We are proud to present our annual ‘jewel in the crown’ – the Grand Salon – to be held Sunday, June 3, 2018 from 5 to 8 PM

This elegant event will be held at a spectacular oceanfront estate on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Fine wines and delectable food tastings from selected South Bay gourmet restaurants will be offered prior to a world-class musical performance.

SILENT AUCTION

Our annual Grand Salon is celebrated not only for superior music, wine, food, and conviviality, but also as an opportunity to bid on unique Silent Auction prizes. All proceeds benefit youth music education programs in the South Bay.

This year’s activities and prizes range from:

• exotic member-catered meals will transport you from the best of southern California cuisine – with chimes! –  to the regions of Italy, or on safari in Africa
• enlightening outings include the Irvine Museum collection of California Impressionists, a tour of Homeboy Industries, or a world-premiere King Tut exhibition at the California Science Center
• join a party with a difference, whether Paint and Pinot, Birding and Photography, or the ever-popular Oktoberfest
• get away on a break to Cathedral City, the Central Coast, Paso Robles – both with wine tastings! – or perhaps you fancy the west coast of Ireland
• entertainment packages include Hello Dolly!, Tennessee Williams, and tickets to the Ahmanson, Glendale Center Theater or the Hollywood Bowl
• and the list continues with golfing packages, spa packages, unique take-home pieces including freshwater pearls, a Philippi bowl, an Artiphon instrument (look it up!) and iconic Hollywood Bowl posters

In addition, we will be holding a LIVE AUCTION immediately prior to the musical performance, for two nights in a two-bedroom Oceanside Casita at Terranea.

OUR FEATURED ARTISTS

Kristine Whitson, violinist, began violin and piano lessons at age four. She studied at the Menuhin Academy in Switzerland, Indiana University, Kneisel Hall in Maine, and at Music Academy of the West. Kristine has a Bachelor’s Degree in Performance from the New England Conservatory. She joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic is November 1990, and has also performed in its Green Umbrella and Chamber Music Series.

Kristine will be supported by Dale Hikawa Silverman, violist, and Junko Ueno Garrett, pianist.

Dale graduated from Roosevelt University in Chicago in 1973 with a degree in violin performance. After two years with the St. Louis Symphony, she joined the Los Angeles Philharmoic. Despite her love of violin, she soon decided to switch to viola and became associate principal.

Junko trained in piano at Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo and later studied at Rice University. During the 2017-2018 season, she will perform in Hong Kong and numerous Los Angeles area venues, including with the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Chamber Music Series.

LIMITED SEATING

Reservations are limited and tickets are selling fast! Please purchase your tickets early to avoid disappointment.

Tickets are $175 per person. Our Benefactor level $1000 contribution includes two reserved seats and acknowledgment in the program.

For further information, please call 310-375-3895 or email pclaphil@gmail.com.

The Peninsula Committee Los Angeles Philharmonic is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) corporation — ID #23-7169837

The Peninsula Committee’s Music in the Garden is less than two months away. Mark your calendar for Sunday, March 4, 2018, 12:00-4:30 PM. Once again the South Coast Botanic Garden will be the venue for a wonderful afternoon of entertainment provided by young musicians from the Peninsula and South Bay schools. This will be held during the Garden’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival so come listen to the music and enjoy the beauty of the Cherry Trees!  Purchase your tickets now.

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SOLD OUT!!

Sorry we missed you!
We invite you to make a donation by using the Donate button on the right.

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November 5, 2017

California Science Center
Samuel Oschin Pavilion
featuring the Space Shuttle Endeavour
Gourmet Tastings* 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Concert 8:00 to 9:00 pm
Dessert and Coffee 9:00 to 10:00
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*Gourmet Tastings, included in admission price, consist of a delicious array of gourmet hors d’oeuvres, fine wines, beer and soft drinks.

Parking at the California Science Center is $15 paid in cash.  Click here for directions.

