Molly will perform with frequent collaborator Sharon Chohi Kim in her new piece “lean” at the Feminist Center for Creative Work as part of “Radical Kinship,” curated by Chloë Flores.
More info HERE
HYSTERIA, Molly’s opera-in-progress co-created by librettist-partner Divya Maus, is having a workshop performance of two brand new scenes on May 17th, co-produced by Synchromy and Resonance Collective, as part of OperaFest LA!
The concert begins at 7pm, with a pre-concert panel discussion on women’s mental health beginning at 6:30pm.
Get tickets for in-person or online stream HERE.
HYSTERIA is a rage-comic opera exploring women’s mental health through the lens of medicine, feminist fiction, reality TV, and the personal lives of the writers.
At the 1909 New York Symposium on Hysteria, the Neuroticist –a world-renowned psychoanalyst– presents four of his patients in a ground-breaking new lecture: Cherie, an unwed mother; Kate, a wife suffering from hallucinations; Ameeta, a mother anxious to marry off her adult son; and Mona, an architect struggling to appease her commissioners. Each is trapped in a scene that pushes her to ‘hysteria,’ a syndrome the Neuroticist aims to cure. However, a specter haunts his demonstrations, stoking the women’s fury and leading to a final confrontation—a contest of the gods, and the birthplace of our fury.
Molly sings Soprano with HEX in this Chamber Concert as part of the annual Hear Now Festival. They will perform a new piece called “small tenderness” by Ania Vu.
Molly will perform an aria from her opera-in-progress HYSTERIA as part of the OperaFest LA Kickoff Event, and as a preview for her opera workshop performance coming up on May 17th.
Molly sings Soprano 2 with Musica Angelica in this performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.
The Bach Festival will feature Johann Sebastian Bach’s masterwork, St. Matthew Passion in the awe-inspiring Sanctuary of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. It has become a tradition in Southern California. This season’s finale will feature an All-American cast in the principal roles directed by Martin in his last turn as music director and conductor for Musica Angelica. Reserve your seats today!
The Bach Festival will begin Friday, March 27 with an encore performance of Bach to The Future IIcomplete with a laser light show and fog machine! Tickets will go on sale soon.
St. Matthew Passion will be performed in the Sanctuary of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Following the concert, Musica Angelica will have a hosted reception in the Shatto. Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be served.
The First Congregational Church of Los Angeles is located at 540 S Commonwealth Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020. Parking is available.
Molly sings Soprano 2 with Musica Angelica in this performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.
The Bach Festival will feature Johann Sebastian Bach’s masterwork, St. Matthew Passion in the awe-inspiring Sanctuary of the First Congregational Church of Long Beach. It has become a tradition in Southern California. This season’s finale will feature an All-American cast in the principal roles directed by Martin in his last turn as music director and conductor for Musica Angelica. Reserve your seats today!
The Bach Festival will begin Friday, March 27 with an encore performance of Bach to The Future IIcomplete with a laser light show and fog machine! Tickets will go on sale soon.
Patrons are invited to a hosted pre-reception from 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM, hors d'oeuvres & beverages will be served. St. Matthew Passion will start at 6:00 PM in the Sanctuary.
The First Congregational Church of Long Beach is located at 241 Cedar Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802. Paid Parking is available at the Civic Center Parking Garage - 332 W Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90802.
Molly will sing a piece by Nina Shekhar and two duet pieces by Dana Kaufman at this Brightwork new music concert!
Molly sings Soprano with Tonality in this concert honoring Duke Ellington, featuring pianist Gerald Clayton.
The Soraya has assembled an entire company of musicians who are 2026 Grammy nominees: pianist and music director Gerald Clayton, Los Angeles-based gospel choir Tonality, and jazz vocalists Christie Dashiell, and Michael Mayo. Opening The Soraya’s fifth annual Jazz at Naz festival, Clayton brings us Sacredness, his rendering of the work Duke Ellington considered his most important, the three Sacred Concerts that were performed between 1965 and 1973 in cathedrals and churches in San Francisco and New York City. Ellington evoked a Cotton Club revue meets the African American Church that has endured as nondenominational and universal. Clayton brings Ellington’s daring masterpiece into the present day with original arrangements, four dancers led by tapper and choreographer Josette Wiggan, an all-star jazz big band, and new spoken word creations.
