Celebrating the Diversity of L.A.’s Musical Landscape

This program in the historic surroundings of Villa Aurora  celebrates the diversity of the musical landscape of Los Angeles and is produced in collaboration with a variety of ensembles, some of which have been founded during the last decade, when L.A. became a true hub for new music.

Saturday, March 26 @ 8:00 p.m.

Eclectic Salon #3: Plucking

In cooperation with MicroFest

An Evening of Tom Johnson

MicroFest and Villa Aurora present the world premiere of Johnson’s Plucking (2015) for nine ethnic instruments, featuring a global village of world pluckery that includes Japanese koto, Middle Eastern oud, Indian sitar, Persian tar, African kora, and more. Also included will be a selection of his wonderful Rational Melodies, the West Coast premiere of Doublings for Double Bass (1980) for contrabass, his hilarious Failing: a very difficult piece for solo string bass (1984), plus traditional repertoire from our international soloists.