Benoit is back, and hopefully his orchestra too
A newly rejuvenated David Benoit is again writing music, conducting and touring by Bondo Wyszpolski It might have seemed David Benoit was down for the count. His kidney had been failing, taking his strength and stamina with it. After each dialysis session, he says, “I’d come out so beat-up… hungry, tired, angry, all of that.” […]
Music and birthday candles for local college
“Shining Through the Decades” El Camino College’s Diamond Jubilee Celebration Concert marks 75 years of serving students and the community To commemorate this milestone, artistic director Joanna Medawar Nachef is heading up a free concert that features the ECC Symphony Orchestra, Chorale, Concert Choir, Women’s Chorus, Joanna Medawar Nachef Singers, and the Torrance Civic Chorale. […]
David Benoit, Keiko Matsui, in concert
David Benoit, Keiko Matsui, and an evening of jazz and classical music at the Norris Theatre For the symphony, a new name and an anniversary by Bondo Wyszpolski The wheels are again starting to turn for David Benoit and the Pacific Vision Youth Symphony (formerly the Asia America Youth Symphony). “The first year of COVID, […]