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Takács Quartet with Jeremy Denk
BroadStage is located on the campus of Santa Monica College and is a part of the SMC Performing Arts Center. As we actively work to create a more equitable path as a cultural institution, we respectfully recognize that the land on which BroadStage currently stands is the ancestral unceded territory of the Tongva, Gabrielino, Kizh peoples. We honor the Indigenous caretakers of these lands and their elders, past, present, and future.
BroadStage Board of Directors
Jennifer Diener Chair Anne Taubman Vice-Chair & Treasurer Barbara Herman Secretary Dr. Susan Aminoff Laurie Benenson Donald Girard Dr. Nancy Greenstein Dr. Kathryn E. Jeffery, SMC Superintendent/President Richard Kendall Laura Maslon Gregory Rae Gerun Riley Philip Rotner Mark Smith Susan Stockel
Rob Bailis Artistic and Executive Director
Santa Monica College Board of Trustees
Barry Snell,
Chair Dr. Margaret Quiñones-Perez,
Vice Chair Dr. Susan Aminoff; Dr. Nancy Greenstein; Dr. Tom Peters; Rob Rader; Dr. Sion Roy; Catalina Fuentes Aguirre
Student Trustee Kathryn E. Jeffery, Ph.D.,
Superintendent/President
Welcome back to BroadStage as we welcome in 2023! Throughout January, February, and March, we will be enjoying some of what BroadStage does best: fantastic concert music across a variety of genres from some of the most extraordinary performers on the planet. This is a highly unique lineup of artists; each rooted in a different practice or tradition and each bringing their own celebration of our shared human experience to the stage.
The classical highlights are Takács Quartet, performing with pianist and MacArthur "Genius" Jeremy Denk, and Academy of St Martin in the Fields performing with unmatched mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital. And of course our thriving new series, Sunday Morning Music/Santa Monica, features a wake-up call of coffee, pastry, and vibrant conversation among an hour-long set of exceptional and engaging classical music curated by LA's finest chamber musicians.
We venture into Americana with two artists whose vision emerges in song and folk traditions. BroadStage favorite Lucia Micarelli (singer, violinist, actor, and songwriter) will return to the main stage. Lizzie No, an emerging talent who is as equally at home at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival as she is at the Newport Jazz Festival (akin to the Jazz-infused, folk movement singer-songwriters of the 60s and 70s) will play an intimate show as part of our blackbox series. If you love singers, ballads, stories in song — and some insanely hot fiddle or harp — do not miss these artists, trailblazers both.
On the Jazz side, we welcome two very different acclaimed bandleaders. Composer and arranger Maria Schneider (no stranger to LA audiences) offers her GRAMMY-winning, 2020 Jazz Album of the Year, Pulitzer Prize Finalist,
epic work Data Lords. In its two halves, the profound album explores the
digital world and the natural world in generous, equally outrageous and emotional soundscapes. The next weekend we see Bria Skonberg, whose ebullient personality, high-energy vocals and trumpet, and love of hot Jazz is simply overflowing. All of this is to say we are blessed with an intimate set of spaces here at BroadStage; spaces that allow us to enjoy concert music at its finest, in an acoustically pristine environment. The artistic intimacy with our performers is among the most treasured hallmarks of a BroadStage experience. Where music is concerned, it really doesn't get much better than this.
We are thrilled to share these concerts with you, and hope we will see you soon and often. As we look further into the spring, get ready for us to light up the stage again with dramatic dance, theater, and more. Get your tickets
early for Dimanche, Let the Crows Come, and Memoryhouse; they will sell fast!
Rob Bailis Artistic and Executive Director
WHAT A PARTY!
Thank you to our sponsors and all those who made the The Look of Love: A Celebration on October 20, 2022 such a huge success! Thank you for joining us for a spectacular Opening Night World Premiere.
BroadStage would also like to thank the following patrons who generously supported BroadStage’s Education & Community Outreach Programming by sending a gift in lieu of their attendance:
Linda & Martin Blank Bruce Bower David Coscia & Mark Armstrong Roy & Carol Doumani Karen Duvall & Gerald Berke Irwin S. Field Sheila & Michael Goldberg Susan & Alan Greenberg Susan & Matthew Grossman Renee Holland Dr. Kathryn Jeffery Alice Lainer Carol Munchin Francine Ringold Nancy Rosenbloom
BroadStage would like to thank the following patrons who generously supported BroadStage’s Education & Community Outreach Programming by giving in our first-ever paddle raise:
Aileen Adams Kathrine & Frank E. Baxter Laurie & Bill Benenson Catherine Benkaim Kai Bowden Greg Breen Edythe Broad Cecilia Brown Tracey Brown Sonia & James Cummings Katrin & Kevin Czinger Eunice David Jennifer Diener Adrienne Forst Nina & Ross Furukawa Blanca Malpartida-Girard & Don Girard Anne Grausam Barbara Herman Pat Hubbard Richard Kendall & Lisa See Kathy Kraas & Leon Shapiro Rini & Arthur Kraus Jane Jelenko Nancy Laturno Liz Levitt Hirsch Nigel Lythgoe Cookie Markowitz Laura Maslon Helen Meyer Alevtina Michelson Mark Morris James Mulally Mumsey Nemiroff Greg Niles Dr. Bruce & Aulana Peters Ann Petersen & Leslie Pam Leo & Nina Pircher Deb Podus Lyle & Lisi Poncher Debbie & Rick Powell Robert Wallace Gerun Riley & Jason Wilborn Philip & Janet Rotner Thomas L. Safran Amelia & Ralph Saltsman Eric Small David Totheroh Jan & Mark Victor Nana Visitor & Matthew Rimmer Polly & Herb Weinberg Sanford Weiner
More information about BroadStage’s commitment to local students and our community can be found at broadstage.org/all-activations.
From Shallows to Seafloor
Thursday Jan 12 7:30 p.m. Main Stage
Run Time: Approximately 70 minutes with no intermission, followed by a Q&A.
Photo Credit: Solvin Zankl
From Shallows to Seafloor
Diva Amon is a deep-sea biologist who works at the nexus of science, policy, and communications. She studies the weird and wonderful animals living in a range of previously unknown deep-sea habitats and human impacts on them. She has participated in research expeditions around the world and has an extensive science communication and outreach record. Amon is a 2020 National Geographic Emerging Explorer, a Pew-Bertarelli Ocean Ambassador, a a Co-Lead of the DOSI Minerals Working Group, a Scientific Associate at the Natural History Museum in London, and a Director and Founder of SpeSeas.
National Geographic Live is the live events division of National Geographic. Its broad roster of talent, including renowned photographers, scientists, authors, lmmakers, and adventurers, share their behindthe-scenes stories from the front lines of exploration alongside stunning imagery and gripping footage to audiences throughout the United States and abroad. For more information on National Geographic Live and other National Geographic events, please visit nationalgeographic.com/events.
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Adaptation Alizé Carrère, Environmental Anthropologist & Filmmaker April 20, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Explore the remarkable ways people around the world are adapting to climate change with environmental anthropologist and filmmaker Alizé Carrère.
