Los Angeles is musically metaphorically a wall of vinyl albums, filled with music from the streets, to the hills and canyons, to the beach. From Thee Midniters and the Beach Boys to the glamorous Sunset Strip, it is a ribbon of music unwinding north to south, east to west.
With that audio map in mind, MUSE/IQUE continues its 2021-22 season, with L.A. Composed: A Festival of Los Angeles Music, a yearlong concert series exploring Los Angeles’ defining moments and artists who shaped the city’s legendary musical history.
Curated and led by founder and Artistic Director Rachael Worby, L.A. Composed features musicians and dancers from stage and screen performing at cultural institutions throughout the city, including Caltech and The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, beginning in March and running through November, 2022.
SUNRISE ON SUNSET
When it comes to the Los Angeles dream, all roads lead to Sunset Boulevard, one of the world’s most famous streets, synonymous with the City of Angels. From grit to glitz, this 22-mile stretch of pavement is a matrix of musical intersections, the birthplace of inventions that have made an everlasting mark on the city. MUSE/IQUE explores this epicenter of cultural revolution as the sun rises on the L.A. Composed season.
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April 6, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
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April 7, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
LAUREL CANYON
Just miles from the bustling Hollywood scene and slightly out of sight was an oasis where singer-songwriters converged to reinvent how music was made and played. With artists like The Mamas and the Papas to Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, to Linda Ronstadt and Joni Mitchell, and many more, Laurel Canyon became a cradle of exploration and a new genre of music that could only have happened in these canyons of LA.
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June 22, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., Caltech
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June 23, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., Caltech
ROUTE 66 AND HIGHWAY 1
From the mystique of roads out west to the endless summer magic of our beach cities, the most famous numbered highways in the world come together and intersect to define surf and sand from the Beach Boys to Beach Blanket Bingo.
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July 20, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
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July 21, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
WHITTIER BLVD.
More than any other street, Whittier Boulevard tells the story of musical eclecticism. On Whittier, Mexican American musicians blended music from all across Los Angeles to create a whole new genre-defying sound and flavor that scintillates and tantalizes with an instantly identifiable beat. With influences ranging from the coastal rock ‘n’ roll to the rhythms on Central Avenue, Whittier represents what happens when a fusion of sounds is filtered through Mexican-American culture and experience to become something entirely new.
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August 17, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.
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August 18, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.
CENTRAL AVENUE
The Harlem of the west, the center of LA’s soul. Central Avenue was a hub of bubbling nightlife that had sound bursting from every block and brought a community together the way only music can. It’s a place where music was a reflection of the African American experience in Los Angeles, and where West Coast Jazz was born. In this performance, MUSE/QUE honors and celebrates the legacy of Central Avenue and its impact on our city and beyond.
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October 6, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
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October 9, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., Skirball Cultural Center
More information on L.A. Composed: A Festival of Los Angeles Music, is available at http://www.muse-ique.com/
