For the past six weeks, GRoW @ The Wallis’ Inaugural Summer Performing Arts Intensive brought together a powerful group of emerging artists, ages 8-16, from the surrounding Los Angeles community. Students participated in daily dance, […]
Harmonizing Cultures: Exploring the Multicultural World of Music at Meet the Music Family Day with LACO and GRoW @ The Wallis
On Saturday, May 13, hundreds of eager families lined up to attend the latest free collaboration between the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) and GRoW @ the Wallis Meet the Music Family Day in the […]
A Vibrant and Eclectic Finale: Blue13 Dance Company Closes Out the 22/23 Student Matinee Season
Dancers on stage, colored chalk in hand, writing, drawing, moving through the space with grace and determination… The chatter of over 300 middle and high school students growing in excitement and anticipation as the black […]
Unleashing Creativity: In-School Teaching Artist Residencies at GRoW @ The Wallis Illuminate the Power of the Arts
Immerse yourself in the power of the arts with the in-school teaching artist residencies happening this spring at GRoW @ The Wallis. This program offers a unique opportunity for students to collaborate with professional artists […]
Experience the Electrifying Magic of Live Theater: Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie Student Matinees
The Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie student matinees at GRoW @ The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts were a thrilling opportunity for young students to experience the electrifying magic of live theater. The program […]
A MESSAGE FROM THE WALLIS’ NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO, ROBERT VAN LEER
April 3, 2023 Dear Friends, Spring is here – and I am thrilled to have arrived in Los Angeles to work with the wonderful team here at The Wallis and to make my home in […]
Finding my joy through Creative Aging at The Wallis
By Gail Gordon In my eighty years, I have marked time by its life changing experiences, the most recent being the discovery of the Creative Aging Program at The Wallis directed by the amazing Debra […]
Ulysses Owens, Jr. and J’Nai Bridges: CONCERT NOTES for NOTES ON HOPE
“Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there’s no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, […]
Meet the Music, Family Day: A collaboration between GRoW @ The Wallis & Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO)
On Sunday, February 26, hundreds of eager families lined up to attend a collaboration between the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) and GRoW @ the Wallis Meet the Music Family day in the education department classrooms, courtyard, and Lovelace Theater. The weather gave us a reprieve for one day so we could have all of these young future musicians come on The Wallis campus to explore the world of classical music.
Pauline García Viardot’s The Last Sorcerer: A Feminist Eco-Fable in Operatic Form
Program Notes by Camille Zamora A recently rediscovered treasure by one of the most compelling artists of the nineteenth century resonates with themes that speak to us in the twenty-first. See The Last Sorcerer (Le […]