Ethereal Music in Downtown LA

Downtown LA's historic Bradbury Building plays host to the Tallis Scholars this week. Photo via Da Camera.The atrium of the Bradbury Building is one of LA’s greatest interior spaces. In Blade Runner it was a sinister backdrop for the memorable confrontation of Harrison Ford and the replicants he was hunting; this Friday, March 22nd, at 9 PM, it can be seen in a very different light. The Tallis Scholars, Britain’s leading early music group, will present a program of choral music spanning five centuries. This is the latest in an ongoing series, Chamber Music in Historic Sites, which has been matching music and architecture for more than 20 years. It’s a series that every music-loving architect should support, for the range of programming and settings is extraordinary. Friday’s concert is selling fast, so don’t delay. The Bradbury is at South Broadway and Third Street, and tours and a reception are included in the price of admission. Tickets and information at Da Camera.org.

'Table Cloth' by Ball-Nogues Studio with UCLA Students

Table Cloth for the Courtyard at Schoenberg HallA site-specific installation by Ball-Nogues Studio, in collaboration with UCLA students, will serve as a temporary environment for music, dance and other performances on the UCLA campus. The project explores a "cross-manufacturing" strategy: After the structure has served as a set piece, the parts making up the installation will become smaller-scaled commodities, available as consumer products.

The installation is open now and will last until June 12, 2010. Check out more about it at Ball-Nogues Studio's website.