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See where the Valley Performing Arts Center and our performers are making headlines!
- We are one of LA's Hotspots in the Valley! (New York Times)
2012/2013 Season
Michael Feinstein
- Family Losses Drive Singer Michael Feinstein's Benefits for Gastric Cancer and Brain Research (Huffington Post)
- Michael Feinstein to succeed the late Marvin Hamlisch as the principal conductor of the Pasadena Pops beginning in 2013 (Los Angeles Times)
- Michael Feinstein Discusses Collaborating With Jazz At Lincoln Center, NPR, PBS (Forbes)
- Michael Feinstein Nominated for Daytime Emmys (Playbill)
Deborah Voigt
- Noah Stewart, Deborah Voigt and More Join Glimmerglass Season (Broadway World)
John Mauceri
- Verdi by numbers (Huffington Post)
Jacques Pépin
- Chef Jacques Pépin remembers dear friend Julia Child (New York Times)
Mark Morris Dance Group
- Mark Morris Versus the Music (Brooklyn Rail)
Travis Tritt
Val Kilmer
Vadim Repin
- Violinist Vadim Repin to play at VPAC (Daily Sundial)
Kenny Rogers
- If you’re a Kenny Rogers fan you’ll be delighted to know that one of America’s greatest singers has released his first and only autobiography. Luck or Something Like It hit bookstores on October 2, 2012.
- Kenny Rogers Plays Bonnaroo (CMT)
- Kenny Rogers, Emmylou Harris Appearing at Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony (CMT)
- Kenny Rogers' Passion for Music Leads to a 'Gamble' with Young Bonnaroo Crowd (International Business Times)
- Kenny Rogers Enchants Audience at Final Hall of Fame Show (CMT)
Anne-Sophie Mutter
- Anne-Sophie Mutter at the Istanbul Music Festival (Hurriyet Daily News)
- Anne-Sophie Mutter Receives an Atlantic Council Awards with Prince Harry and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (Huffington Post)
Bebe Neuwirth
- Theater: Bebe Neuwirth Still Looks Dreamy in "Midsummer" (Huffington Post)
- Bebe Neuwirth, Christina Ricci make Shakespeare madcap and sexy in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (Washington Post)
- Milos, Classical Guitar Sensation, Talks 'Pasión,' The Brilliance Of Segovia, And Breaking Into The U.S. (Huffington Post)
BBC Concert Orchestra
- BBC Orchestra at Queen's Diamond Jubilee (UK Telegraph)
- Kyle Minogue to be backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra to headline Proms in the Park Concert at London's Hyde Park (BBC News)
- Keith Lockhart among marquee musicians celebrating Elizabeth II (Boston Globe)
- Keith Lockhart to lead televised concert for Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (UK Cincinnati Blog)
Monterey Jazz Festival
Judy Collins
- Clive Davis and Judy Collins honored at New York gala (Chicago Tribune)
Raul Esparza
- Ricky Martin & Raul Esparza to Perform at Tony Awards (Fox News Latino)
- Despite Closing, Leap of Faith with Raul Esparza Will Perform at the 2012 Tony Awards (Broadway)
- Raul Esparza enjoys his ‘once in a lifetime’ Broadway role as a preacher in ‘Leap of Faith’ (Washington Post)
- Victoria Clark, Raul Esparza, Sutton Foster, Anika Noni Rose Heard on "Broadway Lullaby Project" CD, Arriving May 8 (Playbill)
Joan Osborne
- Joan Osborne Interview: Rescued by the Blues (Smashing Interviews)
- Joan Osborne Circles Back to Blues With 'Bring It On Home' (Billboard)
Kelli O'Hara
- Photo Coverage: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT's Kelli O'Hara Joins the Sardi's Wall Of Fame! (Broadway World)
- James Earl Jones, Linda Lavin, Audra McDonald, Kelli O'Hara Receive Outer Critics Circle Nominations (TheaterMania)
- Matthew Broderick, Kelli O'Hara team up laughing (CBS News)
- Lincoln Center Eyes Revival of The King and I, Starring Kelli O'Hara (Broadway.com)
- Kelli O’Hara and Matthew Broderick, Josh Turner, John Williams and U.S. Olympic athlets to appear on July 4 celebration on the National Mall (News OK)
- Photo Coverage: Chita Rivera, Kelli O'Hara & More Arrive at the 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards (Broadway World)
- Kelli O'Hara, Jeremy Jordan, et al. Set for BOMBERS BOOMER BROADWAY at Yankee Stadium (Broadway World)
- Matthew Broderick And Kelli O'Hara Perform On 'The View' (Huffington Post)
- Kelli O’Hara moves out of Westchester and into UWS (New York Post)
- Encores! Will Stage Fiorello!, On Your Toes and Superman in 2013 with Kelli O'Hara (Playbill)
- PBS' "A Capitol Fourth" Will Feature Kelli O'Hara, Megan Hilty; Tom Bergeron Hosts (Playbill)
The Blind Boys of Alabama
- The Blind Boys Of Alabama’s Jimmy Carter Talks About Their Nashville-flavored CD, A Fork In The Road And Why He Questioned God (Nashville.com)
Chick Corea
- Chick Corea and Gary Burton to Release Joint Album (Jam Bands)
- Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White On JazzSet (NPR)
- Detroit Jazz Festival 2012 Headliners Include Sonny Rollins, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny (Huffington Post)
Paul Appleby
- Paul Appleby's Philharmonic debut (Broadway World)
- Tenor and Violinist Receive Martin E. Segal Awards (New York Times)
Kris Kristofferson
- Kris Kristofferson Concerts Celebrate United Farm Workers’ 50th Anniversary (Great American Country)
