Wednesdays Warm Up for Jazz

The popular Laguna Beach Live jazz series kicks off Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 6 p.m. with the hot sounds of The Latin Jazz Syndicate at Seven-Degrees, 891 Laguna Canyon Road.

The Latin Jazz Syndicate features trumpeter Bijon Watson and pays homage to America’s indigenous music while maintaining the rhythmic and harmonic authenticity of a variety of ethnic styles.

Prior to the musical performance, dance instructor Pepe Gonzalez will be offering dance instruction beginning at 5 p.m.

A full bar and expanded buffet dinner menu are available for purchase. Cover charge is $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Purchase tickets online at www.lagunabeachlive.org or call 949-800-495-4849. Reservations are accepted until noon on day of concert or until sold out.

Best of the West at Home in Laguna      

The Inn at Laguna Beach is offering their Best of the West package which includes two nights accommodations in an ocean view room with a private balcony and complimentary valet parking, a dolphin and whale watching boat excursion for two, a guided tour of Laguna’s tide pools with the hotel’s certified Tide Water Docent Rachel Tejeda.

The package is available through April 30 and starts at $1,000.Visit: lnnatlagunabeach.com to book the Best of the West package, or call 800-544-4479.

Symphony Asks Residents to Fill in the Notes

The Pacific Symphony is calling all Orange County residents to help inspire a new piece of music for the symphony’s community project, OC In Unison.

Guided by Music Director Carl St.Clair, the Pacific Symphony has chosen composer-in-residence Narong Prangcharoen to write a new anthem.

Answer the question, what makes Orange County home and unites its residents in story, song, dance, photography, art, video or social media to [email protected] by March 31. Larger pieces can be delivered to at 3631 S. Harbor Blvd. Suite 100, Santa Ana, CA 92704.

For info, watch the trailer video or visit www.PacificSymphony.org/ OCinUnison.

Free Day at SoCal Museums

Over 20 museums will open their doors to visitors free of charge Saturday, Jan 31. This offer is for general museum admission only and does not apply to specially ticketed exhibitions.

Participating museums are: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Annenberg Space for Photography, California Science Center,
Chinese American Museum,
Craft Folk & Art Museum, 
Fowler Museum at UCLA, The Getty Center, The Getty Villa 
(Timed tickets are required. visit www.getty.edu.), 
Hammer Museum, 
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial, The Museum of Contemporary Art -Los Angeles, 
Museum of Latin American Art, Museum of Tolerance (on Sunday, Feb. 1), The Paley Center for Media, 
The Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, 
Pasadena Museum of California Art, 
Santa Monica Museum of Art, 
Skirball Cultural Center, The Torrance Art Museum, USC Pacific Asia Museum, 
William S. Hart Museum, and
Zimmer Children’s Museum.

For more information visit: SoCalMuseums.org.

Chorale Offers Singers Musicianship Class

The public is invited to register for a low-cost skills building class for intermediate-level singers offered by Pacific Chorale, resident choir of Segerstrom Center for the Arts.

“The class focuses on improving sight-reading skills, provides an introduction to compound meter, and features an introduction to reading works in the standard choral literature,” said Molly Pontin, the chorale’s education director.

The course will be held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in the SCR Room on Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m., Jan. 18-Feb. 8 and costs $80.

Registration is available online at:   http://tinyurl.com/pcmus14 or at 714-662-2345.