Category Archives: Over Coffee
A Master of Inspiration
Alexander Treger is passionate about music–and about inspiring students to excel. Alex is a noted violinist and conductor, as well as a gifted teacher. He spent thirty-six years with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, prior to his current position as Music … Continue reading
Alexander Treger Interview, Part Two
So, suppose a student is accepted into the American Youth Symphony. Now, he or she is going to play in concerts at UCLA’s Royce Hall–with world-class guest artists–as part of the training program! American Youth Symphony Music Director Alex Treger … Continue reading
An Artist’s Global Perspective
How does geography influence an artist? That’s both the subject of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s current concert series, “Westside Connections”–-and a question to which Nicolette Atkins can provide some fascinating–and global–answers. Nicolette, who is LACO’s Director of Marketing, trained … Continue reading
A Legacy of Joy
“I didn’t know that about Gene Kelly!” That’s a comment that Patricia Ward Kelly hears all the time. Mrs. Kelly is a biographer, journalist, film historian and the widow of beloved entertainer, choreographer and director Gene Kelly. She first met … Continue reading
A Thought-Provoking Storyteller
What if you’d taken an oath–and then discovered that honoring your word meant devastating the people closest to you? That’s the dilemma in which Vickie Ramirez places her protagonist, in her new play, Stand-Off At Highway #37, which has its … Continue reading