Spotlight 2023 Grand Finale Program Book

THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023

The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

The Music Center’s 35th Annual

Celebrating Southern California’s Young Artists

The Music Center’s Spotlight program is a journey to excellence that guides young artists to focus their passions, to strive and to succeed. For 35 years, Southern California high school students have turned to The Music Center for world-class arts training, scholarships and college and career guidance at no cost to them. Spotlight is a program of The Music Center’s programming engine, TMC Arts.

Join The Music Center as we develop tomorrow’s outstanding artists and leaders.

Acting Ballet Dance

Classical Voice

Non-Classical Voice

Classical Instrumental Jazz Instrumental

More than $2.7 M awarded in scholarships

To learn more or get involved, please contact Serena Bernolak at (213) 972-4344 or spotlightsupport@musiccenter.org, or visit musiccenter.org/spotlightsupport.

More than 51,000 alumni

Kris Bowers

Gerald Clayton

Misty Copeland

Danielle de Niese

Josh Groban

Dylan Gutierrez

Derek Klena

Adam Lambert

Lindsay Mendez

Mason Alexander Park

Matthew Rushing ...and more.

Photos: John McCoy for The Music Center.

Rachel Moore: The Music Center’s Spotlight Grand Finale

Welcome to The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion! It’s terrific to be back in the original home for The Music Center’s Spotlight Grand Finale. It’s fitting that in our 35th year of this wonderful program, we return to the birthplace of The Music Center to celebrate the success and amazing talent of 14 incredibly gifted young artists. I know tonight will be magical.

There are so many aspects to the Spotlight program, with numerous benefits for aspiring artists as well as for those who may take a different career path. While you will absolutely enjoy tonight’s performances by the finalists, over many months, hundreds of Southern California high school students have gleaned major benefits from their Spotlight journey, including invaluable feedback from numerous professional artists and arts administrators, mastery classes and mentorship, all for free. Plus, we have been able to help many students catapult their career plans by providing them with more than $100,000 each year in cash awards. In fact, to date, The Music Center has given students more than $2.7 million in scholarships.

As a former ballet dancer with American Ballet Theatre, I know first-hand how important it is to have both caring mentors and real-world experiences to help artists navigate the challenges and maximize the opportunities as they pursue their career goals. We are fortunate at The Music Center to have so many fantastic professional artists and arts educators who, as our partners and collaborators, provide critical foundational

support for Spotlight. They sit in on auditions, provide written feedback to participants, lead mastery classes, judge performances and more. We are very grateful for each one of them; they are a true gift to this program. Each year, Spotlight participants create a community that they will carry with them all throughout their lives. All of us at The Music Center thank them for their hard work, perseverance and commitment to their craft; no matter where they end up in their careers—on the stage, backstage, in front of or behind a camera, or in a different field entirely—they have and will continue to enrich the world with their talent, energy and creativity.

We are very grateful for the incredible generosity of our many donors who support the Spotlight program. Thank you to Fredric Roberts, founding chairman of Spotlight ; Helen and Peter Bing; Terri and Jerry Kohl; The Hearst Foundations; Marie Song; the Edgerton Foundation; Pamela and Dennis Beck; the Dorothy B. Chandler Program Fund; Helen Funai Erickson; the Frank Sherwood Performing Arts Fund; the Glorya Kaufman Foundation; HUB; Alexandra Seros and Bruno Seros-Ulloa; and I.N. and Susanna H. Van Nuys Foundation.

Thanks as well to the hard-working, dedicated Music Center staff. Together, you make it possible for us to impact so many lives in numerous ways.

Enjoy the show!

Warmly, Rachel S. Moore President & CEO The Music Center

Credits

Temperaments, John Butler’s Carmina Burana and Cinderella. She can be seen as the partner of Mikhail Baryshnikov on the Baryshnikov

Host Host

Emmy ® winner and original associate artist of LA Opera known for the title role in Bizet’s Carmen, has been hailed by TIME magazine as “a fire-eating singing actress!” She has appeared in many world premieres including Catán’s Florencia, Menotti’s Goya, Yuval Sharon’s Hopscotch and recently Benavides’s Caravana de

Mujeres. Honors include: GRAMMY® nod for Best Classical CD with Southwest Chamber; Nederlanders Lifetime, 1st Place Western Region Metropolitan Opera, Helen Hayes Award nomination for Best Actress in Amahl at the Kennedy Center, honorary DMus from Occidental College. Radio host and TV host of the PBS Series Open Call. This season: Abuela Claudia, In the Heights with Rubicon Theatre; Ms. Lynch, Grease ; and Mother Abbess, McCoy Rigby’s The Sound of Music. Visit suzannaguzman.com

Francine Kessler

Lavac is a former soloist with Ballet West and Harkness Ballet Company where she performed both classical and contemporary repertoire. Her principal roles have included Swanhilda in Coppelia, Dew Drop and Sugar Plum in Nutcracker, leads in Balanchine’s Pas de Dix, Irish Fantasy, Serenade, Four

Television Special for CBS with choreography by Michael Kidd. Kessler Lavac regularly teaches master classes and private instruction plus group classes. She was recently invited to attend a teacher’s workshop at School of American Ballet, as one of 10 teachers selected nationally. She has been a Spotlight judge for 22 years!

Host Host

Luca Mendoza is a multi-genre pianist, composer and producer and a 2016 Spotlight Finalist in Jazz. As a LA Phil Composer Fellow and a two-time Downbeat SMA best soloist, he has had multiple premieres in The Music Center’s Walt Disney Hall and toured across Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. Mendoza’s

music fuses Contemporary Classical music, Modern Jazz, Hip-Hop and Electronic music. His new two-hour ballet-form Jazz quartet premieres this fall, as well as a new project, Lumen, featuring Electronic music “scored” by a CG animated film.

Accolades include: National YoungArts Foundation Finalist; Monterey NextGen Jazz Festival Triple Crown Winner; USC Thornton Presser Award (2021). He is also the musical director for the Grammy ® songwriting program and nominee events and is a lecturer at USC.

