![]() Kimberly Fisher, principal second violin, The Philadelphia Orchestra and artistic director, The Philadelphia International Music Festival (PIMF), describes musical prodigies as a rare breed. You have hills to climb and you learn to love taking one step at a time and the relentlessness of it all.” He likes to quote legendary tennis player, Arthur Ashe, who said, “Start where you are. “If you don’t have huge success early on, you understand and learn how to get better. Millar refers to music as a “tough business.” As a result, “Music students need to be relentless…it’s more important than anything else.” As a non-prodigy, he felt he had to work harder than if he had been labeled a prodigy. He credits his undergraduate program, and not being surrounded by prodigies, with providing him the space “to grow and improve…to compete with myself…to become better tomorrow than today.” He switched to CU’s College of Music when music proved to be the only major that brought together his passion and interests. Millar started out in engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. “In music school, we’re learning how to learn and how to adapt in the world,” he says. Michael Millar, director of the Center for Community Engagement at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, is quick to describe himself as a “non prodigy.” He credits majoring in music with teaching him to be an achiever (he’s got a BM and an MA in Music Performance, and a DMA in Performance and Arts Administration). Their insights are invaluable for students, parents, music teachers, college guidance counselors, and current music majors as well. Grand Ave, Los Angeles)įor more information about the 2016-2017 season, visit explored this subject with three musicians, each of whom is working in a distinctly different field of music. Sunday, June 11 – “Young Stars of Tomorrow” (at Zipper Hall, Colburn School, 200 S.Saturday, April 29 – “Dream Orchestra at the Broad Stage” Mahler Symphony 5.25 – “Dreams of Brahms” Symphony 4 and Violin Concerto 6, 2017 – “Dreams of Tchaikovsky” Symphony 4 and Violin Concerto 14 – “Grand Year End Gala and Dinner” with special guest tenor Keon-woo Kim, first-prize winner of 2016 Operalia (at the Omni Hotel, 251 S. Monica Catholic Church, 725 California Ave., Santa Monica) 5 – “Immortal Beethoven” Symphony 5 and 7 The 2016-2017 Dream Orchestra season continues (unless otherwise noted, all concerts will take place at Broad Stage, Santa Monica): More than 60 top musicians from Los Angeles and Orange counties are core members of the Dream Orchestra. The nonprofit Dream Orchestra’s mission is to promote and present exciting, passionate classical music, enrich the lives of community members and most importantly, inspire the next generation of young people to love classical music and become artists. Armstrong Theatre in Torrance, and others. He founded the orchestra in the fall of 2011, and since then it has performed in top concert halls all over Southern California – Walt Disney Concert Hall and Zipper Hall in Downtown Los Angeles, the Barclay Center in Irvine, the James R. Monica Catholic Church, Dream Orchestra Artistic Director and Conductor Daniel Suk chose the Broad Stage for the 2016-2017 season because of its intimacy and symphonic acoustics. Since his solo orchestral debut at age 10 with the Young Musicians Foundation Orchestra at Los Angeles’ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ushikubo has appeared with world-renowned pianist Lang Lang at Orange County’s Segerstrom Concert Hall, and with pianist and conductor Jeffrey Kahane and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra at Royce Hall in Los Angeles.Ī recipient of the prestigious Davidson Fellow Laureate Award in 2014, he won the 2016 Piano Concerto Competition at the Aspen Music Festival and School.Īfter its successful 2015-2016 season at the St. Tickets range from $20 to $60 and are available at and, by calling (800) 838-3006 and at the door (subject to availability).Įxhibiting an innate musicality well beyond his years, Japanese American pianist Ushikubo has already performed on the stages of Carnegie Hall and Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, and on NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” The Broad Stage is located at 1310 11th St. The program includes Sibelius’ Symphony No. The special guest artist is 15-year-old piano phenom Ray Ushikubo, who will perform Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor. SANTA MONICA - Celebrating its fifth season, the Dream Orchestra opens its “Symphonic Season” on Saturday, Sept. ![]()
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