Sharmila G. Lash, voice

LAPhil Dudamel and the Music of Tango and Ballet
2023-11-16 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-11-17 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-11-18 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-11-19 02:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Gustavo Dudamel and Pan-American Music Initiative curator Gabriela Ortiz build on their longtime collaboration in a program that pay homage to activist women, which includes Ortiz’s new ballet score, Revolución diamantina. This piece shares its title with the 2019 “Glitter Revolution” based in Mexico City, where women took to the streets to draw attention to pervasive sexual violence. Sharmila will be among 8 singers performing this world premiere concert version with the LA Philharmonic.

LAMC LUX: The Music of Morten Lauridsen & Billy Childs
2023-11-18 14:00, 2023-11-19 19:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
In Lux Aeterna, (Eternal Light), the spellbindingly rapturous work premiered by the Los Angeles Master Chorale in 1997, Lauridsen created a rich and intensely moving work that sparked a renaissance of choral music throughout the world. Paired with this masterpiece will be a world premiere by Billy Childs – one of the world’s most celebrated jazz pianists and composers – reuniting the Chorale and brilliant violin virtuoso Anne Akiko Meyers with the Billy Childs Jazz/Chamber Ensemble and The Lyris Quartet.

LAPhil Esa-Pekka Salonen and Ravel
2023-12-01 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-12-02 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-12-03 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Maurice Ravel’s “choreographic symphony” Daphnis and Chloé challenges conventional music status quos while highlighting his genius as an orchestrator. The epic dreamscape consists of the most number of musicians for any of Ravel’s works, yet allows for soloists to shine brightest here. Born out of the Sound Poetry and synthetic language of Hugo Ball’s Dadaism, Esa-Pekka Salonen’s cyclical Karawane is a monumental study of the familiar and unfamiliar. Here, the words are the music and the music is the words, brought to haunting life by the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

LAMC Navidad Nuestra: December in the Americas
2023-12-10 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
¡Feliz Nochebuena! ¡Feliz Navidad! Come aboard Cristian Grases’ El Tren para Belén (The Train to Bethlehem), filled with Latin rhythms and spirit, to hear villancicos, Christmas carols sung in the music traditions of the composers’ homelands of Argentina, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Cuba and more. Each work embodies the warmth and joy of the holiday season, filling the hall with celebration and merriment.

Songs & Stories: Tiffany Austin
2024-01-21 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Piedmont Piano Company, 1728 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Hosted by Sharmila G. Lash – Bay Area jazz vocalist Tiffany Austin, recently named one of 30 recipients of the Center for Cultural Power’s Culture Bearer Award, kicks off this brand new series with a short set of songs. She’ll share some stories of her musical journey from her beginnings in the LA area, to studying law, to performing with some of the biggest names in jazz. Followed by audience Q & A.

Songs & Stories: Nicolas Bearde
2024-02-18 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Piedmont Piano Company, 1728 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Hosted by Sharmila G. Lash – Jazz and Blues singer Nicolas Bearde sings a set of his favorite songs and shares stories about his more than 35 year career, from leaving his Nashville home in his teens, to singing in Japan during his military service, to eventually making his home in the Bay Area. Followed by audience Q & A.

LAMC I Believe: The Music of Bach, Bonds & Robles
2024-04-06 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-04-07 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
If Bach says that we should “Sing to the Lord a new song” that’s exactly what the Chorale will do—sing a world premiere work by Zanaida Robles titled, The Song of Significance. Similarly, when Bach suggests “Have no fear, I am with you,” we are asked to have faith, to believe in something that we feel in our hearts, just as Margaret Bonds uses W.E.B. DuBois’ poem Credo to share her beliefs. We are excited to be featuring guest artist, pianist Lara Downes on Credo and also Spiritual Suite, which is Bonds’ magnum opus for piano with each movement based on a traditional Negro spiritual connecting hints of blues, jazz, and gospel with the classical styles of Romanticism and Impressionism. Collectively, the program is an evening filled with music with great strength of purpose in every phrase and note.

Songs & Stories: Joel Chapman
2024-04-14 17:00 (America/Denver) | Piedmont Piano Company, 1728 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Singer-songwriter Joel Chapman plays a set of original songs. He’ll share stories about his choral background, his ever-evolving journey with YouTube, his obsession with comedy, and his album “I’m Sorry It Took So Long.” Followed by audience Q & A. Hosted by vocalist Sharmila G. Lash.