Carla Renata was last seen on Broadway playing Gary Coleman in the Tony ® Award winning musical Avenue Q. Other Broadway credits include The Lion King (NAACP Theatre Award Nominee), Smokey Joe’s Café, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and The Who’s Tommy. A graduate of Howard University, Renata recurred on the

hit NBC sitcom Superstore for five seasons; her book An Actors Guide to Self-Marketing: How to Brand and Promote Your Unique Image is available at Amazon, and her award-winning weekly film podcast The Curvy Critic with Carla Renata can be seen on YouTube. As a former background vocalist for Tracy Chapman, Michael Bolton and more, Renata is proud to have served as a Spotlight judge for over 10 years.

Suzanna Guzmán

Cindy Miscikowski Board Chair, The Music Center

Rachel S. Moore President and CEO, The Music Center

Jeri Gaile Executive Producer Fredric Roberts Founding Chairman, Spotlight

35th Annual Spotlight Awards

THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023

The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Opening Number All Finalists

Creator/Director/

Editor: Nicole Alexander

Poem by:

Raul Herrera Jr.

Choreography by: Cherice Barton

Aubrey Abella

Dance

Whatever Lola Wants

From the musical:

Damn Yankees

Music & Lyrics by: Richard Adler and Jerry Ross

Choreography by: Jimmy Peters

Maya Clayton

Non-Classical Voice

None of My Business

Music & Lyrics by: Maya Clayton

Nathaniel Yue

Classical Instrumental Dance of the Green Devil

Composed by:

Gaspar Cassadó

Ruby Moncrieff-Karten

Acting

Everything is Wonderful

Character: Miri

Written by: Chelsea Marcantel

Tiffany Hsu

Classical Voice

Il Mio Bel Foco

Composed by:

Benedetto Marcello

Accompanied by: Dr. Louise Thomas

William Schwartzman

Jazz Instrumental

Darn that Dream

Composed by:

Jimmy Van Heusen & Eddie De Lange

Arranged by: William Schwartzman & Jamey Tate

Accompanied by: David Hughes & Jake Reed

Campbelle Malicse

Ballet

Kitri’s Variation

From the ballet: Don Quixote

Composed by:

Ludwig Minkus

Choreography by:

Marius Petipa

Millie Liao

Acting Gloria

Character: Kendra

Written by: Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins

Calli Perryman

Dance

The First Time Ever

I Saw Your Face

Music & Lyrics by: Ewan MacColl

Choreography by: Justin Pham

Erica Wang

Classical Instrumental Fantaisie

Composed by: Philippe Gaubert

Accompanied by: Dr. Louise Thomas

Chase Rogers

Ballet

Basilio’s Variation

From the ballet: Don Quixote

Composed by: Ludwig Minkus

Choreography by: Marius Petipa

Liliana Mindel

Classical Voice

Willow Song from The Ballad of Baby Doe

Composed by: Douglas Moore

Accompanied by: Dr. Louise Thomas

Jackson Petty

Jazz Instrumental It Could Happen to You

Composed by: Jimmy Van Heusen

Arranged by: Jackson Petty & Jamey Tate

Accompanied by: David Hughes, Jake Reed & Alan Steinberger

Brooke Bailey

Non-Classical Voice Try a Little Tenderness

Music & Lyrics by: Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly & Harry M. Woods

CONTENT ADVISORY: Performances may contain profanity, racial themes and epithets and references to violence. The Music Center does not censor original theatrical material.

Walter E. Grauman, Spotlight Creator

Aubrey Abella (Dance), 15, is a freshman at Great Oak High School and has been dancing since she was twoyears-old. She trains at Temecula Dance Company with Jimmy Peters, Hannah Gallagher, Leah Silva, Davin Lawson, Michelle Kelly, Kayla Girard, Annelise Ritacca and Talia Dunlap. Awards include: Petite Miss Star Systems (2017); Radix Choice Artist Award (2018) and Core Performer, Finalist (2019); KAR Miss Teen Dance, Runner Up (2021); The Countdown Competition, Title (2022) and 1st Overall Teen Soloist (2023); Miss Teen Energy Dance (2022); and Hip-Hop International, gold medals (2021 & 2022). Aubrey is represented by MSA Agency and is a Weissman model. She thanks her parents and grandma for their love and support and her teacher, Jimmy Peters, for his guidance. This is Aubrey’s first year participating in Spotlight

Brooke Bailey (Non-Classical Voice), 18, is a senior at John Burroughs High School where she sings in the national award-winning choir Powerhouse, directed by Brendan Jennings. She is also president of the Neo Chromatics acapella group. Brooke studies voice with Joyce Warman. Roles include: Witch in Into the Woods and Joanne in RENT. Awards include: Best Soloist at Burbank Blast, Hart Encore and Eastern Show Choir competitions (2023); and a Jimmy Award nomination for Into the Woods (2022). Brooke is excited to announce her next music venture, Honey. This vocal trio will debut their original R&B and Neo Soul sound later this year. She would like to thank her parents, teachers and mentors Brendan Jennings, Jennifer Oundjian and Tony Redman, for their support and encouragement. This is Brooke’s first year participating in Spotlight

Maya Clayton (Non-Classical Voice), 17, is a senior at CHAMPS Charter High School of the Arts. She studies voice with Steve Kronauer and acting with Renato Biribin. Her recent roles and performances include: Baker’s Wife in Into The Woods, Touchstone in As You Like It, Medda Larkin in Newsies, Schwartzy in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Fantine in Les Miserables, and America’s Got Talent background singer. Maya enjoys writing and recording her own songs and working with her dad to produce them. Awards include: YoungArts Honorable Mention in Voice/ Popular (2022). She wants to thank her dad, mom, brother, Steve, Mr. Biribin and her best friends for their love and support. She plans to study performing arts and African Studies in college. This is Maya’s first year participating in Spotlight

Tiffany Hsu (Classical Voice), 15, is a sophomore at Mayfield Senior High School. She has been singing since she was eight-years-old. Tiffany studies classical voice with Mariné Ter-Kazaryan at Pasadena Conservatory of Music. Performances include TV shows in China: Singing Kids CCTV4, CCTV3, Wonderful6+1 (2017-18); and American Protégé Competition at Carnegie Hall (2020). Awards include: American Protégé Competition platinum awards for classical voice, musical theater and folk singing (2020); World Championships of Performing Arts, gold award (2021), Spotlight semifinalist in classical voice (2022). She thanks her teacher Mariné Ter-Kazaryan for being such a great role model and her Chinese opera teacher, Ding Hong, for being her first vocal inspiration. Tiffany is grateful to her family for supporting her passions and many interests. This is Tiffany’s second year participating in Spotlight