Tickets available HERE
Molly sings Soprano with social justice choir Tonality at The Wallis.
"Just Me" – a concert that goes beyond the melodies and harmonies to stand up against injustice and shine a spotlight on the challenges faced by our transgender and non-binary siblings in the community. Through heartfelt performances and thought-provoking compositions, we'll unravel the stories of transgender and non-binary individuals, shedding light on their journeys and experiences in the face of adversity. This concert isn't just about music; it's about creating a safe haven where we can all gather to learn, empathize, and ultimately take action.
Molly sings Soprano and featured solos in this annual Candlelight Christmas Eve Service with First Congregational church of LA’s Cathedral Choir and the famed Great Organs.
You may view the Service live stream & Order of Worship at fccla.org/live
Molly sings Soprano and featured solos in this annual Candlelight Christmas Eve Service with First Congregational church of LA’s Cathedral Choir and the famed Great Organs.
You may view the Service live stream & Order of Worship at fccla.org/live
Molly sings Soprano with Voices of Terpsichor in this holiday concert.
Voices of Terpsichor presents Light in the Darkness, a program of holiday music featuring works by Bergquist, Thompson, Wilberg, Oxley, Bruckner, Forrest, and more!
Featuring the St. Cross Chancel Choir
John Bergquist, Guest Conductor
Sean O'Neal, Collaborative Pianist and Organist
Elvin Dioquino, Artistic Director
Get tickets HERE
Molly sings Soprano and multiple solos in this performance of Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols with First Congregational church of LA’s Cathedral Choir.
Celebrate Christmas with a dose of joy!
The Cathedral Choir and Laude will sing Benjamin Britten's festive "Ceremony of Carols" with harpist Ellie Choate on December 14 during the service. It is one of the most condensed musical expressions of holiday joy that I know. Britten also wrote it in 1942 as he sailed back to England from a two year war-driven exile in New York. Like the Chrsitmas story, it's packed with justice messages of peace, hope, and love that are tucked just behind its child-like veneer.
You may view the Service live stream & Order of Worship at fccla.org/live
Molly is a composer and performer with HEX in this collaborative performance at LA Municipal Art Gallery!
In celebration and expansion of our current exhibition Too Fast To Sing, join us on Saturday, December 13th at 2 p.m. for a special performance with Elana Mann and HEX, the award winning contemporary vocal sextet.
Speak Again is a collaborative assembly of performances exploring the shifting politics of hearing, listening, and speaking. Reimagining LAMAG’s gallery as a stage, the artists of HEX weld Mann’s sculptural instruments into a meditation on the subtle distinctions between sound, language, and meaning. The performance resonates with the spirit of Mann’s practice oriented around freedom of speech, the amplification of divergent voices, and the productive force of difference. Speak Again arrives at a moment of international upheaval, asking audiences to consider how listening and speaking function as critical tools for navigating an incoherent and volatile present.
Please note this program is free but will require an RSVP for entry. Visit our website for more information or follow the links in our bio.
This public program is made possible by support from the Plum Foundation. Additional support and thanks to the Jenni Crane Foundation, an initiative dedicated to preserving the legacy of the esteemed artist and curator.
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This program is part of Too Fast To Sing curated by Hugo Cervantes, LAMAG Curator.
Brightwork Digital: MIXTAPE
Tuesday, December 9 at 8:00pm
Monk Space
4414 W 2nd St
On December 9th, Tuesdays @ Monk Space presents MIXTAPE: Celebrating the launch of our new in-house label, Brightwork Digital, this special event includes live performances of some of the incredible music we are releasing this year, including works by composers Eric Moe, Nina Shekhar, Molly Pease, Ian Dicke, Dana Kaufman, Andy Akiho, Tom Flaherty, and Pam Madsen. Performances by Brightwork Ensemble with guest artists including Hex vocal ensemble make this is THE end-of-the-year new music event to attend.
Molly plays the role of Gemini in this workshop of The Joining, a new opera by Isaac Schankler with libretto by Aiden Feltkamp, presented by Synchromy.
The Joining is a speculative fiction opera exploring the collision of two civilizations — the Underland and the Overland. Frem, an Underlander technician and inventor, must journey to the prosperous Overland to seek help with an impending famine. The Overlanders take an interest in Frem’s golem Tachlis, an artificial lifeform that is more than it first appears.
