Katie Jo Oberthaler
Long Beach songwriter and banjo player Katie Jo Oberthaler, along with her full band Katie Jo & The Mijos, plays classic country fit for a roadhouse hoedown with lyrics as tender as the partner you’d dance with.
Music
Orange Peal Vibrations
Orange Peal Vibrations is a percussion duo formed in 2012 by free-lance percussionists Gabriel “Slam” Nobles and Joseph Mitchell. As educators and performers, Slam and Joseph recognized the value of developing a percussion centric ensemble that would not only entertain but enlighten. Through their combined years of experience OPV found audiences curious about the instruments […]
Kontrapunktus
Kontrapunktus (Latin for “Counterpoint”) is a young and ethnically diverse group of musicians who have come together from all corners of the globe to perform for one common cause, which is to “mend divisions through the power and grace of classical music.” Kontrapunktus aims to be more than just a chamber orchestra. United in our […]
Gloria Arjona
Born in El Paso and raised in Mexico City, Dr. Gloria Arjona has a distinctive way of lecturing through music, stories, media, traditional attire, and living pictures to draw attention on the rich cultures and traditions of Latin America, in particular Mexico and the US-Mexico border. Either as a soloist or accompanied by guest musicians, […]
Stan DeWitt
I am a multi-faceted musician whose work crosses into all realms of music (songwriter, conductor, singer, guitarist, educator) and genres (rock, classical, movie scores, choral). I am currently the Minister of Music at Grace First Presbyterian Church in Long Beach and the founding Executive Director of the Long Beach Youth Chorus. I was the Artistic […]
Alicia Murphy
Alicia Murphy’s all-original songs feature her unexpected, quirky lyrics and fierce rhythm guitar, while her passion for environmental conservation often shines through. She released her first studio EP It Is and It Isn’t, produced by Jaffee (Foo Fighters, The Wallflowers) and Ran Pink at Fonogenic Studios in Van Nuys, CA, in 2012 and toured with […]
Tom Peters
Tom Peters is a composer and GRAMMY® nominated performer who creates multimedia works featuring classic silent films. He performs a one-man-orchestra that uses cutting edge computer electronics and synchronized electronic soundscapes. In April 2013, he premiered his original score to the 1927 silent classic The Passion of Joan of Arc at the Toronto Silent Film […]
Baba the Storyteller
A ubiquitous bard plagued by an implacable passion for parables, proverbs, and pleasing palaver.