Millie Liao (Acting), 18, is a senior at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) in the theatre department. She has been acting for over 10 years, starting with small community productions in her hometown of Novi, Michigan. Roles include: Emily in Our Town, Edna in Waiting for Lefty and Desdemona in Othello. Awards include: Asian Pacific American Friends of the Theatre Youth Actor Scholarship (2021). Millie is pursuing a professional film and television career, recently starring in Brat TV’s online web series Charmers. She would like to thank her family and her mentors Elizabeth Dennehy, Kevin Kane and Israel Lopez for their support. Millie plans to double major in theatre and global affairs at Yale next year. This is Millie’s third year participating in Spotlight

Campbelle Malicse (Ballet), 16, is a junior at Palos Verdes Distance Learning Academy. She began dancing at threeyears-old at the School of Dance and Music and now studies ballet at Peninsula School of Performing Arts with Vera Ninkovic and Tita Boulger. Campbelle also trains with Katya Viola and Alla Khaniashvili. Awards include: Youth American Grand Prix, top 12 (2020-2022) and top three (2023); California Dance Classics medal placements (2022 & 2023); and YoungArts Finalist in Ballet (2023). Summer Intensives include: The Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Her primary goal is to dance professionally. Campbelle would like to thank her past teachers for nurturing her love for dance and her current teachers for their direction and guidance. This is Campbelle’s second year participating in Spotlight

Lilliana Mindel (Classical Voice), 16, is a junior at Orange County School of the Arts in the Classical Voice Conservatory. She studies voice with Kathleen Martin and also works with Vera Calabria and Bill Vendice. Awards include: Opera Buffs Young Artist Competition, 4th Place (2023); Schmidt Vocal Competition, 3rd Place (2023); Music International Gran Prix, LA District, 2nd Place (2023); and National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Cal-Western, 3rd place (2023). She performed a youth principal role in LA Opera’s Las Tres Mujeres de Jerusalem (2022) and is an ambassador of LA Opera Connects. Lilliana would like to thank her parents, Kathleen Martin and her team and her dog Daisy for all of their love and support throughout her musical journey. This is Lilliana’s first year participating in Spotlight

Ruby Moncrieff-Karten (Acting), 17, is a junior at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, where she performs with The Opera Company and the Musical Theater Ensemble. Roles include: Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, The Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel, and Queenie in The Wild Party Film work includes: The Keeping Hours opposite Carrie Coon. Awards include: National Youth Arts (NYA) Best Actress for Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes (2020) and Spotlight Non-Classical Voice Semifinalist (2022 & 2023). Ruby enjoys assembling a killer cheese board, re-watching Fleabag and conversing with her cats. She thanks her parents, grandmothers, friends and teachers (Erica Robson, Alison Andreas, Suzanna Guzmán, Chris Hunter and Chanel Castaneda) for their guidance and support. This is Ruby’s third year participating in Spotlight

Calli Perryman (Dance), 15, is a sophomore at Murrieta Valley High School, where she is on the Varsity Dance Team. She trains at Murrieta Dance Project and Academy of Ballet Arts. Calli has been training in dance for 12 years. Her dance mentor is Justin Pham, a talented choreographer and Spotlight alum. Awards include: Spotlight Semifinalist in Dance (2022) and a Radix and Nuvo National Dance Convention Teen Core Performer (2021). Calli loves the emotion of dance and is inspired to make people understand the story behind the choreography. Outside of dance, she loves animals and visiting new places. Calli would love to dance professionally in a contemporary company. She would like to thank her family, teachers and friends for their support. This is Calli’s second year participating in Spotlight

Jackson Petty (Jazz Instrumental), 15, is a sophomore in the Academy of Music and Performing Arts at Hamilton High School under Director Philip Topping, where he plays guitar in the A Combo and A Band. He studies with Kevin Kanner and Lee Secard and is mentored by piano player Lou Foresteri. Coming from a family of professional musicians, Jackson plays piano, cello and guitar and composes and arranges, but began focusing on Jazz guitar in seventh grade at Walter Reed Middle School. He has played with the All City Jazz Band at the Hollywood Bowl and attended Jazz in the Pines at Idyllwild Arts, receiving an Outstanding Performance Scholarship (2022 & 2023). His two main influences are Wes Montgomery and his father Dan Petty. This is Jackson’s first year participating in Spotlight

Chase Rogers (Ballet), 18, is a senior at California Preparatory Academy and has been dancing since he was nine-years-old. Chase trains at the San Francisco Ballet School, under the direction of Patrick Armand with Pascal Molat. Awards include: Spotlight Honorable Mention (2021) and YoungArts Finalist (2022). He has also trained with American Ballet Theatre (ABT), Ballet West, and Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy. Chase thanks his parents for their constant support helping him navigate through life. He also thanks his teachers Amanda Cobb and Julie Binowtiz for their guidance. Chase has performed in leading children’s roles with ABT productions and student roles in San Francisco Ballet’s The Nutcracker, Giselle and Cinderella. Chase plans to dance professionally next year with Tulsa Ballet II. This is Chase’s second year participating in Spotlight

William Schwartzman (Jazz Instrumental), 18, is a senior at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts where he plays in the Big Band and Blue Note Combo under Alex Hahn. He has studied Jazz piano with Taylor Eigsti, Tyler Henderson, Daniel Rotem and the late Mike Lang. He is a member of Colburn School’s Thursday Night Band under Lee Secard. William played at the 2022 Monterey and Vail Jazz festivals and will play at Carnegie Hall and tour Europe with the National Youth Orchestra Jazz this summer. Awards include: DownBeat Magazine Jazz Soloist and Composition Student Music Awards (2022-2023); National YoungArts Honorable Mention in Jazz Piano (2022). He thanks his parents, teachers and friends.

