Boston Court Performing Arts Center-Marjorie Branson Performance Space (Pasadena, CA)
Percussionist Lynn Vartan, last seen at Boston Court in the company of violinist Shalini Vijayan, returns for an evening of contemporary classical music on a variety of percussion instruments. She's joined for this show by Mexico's Miguel Gonzalez.
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A wonderful experience
Brilliant performances by Lynn and Miguel
Incredible acoustics.
Boston Court needs more publicity so that more people learn about and have an opportunity to enjoy this experience.
Free and easy parking.
Without Goldstar we would have found it too pricey. Not to imply it wasn't worth the price, just that the price shuts out many people who would likely attend if they knew about it and the tickets were more affordable.
The staff was friendly and very accommodating
Boston Court is an intimate,state-of-the-art performing arts complex with a 99-seat theatre (Mainstage) and 65-seat performance space (Marjorie Branson Performance Space). This unique center empowers artists to create and nurture new and classical works for the entertainment and education of the community.
Percussionist Lynn Vartan is an international performer and educator who is an advocate for diversity in music. As a new music percussionist Lynn has worked with Michael Colgrass, Vinny Golia, Arthur Jarvinen, Ursula Oppens, Joan Tower, Glen Velez, Xtet, James Newton, Chinary Ung, the Hilliard Ensemble, the Tambuco Percussion Ensemble and Grammy Award-winning Southwest Chamber Music, and is known for her dynamic athleticism and exciting energy on stage. She has commissioned and/or performed over 50 new works for percussion by composers such as Donald Crockett, Steve Hoey, Veronika Krausas, Erica Muhl, Arthur Jarvinen, Jeff Holmes, and Shaun Naidoo.
As a recital soloist, Lynn has been featured on the Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella Series, the Different Trains Series, at Montana State University, Cornell University and with the USC Contemporary and Percussion Ensembles. She is regularly presented on the Music at the Court series for Zebulon Projects, in Pasadena, California, where she produces her own solo percussion concerts. As a concerto soloist Lynn has won the California State University Concerto Competition as well as the FCC Young Artists Competition and has performed as a soloist with the Sierra Wind Symphony, the CSUN Symphony and Southwest Chamber Music, as well as premiering two additional new concertos for marimba and percussion by Mark Lanz Weiser and Shaun Naidoo. As a recording artist, Lynn has appeared on the ECM New Series for Stephen Hartke's Tituli, and was twice Grammy nominated on the Cambria label with Southwest Chamber Music in the "Best Classical Album of the Year" and "Best Small Ensemble with or without a conductor” for The Complete Chamber Music of Charlos Chavez, Volume III. Lynn is also featured on Albany Records as a soloist on an album of music by Erica Muhl and she is currently producing an album of Armenian music for marimba for release next year.
A devoted ensemble musician, Lynn is the percussionist for the Los Angeles-based Ensemble Green, the violin/percussion duo 61/4 which she founded with Shalini Vijayan, and Southwest Chamber Music, with whom she will be touring Southeast Asia in December 2006. She received her Master's and Doctorate degrees with special honors and recognition from the University of Southern California. Lynn is currently the head of Percussion at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music and at Citrus College. Lynn is endorsed by the Paiste Corporation, Remo Inc., Innovative Percussion and Marimba One.
For tonight's performance, Lynn will have a special guest, Miguel Gonzalez, from Mexico, and together they will create a night of percussion not soon to be forgotten.
Zebulon Projects, Inc. presents world class musicians in the Boston Court's intimate 65-seat state-of-the-art performance space for the entertainment and education of our community.