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The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is located in Kansas City, Missouri. The theater holds about 1,800 seats. It hosts a large number of events related to music, opera, theater, and dance. The Kauffman Center is home to the Kansas City Ballet, Lyric Opera, and the Kansas City Symphony. It has also hosted performers like Idina Menzel, Aretha Franklin, and Yo-Yo Ma.
Created and named after María Reál alongside her boyfriend Josh Conway, the couple creates dreamy pop, jazz-like, funk music. Reál also incorporates some Spanish lyrics into their songs. They produce and record their own music in their apartment in Los Angeles. The Marías rose to the ranks slowly in the club scene and gained great awareness of their band in 2017. Reál, Puerto-Rican bred and raised in Atlanta, is the band's lead singer, while Conway, a Los Angeles local, plays the drums during live performances. They play alongside Jesse Perlman (guitar), Edward James (keyboard), and Gabe Steiner (trumpet).
Dalhalla is an outdoor amphitheater sitting in a former limestone quarry in Rattvik, Dalarna, Sweden. The stage stands at 200 ft below ground level and is about 570 ft wide. The quarry was in use until 1990 and was transformed into an outdoor theatre in 1995 to take advantage of its acoustics.
The venue usually holds around 20 to 30 performances each summer from June to September, when temperatures are at their peak. Performers from every genre are welcomed, including opera singers, jazz bands, and rock bands. Popular rock artists Pink Floyd and Lionel Richie have been some of the few to have the pleasure of performing on this beautiful stage.
ionnalee is the alias of Jonna Lee, a swedish singer/songwriter, record producer, and visual director. She is also the vocalist of the band iamwhoami. ionnalee's music can be listened to on spotify and apple music!
This theater, Teatro Regio Torino, is located in Turin, Italy. Known for its ballet, concerts, and musicals, and operas, the building dates all the way back to 1740 and is known as one of the largest opera houses internationally. In 1936, it perished in a fire and took almost forty years to rebuild. The theater has a capacity of 1,500. The venue aims to house unique theater proposals while also inviting artists like Michele Mariotti and Robert Carsen.
The creation of this auditorium was decades in the making, starting back in 1970 with the idea’s inception, leading up to the completion of its construction in 1997. Since then, it has become an iconic symbol of the Canary Islands due to its spectacular appearance and status as one of the quintessential examples of late 20th century Spanish architecture. It has come to host educational programs, conferences, and youth programs promoting the arts on top of the many concerts it holds. Its status as an icon of the area as well as the reputation it has garnered have given rise to the nickname “The Sydney of the Atlantic…
In the 1950s, Larry Borenstein, an art dealer from Wisconsin, opened up an art gallery in French Quarter, New Orleans. To improve its ambiance, Borenstein invited local jazz performers to play and draw more attention to the art. By 1961, the art gallery was turned into a full-time jazz venue by Allan and Sandra Jeffe. Since then, their son, Ben, has taken over the business and made expansions. Preservation Hall now is home to its Jazz band and welcomes touring bands as well.
Teatro Degollado (Degollado Theater) is located in Guadalajara, Mexico. This opera house opened in 1866 and has been renovated many times since it has been built. The performance hall can hold 1,015 spectators, and has hand-painted murals along its walls. It is said that this theater is meant to be a representation of Guadalajara’s culture.
Michael Abels was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Abels studied at University of Southern California and at the California Institute for the Arts. He is a composer, and has conducted orchestras, like the San Francisco Symphony, as well. He is also a co-founder of the Composers Diversity Collective. This Collective aims to advocate for visibility of film composers of color. Most recently, he has worked with Jordan Peele to create the soundtracks of Get Out (2017) and Us (2019).
Located in Bakersfield, California, the Spectrum Amphitheatre is centered in The Park at River Walk. It is an outdoor amphitheatre surrounded by two lakes, a river, and bike paths. The park opened in 2006 and has hosted concerts (Slightly Stoopid, Kenny G, The Beach Boys, Ziggy Marley, and Willie Nelson) festivals (Halloween Fiesta, Fakeapalooza, and Gospel Fest), family events, and much more.