William will attend The Juilliard School this fall. This is William’s third year participating in Spotlight

Erica Wang (Classical Instrumental), 17, is a senior at Canyon Crest Academy. She studies flute with Pam Martchev and Linda Chesis. As the principal flutist of the National Youth Orchestra of the USA (NYO-USA 2022), she has performed at Carnegie Hall and toured Europe under the direction of Daniel Harding. Erica is a Wm. Haynes Co. International Young Artist. Awards include: the National Flute Association High School Soloist Competition’s Deveau Scholarship (2020); Goodlin Scholarship Competition, 1st place (2022); and San Diego Flute Guild Youth Artist Competition, 1st place (2019). Erica has participated in Beyond the Masterclass and the Domaine Forget International Music Festival. She has performed in masterclasses with Emmanuel Pahud, Julien Beaudiment, Jim Walker, Denis Bouriakov, Jennifer Gunn and Demarre McGill. This is Erica’s second year participating in Spotlight

Nathaniel Yue (Classical Instrumental), 16, is a sophomore at San Marino High School. He studies cello with Vardan Gasparyan and Ronald Leonard, chamber music in Colburn School’s Ed and Mari Edelman Honors Chamber program and is the American Youth Symphony’s Anne Warsaw Cello Chair. Performances include: NPR’s From the Top; Meadowmount School of Music Student Recital Series; L.A. County Museum of Art’s Sunday’s Live; and Colburn Honors Recitals. Awards in 2023 include: Music Teacher’s National Association’s National Finalist and YoungArts Merit Winner. He is the Back to Bach Project co-regional director and Tuesday Musicale Juniors’ president and enjoys being on his school’s robotics team. Nathaniel thanks his family, teachers and mentors for their support and guidance. Special thanks to Georg Eittinger of Hans Weisshaar Violin Makers. This is Nathaniel’s second year participating in Spotlight

Photos: John McCoy for The Music Center.

A LEGACY DARES TO INSPIRE

The Music Center is pleased to recognize and thank the following donors for their endowment and planned gifts in support of the Spotlight program:

The Ashkenas and Fabian Family

Kathryn A. Ballsun

Pamela and Dennis Beck

Mary Levin Cutler

The Dorothy and Sherrill C. Corwin Fund

The Sylvia Kunin Piano Grant

Diane and Leon Morton

James B. Pendleton Foundation

Fredric Roberts

Mary H. Shambra

By creating an endowment fund or including The Music Center in your will, you will create a lasting legacy for Spotlight students for generations to come. For more information, or to develop a plan that meets your philanthropic goals, contact Debra Beadle at (323) 972-3358 or email dbeadle@musiccenter.org

Photo: Michelle Shiers for The Music Center.

Thank You To Our Generous Supporters

Lead Endowment Benefactor

Fredric Roberts

Principal Scholarship Benefactors

Helen and Peter Bing

Principal Benefactors

Marie H. Song

The Hearst Foundations

Terri and Jerry Kohl

Benefactors

Edgerton Foundation

Anonymous

Visionaries

Pamela and Dennis Beck

Dorothy B. Chandler Program Fund

Helen Funai Erickson

Glorya Kaufman Foundation

Alexandra Seros and Bruno Seros-Ulloa in memory of Walter Ulloa

Frank Sherwood Performing Arts Fund

I.N. and Susanna H. Van Nuys Foundation

Ambassadors

Maria V. Altman Foundation

Teresita and Shelby Notkin

Albert Parvin Foundation

James B. Pendleton Foundation

Julia Strickland and Timothy Wahl

Cathy Stone

Alyce de Roulet Williamson

Advocates

Louise and John Bryson

Michael Dreyer

Bobbi and Henry Fields

Suzanne and Richard Kayne

Anita Mann Kohl and Allen D Kohl

Natsuo Kawada

Beth and Leslie Michelson

Thomas Weinberger and Leslie Vermut

Susan and Josh Wieder

Patrons

Judith Jenkins

Michael Patzakis

Nan Rae

Mildred Rotter

Supporters

Marcy Gross

Special thanks to Broadway

Dreams and Interlochen Arts Academy for providing scholarships to attend summer camps.

*Gifts and commitments as of May 15, 2023

Enthusiasts

Anthem

Susan Baumgarten and David Totheroh

Mary Ann Hunt-Jacobsen and Eric Jacobsen

Jane Jelenko and Paul Greenberg

Nancy Huang-Sommer

Alan Oppenheimer

Rodriguez, Horii, Choi & Cafferata LLP

Rose and Michael Pagano

Mimi Rotter

The Music Center’s 2023 Spotlight Grand Finale is dedicated in memory of Peggy Grauman and Walter Ulloa, two longtime champions of Spotlight.

Margaret Parker Grauman

Margaret (Peggy) Parker Grauman was a long-time advocate, patron and volunteer for the arts. She enjoyed a lifelong love of music, especially the piano. She dedicated her talents to The Music Center in numerous ways, including serving as a member of The Blue Ribbon since 1978.

Peggy chaired the Winterfest Gala 35 years ago, which launched the creation of The Music Center’s Spotlight program. After Winterfest, Peggy went on to chair many more Spotlight galas, helping to foster over three decades of young artists. Her passion for the arts and gracious spirit will live on through the students whose lives are touched by Spotlight

Walter Ulloa

Walter Ulloa was a trailblazing force, dedicating his life to increasing the representation of Latino communities across the United States. He championed Latinx voices not only through his career as cofounder, chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Entravision Communications Corporation, but also through his many generous philanthropic pursuits.

Walter was a longtime patron and friend of The Music Center where he served on the Board of Directors. As a champion of young artists, he was a dedicated supporter of the Spotlight program. In 2017, Walter received The Music Center’s Leadership Award for his incredible work in business and the community. His legacy will be felt for generations to come.

The Music Center’s Spotlight Program: A Spotlight on Engagement

The mission of The Music Center’s Spotlight program is to provide a supportive environment in which high school students can develop the skills needed to pursue their dreams, with an emphasis on self-esteem, preparation and perseverance. Spotlight is a key part of The Music Center’s commitment to providing artistic excellence and advancing quality arts education. Whether or not these students pursue a career in the arts, Spotlight empowers them with the confidence and presentation skills that are vital in any field. Tonight’s performance is the culmination of an intensive, year-long educational process that includes the following components:

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Preliminary Auditions

Students submit audition videos and advance to live auditions based on the recommendations of distinguished panels of judges. Each student who auditions receives a personal letter with detailed feedback from the judges, identifying strengths and suggesting areas for improvement. Cash scholarships called Merit Awards are provided to select students in each preliminary category.

Mastery Classes

Each year, Spotlight presents mastery classes for our Semifinalists with renowned artists in all program categories. Most classes are open to all students and are designed to help them develop artistry and musicality.

