This Friday, Santa Clarita residents can expect the return of the annual Downs Fischer Jazz Festival at Golden Valley High School in honor of a pioneering music educator who laid the foundation for high-caliber music programs at local schools. Robert K. Downs, one of the musicians behind the festival’s origins, created high-caliber music programs in the William S. Hart Union ...

College of the Canyons professor Dr. Eddie Becton will deliver the scholarly presentation “The Soul of a Nation: A History of Black Music Informing Democracy” on Thursday, Nov. 13 at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center (PAC). Becton’s presentation will offer a historical examination of Black music in America, exploring how artists have used their songs to define and challenge ...

In June, Las Vegas crooner Terrell Edwards, after years of work alongside comedian Jay Leno, is scheduled to appear in the Santa Clarita Valley at the Canyon Club! The Canyon Club in Santa Clarita is set to feature Las Vegas singer of classic jazz standards Terrell Edwards on June 18. “We ended up performing with Jay Leno, opening act at ...

The Valencia High School Jazz Band is performing their first benefit concert since the pandemic at a local pizzeria on Sunday.  At the Pocock Pizzeria in Valencia this weekend, the Valencia High School Jazz Band is scheduled to perform their jazz numbers to benefit the Valencia High School music programs.  “The first benefit concert since the pandemic, it’s a chance ...

Expressing yourself through music can be very emotionally rewarding. Having the ability to create your own music is also something that can open up many avenues for your career as well. Here’s some great tips on how you can release your inner creativity through an expression of art and music. 1. Listen To Yourself and Others A lot of music ...

Voodoo Vinyl has been spinning records for music aficionados out in Antelope Valley for decades, but now the family-owned business has officially opened a second location in Old Town Newhall. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Santa Clarita disk jockeys can now peruse an eclectic library of sound at Voodoo Vinyl’s new ...

The City of Santa Clarita is inviting residents to a showing of “The Red Guitar,” written and performed by Bruce Forman. “The Red Guitar” is a story told through jazz, focusing on the formation and nature of an individual’s passions and how far some people are willing to go to obtain and serve their passion. Throughout the performance, Foreman will ...

Santa Clarita Valley residents are invited to get into the holiday spirit and attend COC’s annual Holiday Jazz Band Concert at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center this December. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Presented by the award-winning College of the Canyons music department and the COC Studio Jazz Ensemble and ...

Santa Clarita Valley Entertainment Report: October 22, 2015: The California Alliance for Jazz recently honored the College of the Canyons Studio Jazz Ensemble as 2015 State Champions, and for the second year in a row. On Friday night at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, COC’s big band and student Jazz Lab bands will flash back to the ‘40s. The ...

A Santa Clarita musician and singer, who sounds similar to Frank Sinatra, is auditioning for America’s Got Talent in February 2016 as he tries to make his way up the ladder to fame. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Juno Wilson, 22, has been performing in school bands since fifth grade and has ...