The Da Camera Society Spring Season 2025
The Da Camera Society of Mount Saint Mary’s University, announces spring concerts featuring superb chamber music in culturally significant sites across LA.
Proceeds from the Feb 28 and Mar 1 concerts support Los Angeles Conservancy, a nonprofit working to assess the impacts of the LA fires on historic sites and guide resources and technical assistance to them.
Spring concerts include:
BENEFIT CONCERTS FEATURING TRIO CÉLESTE
Two concerts featuring Trio Céleste benefit historic sites affected by the LA fires. Proceeds from each will be donated to the L.A. Conservancy. Trio Céleste are a dynamic ensemble whose performances have garnered critical acclaim in the US and abroad. Program includes works by Ukrainian and Russian composers.
Fri, Feb 28 – 7:30pm – Chamber Music | OC, Orange County
Sat, March 1 – 2pm – Doheny Mansion, downtown LA
19th-century women composers – Hannah Murray and Nick Galinaitis
Sat, Mar 15 at 7pm – Stimson House
Violinist Hannah Murray and pianist Nick Galinaitis perform works by 19th-century women composers including Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Ethel Smyth.
Minetti Quartett – Haydn, Schubert, Shostakovich
Sun, April 6 at 4pm – Pasadena Conservatory
Viennese Minetti Quartett perform Schubert “Rosamunde” and Shostakovich No. 7. Concert in the intimate Barrett Hall.
Mother’s Day concert-brunch – Catherine Gregory and David Kaplan
Sun, May 11 at 11am
Mother’s Day brunch accompanied by music for flute and piano. Concert by flutist Catherine Gregory and pianist David Kaplan.
Ysaÿe’s secret violin concerto – Phillipe Graffin and Sunset Chamberfest
Fri, June 6 at 7:30pm – Pasadena Conservatory
Parisian violinist Phillipe Graffin performs works by Ysaÿe (and more!) at Barrett Hall. Accompanied by members of Sunset Chamberfest.
About Da Camera Society:
The Da Camera Society offers superb musical performances in culturally significant sites, reaching out to audiences in Los Angeles and beyond through public concerts and educational programming.
Tickets and Information
For tickets and more information visit www.dacamerasociety.org/concerts/, or email dacamera@msmu.edu.
Has Legalizing Sports Gambling Become a Bad Bet?
Perfect March Madness
In 2018, the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting, allowing states to legalize and regulate it. Since then, sports gambling has exploded, with over thirty states embracing sports betting. Now, legal betting platforms like DraftKings are integrated into major sports leagues, apps, and advertisements, making wagering easier and more accessible than ever. But was the gamble worth it? Those who say that what has happened since legalization is a positive, argue that sports gambling is good for the economy, generating tax revenues and creating jobs. It has also increased fan engagement in their favorite sports teams and athletes and helps operators monitor problem gambling. Critics of what has happened since legalization worry about its normalization, particularly among young people who may be vulnerable to the increased risk of gambling addiction. They also worry about the integrity of the sports industry.
Now, before we place a bet on our phones, we debate the question: Has Legalizing Sports Gambling Become A Bad Bet?
Arguing Yes: Harry Levant, Director of Gambling Policy at the Public Health Advocacy Institute
Arguing No: Bill Pascrell III, Partner at Princeton Public Affairs Group
Nayeema Raza, Journalist and Host of “Smart Girl Dumb Questions”, is the guest moderator.
Cozy up this Winter
Sound Beat has grown steadily to become one of Public Radio’s most popular daily features A free, daily, 90 second feature, Sound Beat highlights the holdings of the Syracuse University Libraries’ Belfer Audio Archive, one of the largest sound archives in the United States.
Like a trip through the history of recorded sound, Sound Beat episodes feature rare and unique recordings from the Archive, and entertaining backstorys detailing their place in recording history.
For more information, visit: https://creativepr.org/project/sound-beat/
Searching For The First Rock and Roll Song
A two decade long staple on WWOZ in New Orleans, Searching For The First Rock and Roll Song features records coveted by collectors from the era when rock and roll was emerging but hadn’t yet settled on a definition of itself.
On Searching For The First Rock and Roll Song, listeners will hear music
- from before rock and roll was domesticated into a commercial music industry.
- when country and western sounded like swing,
- when pop music sounded like rockabilly,
- when rockabilly sounded like rhythm and blues,
- when doo wop sounded like girl groups,
and all those musics sounded an awful lot like what we now call “rock and roll.”
Not a hits, oldies, or “history of” radio show. it’s all the songs that influenced our now-legendary musicians who are regularly featured in all those hits, oldies, and “history of” radio shows.
P.S. We never find the first rock and roll song. Just like our journey through life, the search is the joy. Finding the final destination in life or music is something to continually delay until after next week’s episode.
Available FREE on PRX & Download
The Best of Broadway and Hollywood
Footlight Parade: Sounds of the American Musical
Public Radio’s Most Popular and Longest Running Broadway and Hollywood Musical Program
Since 1998, Footlight Parade: Sounds of the American Musical has been presenting the best of Broadway and Hollywood, from the early 20th century to current hits: from Gershwin, Berlin and Rodgers & Hammerstein to Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The best of Broadway and Hollywood music including rarely heard recordings.
“Bill Rudman brings musical theater history to life with charm, wit, insight, warmth, convivial chat and a wealth of knowledge”.
Entertaining and insightful backstage stories, anecdotes, and historical perspectives from Host and Producer Bill Rudman, a nationally recognized authority on musical theatre.
“I don’t know which I prefer: the music or your informative and entertaining commentary. BOTH are excellent!”
Exclusive archival interviews with, and in-depth interviews with of such acclaimed artists as lyricist Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof and She Loves Me), composer John Kander (Cabaret and Chicago) and singers Mandy Patinkin and the late Barbara Cook, and many more!
“Bill’s in-depth interviews with all manner of artists provide a permanent, irreplaceable archive.”
Cost: FREE
Length: 56:50
Available: PRX Automated Delivery, Downloads