Semifinal Auditions

Semifinalists audition before panels of distinguished judges and receive feedback and cash scholarships. One student in each category is named Honorable Mention, and two students are selected as Grand Prize Finalists. The 14 Grand Prize Finalists go on to perform at the Spotlight Grand Finale

The Spotlight Academy

Students have access to an episodic series of online tutorial videos created to help aspiring young artists gain valuable insights on arts careers, workforce development skills and tips on how to apply to Spotlight

To apply to The Music Center’s Spotlight program and for more information, visit musiccenter.org or email spotlight@musiccenter.org.

Photo: John McCoy for The Music Center.

Photos: Bottom right image by John McCoy for The Music Center. All other photos by Will T. Yang for The Music Center.

Studio: Creative Futures, a Workforce Readiness Program

For the last two years, The Music Center’s Spotlight program has embarked on a quest to discover how we might broaden our impact by supporting a wider array of participants as they pursue their creative potential, not only onstage, but also offstage through careers in the creative economy. We recognize there is a whole world of discovery for young people interested in a career in the entertainment and creative industries such as production, costuming, media arts, marketing, writing and beyond!

To that end, we worked with the Monitor Institute by Deloitte to better understand the workforce readiness needs and skills that employers in these fields see as critically important; most identified the need for greater development of social and creative intelligence, including:

● Communication — to support presentation and interview skills;

● Resiliency — to support professional risk-taking;

● Curiosity — to support creative problem solving;

● Adaptability — to support navigating workforce politics; and

● Confidence — to support healthy boundaries.

Studio: Creative Futures was designed to offer students a learning-based curriculum that focuses on social-emotional skills, meeting a specific workplace need and providing participants with life skills they can benefit from, no matter their career choice. Following our research and curriculum design phases, last year we began to embark on a series of workshops where Spotlight staff and teaching artists help young adults, ages 17–21, create stronger social bonds, learn about career awareness, and develop greater emotional and mental wellbeing to take the next steps to a fulfilling career.

This free program helps participants chart a path toward their first “offstage” opportunities in the creative industries.

Photo Credits: John McCoy for The Music Center.

Acting

Daniel Guzman

Broadway and Touring include: Cyrano, The Musical, Les Miserables, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita

Jacqueline Obradors

Actor, TV credits include, Daisy Jones and the Six, Freeforms’ The Watchful Eye, NYPD Blues.

Gita Reddy

Actor, writer. TV credits include: Marvel’s Iron Fist, Silicon Valley, Orange Is the New Black ; Films: Eat, Pray Love

Lee Taylor-Allan

Actor, teacher and lecturer. Off Broadway, Young Playwright’s Festival, Yale Drama.

Randy Thompson

Actor and Educator. Off Broadway, regional and international productions.

Ballet

Ellen Bauer

Former Soloist/ Principal: National Ballet of Canada, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Los Angeles Ballet.

Molly Bogunovic

Former dancer: Pennsylvania Ballet, Los Angeles Ballet. Faculty: USC Gloria Kaufman School of Dance

Lorin Johnson

Former Soloist: American Ballet Theater, San Francisco Ballet. Faculty: CSU Long Beach.

Francine Kessler Lavac

Former Soloist: Ballet West, Harkness Ballet Company.

Adrian Blake Mitchell

Former Soloist: Mikhailovsky Theater. Artistic Director of Dance in Color.

Classical Instrumental

Dr. John Burdett

Faculty: Azusa Pacific University, Director

Instrumental Studies,

Director of Bands, Graduate Music Education.

Dr. Susan Helfter Faculty: USC, Chair, Music Teaching & Learning Dept., Director, Thornton Community Engagement.

David Scott

Faculty: Chapman University, Adjunct Professor, Instrumental Conducting.

Dr. Simeon Simeonov

Faculty: Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at CSU Long Beach, Director of String Studies.

Dr. Louise Thomas Faculty: Chapman University, Assoc. Dean, College of Performing Arts, Dir. of Keyboard Collaborative Arts

Classical Voice

Dr. Peter Atherton Faculty: Chapman University, Chair of Music and Director of Operatic Studies; LA Opera.

Luvi Avendano

Artist, Conductor, Educator; The Industry, Pacific Opera Project, Opera Santa Barbara

Melodee Fernandez National Assoc. of Teachers of Singing LA Chapter, LA Opera Zarzuela Project featured soprano.

Patricia Gee

Artist; Faculty: Chapman University, University of Redlands, Adjunct Professor of Voice; Operafestival di Roma.

Marco Schindelmann Artist; Faculty and Director: University Opera, University of Redlands. Arts Council President, Long Beach City

Dance

Macarena Gandarillas Faculty: CSU Fullerton. Film, TV, Broadway tours, Las Vegas performer.

Bill Goodson

Dancer, Director.

Choreographed for Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Gloria Estefan, Stevie Wonder, Paula Abdul.

Dee Kaye Klega

Co-founder: Teatro Electrio Dance, Italy. Lead Dancer: Canali 5, the Rai in Italy.

Gabrielle Ruiz

Stars on The CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; Broadway: If/Then, Evita, In the Heights

Mike Weir

Former Principal: Omaha Ballet Company, Manning Freed Dance Theater. Broadway/Tours: Evita, A Chorus Line

Jazz Instrumental

Kristen Edkins

Saxophonist, recording artist, teacher. Member: MONK’estra, Clare Fischer Band, Mandel’s band.

Dr. James Ford

Trumpet player.

Performances with Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, MONKestra, Benjamin Wright Orchestra.

Thomas Luer Saxophonist. Performances with Poncho Sanchez, Gordon Goodwin, Queen Latifah. Faculty: Cal Poly Pomona

Otmaro Ruíz

GRAMMY® nominated Venezuelan pianist, keyboardist, composer, arranger and recording artist.

Aarón Serfaty

Session and touring drummer. Faculty: USC, Cal Arts, Los Angeles Music Academy.

Non-Classical Voice

Barrett Foa

Stars in CBS’ NCIS LA

Broadway: Avenue Q , The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Mamma Mia!

Daniel Guzman

Broadway and Touring include: Cyrano, The

Musical, Les Miserables, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita

Carly Hughes

Broadway and TV actor including ABC’s American Housewife. Princess Grace Award recipient.

