All Summer of Sound performances are held on Caltech’s Beckman Mall Lawn, located at 332 S. Michigan Ave., Pasadena, CA 91106. FREE Parking. Tickets (table seating) are available for purchase for $25-$200. Members receive a $25% discount on tickets prices. For more information about membership and tickets sales, including groups discounts, please visit http://muse-ique.com/events.php
Saturday, July 16th at 7:30 p.m.
PERFECT/UNION maximizes conventional collaboration for thrilling new experiences, exploring how music, song and dance make a PERFECT/UNION for summer entertainment. The first concert in the series pays homage to the traditional duos and collaborations that have paved the way honoring George and Ira Gershwin. We also explore the music of power pairs including Bacharach & David, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Lennon & McCartney and more.
- Conductor Rachael Worby and the MUSE/IQUE orchestra
- Vocalist Sheléa Frazier
- Guitarist Laurence Juber
- Dance vignettes featuring:
o Jackie Kopcsak, choreographer and dancer (USC Assistant Professor of Dance)
o Daniel Wagner (Cincinnati Ballet / from Monrovia, California)
o Joseph Hetzer (USC Kaufman School of Dance student / from San Pedro, California)
o Cleo Magill (American Contemporary Ballet / from Studio City, California)
Saturday, August 20th at 7:30 p.m.
AMERICAN/RHAPSODY melds together a dizzying array of genres – classical, ballet, jazz, and more! George Gershwin created a sound just as big and alive as America itself and this program focuses on the music that influenced Gershwin and the music Gershwin influenced. Whether it is jazz or classical, we can hear the exchange of big ideas between these giants of modern music.
- Conductor Rachael Worby and the MUSE/IQUE orchestra
- Pianist HyeJin Kim (performs “Rhapsody in Blue”)
- Dance vignettes featuring BODYTRAFFIC
Saturday, September 10th at 7:30 p.m.
SUMMER/TIME reimagines Gershwin‘s complex, heartbreaking and beautiful contribution to the American opera, “Porgy and Bess,” in a musical storytelling of one of Gershwin’s most complicated works. MUSE/IQUE invites back director Matthew McCray to seamlessly weave the worlds of theatre and music together in ways not yet seen or heard by audiences.
- Conductor Rachael Worby and the MUSE/IQUE orchestra
- Director Matthew McCray
- Dance prodigy Charles “Lil Buck” Riley
- Vocalist Ellis Hall (“Ambassador of Soul”)
- Los Angeles Spirit Chorale
- Vocalist Kenton Chen
