Edendale Library Up Close Concerts

Edendale Up Close presents Judicanti Responsura,   Saturday June 14 at 12:00 noon-1:00pm   in the Edendale Library community room Join us Saturday June 14, 2025   at noon for our next Edendale Up Close performance – Judicanti Responsura, featuring William Roper on lip-reeds and percussionist Joseph Mitchell . They will perform a program from their repertoire that celebrates Juneteenth, a day of freedom that came late. ‘Cause why? ‘Cause Texas. The ensemble was formed in 1984 and is focused on music of our time, with a special emphasis on compositions that incorporate African American improvisational traditions. The ensemble's repertoire includes works by its members, commissioned works, jazz standards and contemporary classical compositions.  Judicanti Responsura 's members were raised in Los Angeles' African American neighborhoods and were politicized by the experience. Much of their music reflects that politicization in its inspiration, titles, content, wardrobe an...

Edendale Up Close presents the Fiato Quartet, Saturday May 24, 2025 at 12:00 noon-1:00 pm PT  in the Edendale Library community room. For our next Edendale Up Close concert, Saturday May 24th at 12:00 noon, we are excited to welcome the Fiato Quartet –  violinists Carrie Kennedy and Joel Pargman, violist Aaron Oltman, and cellist Ryan Sweeney.  They will perform  Haydn’s Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2, “The Joke”,  and  Dvorak’s “American “ Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96. Fiato Quartet, winner of the 2022 Beverly Hills National Auditions, was formed in 2008. In addition to their acclaimed work as Fiato, they are also members of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pasadena Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, New West Symphony, and Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra. As studio musicians in Los Angeles, they also record music for movies and television. In addition to the standard quartet repertoire, Fiato has a passion for new m...

  Join us at the Edendale Library Saturday May 3rd at 12:00 noon for a concert by The Chamber Players of Los Angeles, featuring Satik Andriassian (guitar), John M. Kennedy (bass), Jacqueline Suzuki (violin) and Patrick Marsh (viola). The Players will perform works for guitar and strings, including pieces by János Fusz, John M. Kennedy, and Franz Schubert. The library is at  2011 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026 in Echo Park,  enter through the parking lot side off Alvarado St.  Email  eden@lapl.org  for more information. Classical guitarist Satik Andriassian teaches at California State University, Los Angeles. She is the recipient of several awards and scholarships, including the prestigious CSU Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholar Award for her guitar performance and scholarly achievements. She has served as an adjudicator, instructor, and performer at the Malta International Music Festival and Competition, Settimana della Musica di Murlo, and the Sola...

Edendale Up Close Concert, Tuesday February 25th at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom – Pianist Nancy Fierro presents From Salon to Saloon Join us Tuesday February 25th at 6:00 p.m. PST on Zoom for a delightful concert of classical and ragtime piano music – From Salon to Saloon, presented by Los Angeles pianist Nancy Fierro. Her program includes Romantic works by Chopin’s most famous predecessor Maria Agata Szymanowska, as well as a beautiful musical impression of Lake Wallenstadt by Franz Liszt and Claude Debussy’s dream-like “Clair de Lune” and 1890’s Ballad. To conclude the program, we will hear funky rags by two of America’s best ragtime composers, May Aufderheide and George L. Cobb. Enjoy the interactive discussion of the music following the concert. Nancy has played concerts both nationally and internationally. Famed pedagogue Nadia Boulanger described her as “a real pianistic talent with deep musical understanding.” Here’s the Zoom link to attend. Feel free to share it with family and friends,...