Community CONCERTS
ST. MATTHEW’S MUSIC GUILD
Community CONCERTS
The Music Guild presented thirty-two live community concerts during the 2023 – 2024 season and we plan to do even more in our 40th Anniversary Season. What a great way to celebrate 40 years! Performance venues include several centers operated by LA Family Housing throughout the San Fernando Valley, the Neighborhood Youth Association in Venice, Bread and Roses Café in Venice and the Union Rescue Mission’s Hope Gardens in Sylmar. We have particularly been touched by the reception we have received at The Arroyo, a shelter and center for women only (where we sponsor performances by women-only ensembles).
We present keyboardists, guitarists and singers, woodwind, string, and brass ensembles, mariachi bands, jazz ensembles, R & B performers and a diverse group of performers featuring folk and pop music from a variety of cultures.
Members of The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew’s participate in many of the Music Guild’s Community Concerts. Other featured performers include the Mariachi Divas, Adelaide Pilar, Angelo Salazar, Lorenzo Sanchez, Stephanie Amaro, Spencer Artwick and jazz artists Kirsten Edkins, Lolly Allen and Kait Dutton.
Recently, following a performance at LAFH’s Arroyo, professional saxophonist Kirsten Edkins wrote, “I have had many high-profile gigs (from Lady Gaga… to Tom Hanks, Cher, Sophia Loren, and many other stars). The concerts at the Arroyo have meant leaps and bounds more than the others. To be able to play for women who have been through hell, are hurting, and on their way to a new start means the world to me. Thank you for the opportunity!”
Our thanks to the Los Angeles Department of
Arts and Culture for their support.
Testimonials from members of the
audience and featured performers
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The Music Guild is grateful for the support it receives from its subscribers, the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, the MacTon Foundation, the I.N. and Susanna H. Van Nuys Foundation, The Estate of Jim Lathers, and The Estate of Mary Calfas Janos.
If you would like more information about St. Matthew’s Music Guild, please contact Board President Tom Neenan: tneenan@MusicGuildOnline.org.