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Rose Lombardo, Principal Flute of the San Diego Symphony since 2011 and beloved SummerFest Artist, joins Quartet Integra for the first Fellowship Artist Spotlight performance of Beach’s Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet, Op. 80. This free afternoon concert also includes a performance of Brahms’ Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major by trioJEM. Encounters are free afternoon events, featuring intriguing lectures, discussions, performances, and diverse perspectives. Encounters reveal fascinating insights into the ways in which music is created, influenced, interpreted, and performed. Registration required. Connect with La Jolla Music Society on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | X - Twitter

As co-chairs of La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest Gala, we are delighted to invite you to a truly wondrous celebration on Saturday, August 12, 2023. The Conrad will be transformed into a magical Enchanted Forest! You will not want to miss this extraordinary evening including a fundraising benefit concert in support of our learning and community engagement programs, featuring our SummerFest Music Director and remarkable pianist Inon Barnatan! This enchanted evening will benefit the La Jolla Music Society’s education and children’s programming efforts. Music affects the intellectual and emotional development of children, particularly children at risk, which means your support will significantly impact a child’s future through critically important music programs and community outreach. Please join us and other like-minded supporters as we continue our mission of leadership and education by becoming a SummerFest Gala Sponsor today! Charitable donors of $5,000 or more are invited to a fabulous private Sponsor Party on Sunday, October 1, 2023. Please visit here for more information about the event! Connect with La Jolla Music Society on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | X - Twitter

Composers step out of their comfort zone and defy their surroundings in this powerful program. Gideon Klein’s ebullient and lighthearted String Trio was composed whilst the composer was imprisoned in the Terezín prison camp just days before his deportation to Auschwitz. Beethoven charted new ground in celestial music that was baffling to his contemporaries and has come to be considered a pinnacle of human creation. Having written almost exclusively just for the piano, Chopin’s Cello Sonata represents an extraordinary effort on the part of a composer who, only a few years from the end of his life, determined to master a genre he had never before attempted. Please visit here for additional information about the event. ADMISSION Tickets can be purchased through here. Connect with La Jolla Music Society on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | X - Twitter

Portland, OR-based singer, songwriter, and producer John Craigie adapts moments of solitude into stories perfectly suited for old Americana fiction anthologies. Instead of leaving them on dog-eared pages, he projects them widescreen in flashes of simmering soul and folk eloquence. On his 2022 full-length album, "Mermaid Salt", we witness revenge unfurled in flames, watch a landlocked mermaid’s escape, and fall asleep under a meteor shower. Ticket Price: $25 advanced / $30 day of show / $43 reserved loft seating (available over the phone 858-481-8140 or in person at our box office) Fan Presale 8/9/2023 @ 10:00 a.m. PT Public on Sale 8/11/2023 @ 10:00 a.m. PT

Join us Tuesday August 29 at 6 p.m. as we welcome Sunya Mara to the store to read and sign "The Lightstruck (Darkening Duology #2)". SYNOPSIS: In this epic sequel and conclusion to the Darkening duology, which has been called “enchanting and wildly clever” (Ayana Gray, New York Times bestselling author of Beasts of Prey), Vesper Vale, once savior to a city plagued by cursed storms, finds herself facing an even more sinister threat when an ominous light summoned by the Great King seizes control of the city. Vesper Vale sacrificed everything to save her city from the cursed storm. After becoming a vessel of The Great Queen, Vesper awakes from a slumber three years after her life altering choice. What she finds isn’t a home freed from the terror of the storm, but one where its citizens are besieged by the even more sinister force of The Great King and his growing army of the lightstruck—once regular citizens who are now controlled by the ominous light encroaching on the city. And the people are all looking to Vesper, now revered as a goddess after her sacrifice, as their city’s only hope. To save the rings from the Great King, Vesper must contend with the obligations of being a deity to her people and the growing chasm between her and Dalca, the prince she swore never to love. Haunted by the guilt of their past choices and faced with the pressures of a city near ruin, Vesper and Dalca find themselves torn between the growing factions within the city and the royal court. But in order to save her city from the light, Vesper must face the power most outside of her control—the goddess within. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sunya Mara grew up in six different cities across five different states and now calls California home. She studied film and business at the University of Southern California and went on to write and illustrate at Kobe Bryant’s Granity Studios. When not telling stories, she spends her time haunting old movie theaters and staring at museum walls. ADMISSION: This event is free to attend and will be held at DIESEL, A Bookstore in Del Mar. Free seating is limited. To reserve a seat, please purchase one copy of a book for one seat. Connect with Sunya Mara on Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | X - Twitter

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