Aperture Duo is a dynamic violin and viola duo committed to performing new, experimental, and rarely heard chamber music at the highest caliber. Dedicated to expanding the violin and viola duo repertoire, Aperture Duo actively commissions new works by composers from diverse backgrounds and styles. In each performance, Aperture Duo juxtaposes works that push the limits of their ensemble and fuel audience conversations. 

ARKHIPOV is a 75-minute chamber opera composed by Peter Knell with a libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann. The opera centers on Vasili Arkhipov, whose unsung heroism stood between humanity’s existence and annihilation. The proposed opera tells the story of the events leading up to the fulcrum of the Cuban Missile Crisis—a moment when the future of the globe clearly hung in the balance—and conjures a portrait of the man responsible for defusing the conflict.

HOCKET is a contemporary chamber music group comprised of members Sarah Gibson and Thomas Kotcheff. Gibson and Kotcheff are both pianist-composers dedicated to commissioning and performing contemporary music and have been featured performers of University of Southern California Thornton Edge for many years. Together, they have premiered dozens of chamber and solo piano works and have collaborated with the premier new music ensemble Eighth Blackbird.

Kewa Civic Concerts presents free and low-cost admission concerts for the community, specifically for those who cannot get out to hear concerts, like those in hospitals or recovery centers.

MILLER || PHELPS is the guitar and percussion duo of Alexander Elliott Miller and Benjamin Phelps. Their mission is to promote the creation of new music for this ensemble through commissioning composers, sound artists and other music creators, and the performance and recording of these works.  

Mt. Lowe Chamber Players connects professional musicians residing in Altadena and surrounding areas with the community of Altadena by presenting free public chamber music concerts at the Altadena Public Library and other local venues, and by including students from the local public schools as performers on selected programs.

Pasadena Opera is committed to revolutionizing the presentation and perception of opera. They provide theatre experiences that are contemporary and relevant to all members of the community while maintaining standards of the highest artistic excellence.

Pieces of Eight was formed by singers who love both chamber music and opera. When people think of singers, they often think of someone singing by themselves, or perhaps by themselves with “backup singers” or in a large chorus. But for those with a taste for works such as string quartets and piano trios, there is a small and little-known yet pithy repertoire involving singers which contains the same sorts of delights. Likewise, one-act operas are a relatively neglected corner of the operatic world. The small cast numbers, and concentrated drama, of such works struck us as a fitting complement to vocal chamber music pieces. They have made it their mission to present these little-known gems to our audiences in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Selah Gospel Choir (SGC) was founded in 2007 as a haven for people who want to sing high-quality gospel music, but are either unable to find it in their own churches or do not identify with being in a church at all. SGC is a non-auditioned secular community choir based in Pasadena, CA. Our vibrant and fun ensemble strives to remain authentic to traditional roots and contemporary forms of Black gospel music. We are diverse, both racially and generationally, and wholly inclusive of those who identify as straight, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, gender-fluid, gender-queer, and everything in between. SGC is a safe place where all are welcomed and shown respect despite our many differences.

wasteLAnd presents music that explores the extremities of instrumental and vocal performance techniques and both reconsiders and expands conventional modes of musical expression while searching for something new. wasteLAnd fosters excitement and understanding of unfamiliar styles of music by inviting the public to open rehearsals and workshops.