Drawing from Jewish folklore, the opera uses the golem to explore our relationship with technology, and how it can make us complicit in exploitation, oppression, and dehumanization.
This semi-staged workshop concert allows audience members to engage directly with the work through feedback forms, a live feedback session, or during the reception following the event.
Saturday, December 6 · 7:30–8:30 PM PST
Los Angeles LGBT Center – Davidson/Valentini Theater
1118 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles, CA 90038
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DIRECT ADDRESS is theater as discourse. It is a celebration of the First Amendment and an experiment in making art out of the present tense. DIRECT ADDRESS is an appeal to your imagination and a gathering in the heart of the storm.
Cornerstone Theater Company has commissioned a group of local artists to make works for public spaces throughout Los Angeles County—works that directly address the state of things as they are right now and attempt poetic interventions on behalf of a just future. These short works will be performed across Los Angeles leading to their complete one-night presentation at The Ford. DIRECT ADDRESS is inspired by the history of American activism and public performance—from Frederick Douglass to ACT UP and beyond. It's an invitation to reimagine how we exercise our first amendment rights. Commissioned artists include Ana María Álvarez, Agnes Borinsky, Daniel Alexander Jones, Fahad Siadat & HEX, Mario Vega, Members of the Cornerstone Ensemble, and more.
Founded in 1986, Cornerstone Theater Company began as a traveling ensemble living and working in primarily rural communities. In 1992, the company settled in Los Angeles to focus on urban collaborations. Cornerstone has commissioned more than 100 playwrights, produced over 150 new works, trained thousands of students, and worked with tens of thousands of community members, in Los Angeles and across the country.
Molly is the soprano soloist and sings in the chorus for this concert of the music of acclaimed video game Elden Ring at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Molly will perform an aria from her in-progress opera HYSTERIA at this Composer-Librettist Speed Dating Event hosted by Overtone Industries and Synchromy!
Sign up HERE
October 5, 5pm at First Unitarian Church of LA
Overtone Industries is excited to host our first-ever Composer-Librettist “Speed Dating” event—created to connect emerging composers and writers in Los Angeles.
This event is the starting point for Original Vision, Overtone’s annual development program that helps early-to-mid-career composer-librettist teams create and workshop original works of opera-theater.
Over the years, we’ve heard from composers and librettists who are interested in applying for Original Vision, but haven’t yet found the right collaborators. We decided to help bridge that gap with a fun, daytime mixer that will include performances, surprises, and plenty of time to network.
Applications are due September 10th! Composers can apply here and librettists can apply here. We are so excited to get to know you and your work!
If you’d like to support this unique event, join our fundraising effort at https://givebutter.com/lmvhRv
I was honored and excited when renowned composer Pamela Madsen reached out to me to ask if I would be willing to premiere her new mono-drama/piano concerto/aria In America: Modjeska!, a 40-minute piece based on the life of Polish actress Helena Modjeska. This piece traverses lands, oceans, emotions, and characters, and incorporates the words of Shakespeare and multiple contemporary poets including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Edna St. Vincent Millay, as well as Modjeska herself. The vocal lines also traverse every part of my range and multiple styles of singing, and the piano part is turbulent and impressive, expertly played by David Bergstedt. In addition to this work, I'll also be performing two pieces from my own Inner Astronomy, as well as movements from another Pamela Madsen opera, and exploring music by Pauline Oliveros with the CSUF New Music Ensemble.
CSUF is far for most LA folks but if you are interested in this concert, I'd love to see you there! Carpools are always a good option :) The concert will also be filmed and available to watch on the CSUF website.
Tickets are available at https://calendar.fullerton.edu/?eventid=1287912368.
Molly is performing with Sharon Chohi Kim in the REDCAT season opener.
Sharon Chohi Kim premieres a performance inspired by murmurations—meaning both spontaneous flocks of starlings and a collection of low, continuous sounds. Drawing on the intelligence of decentralized and adaptive systems in nature—such as mushroom spores and moss—this performance is a meditation on shape-shifting and collective intelligence. Bodies resonate in a responsive negotiation of sound and movement, while film and video projections designed by Jennifer Bewerse layered throughout the theater evoke the textures and behaviors of organic systems. Both composing and performing in the work, Kim remixes live, soaring vocals with electronics, accompanied by choreography by Stephanie Zalatel.
