worlds and celebrate the music of Inon Zur! The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony sound incredible, and I am so honored to share the stage with Jillian Aversa, Emily Bear - MLE, and Tonality. Join us at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts this Sunday, November 20 at 7pm!

15/11/2022

Join us for a journey to the stars this Sunday at 7pm! Inon Zur Los Angeles Jewish Symphony Tonality

Dear Friends - I'm excited to present the US premiere performance of my Starfield concert suite this weekend with Los Angeles Jewish Symphony at The Soraya (Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts) in Los Angeles!

Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda

Tickets: https://thesoraya.org

11/11/2022

A unique orchestra - the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony provides a forum for Jewish musicians and composers to be heard.

09/11/2022

This is coming up so soon! November 20th, I am over the moon to be joining Inon Zur, Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, Tonality, Jillian Aversa, and Emily Bear - MLE for a night celebrating Inon's music, including the world premiere of the Suite from Syberia: The World Before. You can get your tickets on the website for Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts. I can't wait to see you there!

02/11/2022

Two weeks from today, we have our first rehearsal at The Soraya for this amazing show. I'd love to see you there! You can learn more and get your tickets below! Los Angeles Jewish Symphony Inon Zur Tonality

The LAJS performs the music of video game composer Inon Zur, Syberia: The World Before performed by Grammy Award-winner Emily Bear.

26/10/2022

This concert will not only honor Inon's music, but also the legacy of legendary artist and game designer Benoît Sokal, the visionary behind the Syberia Series, Amerzone, and so much more! Learn more and get your tickets below!

Syberia: The World Before game director Lucas Lagravette discusses the task of carrying on the Syberia franchise without creator Benoît Sokal.

25/10/2022

More on next month's exciting concert with the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony featuring the premiere of the Suite from Syberia: The World Before by Inon Zur!

The LAJS performs the music of video game composer Inon Zur, Syberia: The World Before performed by Grammy Award-winner Emily Bear.

22/10/2022

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TIME!!

This is an exciting concert that I've been keeping under my hat for some time - and now it's time to shout it out from the rooftops! I am so honored to be joining the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony to celebrate the incredible music of Inon Zur on November 20th at The Soraya at CSUN. I'll be your storyteller and your guide through the magical worlds that Inon has created the soundscapes for, alongside director Noreen Green, guest pianist and Grammy winner Emily Bear, guest vocalist Jillian Aversa, and Tonality! Inon will be there, too, to play his Fallout Suite!! Many heartfelt thanks to Greg O'Connor-Read for approaching me those many months ago when this idea was first coming about. I cannot wait to take you through the worlds of the Syberia Series, Starfield, Fallout, Dragon Age, and so many more!!

The LAJS is excited to present The Music of Inon Zur at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 7:00 PM.

A night reveling in the works of award-winning Israeli-American composer Inon Zur that transports us to other-worldly places. The LA Jewish Symphony travels through Inon Zur’s video game scores, including the World Premiere performance of the Suite from Syberia: The World Before, featuring Grammy and Emmy Award-winning pianist Emily Bear - MLE. It tells the story of a young pianist in 1937, whose music offers hope amid the growing threat of fascism in Europe. Zur will join as a special guest to perform the Fallout Medley Suite on piano.

Click the link below to purchase tickets today!
https://lajs.org/inon-zur-emily-bear/

12/08/2022

What a surprise to see on this warm Friday! San Francisco Classical Voice has nominated TWO of the projects I'm involved with at Pacific Opera Project as finalists for favorite streaming project or series! Vote and let's bring the award home for POP and our incredible media team!!

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08/06/2022

As mentioned during today's Morning Show. What are your theories as to why this very short second movement seems to have been forgotten/lost/discarded?

Today is the Winter Solstice, the day when there's the shortest amount of daylight of the year - and a perfect time to reconsider the all but microscopic middle movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. On the printed score, it's only one measure long, containing two chords that aren't even in

28/04/2022

We had such a wonderful time making so many new friends at the LA Times Festival of Books!

Over 150,000 people attended the first LA Times Festival of Books, held on the USC campus, with thousands of listeners from all across Southern California st...

03/04/2022

Congratulations to all the incredible artists involved in this now Grammy winning recording!! A well-deserved win!

