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	LOS ANGELES CHILDREN’S CHORUS HONORS GRANT GERSHON, KIMBERLY MARTEAU EMERSON AND JOHN EMERSON AND NAMES KHORI DASTOOR 2008 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA AT GALA BEL CANTO (PASADENA, CA) April 14, 2008 – A quartet of eminent artists and arts patrons will be honored at the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus’s (LACC) festive Gala Bel Canto on Thursday, May 22, 2008, at 6:00 p.m., at the California Club in downtown Los Angeles. The honorees include Grant Gershon, music director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, assistant conductor of LA Opera and LACC Honorary Board Member, and passionate LACC supporters Kimberly Marteau Emerson and John Emerson, Chair of the Music Center Board of Governors. In addition, fast-rising soprano Khori Dastoor, a Pasadena native, graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music and principal artist in residence with Opera San Jose, will be named LACC’s 2008 Distinguished Alumna...		For Press Information, please contact Libby Huebner 562.799.6055
	DISTINGUISHED CONDUCTOR JANEAL KREHBIEL IS FEATURED GUEST CLINICIAN AT WEST COAST’S ONLY “TREBLE CHOIR CONDUCTORS SYMPOSIUM,” HOSTED BY LOS ANGELES CHILDREN’S CHORUS (PASADENA, CA) April 14, 2008 – Noted conductor Janeal Krehbiel, co-founder and artistic director of the Lawrence Children’s Choir in Kansas, will serve as the featured guest clinician at the “Treble Choir Conductors Symposium” presented by Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC). The four-day symposium, the only one of its kind offered on the West Coast, is open to participants across the country and runs from Tuesday, August 5 to Friday, August 8, 2008, at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, California...
	LOS ANGELES CHILRDREN’S CHORUS PRESENTS TWO WORLD PREMIERES AT SPRING CONCERT: ETCH BY LACC ALUMNA CAROLINE PARK AND L’AMOUR DE MOY BY PAUL GIBSON (PASADENA, CA) February 19, 2008 – Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) expands its role as an international musical ambassador with a slate of high profile performances in Southern California culminating with a two-week tour to China with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra, prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Among its local performance highlights, the choir presents two world premieres at its Spring Concert on Saturday, June 7, 2008, 7 P.M. at Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena...
	ANNE TOMLINSON, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF LOS ANGELES CHILDREN’S CHORUS, SELECTED BY AMERICAN CHOIR DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION (ACDA) TO GUEST CONDUCT 150-MEMBER NEW MEXICO STATE CHILDREN’S HONOR CHOIR (PASADENA, CA) January 25, 2008 – Anne Tomlinson, Artistic Director of the renowned Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, will guest conduct the New Mexico State Children’s Honor Choir in a special admission-free concert on Saturday, February 2, 2008, at 10 A.M., at the New Mexico State University Music Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The 150-member honor choir, comprised of 4th, 5th and 6th grade students from throughout New Mexico...
	CARMINA SLOVENICA, INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED SLOVENIAN GIRLS CHOIR, MAKES RARE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA APPEARANCE WITH FREE CONCERT FEATURING MINIMALIST PROJECT “CS LIGHT,” INCORPORATING MOVEMENT AND STAGE ELEMENTS WITH MUSIC OF PHILLIP GLASS, STEVE REICH, MORTON FELDMAN, KARIN REHNQVIST, TELLU TURKA, THOMAS JENNEFELT AND BRONIUS KUTAVIEIUS (PASADENA, CA) October 16, 2007 – The internationally acclaimed Slovenia-based girls’ choir Carmina Slovenica, led by Karmina Šilec, makes a rare Southern California appearance to stage its ground-breaking minimalist project “CS Light,” featuring the music of Steve Reich, Phillip Glass, Thomas Jennefelt, Morton Feldman, Karin Rehnqvist, Bronius Kutavieius and Tellu Turka, in a free concert on Saturday, November 3, 2007, at 7:30 p.m., at the First United Methodist Church in Pasadena. The avant-garde production incorporates the music of these minimalist masters with movement, drama and stage elements to create landscapes of sounds that thrive at the intersection of sound and light, image and object...
	LOS ANGELES CHILDREN’S CHORUS PRESENTS L.A. PREMIERE OF CHEN YI’S THE CATARACT OF MOUNT LU AS WELL AS WORKS BY BRITTEN, BACH, PRAETORIUS, PAUL GIBSON AND OTHERS AT ANNUAL WINTER CONCERT (PASADENA, CA) September 25, 2007 – The acclaimed Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) showcases the exceptional talents of its 260 members with an eclectic range of classical, folk and contemporary works from around the globe, including the Los Angeles premiere of Chen Yi’s critically acclaimed The Cataract of Mount Lu, at its annual Winter Concerts...
	LOS ANGELES CHILDREN’S CHORUS APPOINTS ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR (PASADENA, CA) September 24, 2007 – The renowned Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) has bolstered its artistic staff with the appointment of Mandy Brigham as Associate Artistic Director and Amy Brehm as Assistant Artistic Director. Both serve under Artist Director Anne Tomlinson...