GP’s Summer 2020 Season
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 10, 2020
Grand Performances (GP), the longest-running presenter of free global performing arts in Los Angeles, is proud to announce its final month of programming for the 2020 Season, featuring a series of online performances filmed at historic Los Angeles landmarks Heritage Square Museum and Lodge Room
GP’s first Feature Presentation in the Heritage Square Series will premiere this Sunday September 13 at 11:11am PT, with a vibrational healing sound bath led by Grace Oh. The series continues Sunday September 20 with experimental electronic harpist Low Leaf, and concludes with 13-member soul/jazz choir Voices of Creation on Sunday September 27. All three performances begin at 11:11am PT and will broadcast on GP’s YouTube and Facebook pages.
This trilogy of cinematic concert experiences, directed by GP’s Creative Director Azul Amaral and Eric Coleman, showcase performances by Women of Color (Grace Oh, Low Leaf, and Jimetta Rose’s Voices of Creation) set against a backdrop of iconic Victorian architecture emblematic of late 19th century Los Angeles.
GP’s Feature Presentation programming debuted in July with singer-songwriter Mia Doi Todd and LGBTQ+ activist and poet Steven Reigns, and continued in August with tropical funk band Jungle Fire.
“We knew that our mission of inspiring community, celebrating diversity and uniting Los Angeles through access to free global performing arts was even more critical at a time when we were being asked to shelter-in-place during this pandemic,” says Mari Riddle, Grand Performances’ Executive Director. “Further, it was imperative that we continue Grand Performances’ tradition of presenting BIPOC artists in light of the clarion call of Black Lives Matter.”
In addition to GP’s series of cinematic Feature Presentations, the organization also presented more intimate, stripped-down Artist TAKEOVERS, featuring performances by artists at home during shelter-in-place, including Grammy Award winner Raul Pacheco (Ozomatli), and Mexican-Australian vocalist Maya Jupiter (with a guest appearance from Aloe Blacc).
With over 20 livestreams dating back to April, GP’s Artist TAKEOVERS will culminate this month in a series broadcasting live from the historic Lodge Room in Highland Park. Starting with multi-instrumentalist blind musician Julio y su Teclado Mágico in celebration of Mexican Independence Day on September 16, GP’s Lodge Room series will continue September 23 with Puerto Rican Bomba collective Taller Bula, and conclude with global boom-bap producer Bei Ru on September 30.
All of Grand Performances’ online shows are free and can be watched on GP’s YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.
Grand Performances' Heritage Square Series
• Sunday 9/13 @ 11:11am PT: Grace Oh
• Sunday 9/20 @ 11:11am PT: Low Leaf
• Sunday 9/27 @ 11:11am PT: Voices of Creation
Grand Performances' Lodge Room Series
• Wednesday 9/16 @ 8pm PT: Julio y su Teclado Mágico
• Wednesday 9/23 @ 8pm PT: Taller Bula
• Wednesday 9/30 @ 8pm PT: Bei Ru
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ABOUT GRAND PERFORMANCES:
Hailed as the “Best Free Outdoor Summer Concert Series” by Los Angeles Magazine and called “a grand gift to the public” by LA Times, Grand Performances celebrates its 34th season of presenting high-quality music, dance, theater, and more in 2020.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Canyon Cody / ccody@grandperformances.org / (818) 468-2258