For more information about the event, contact lutakeuchi@msn.com or jannf@aol.com

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Performing under the wings of the Space Shuttle Endeavor will be Grammy-nominated pianist, composer and conductor, David Benoit conducting the Asia America Youth Symphony.  The performance will feature Benoit’s recently completed original composition, Journey of the Endeavour, which will accompany the NASA footage of the space shuttle’s journey to its permanent home in Los Angeles, and other musical selections.

David Benoit conducting the Asia America Youth Symphony

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🚀 California Science Center Foundation Sponsors 🚀

Mr. and Mrs. Allan Frew

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🚀 Cosmos Sponsors 🚀

Kinecta Federal Credit Union

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Malaga Bank

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🚀 Media Sponsor 🚀

South Bay Magazine

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All proceeds support the Los Angeles Philharmonic and its youth music education.
PCLAP is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation.

Andy Hill & Renee Safier and the Hard Rain Band

During a time of social unrest, there was Woodstock 1969. Great minds of the music world met and shaped the future of American culture. This timeless music, 48 years later, still makes us cut loose and dance. July 15, 2017 was a gorgeous evening on the Peninsula—the perfect time and place to recreate that era with a picnic on the lawn and the music of Andy & Renee and the Hard Rain Band.

*Who sang Oh Happy Day at Woodstock?
**Who played The Star Spangled Banner?
Scroll to the bottom for the answer.

Thank you to Claudia and Tom Grzywacz for creating the vision for Stormstock as a way to bring music lovers together to share the fun, drink the elixir of youth, and benefit the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Claudia and Tom Grzywacz

Let the pictures tell the story.

Special thanks to our generous sponsors.

Platinum
Beth Burns, Zone 24 Landscaping, Inc.
The Geraghty Family
Claudia and Tom Grzywacz
Kinecta Federal Credit Union
Malaga Bank
Bill Whittlesey

Gold
Ginny Bleier
Marian Hall and David Jones
Elizabeth Storm McGovern
Debra Schinnerer, D&S Insurance Services

Chip and Pat Zelt, Dave and Deb Schinnerer

Beth Burns and Dominique Claussens

Friends from Malaga Bank—Randy Bowers, Sacha Ohara, Sylvia Alvarado, Maureen Bray

Marian Hall and David Jones

Thanks to our guests and volunteers.

Jann Feldman

Donna and Ray Day, with Denny Lawrence, Alli Tsukimura, and Meredith Carter

Cheryl Graue, Marge Schmit (foreground), Ginny Bleier, Marian Duntley (left background)

Dottie and Allen Lay, Sheri and Lynn Gill

Vivien Murtha, Sharon Guthrie, Paula DiFiore

David and Kei Benoit

Catie Aspel, Jarrett Geraghty, Kyleigh Geraghty—world’s best bartenders

Thanks to the unstoppable Stormstock Committee.
Claudia Grzywacz (Chair), Marian Hall (PCLAP President), Jane Beseda, Donna Day, Deborah Deutsch, Marian Duntley, Ginny Erxleben, Jann Feldman, Pam Geraghty, Cheryl Graue, Lisa Harquail-Sierveld, Debby McDonald, Lu Takeuchi, Pat Zelt

Above all, thanks to our audience!

You!

Unbridled Joy—Ginny Erxleben

*Q. Who sang Oh Happy Day at Woodstock?
A. Joan Baez
**Q. Who played The Star Spangled Banner?
A. Jimi Hendrix

“To Market, To Market We Must Go…” visited highlights of downtown Los Angeles on June 20, including a tour of the historic Bradbury Building.

Ticket sales for this event are now closed.
Sorry we missed you!

Individual Ticket holders should bring your own beach chair
We welcome guests 21 years of age and older
Please check in at the entrance to obtain your wristband for admittance
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Featuring
Andy Hill and Renée Safier
and the Hard Rain Band
voted “Best of the Beach” in Easy Reader poll!
Andy Hill & Renee Safier have carved out a unique musical niche for themselves in the LA music scene (and beyond). Their performances – more than 200 a year – are as much social gathering as musical event. Andy & Renee, as a duo, and along with their band Hard Rain, have taken their unique sound to venues large and small all over the world. Their 15 CDs have won them countless awards, including “Best of the Beach” for several years running. The group just celebrated their 27th year hosting their own Bob Dylan music festival, “Dylanfest”, a concert attended by 100’s of fans and featuring over 70 of L.A.’s top musicians. The 8 hour event is held in May at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center. Get performance and booking info at www.andyandrenee.com.
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Hosted by
Claudia and Tom Grzywacz
to benefit the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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Sponsorships Available!  More Sponsors To Be Announced
Platinum Sponsors
The Geraghty Family
Claudia and Tom Grzywacz
Kinecta Federal Credit Union
Malaga Bank
Bill Whittlesey

