“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, […]
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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 […]
From a wire hanger violin to playing in the Goldsmith: Artem Diaz Kolesov Fominyx
Artem Diaz Kolesov Fominyx, the Inaugural Grauman Fellow at The Wallis, speaks about his journey with the violin, how his family used to scrap for money to pay for his lessons, and the importance that […]
From Page to Stage: The Journey of Invincible – The Musical
By Book Writer Bradley Bredeweg I’m a child of the 80’s, so Pat and Neil’s music was always around me — in my house, car rides to school, and in every mall I stepped foot […]
BODYTRAFFIC Marks the Return Of Full Capacity Student Matinees at the Wallis!
On Friday, October 21st hundreds of eager students, grades 3–12, and their fearless educators from Crossroads School, Blue Ridge Homeschool, CHAMPS Charter High School of the Arts, Harvard Westlake Middle & Upper School, Beverly Vista […]
The Wallis Commissions WORLD PREMIERE of Aeryn Santillan’s “withdraw”
JOHNNY GANDELSMAN: THIS IS AMERICAThursday, May 19 at 8:00 PMLovelace Studio Theater @ The Wallis This is America features 22 new works for solo violin, all created in 2020 by composers that reflect our nation’s […]
RACHAEL WORBY TALKS MUSE/IQUE’S SUNRISE ON SUNSET
Leading up to MUSE/IQUE’s debut concert at The Wallis, we spoke with the ensemble’s Artistic Director and Conductor Rachael Worby. Get Rachael’s inside take on music curation, the lore of Sunset Boulevard, and L.A. as the […]
In Loving Memory of Paul Selwyn
To Our Beloved Wallis Friends, It is with a deep well of gratitude that we at The Wallis remember the life of esteemed philanthropist, husband, father, community leader, and Founding President of the Wallis Annenberg […]
In Loving Remembrance of Jacqueline Avant
December 3, 2021 Dearest Friends, We at the Wallis Annenberg Center for The Performing Arts are stunned and devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of beloved Wallis Board of Directors and Education Committee member, […]