A view of the United States Capitol from the Women's March on Washington (Photo by Mark Dixon).
Yuval Sharon is the acclaimed founder and artistic director ...
Behind rows of thin vertical windows of the imposing Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center, inmates awaiting trial are housed. Many are immigrants w...
The JACK Quartet (Photo by Shervin Lainez, courtesy the artists).
Contemporary classical music ensembles face a dilemma when programming concerts: how much ...
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The refugee crisis dominates discussion among world leaders and for good reason. According to the UNHCR, we ...
John Adams outside Walt Disney Concert Hall (photo courtesy Vern Evans).
John Adams’s El Niño, an oratorio about Mary, the mother of Jesus, doesn’t require ...
For this installment of the Top Bunks and Aisle Seats podcast, Ampersand's Ashley Eady interviewed Sim Jackson. Sim is the lead singer and guitarist for the Los...
The act of watching at The Source (Photo courtesy the LA Opera).
Ted Hearne’s The Source is a contemporary opera that upends the conventions and expectation...
Welcome to episode 2 of Top Bunks and Aisle Seats, the podcast that dives into the world of truly alternative music. For this installment, Ampersand's Ashley Ea...
For Samanta Helou, the music of jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington and his band makes her feel transcendent and reassured, emotions she needed right before meet...