Carla Renata

Broadway: Avenue Q , The Lion King (NAACP Theatre Award Nominee), Smokey Joe’s Café

Gabrielle Ruiz

Stars on The CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; Broadway: If/Then, Evita, In the Heights

Christopher Youngsman

Broadway and Touring include: Urinetown, Grease!; Films: Across the Universe.

Preliminary Judges

Jukka Aromaa

Molly Bogunovic

Melissa Bowman

John Burdett

Leslie CarothersAromaa

Julietta Corti

Michael Davis

Margaret Dehning

Joanne DiVito

Patricia Gee

Ilene Graff

Daniel Guzman

Susan Helfter

Susan Kim-Pedroza

Dee Kaye Klega

Andrew Langham

Andrea Lassakova

Francine Kessler Lavac

Marie France Levesque

Lee Lindenlaub

Mark Antonio Lopez

Thomas Luer

Adrian Blake Mitchell

Kim O’Rourke

Jacqueline Petitto

Carla Renata

Greg Sadler

Marco Schindelmann

Simeon Simeonov

Marek Szpakiewicz

Jamey Tate

Amy Tatum

Louise Thomas

Randy Thompson

Sakura Tsai

Mike Weir

Gary Woodward

Leif Thomas Woodward

Christopher Youngsman

SPOTLIGHT 2023 MASTERY CLASS TEACHERS

Acting

Carla Renata

Award-winning Broadway and TV actor. Host of The Curvy Film

Critic

Ballet

Sascha Radestsky

Artistic Director of American Ballet Theatre Studio Company. Soloist, American Ballet Theatre.

Classical Instrumental

Bernadene Blaha (Piano) Faculty: USC, Keyboard Studies.

Steven Becknell (French Horn) Faculty: USC, Winds & Percussion.

Ben Hong (Cello)

Associate Principal: LA Phil.

Carolyn Hove (Oboe) LA Phil, English Horn soloist.

Catherine Karoly (Flute)

Associate Principal: LA Phil. Faculty: USC, Winds & Percussion.

Shawn Mouser (Bassoon) Associate Principal: LA Phil.

Joann Turovsky (Harp) Principal: LA Chamber Orchestra, Faculty: USC, Strings.

Bing Wang (Violin) Associate Concertmaster: LA Phil.

Classical Voice

Suzanna Guzmán Mezzo-soprano. Original Associate Artists of LA Opera. GRAMMY® nominated.

Dance

Kyle Abraham Faculty: USC, Glorya Kaufman School of Dance; Founding Director Abraham.In.Motion.

Jazz Instrumental

Paul Cartwright (Violin) Recording artist; LA Phil soloist at the Hollywood Bowl.

William Cunliffe (Piano) Grammy Award-winning composer, arranger, pianist.

Alexander Iles (Trombone) Artist & Clinician. Faculty: Cal Arts, Azusa Pacific College, CSUN.

Ronald McCurdy (Trumpet) Faculty: USC, Jazz Studies, Assistant Dean.

Roy McCurdy (Drums) Faculty: USC, Jazz Studies, recording artist.

Darek Oleszkiewicz (Bass) Faculty: USC, Jazz Studies.

Bob Sheppard (Saxophone) Faculty: USC, Jazz Studies, recording artist.

Nick Stoubis (Guitar) Faculty: USC, Chair, Studio Guitar Program.

Non-Classical Voice

Douglas Sills Broadway and TV Actor, HBO’s The Gilded Age; Tony® & Drama Desk Award nominations.

Photo credits: John McCoy for The Music Center.

