Happy #StPatricksDay! ☘️☘️☘️☘️

Doing the preconcert talks for Pacific Symphony’s production of Das Rheingold and I got to try on the Ring of the Nibelungen. Perfect fit.

Well now.

Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Gershwin, and more! Presented by LA Phil at Disney Hall. Tickets are just $6 and include a complimentary coffee reception. Get them here: my.laphil.com/en/booking/pro…

My next multimedia extravaganza presented by LA Phil . Tickets are only $6 and include a complimentary coffee reception. Tickets here: my.laphil.com/en/booking/pro…

Yes, I want it. Steinway & Sons Pictures at an Exhibition. $2.5 million.

Two days away! My next multimedia extravaganza presented by LA Phil . Tickets are only $6 and include a complimentary coffee reception. Tickets here: my.laphil.com/en/booking/pro…

Interviewing Alexander Shelley (Alexander Shelley), Pacific Symphony’s Music Director Designate, this past weekend. And it was a spectacular concert!

Dorothy Chapman. Forever a part of me (including the sense of humor).

Academic graffiti.

Family crossing the street in Costa Mesa.

Cleverness at Miffies, the coffee stand in our lobby.

Not the greatest idea for the cheese department at the market.

David Chapman. #FathersDay2025

Time flies when you’re having fun.

In April I wandered around the LA Times Festival of Books on the USC campus inviting people to ask me anything about classical music. (Thanks to videographer and editor Greg Perez.) youtube.com/watch?v=IwuP6Z…

Polo! End of the season match in Santa Barbara.

I had the pleasure of being emcee for OrchestraSantaMonica at the Broad Stage on Sunday. First time I ever used my Andes (that green thing) for musical illustrations.

Ready for the start of the Los Angeles Master Chorale season at Disney Hall! Another enjoyable preconcert conversation with Artistic Director Grant Gershon.