LAMC: Verdi Requiem
2024-06-08 14:00, 2024-06-09 19:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Dynamic rhythms, sublime melodies, and virtuosic solo passages express both the heights of salvation and depths of damnation in the composer’s epic and dramatic setting of the ancient Catholic funeral mass. Shifting between glorious lyricism and breathtaking power, from muted sorrow in the opening movement to the sheer terror of the work’s famous “Dies irae,” a performance of Verdi’s Requiem is always a soul-stirring event.

Songs & Stories: Tim Silva
2024-06-23 17:00 (America/Denver) | Piedmont Piano Company, 1728 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Choral artist, conductor, and educator Tim Silva will sing an eclectic set of songs, including some originals. He’ll talk about growing up in the East Bay, teaching music around the bay, his wide array of collaborative work, and his love of plants. Followed by audience Q & A. Hosted by vocalist Sharmila G. Lash.

Songs & Stories: Katy Stephan
2024-08-17 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Piedmont Piano Company, 1728 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Pianist, vocalist, and composer Katy Stephan sings a set of her favorite songs, including some originals. She’ll share stories about being a singer who also plays piano, singing in bands and choirs, and not being limited by genres. Followed by audience Q & A. Hosted by vocalist Sharmila G. Lash.

SFSC: Music from Studio Ghibli
2024-09-05 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-09-06 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-09-07 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-09-08 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, California, 94102, United States
Lights, Camera, Music!: Watch favorite films on the big screen at Davies Symphony Hall as the scores are performed live by the SF Symphony. Composer Joe Hisaishi conducts his music from Studio Ghibli films by Hayao Miyazaki live-to-picture, accompanied by favorite scenes. Rated PG-13

Songs & Stories: Darita Seth
2024-09-22 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Denver) | Piedmont Piano Company, 1728 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Conductor, choral artist, and composer Darita Seth shares stories about advocating for BIPOC and other marginalized communities through choral music, singing all over the world, and weight-lifting. Followed by audience Q & A. Hosted by vocalist Sharmila G. Lash.

LAPhil: A Midsummer Night's Dream with Dudamel
2024-10-03 20:00, 2024-10-04 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Walt Disney Concert Hall transforms into Shakespeare’s magical forest when Gustavo Dudamel leads the orchestra in Mendelssohn’s whimsical incidental music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with sopranos and altos of the LA Master Chorale.

LAMC: SING JOYFULLY | 60th Anniversary Celebration Concert
2024-10-06 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
The Los Angeles Master Chorale opens the 2024-2025 season with Sing Joyfully | 60th Anniversary Celebration Concert, which features a cappella pieces from the Renaissance to present day. The concert opens with William Byrd’s ebullient Sing Joyfully, and the Chorale will take Byrd at his word by joyfully singing choral showpieces by Anton Bruckner, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla. The second half of the program celebrates the 30th anniversary of Morten Lauridsen’s classic O Magnum Mysterium (written for the Chorale), along with glorious music of Elinor Remick Warren, Moses Hogan and Leonard Bernstein among many others.

Songs & Stories: Teresa Tam
2024-10-20 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Piedmont Piano Company, 1728 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Singer, teacher, and professional photographer Teresa Tam sings a varied set of songs, accompanied by Obadiah Wrynla. She’ll talk about how Tango music liberates her and gets her out of her comfort zone, how life experiences can add to one’s musical expressions, and how music carried her as a teenage immigrant. Followed by audience Q & A. Hosted by vocalist Sharmila G. Lash.

LAMC: ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE | LA Sings!
2024-11-10 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
The Master Chorale’s 60th Anniversary Season continues with the launch of L.A. SINGS! As the largest professional choir in the country, the Chorale is dedicated to transforming L.A. into a city of singers and nurturing our vibrant choral ecosystem. Led by Grant Gershon and MUSE/IQUE Artistic & Music Director Rachael Worby, All You Need Is Love is a mega sing-along at Walt Disney Concert Hall, celebrating our ability to come together and find harmony in our differences. This marks the first collaboration between the Chorale and the highly innovative MUSE/IQUE, featuring the songs Stand By Me, What A Wonderful World, Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, and more, along with popular choral works. No singing experience required!

LAPhil: Doug Aitken's 'Lightscape'
2024-11-16 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Noon to Midnight Festival, Green Umbrella New Music Series – The world premiere of the concert iteration of Lightscape caps off the LA Phil’s daylong Noon to Midnight: Field Recordings festival, with Grant Gershon leading the LA Phil New Music Group and the Los Angeles Master Chorale in a hypnotic series of original soundscapes and minimalist compositions to accompany Doug Aitken’s vivid moving images.