2023

Acting

Spotlight

Semifinalists and Honorable Mentions

Classical Instrumental

Anaiya Asomugha*

Cassidy May Benullo

Jesse Brasler

Noella Egelsee

Henry Erhard

Emily Gorin

Alexis Helmer

Giovanna Martinez

Micah MikoLevine

Rebekah Raphling

Ana Rodriguez

Marielle Rose

Mae Ryness

Elim Uraimov

Ballet

Emma Chen

Aimee Cho

Calder Feinstein

Alfredo-Totocani

Garcia*

Julianna Hatton

Pavel Kulev

Madeleine Lee

Michelle Lu

Fiona Poth

Clara Riggs

Stella Stulik

Preston Walker

Haven Anneliese Ward

Towako Wunsch

2023 Merit Awards

Acting

Amalia Goshtigian

Philly Kang

Itzel Meza-Ruiz

Joseph Morgan

Grace O’Neil

Zoe Parker

Bradyn Prisand

Addie Schumacher

Emerson West

George Zemla

Ballet

Luke Alcaraz

Tatum Bolton

Josephine Chung

Mai Ishiyama

Ivy Lanhardt

Addison Leitch

Salvatore Lodi

Paige Minton

Jacqueline Navarrete

Hayley Winslow

Em Ellis

Anais Feller

Ariana Kim

Subin Kim

David Kwon

Calene Lee

Kristine Lu

Jessica O’Brien

Alvin Wang

Kyle Yeung*

Joseph Yoo

Helaine Zhao

Chunyi Zhou

Classical Voice

Asher Bartfeld

Allen Cai

Victoria Curet*

Jaxson Glowacki

Madison Heinle

Grace Huynh

Michaela Lau

John Leslie

Ryan Liddy

Callie Pyken

Felicity Robles

Viveka Saravanan

Nakshatra Srinivasan

Genevieve Velarde

Dance

Sammi Chung

Ayanna Dowell

Dakotah Faunteroy

Avery Hall

Annabel Kohn

Ivy Lanhardt

Andrea Martínez

Mallory McKenna

Christine Ng

Sage Reeves

Megan Reta*

Isabella Silva

Rianne Thomas

Lila Tsang

Luciana Vun

Jazz Instrumental

Keilani Akina Bolhuis

Aiden Daneshrad

Charles French

Max Gilbert

Garrett Khatchaturian

Jordan Klein

Taylor Lee

Jack Lieberman*

Joseph Mintz

Ian Shin

Quinn Sims

Stellan Swanlund

Nathan Tatsuta

Daniel Wijedasa

Classical Instrumental

Hannah Cho

Galileo Skye

Chrisman Caro

Ian Fleck

Ashley Interiano

Mira Kardan

Lucie Kim

Minjae (Jaden) Kim

Hannah Webb

Zheng Hua Xia

Kailey Yun

Classical Voice

Mia Baron

Trinity Dela Cruz

Melanie Juniel

Samara Kohne

Danny Mendieta

Joon-Hyung Noh

Eliza Tait

Sophia Thompson

Lavinia Watkins

Jeffrey Yang

Dance

Junxin Chen

Ryan Edge

Devin Glass

Madeleine Lee

Mia Lopez

Paige Minton

Jaden Mooney

Kaitlyn Ortega

Madison Ortega

Tyler Washington

Jazz Instrumental

Devan Aguirre

Michael Blasi

Julian Chiu

Andrew Doerr

Cruz Anthony Herrera

Ariel Meron

Allie Molin

Maxwell Rubin

Luciano Soriano

Lia Tompkins

Non-Classical Voice

Aria Gunn

René Harris*

Lexi Hoek

Giovanna Martinez

Helen Martinez

Ruby Moncrieff-Karten

Maxine Park

Joan Park

Kennedy Percival

Sophie Pollono

Bradyn Prisand

Callie Pyken

Jassir Rivera

Drew Tillman

*Honorable Mention

Non-Classical Voice

Sophie Beck

Maya Bishop

Chloe Cruz

Anna Lisa Gnielinski

Cole Kaller

Keegan McGowan

Desirae Montoya

Candace Porter

Mia Rivera

Eden Wright

Nicole

Alexander Creative Producer/Video Director/Editor

Nicole Alexander is an Australian transplant by way of NYU’s film program. She spent several years as a director/ creative-producer at MTV, and in 2016, founded Hashtag, You’re It, where she creates multi-platform content for networks, production houses, agencies, brands and artists. She helped launch Instagram’s video channel; has directed and produced for Hulu, Netflix, YouTube, NBC-Universal, PBS and iHeart Radio; and has produced TV tentpole events including the L.A County Holiday Celebration, The Comedy Awards and Eddie Murphy: One Night Only. She is currently the co-executive producer on Netflix’s Number #1 Reality Show Selling Sunset following the role of producer/shooter on Hulu’s The Kardashians (Seasons 1-2). Nicole produced, directed and edited the 2020 and 2021 digital Spotlight shows and the video content for the 2022 live show.

Jamey Tate Music Director

Jamey Tate is a highly sought-after drummer, composer/arranger, producer and musical director. He has toured and/or recorded with artists such as David Benoit, Al Jarreau, Mindi Abair, Jane Monheit, The New York Voices and Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band. He can be heard on NBC’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar featuring John Legend and Sara Bareilles. Jamey has recorded on films such as Pixar’s Purl, Disney’s Us Again, Clint Eastwood’s Jersey Boys and Netflix’s The Gray Man. He has also written music for a wide-ranging list of clients including Walt Disney World Resort, AT&T, McDonalds, ESPN, ABC Television and many more. Tate is a performing artist with Sakae Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth Drumsticks and ProLogix Practice Instruments.

Dawn Comer Jefferson Writer

Dawn Comer Jefferson is an awardwinning writer, producer, author and teaching artist. She has written and produced for studios and networks including Starz, 20th Century Fox, Disney, CBS, TeenNick and MTV and developed a pilot at NBC/Universal. She has written Emmy ®-winning arts programming for PBS, is developing a scripted series based on the PBS documentary, Mr. Barney Ford, and is writing a limited series for producers Suzanne de Passe and Willette Klausner. Author of several books, Comer Jefferson’s essays have been featured in the travel anthology, Go Girl: The Black Woman’s Guide to Travel and Adventure, an Oprah Magazine book pick, and its sequel coming out in 2023. Comer Jefferson teaches screenwriting at Stephens College and USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.

A choreographer, director, creative producer and educator, Cherice Barton’s creative projects include work with Julie Taymor, George Lucas, Gwen Stefani, Katy Perry, Franco Dragone, Jeremy Scott and Vincent Paterson. Credits also include the GRAMMY ® Awards, America’s Got Talent, Dragone Productions Le Rêve, Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark on Broadway, Lucasfilm Animation, American Ballet Theatre, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Dance Camera West and The Juilliard School, among others. She is the co-founder of Axis Connect, an educational platform for professional dancers.

Raul Herrera Jr. is a Mexican-American playwright, educator and spoken word artist who has been involved with the Los Angeles-based education nonprofit, Get Lit Words Ignite. His writing is featured in Get Lit Rising, Coiled Serpent published by Tia Chucha Press, LA Press. He is the author of Dante, a modern Hip-Hop adaptation of Dante’s Inferno, produced by Tim Robbins and The Actor’s Gang. Herrera was featured as a writer and performer in the film Summertime, directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020.

Designers

Derek Christiansen is a theatrical designer and practitioner of interactive entertainment. Ruby O’Brien is a craftsperson, theatrical designer and visual artist. Based in Los Angeles, d.purpurea studio is the theatrical and interactive entertainment design partnership of Christiansen and O’Brien. They utilize their theatrical experience in projections, lighting and scenic design to enhance an audience’s interaction with the narrative of theatre and live performance, film and broadcast media, and interactive entertainment experiences. More information at dpurpurea.studio

Cherice Barton Choreographer, Opening Number

Raul Herrera Jr. Poet, Opening Number

Derek Christiansen & Ruby O’Brien Projection

Spotlight Finale

Creative Team

Jeri Gaile

Executive Producer, Fredric Roberts, Director, Spotlight

Nicole Alexander

Creative Producer/ Video Director/Editor

Dawn Comer Jefferson Writer

Jamey Tate

Music Director

Derek Christiansen & Ruby O’Brien

Projection Designer

Azra King-Abadi

Lighting Designer

Ben Kanselbaum

Sound Designer

Dr. Louise Thomas Collaborative Artist

Barbara Donner

Stage Manager

Meredith Greenburg

Stage Manager

Cherice Barton

Choreographer, Opening Number

Raul Herrera Jr. Poet, Opening Number

Production Staff

Jordan Adelman Coordinator, Spotlight

Lily Alia General Manager, Producing

Monique Carroll Associate Producer, Manager, Spotlight

Noah Gladstone

Music Contractor

Evan M. Greenspan Inc. Music Clearance

U-Jung Jung Coordinator, Producing

John McCoy

Photographer

Patrick Traylor

Associate Producer, Senior Manager, Producing

Jasira Woods

Senior Coordinator, Producing

Hashtag You’re It

Nicole Alexander Director/Producer/ Editor

Gareth Taylor Director of Photography

Luka Stemberger VFX/Graphics

Marcos Contreras Sound

David Shearer Sound

Kenny Valera Production Assistant

The Music Center Executive Staff

Rachel S. Moore President and CEO

Howard Sherman

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Josephine Ramirez Executive Vice President, TMC Arts

