Join award-winning musician, song composer and actor Native American blues guitarist Tracy Lee Nelson for a discussion the intersection of Native American issues and blues roots and legacies followed by a live from home performance. ONLINE Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 7 P.M. PT | LIVESTREAM Tracy Lee Nelson is …continue reading
In a special appearance at Musco Center for the Arts on Thursday*, October 10 at 7:30pm, Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin will discuss “Leadership in Turbulent Times,” a look at how qualities of four major U.S. Presidents distinguished the way they led the nation. Her observations, based on Goodwin’s …continue reading
The fourth Musco Center for the Arts season at Chapman University will run September 2019 through May 2020 with a packed schedule of artists and groups from the worlds of opera, dance, theatre, and classical music as well as Broadway, jazz, country, and American roots music. Among the special events …continue reading
Pacific Chorale presents Bach & Vivaldi Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 7:30pm at the Musco Center for the Arts at Chapman University. Pacific Chorale Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra Robert Istad, conducting Pacific Chorale packed the hall in its 2017 Musco Center debut. Now Orange County’s own professional choir is returning …continue reading
Break out your kilt — the Scots are coming to Musco Center! Direct from Scotland’s capital city and the renowned Edinburgh Tattoo, this ensemble consists of more than 55 bagpipers, drummers, singers, dancers, and other musicians. Under the leadership of members of the famed Black Watch, the performance includes beloved …continue reading
Singer-songwriter, composer, violinist, and loop pedal-wielding artist Kishi Bashi makes his Musco Center debut on February 28, 2019 at 7:30pm. Backed by the harmonious energy of a string quartet, Kishi Bashi (Kaoro Ishibashi) reimagines the sonic worlds of everything from Dvořák’s American String Quartet to his own songs reminiscent of …continue reading
Areta Zhulla, the new first violinist with Juilliard String Quartet (JSQ) makes her West Coast debut presented by Musco Center for the Arts at Chapman University on February 21 at 7:30pm. Founded in 1946, JSQ returns to the campus several years after their Chapman debut in the 1960s. With the …continue reading
Musco Center for the Arts at Chapman University presents Rosanne Cash with husband and songwriting partner John Leventhal on February 2 at 7:30 pm. In her Musco Center debut, the eldest daughter of country music icon Johnny Cash brings to Orange County, her new tour of the critically acclaimed album …continue reading