Vocalist

2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Minnie Riperton’s classic album Perfect Angel. At the time, Riperton was 27 years old, a veteran of the music industry. As a teenager, she sang background on sessions with Etta James and The Dells for the legendary Chess Records, but her “brightest moment” (Pitchfork) came with the release of Perfect Angel in 1975. The album is best known for the song “Lovin’ You,” which became a No. 1 Billboard hit and showcased her five-and-a-half-octave vocal range. Years later, BBC said, “with its extended chant to Maya Rudolph, her daughter, at the end, it is still affecting now as when it was first heard.”

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Perfect Angel: The Definitive Minnie Riperton Tribute

Hollywood Bowl

Mozart’s incredible ‘Marriage of Figaro’ encompasses so much more than the usual comedy, passion, lust and class war! It is rife with the what could be considered modern-day  themes like sexism, ‘me too’, predatory employers, a ‘Lolita’ scenario, Twitter-esque information exchanges and so much more. Yet all of these dark themes are elegantly and deftly encompassed in Mozart’s delightful, timeless music and Beaumarchais’ deep, witty text! Feminine wiles will thwart the attempted male domination – a philandering nobleman, an over-sexed teenager, an intrigue-spreading gossip are all countered by super intelligent women and the quick-thinking Figaro! You will laugh, you will cry, you will be outraged and you will ultimately be thrilled – and even with the difficult themes it is an opera for all ages because of the subtleties of the text and the glorious, ‘velvet glove’ of Mozart’s music! Our stellar cast, led by Maestro Jorge Parodi and directed by our own Maria Todaro, will make this opera come to life and create a life-changing experience!

The Marriage of Figaro

Hudson Valley International Festival of the Voice

Happy 100th Max!  We’re honored to be celebrating the Centennial of the legendary Max Roach - virtuoso drummer, percussionist, bebop pioneer and a fierce advocate of change, with an All-Star lineup of 25+ of LA’s finest musicians, dancers, poets and artists.

MAX ROACH ‘The Drum Also Waltzes’ Centennial Celebration 

Grand Performances

Bending the future of sound, taking ivory and ebony to destinations unknown, is keyboard maestro, vocalist, composer, producer, arranger and astral traveler Brandon Coleman. A regular fixture with Babyface, Donald Glover, Flying Lotus, and Kamasi Washington’s band, Coleman represents a new chapter in the evolution of jazz and funk fusion. 

Coleman’s latest electronic funk odyssey, Interstellar Black Space, launched in May 2022. He explains, “I wanted to write some music that reflected how I felt about time, space, and celestial energy. I love space movies like Interstellar and The Martian—and I thought to myself, if I was traveling through space what would I want to hear? I wanted to create some astral Negro music.”

Vocalist

Brandon Coleman

Events

Past events

Sep 24, 2025

Perfect Angel: The Definitive Minnie Riperton Tribute · Hollywood Bowl

Jun 29, 2024

The Marriage of Figaro · Hudson Valley International Festival of the Voice

Future and recently performed repertoire

Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart

Hudson Valley International Festival of the Voice

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