William Taylor

Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Shelby D. Boagni Senior Vice President, People and Culture

Bonnie Goodman Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications

Cheryl Brown Interim Senior Vice President, Advancement

The Music Center Staff

Belby Aguillon Coordinator, Advancement

Michelle Alfonso Controller, Finance

Serena Bernolak Director, Events and Stewardship, Advancement

Laura Canon Accounts Payable Specialist, Finance

Jason Clark Director, Production

Gil Diaz Manager, Media Relations

Hannah Doerr Coordinator, Advancement

Lisa Ducore Assistant Vice President, Marketing and Brand Communications

Megan Gillespie Outreach Advisor, Spotight

Liliana Gonzalez Senior Event Operations Coordinator

Stephanie Kao Mgr. Web Content & Digital Analytics

Hillary Litherland Social Media Strategy and Content Manager

Victoria McElroy Human Resources Director, People & Culture

Mayra Medina Clerk, Donor Records

David Modisett Manager, Financial Planning

Corisa Moreno Manager, Studio: Creative Futures, Spotlight

Marisol Moro Garcia

Scheduling and Lease Events Administrator

Cindy Rauch Manager, Accounts Payable/Receivable

Sofia Saenz Coordinator, Marketing and Brand Communications

Marielle Shrock Marketing Specialist, Marketing and Communications

Laurie A. Selik Senior Director, Institutional Giving

Sharon Stewart Director of Scheduling and Events

Melissa Tan Assistant Vice President, Ticketing and Marketing Strategy

Ken Tally Senior Scheduling Administrator

Melanye Taylor Assistant Director, Data and Analytics

Carolyn Van Brunt Vice President, Guest Services

Keith Wyffels

Associate Vice President, Education

Spotlight Facilitators:

Aynsley Bubbico

Emily Cruden

Dee Kaye Klega

Spotlight Feedback

Letter Writers

Megan Adcock

Molly Bogunovic

Aynsley Bubbico

Alex Budman

Chelsea Chaves Tan

Emily Rumack Cruden

Dee Kaye Klega

Jeremiah Lussier

Kyla McCarrel

Jean-Pierre Mora

Meg Rumsey-Lasersohn

Jared Storz

Leaha Villarreal

Spotlight Orchestra

Katisse Buckingham

Nick Daley

Jeff Driskill

Jamie Hovorka

David Hughes

Jake Reed

Matt Rohde

Rob Schaer

Justin Smith

Alan Steinberger

Dorothy Chandler House Staff

House Manager

Robert Devis

Head of Carpentry

Tim Conroy

Head of Properties

Dennis Holbrook

Head Electrician

Ryan Lebetsamer

Head of Audio/Video

Todd Reynolds

Head Ushers

Demetra Willis and Santa Roman-Garcia

The stage crew, wardrobe crew, makeup artists & hair stylists, and box office staff are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States of America and Canada, AFL-CIO, CKC, Local Numbers 33, 768, 706 and 857, respectively. The House Managers employed by The Music Center are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers.

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The Music Center 2022–23 Board of Directors

Officers

Cindy Miscikowski Chair

Robert J. Abernethy Vice Chair

Darrell R. Brown Vice Chair

Rachel S. Moore President & CEO

Diane G. Medina Secretary

Susan M. Wegleitner Treasurer

William Taylor Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Members at Large

Charles F. Adams

William H. Ahmanson

Jill C. Baldauf

Susan E. Baumgarten

Phoebe Beasley

Thomas L. Beckmen

Dannielle Campos

Amy R. Forbes

Greg T. Geyer

Jeffrey M. Hill

Carl Jordan

Terri M. Kohl

Kent Kresa

Lily Lee

Cary J. Lefton

Keith R. Leonard, Jr.

David B. Lippman

Susan M. Matt

Elizabeth Michelson

Darrell D. Miller

Shelby Notkin

Teresita Notkin

Michael J. Pagano

Cynthia M. Patton

Karen Kay Platt

Joseph J. Rice

Melissa Romain

Beverly P. Ryder

Maria S. Salinas

Lisa See

Mimi Song

Matthew J. Spence

Johnese Spisso

Philip A. Swan

Timothy S. Wahl

Alyce de Roulet

Williamson

Jay S. Wintrob

General Counsel

Rollin A. Ransom

Directors Emeriti

Wallis Annenberg

Peter K. Barker

Judith Beckmen

Ronald W. Burkle

John B. Emerson **

Richard M. Ferry

Brindell Gottlieb

Bernard A. Greenberg

Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.

Glen A. Holden

Edward J. McAniff

Fredric M. Roberts

Richard K. Roeder

Claire L. Rothman

Joni J. Smith

Lisa Specht **

Cynthia A. Telles

James A. Thomas

Andrea L. Van de Kamp **

Thomas R. Weinberger

** Chair Emeritus

Los Angeles County Board Of Supervisors

Hilda L. Solis Supervisor, First District

Janice Hahn Chair, Fourth District

Kathryn Barger Supervisor, Fifth District

Holly J. Mitchell Supervisor, Second District

Lindsey P. Horvath Chair Pro Tem, Third District

Current as of 05/01/2023

TMC Arts

TMC Arts creates inclusive arts and cultural experiences that champion the diverse voices and communities of Los Angeles. Offering distinctive performances and events that will delight and surprise you, many of which are free and low-cost, TMC Arts curates participatory and immersive experiences and opportunities to express your creativity. You’ll find a connection with others in the community who participate in these experiences, be they artists, performers or fellow participants.

With programs for all ages in a wide range of types and genres, TMC Arts programs take place outdoors on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center and in Grand Park, inside the theatres on The Music Center campus, as well as in schools and neighborhoods all over L.A. County. For more information, visit musiccenter.org/tmcarts

Above Photo Credit: Will Yang for The Music Center.

Other Photos: John McCoy for The Music Center.

Photo Credits: (Above) Michelle Shiers for The Music Center.

(Right) Will Yang for The Music Center.

Cover photo courtesy of John McCoy for The Music Center.