Molly will share a set of her voice and electronics project “erde dreams” in this concert at Scribble.
Molly is a soloist in this Tuesdays @ Monk Space concert, also featuring Brightwork newmusic and Stacey Fraser.
Snap, Crackle, Brightwork goes pop!
Join us for a rousing evening of cutting edge chamber music that fuses some of our favorite pop music with the exciting modernism that this Pierrot ensemble is known for. Including innovative Beatles settings, newly commissioned works by living composers, and unique takes on the music of Nirvana, Radiohead, Prince and others.
More info to come, HERE
Molly will be one of the featured performers in the PARTCH Ensemble's annual concert at REDCAT, June 13 and 14.
More info to come, HERE
Molly will be one of the featured performers in the PARTCH Ensemble's annual concert at REDCAT, June 13 and 14.
More info to come, HERE
Molly sings background vocals in this show with JODIE LANDAU & WILLIAM BRITTELLE - Band Name TBD
w/ Lisel, Meara O’Reilly’s Hockets for Two Flutes, And David Longstreth’s The Legend of Ochi
Molly is a singer/performer in this free festival produced by Synchromy.
Crafts and activities at noon. Performances begin at 2:00.
Urban Birds: The Plasticene takes its name from the current geological epoch, defined by the role of petroleum and petroleum-based plastic in the unfolding Sixth Age of Mass Extinction. The debut performance will be set within Angels Gate Cultural Center – a decommissioned military base on a precipice of land overlooking the Port of Los Angeles, the Pacific Ocean, and the International Bird Rescue clinic.
The work is comprised of four acts beginning with the end of the last age of mass extinction (the event that created the world’s petroleum reserves), moving through the reemergence of animals, especially birds, and into the Anthropocene and the unfolding Sixth Age of Mass Extinction. The Bird Rescue will be staged as a field hospital inside a military battery, where three vocalists will perform Anuj Bhutani’s score alongside three dancers performing as bird.patients, accompanied by the Isaura String Quartet. This interspecies opera will conclude with a speculative posthuman performance overlooking the Korean Friendship Bell and the Pacific Ocean by Yozmit the Dogstar with speculative bird song and experimental bells from MA Harms.
Molly sings and plays electronics during the interludes of this LA Choral Lab concert.
The L.A. Choral Lab’s 11th Season, IN/HUMAN, is an exploration of some of the central tensions that inspire and challenge us in our current times. What is it that makes us human in a world where technology and identity are inextricably intertwined? How do we manage being human within a rapidly and dramatically evolving landscape? What do we hope for humanity as we envision and shape the future? Get ready to join us for two major productions–IN/HUMAN: Departures in the spring and IN/HUMAN: Arrivals in the fall–transformative choral experiences of unparalleled musical excellence that will inspire introspection, imagination, and interconnection, composed exclusively by living composers.
HEX is the resident vocal ensemble for the Hear Now Festival. This year, the festival is featuring its first-ever vocal music night, featuring the members of HEX! More information to come!
More info HERE
Molly is a singer/performer in this free festival produced by Synchromy.
Urban Birds: The Plasticene takes its name from the current geological epoch, defined by the role of petroleum and petroleum-based plastic in the unfolding Sixth Age of Mass Extinction. The debut performance will be set within Angels Gate Cultural Center – a decommissioned military base on a precipice of land overlooking the Port of Los Angeles, the Pacific Ocean, and the International Bird Rescue clinic.
The work is comprised of four acts beginning with the end of the last age of mass extinction (the event that created the world’s petroleum reserves), moving through the reemergence of animals, especially birds, and into the Anthropocene and the unfolding Sixth Age of Mass Extinction. The Bird Rescue will be staged as a field hospital inside a military battery, where three vocalists will perform Anuj Bhutani’s score alongside three dancers performing as bird.patients, accompanied by the Isaura String Quartet. This interspecies opera will conclude with a speculative posthuman performance overlooking the Korean Friendship Bell and the Pacific Ocean by Yozmit the Dogstar with speculative bird song and experimental bells from MA Harms.
