Media Contact:
Jennifer Fukutomi-Jones, Principal Arts & Culture Administrator
Glendale Library, Arts & Culture
222 E. Harvard St. Glendale, CA 91205
Email: [email protected]
Office: 818-937-7808

2022 BRAND SUMMER MUSIC SERIES

Free outdoor summer concert series at Brand Library & Art Center

GLENDALE, CA - The 2022 Brand Summer Music Series will consist of 8 outdoor concerts at Brand Library & Art Center (1601 W. Mountain St. Glendale, CA 91201) on Fridays from July 8 through September 16, 2022. These concerts begin at 7:00 PM and feature music groups from Southern California and beyond. Seating is not provided; visitors are welcome to bring a chair or blanket and picnic on the grassy hillsides of Brand Park behind the library. Performances run approximately 60 - 90 minutes without intermission. The Glendale Arts and Culture Commission sponsors the concerts through funding from the Urban Art Program and the Brand Associates, with support from Glendale Library, Arts & Culture, and Glendale Community Services and Parks.

July 8, 2022 - Son Habanais a quartet that plays traditional Cuban Son and Salsa music (Cha-Cha, Merengue, Bolero, and more). As classically trained musicians, they are interested in bringing Cuban music and culture to broad audiences. The band consists of Luis Felipe Dorzon (vocals, maracas, guiro), Daniel Rodriguez (percussion), Denis Medina (tres guitar), and Azaris Manuel (bass).

July 15, 2022 -String Harmoniesfuse traditional and modern Armenian and Middle Eastern music. The Trio consists of Andrew Kzirian (oud), Vik Momjian (bass), and Yervand Kalajian (violin).

July 22, 2022- Jahgun & Justifyah is led by Jahgun, a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and music producer who has been living in Los Angeles since 2001. Jahgun & Justifyah is a roots reggae band with multicultural influences. Band members are Beto (drums), Benji (bass), Andre (keyboards), Toby (guitar), Tate (trumpet), Randall (sax), Kizambo (trombone), and Jahgun (vocals).

August 5, 2022 -Tres Souls. For the last decade, vocalist Rocio Mendoza and guitarists Roberto Carlos and Jesus Martinez have serenaded audiences in LA and beyond with their interpretations of a genre called "Bolero." They relive the vintage sounds and songs of the 1940s-1960s, stylized during the Golden Era of Mexican Cinema.

August 12, 2022- Z.Lupetin's Patio Club is a Los Angeles-made, down-home blend of Soul Music, Pop, Blues, and Roots n' Roll. Led by LA's Dustbowl Revival frontman Z. Lupetin, the band features Lashon Halley (vocals), Chad Richard (guitar), and Nick Phakpiseth (bass).

August 26, 2022- Dave Stuckey & The Hot House Gang is a hard-swinging, take-no-prisoners aggregation, playing the standards and not-so-standards from the 1920s & 30s and whose main objective is to bring the heat, get you out of your seat, and provoke you to move your feet. The band consists of Dave Stuckey (rhythm guitar, vocals), Marc Caparone (trumpet), Nate Ketner (reeds), Katie Cavera (bass), Josh Collazo (drums), and Carl Sonny Leyland (piano).

September 9, 2022- Eva and the Vagabond Tales is a multi-instrumental music project centered around the songwriting of Russian-born Eva Khachiyan. The songs combine pop, western, old folk, and ragtime influences. The band had a residency at Downtown Disney.

September 16, 2022- Os Zagueiros taps into the funkier side of Brazil with a repertoire dug from the crates of rare 1970s Brazilian funk and soul grooves, as well as samba-rock, a sub-genre of samba influenced by early American rock, jazz, and soul. Band members are Simon Carroll (drums, vocals), Bobby Easton (guitar, vocals), Leo Nobre (bass), Dan Reckard (keyboard), Fabio Santana de Souza (trombone, vocals), and Beto Gonzalez (percussion).

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About Brand Library & Art Center

Brand Library & Art Center has been a cornerstone for the arts in Southern California since 1956. This unique public library focuses on visual arts and music and provides free services and programs for a diverse community, including a collection of over 110,000 items, subject specialist librarians, exhibitions, concerts, lectures, dance performances, films, and hands-on craft programs for children and adults. Always evolving, Brand Library & Art Center continues to develop innovative programs, services and collections to serve an ever-widening public interested in the arts. Brand Library & Art Center is a branch of the City of Glendale Library, Arts & Culture Department.

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About Glendale Library, Arts & Culture

Founded in 1907, the Glendale Library, Arts & Culture Department (GLAC) includes six neighborhood libraries as well as the Brand Library & Art Center, a regional visual arts and music library and performance venue housed in the historic 1904 mansion of Glendale pioneer Leslie C. Brand, and the Central Library, a 93,000 square foot center for individuals and groups to convene, collaborate and create. Now on the web at www.eGlendaleLAC.org, GLAC also serves as the chief liaison to the Glendale Arts and Culture Commission which works to continually transform Glendale into an ever-evolving arts and culture destination. For more information contact Library, Arts & Culture at 818-548-2021 or via email at [email protected].

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About the City of Glendale & its Arts and Culture Commission

Known as the "Jewel City," Glendale is the fourth largest city of Los Angeles County. With a population of more than 200,000, Glendale is a thriving cosmopolitan city that is rich in history, culturally diverse, and offers nearly 50 public parks, and easy access to a municipal airport. It is the home to a vibrant business community, with major companies in healthcare, entertainment, manufacturing, retail, and banking. Its Arts and Culture Commission administers a developer- funded program which is working to transform Glendale into an arts and culture destination for the Southern California region. The mission of the Glendale Arts and Culture Commission is to enrich the human experience, reinforce Glendale's identity and civic pride through arts and culture, and to recognize the importance of arts to our quality of life and to the local economy. This is accomplished by consciously integrating arts and culture into the daily life of the people of Glendale through urban design, planning, economic development, and education. For more information about the Glendale Arts and Culture Commission see the website: https://www.glendaleartsandculture.org/

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