Gold Sponsors
Ginny Bleier
Beth Burns, Zone 24 Landscaping, Inc.
Marian Hall and David Jones
Elizabeth Storm McGovern
Debra Schinnerer, D&S Insurance Services
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Food and Beverage Partners
Critics Choice Catering
Absolution Brewing Company
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The Peninsula Committee Los Angeles Philharmonic
is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) corporation — ID #23-7169837

Peninsula Committee Los Angeles Philharmonic

is proud to present an evening of
world class music, fine wine and gourmet tastings

at the seaside estate of
Carolyn and Julian Elliott

Sunday, May 21, 2017, from 5 to 8 o’clock in the evening

Tickets $175 – by invitation only
Contact us at pclaphil@gmail.com

Cocktail attire

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Contribute

Become a Benefactor for a contribution of $1000 or more
and receive two  tickets with reserved seating and recognition in the program.

To make a donation in any amount contact us at 310-378-2914 or pclaphil@gmail.com

We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization EIN #23-7169837

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Featured Artists

Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic

THOMAS HOOTEN is Principal Trumpet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Prior to joining the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hooten served as Principal Trumpet in the Atlanta Symphony from 2006-2012, where he was awarded the first ever Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair, a merit-based award for “excellence in musical artistry, leadership, collegiality and community engagement.” Hooten began his career in 2000 with a trumpet/cornet position in “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in Washington, D.C. He went on to join the Indianapolis Symphony as Assistant Principal Trumpet for two years, and subsequently won the Principal Trumpet auditions for both the Houston and Atlanta Symphonies. He released Trumpet Call, his first solo album, in 2011. In 2012, Jennifer Marotta and Hooten co-edited the latest release of the Completely Conservatory Method for Trumpet by J. B Arban, which is one of the most widely used trumpet methods in modern history.

Mark Robson (accompanist), with degrees from the University of Southern California and Oberlin College, has been hailed by the Los Angeles Times as a pianist with “one of the great techniques,” “an inquiring mind” and performer capable of evoking an “exquisite engulfing pastel haze,” and he continues to impress with his multi-faceted career as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. Mr. Robson is equally comfortable in styles ranging from early music played on the harpsichord and organ to the great Romantic repertoire and beyond to contemporary piano works. As a collaborative artist he commands the respect of his peers in both the recital and chamber settings. He presents an annual recital for Piano Spheres, and as an organist he has appeared at Disney Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. He also serves as a rehearsal pianist for the Los Angeles Opera, and occasionally helps out at the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Among his formidable musical projects has been the performance in eight concerts of the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven. As a composer, Robson has had works programmed on concerts in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Barcelona, and Paris.

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Gourmet Tastings Provided By

Baran’s 2239
502 Pacific Coast Highway
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254

Bettolino’s Kitchen
211 Palos Verdes Boulevard
Redondo Beach, CA 90277

Bristol Farms
837 Silver Spur Road
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274

Chez Melange
1611 Catalina Avenue
Redondo Beach, CA 90277

Giorgio’s
777 Deep Valley Drive
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274

Hey 19
4525 Calle Mayor
Torrance. CA 90505

Ortega 120
1814 So. Pacific Coast Highway
Redondo Beach, CA 90277

Palos Verdes Golf Club
3301 Via Campesina
Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274

Rock and Brews
6300 Pacific Coast Highway
Redondo Beach, CA 90277

Sweets by Torrance Bakery

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Sincere Appreciation to Our Supporters

Invitations generously underwritten by

550 Deep Valley Drive # 261B
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
310.377.7838
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