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Anna Bulbrook on Switching from Violin to Viola, Improvising, and “SILENCE”

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Anna Bulbrook | Photo by Maria Jose Govea

Created by artistic directors Christopher Rountree (Wild Up) and Anna Bulbrook (Girlschool) in partnership with Descanso Gardens, SILENCE presents music and performance unconstrained by genre at specific sites within Descanso’s “living collection” of horticulture.

KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen recently spoke to Anna Bulbrook about SILENCE, switching from violin to viola, improvising and more.

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Anna Bulbrook on Switching from Violin to Viola, Improvising, and “SILENCE”
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  The remaining two performances are September 21st and 28th. You can find out more at descansogardens.org.
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Brian is the KUSC host who gets listeners home in LA traffic each afternoon. He also created the At Home series during the earliest stages of the pandemic, and hosts the LA Phil radio broadcasts and A Joyful Noise Sunday mornings on KUSC and KDFC. Brian is a popular pre-concert lecturer in Southern California — between the LA Phil, LA Opera, The Wallis, Philharmonic Society of Orange County, and beyond. He has received multiple LA Press Club awards for arts journalism, and is a passionate advocate for underrepresented & marginalized groups and individuals within classical music.
Brian Lauritzen
Published on 09.21.2019

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