By Charly SHELTON Honestly, I don’t know of one person who lives in our town that doesn’t have some Disney memory. Be it at a movie, at the Disney Store, a Disney gift, Disney cartoons on TV, or even at the ultimate happy memory place – Disneyland – most everyone can recount some joyous time […]
Executive producer James Cameron offers personal insight into making of 3D thriller. By Charly SHELTON The largest caves in the world can hide the largest danger. There is no monster in this cave, no secret ancient curse, and no reality bending vortex. Just the dark. And when your only way back to the light is […]
By Ted AYALA Beating within the chest of any orchestra is a heart comprised of the talents of the orchestra’s section leaders; their timbres the orchestra’s lifeblood. Often it is the conductor with baton flashing or the guest star soloist plowing through a virtuoso concerto that grips the audience’s attention and fascination. But the listener […]
Sanctum By Charly Shelton The largest caves in the world can hide the largest danger. There is no monster in this cave, no secret ancient curse, and no reality bending vortex. Just the dark. And when your only way back to the light is cut off while the cave slowly fills with water, the dark […]
By Ted AYALA Is the era of good music behind us? Many classical music critics and listeners would have you think so. Certainly you may be compelled to feel that way given the look of your average symphony orchestra program nowadays. The symphony orchestra has become a kind of aural museum where the only good […]
The 83rd Academy Awards Oscar nominations have been announced. There are cowboys and kings, fighters and fathers nominated. The Oscars will be handed out on Feb. 27. A family favorite shines with the nomination of “Toy Story 3” in the category of Best Animation and Best Picture. The field this year is very competitive, from […]
By Charly SHELTON Cavalia was like a dream. We were in the Roman Colosseum, floating through space, but space was tie-dyed. Horses were running around everywhere while chiseled men and beautiful women shouted orders to them from the backs of other horses and then, in a flipping jump, landing in the center of the arena. […]
The 83rd Academy Awards Oscar nominations have been announced. There are cowboys and kings, fighters and fathers nominated. The Oscars will be handed out on Feb. 27. A family favorite shines with the nomination of “Toy Story 3” in the category of Best Animation and Best Picture. The field this year is very competitive from […]
By Ted AYALA Franz Schubert (1797-1828) and George N. Gianopoulos (born 1984). Seeing their names paired up, some music lovers may ask what these composers have in common and why their work should sit side-by-side on a concert program. After all, between Schubert and Gianopoulos lies nearly two centuries and a gaping chasm of musical […]
By Ted AYALA Spring in January? The weather certainly seems to think so, bringing in some much needed warmth and sun after a month that soaked our state in deluge after deluge. Did the musicians of the Santa Cecilia Orchestra (SCO) somehow know something we don’t? Their mixed program of chamber and solo piano works […]