01/04/2022

This weekend, I'm excited to be hosting our weekly SoCal Sunday Night concert, this week featuring The Golden Bridge! Please join me Sunday night at 7 for this concert, followed by the Opera Show at 9pm!

Coming Attractions

07/03/2022

Very excited to be joining Grant Gershon and The Los Angeles Master Chorale to host this pre-concert talk coming up on Sunday, March 20. This will be a beautiful event, full of energized, sublime singing!

Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Pärt’s Te Deum collide.

02/02/2022

And sometimes, I remember I play the piano - with a couple clunkers. Join Classical KUSC for Love at First Listen, starting Thursday, February 10th. Here’s a little sample of mine.

03/01/2022

We recently brought back our Classical California Ultimate Playlist. Here are a few highlights of the video game music variety!

We’re celebrating the Classical California Ultimate Playlist with a series of fun and informative…

02/01/2022

It's a New Year with a new name to go along with this page! Here's to a healing and renewing 2022 full of beautiful music and eye-opening art. Happy New Year!

20/10/2020

It’s getting a little scary in the opera house this Sunday! Tune in to KUSC this Sunday night at 9 for all the chills and thrills!

22/09/2020

Whether you tune in from Southern California or the Bay area, today is the second day of our short four day fall membership drive! For a $60 donation you can have your own facemask sporting the logo of your favorite classical music station. Donate online at kusc.org or KDFC.com!

10/09/2020

On this weekend's "Opera Show" I am incredibly excited to share a track from the upcoming album "Amici e Rivali" featuring Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres - Tenor! For a taste of that album, please enjoy this duet from Rossini's "Elisabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra" and then join me this Sunday night at 9 on Classical KUSC!

MICHAEL SPYRES & LAWRENCE BROWNLEE singing the duet "Deh! scusa i trasporti" from Gioachino Rossini's opera ELISABETTA, REGINA D'INGHILTERRA, conducted by MI...

24/08/2020

Does Monday need more drama? When it's sung like this - YES!

A scene from Verdi's "La Traviata" | Orthorhombic / CC BY Voting is open for our first ever Classical California Ultimate Playlist, and since we know many of our listeners' favorite pieces of music come from the opera stage, so our resident opera expert, Jennifer Miller, put together this opera f

14/08/2020

From my recent list of the top opera moments to listen to al fresco! Enjoy!

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2015 Lauren Michelle Soprano Ain't it a Pretty Night from Susannah by Carlisle Floyd

11/08/2020

A fun new way to vote for YOUR favorite music. Learn more at the link below!

We Californians have a unique perspective on just about everything including classical music. Help create the first-ever Classical California Ultimate Playlist. Cast your vote starting August 18th right here at KUSC.org, on Facebook, and Instagram.

04/08/2020

Open the wine, turn on the twinkle lights, and enjoy a little Opera Al Fresco.

KUSC is here to help you get the most out of your Classical California Summer. So we asked our hosts to recommend music for some iconic California summer experiences. If you’re missing your favorite outdoor concert series, Jennifer Miller is here to help with a playlist of opera favorites. So open...

03/08/2020

What is your favorite musical memory of these warmer days? For me? It's all about seeing movies and concerts under the stars with those closest to me. Here's one particular memorable encounter with a famous shark! (Turn on sound or captions for more!)

25/07/2020

Headed to the park, grilling in the backyard, or just strolling around your neighborhood? Take Ludovico Einaudi with you using the KUSC app!

Then show us by posting a photo and tagging . Bonus points if you get the app in the photo like our Jennifer Miller has!😎📱 However you're enjoying your Classical California Summer, we want to see it!

23/06/2020

It's day one of KUSC's Three-Day Summer Membership Drive. If you're able, we're asking you to support the station that brings you calm, peace, and perspective. Make a donation on our website today!

We’re more than just a radio station. During good times and complicated ones, we're a part of your life and this community. And to keep the music playing, we’re relying on community support to raise $300K in 3 days.

If you’re able to give right now, your donation is very much needed. And we have a few thank you gifts available, like a power bank to easily recharge your devices, a one-year subscription to the language learning app Babbel, and our very popular wireless earbuds.

Donate here: app.mobilecause.com/f/2u2m/n?vid=93jgw