- Kris Kristofferson tops 50th anniversary UFW concert tour (LA Times)
Merle Haggard
- Merle Haggard On Still Touring At 75 (Huffington Post)
2011/2012 Season
- Barbara Cook to Be Honored by Sarah Siddons Society (Theater Mania)
- Barbara Cook gives knockout performance at the Kennedy Center (Washington Post)
- Popular Standards Get Smart Jazz Makeovers at Cal State Northridge (Patch)
- A New Version of 'Julius Caesar' Suggests Similarities to U.S. Politics (Patch.com)
- Geena Davis Pushes Gender Equality at CSUN Show (Patch.com)
- Joshua Bell: Violinist for our times (Orange County Register)
- Beware the Suited Men Wielding Letter Openers
- The Acting Company’s Version of ‘Julius Caesar’ (New York Times)
- Absorbing Life’s Lessons, Happy or Sad
- Barbara Cook Performs at Feinstein’s at Loew’s Regency (New York Times)
- Valley Performing Arts Center by HGA Architects and Engineers (Buildipedia)
- Review: Savion Glover's 'Bare Soundz' (Culture Spot LA)
- Los Tigres del Norte alistan su nueva producción discográfica (Univision)
- Los Tigres rugieron íntimamente en LA (LA Nueva 101.9)
- ¿Quién es el Tigre más twittero? (Telemundo)
- Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley Bring STANDARD TIME to Valley Performing Arts Center (Broadway World)
- Valley Arts Center's 2012-13 season: Mark Morris; Bebe Neuwirth (Los Angeles Times)
- Valley Performing Arts Center Announces 2012-2013 Season, will Include Voigt, Mutter, Feinstein, Neuwirth (Broadway World)
- Valley Performing Arts Center Announces 2012-13 Season (Patch)
- Concert review: Bernadette Peters at the Valley Arts Center (Los Angeles Times)
- Raul Esparza, Michael Feinstein, Nathan Gunn, Kelli O'Hara Set for Valley Performing Arts Center Season (Theatre Mania)
- Dance Review (LA): Moulin Rouge by Jorden Morris for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet at the Valley Performing Arts Center (Blogcritics)
- Wroclaw Orchestra Offers a Tour-de-Force Performance at CSUN (Patch)
- Ramsey Lewis Remains Part of the 'In Crowd' (Patch)
- Music review: Gergiev in Orange County and the Valley (Los Angeles Times)
- The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming! (The Chatsworth Patch)
- New York City Ballet group to perform at Valley Performing Arts Center (Los Angeles Times)
- Shirley MacLaine Opens An Evening with Shirley MacLaine @ Valley Performing Arts Center (Broadway World)
- Valley Performing Arts Center announces its first full season (Los Angeles Times)
- Music and Dance Stars Booked for Valley Performing Arts Center (Chatsworth Patch)
- Music review: China Philharmonic performs at the new Valley Performing Arts Center (Los Angeles Times)
- Much Ado About Costly Arts Centers (Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Valley Performing Arts Center by HGA Architects (The Design Home)
- Performing-Arts Center Is an Instant Landmark on Cal State’s Northridge Campus (Chronicle of Higher Education)
- 27 Reasons to Love LA Now (Conde Nast Magazine)
- The Valley Performing Arts Center Opens: Are LA’s Suburbs Creating their Own Arts Centers? (KCRW)
- A Stunning Arts Center for the San Fernando Valley (Form Magazine)
- A star-studded opening for the Valley Performing Arts Center (Los Angeles Times)
- Hollywood turns out for the Valley Performing Arts Center (Los Angeles Times)
- Valley Performing Arts Center opens at Cal State Northridge (Los Angeles Times)
- Rising from the rubble of the Northridge quake, a performing arts center is born (Los Angeles Times)
- ‘A DREAM FULFILLED FOR THE VALLEY:’ Concert hall at CSUN opens this weekend with fanfare (Daily News)
- Gala Officially Opens Valley Performing Arts Center (Encino Patch)
- The Dry Garden: A theatrical low-water landscape rises at Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge (Los Angeles Times)
- Spectacular New Arts Center in… Northridge? (Huffington Post)
- Setting the stage–the Valley Performing Arts Center (Jewish Journal)
- Cal State Northridge's new performing arts center is ready for its close-up (Los Angeles Times)
- Cal State Northridge’s Valley Performing Arts Center opens soon (89.3-FM KPCC)
- Valley’s world-class concert hall at CSUN receives an acoustical checkup as opening day nears (Daily News)
- Site Tour: CSUN’s New Valley Performing Arts Center (California Construction)
- Valley Performing Arts Center Seeking Corporate Interest (San Fernando Valley Business Journal)
- California State University Northridge’s New Valley Performing Arts Center Opening (www.americantowns.com)
- HGA Architects’ Valley Performing Arts Center Heads To Finish Line (LA Curbed)
- Upcoming Valley Performing Arts Center At CSUN (The Huffington Post)
- Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company to perform at CSUN (Asian Journal)
- CSUN’s Valley Performing Arts Center Nears Completion (California Construction)
- $175-million Valley Performing Arts Center to debut with Moscow State Symphony (Los Angeles Times)
- Valley's Center of Attention - CSUN’s Valley Performing Arts Center (Daily News)
- Construction of CSUN Performing Arts Center seen as sign Valley economy recovering (Daily News)
