Tonight is the night! Glory To Glory!
Organist Dominique Johnson is set to anoint Architect Frank Gehry’s and Walt Disney Hall’s 6,134-pipe organ.
Completed in 2004, Rosales would “voice”and tune the organ and the process required absolute silence in the Hall, meaning that no music could take place during tuning. Rosales would often place a weight on a single key to test the note and then walk around the Hall listening from various seats. Judging one note could take up to 30 minutes.
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The GMWA Women of Worship Choir (Birmingham Chapter) joins us tomorrow for “Glory To Glory” to celebrate the contributions of innovation to contemporary Gospel choirs.
Coming all the way from Birmingham, the choir, under the direction of Dr. Prince Yelder, will lead the Eldorado Ballroom through a powerful session of praise and worship, featuring the iconic gospel anthem originally recorded by the choir in 1994, “Order My Steps”, which stayed on the Billboard charts for an impressive 94 weeks.
The GMWA is a Christian organization that holds annual conventions showcasing performances by various choirs and recording artists. Founded in 1967 by Rev. James Cleveland in Detroit, Michigan, the organization also includes a Women’s Division known as the “Women of Worship.” Mrs. Elma Hendrix Parham was the first chair of this division, appointed by Rev. Cleveland in the early 1970s. The GMWA also has divisions dedicated to men, youth, young adults, and more.
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Tomorrow, Grammy Award-winning artist and vocalist Bilal joins us for special improv performance, featuring William Parker on bass, multi instrumentalist and instrument builder Cooper-Moore, and jazz percussionist Michael Wimberly.
The evening bridges the acclaimed history of these genres to contemporary wave-makers by spotlighting the creative singularity that continues to broaden sonic boundaries.
Philadelphia-born songwriter, producer, and vocal acrobat Bilal is a pillar in the neo-soul, R&B, and modern jazz worlds. Having released four critically acclaimed albums, including 1st Born Second (2001) and its preceding lead single “Soul Sista” (2000), Bilal is both nationally and internationally respected as a once-in-a-lifetime performer and artist with a transcendental skill and panache in shaping new frequencies.
Join us on tomorrow October 12th at Walt Disney Concert Hall for “Contrapuntal Counterpoints.”
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Tickets are still available for Eldorado Ballroom’s “Glory To Glory”, featuring a special performance of the inimitable musician and composer, Mary Lou Williams’ “Lamb of God”, a piano piece from her 1964 ‘Black Christ of the Andes’ album, conducted by GRAMMY nominated conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather.
Williams, a highly respected and influential jazz musician who later converted to Catholicism, carried the soul of her sonic roots into her worship-driven works, cementing her as incomparable figure in both secular and religious music.
Tickets for “Glory To Glory” are available in the link in the bio and at LAPhil.com
Video: Saint Heron and BAM’s 2023 Eldorado Ballroom “Glory To Glory” April 7th 2023 | Special thanks to @IsseyMiyakeofficial
William Parker, joins us October 13th for Eldorado Ballrooms’s “Contrapuntal Counterpoints” @laphil,
with Michael Wimberley on percussion, Bilal on vocals, and Cooper Moore on multiple instruments.
Revered as “one of the most inventive bassists/leaders since [Charles] Mingus,” The Village Voice has crowned him “the most consistently brilliant free jazz bassist of all time,” while Time Out New York honors him among the “50 Greatest New York Musicians of All Time.”
The evening bridges spotlights the creative singularity that continues to broaden sonic boundaries.
Join us on October 13th at Walt Disney Concert Hall for “Contrapuntal Counterpoints.”
Secure your tickets now via the link in bio or at LAPhil.com
Video: Arts For Art YouTube Channel @artsforart
William Parker Solo Bass | Black Reflection & Meditation
“Black Reflection & Meditation” is a work for solo bass by WILLIAM PARKER, produced by Arts for Art with support from AUM Fidelity, and which had its premiere as part of the first edition of TUSK TV Episode 1 from the folks at Tusk Festival.
Film production: Moon Lasso
Eldorado Ballroom’s “On Dissonance” will be conducted by Jeri Lynne Johnson, the founder and Artistic Director of the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, a professional ensemble in Philadelphia.
In 2005 Jeri made history as the first Black woman to win an international conducting prize when she was awarded the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship.
Since then she has continued to break barriers in Europe and the US as the first woman and or Black American woman on the podium for many orchestras and opera companies in the US and Europe.
Recent conducting performances include the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, and Santa Fe Opera. Jeri was also selected to conduct the Pulitzer Prize winning composition “Stride” by Tania Leon as part of the composer’s tribute for the 2022 Kennedy Center Honors performance.
Eldorado Ballroom’s “On Dissonance” focuses on the profound expression of Black Women’s orchestral innovations, and honors their compositions in classical and opera music.
Join us for “On Dissonance” happening October 10th at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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Concert pianist Artina McCain returns to Eldorado Ballroom’s “Glory To Glory” Los Angeles.
The pianist will play Mary Lou Williams’ “A Fungus Amungus,” a piano piece from the ‘Black Christ of the Andes’ album, which Williams created after converting to Catholicism. Music Quarterly notes that after the 1962 updates to the Constitution of Sacred Liturgy by the Second Vatican Council, Williams was motivated to compose a work of “sacred jazz.” “Glory To Glory” honors artists who channel their musical crafts into the realms of faith and profound spiritual experience.
Experience “Glory To Glory” at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Sunday, October 13th at 7:30pm. Tickets are available now at LAPhil.com
Video: Artina McCain Performing at Saint Heron and BAM’s 2023 Eldorado Ballroom “Glory To Glory” April 7th 2023
Special Thanks to @IsseyMiyakeofficial
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