January 30, 2024

Our 2024 Season Announced!

We are excited to announce our Helix Collective 2024 Season! 

From music for t.v., films, and games to a musical story time event just for the kids - Helix has a little something for everyone this year!

Click Clack Moosic! 

Saturday, March 2nd 1pm and 4pm

Sunday, March 3rd, 2pm

Boston Court, Pasadena

TICKETS: https://ci.ovationtix.com/112/production/1182798

We are already SOLD OUT for the first performance on Saturday, March 2nd but you can still grab tickets for the other performances! 

This delightful music programming for ages 3-7 is a live musical storytime event featuring the Click Clack Moo! book by Doreen Cronin set to original music by Helix Collective resident composer, Phil Popham with narrator Broadway and Disney star Rena Strober. 

Come meet musicians, explore an instrument petting zoo, and hear Click Clack Moo come to life!

This Project was funded (in part) by a grant from Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts.

Victory Day

The Songs of WWII

Sunday, May 5th, 11am

Fiesta Hall

1166 N Vista St, West Hollywood, CA 90046

Free Admission

No Reservations Required

Learn More about our Host: https://www.weho.org/city-government/boards-commissions/advisory-boards/russian-speaking-advisory-board

Celebrate Victory in Europe Day with Helix Collective and the Russian-speaking board of West Hollywood with special guests, West Hollywood resident veterans of World War II. Helix delights the crowd with favorite songs of the era including songs that motivated the allies to victory. 

 

Night In - LIVE! 

Today’s Best T.V. Music

Saturday, June 29th

Plaza Del Sol, CSUN Campus

Video Link Spotlight: https://vimeo.com/725364128?share=copy

We’re celebrating the glory days of television music - right now! 

Sit back, relax, (wear your fuzzy slippers if you like!) and enjoy Helix Collective’s wild ride through today’s best television music. 

It’s like a night in but with a whole lot more people and great music performed live on-stage by Helix Collective’s cracking team of musicians. 

This concert is supported in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

Level Up!

Game Music by Women and BIPOC Composers

Saturday, September 7th, 3pm

Fiesta Hall, West Hollywood

Link: https://vimeo.com/868417644?share=copy

If you missed OUR EPIC GAME MUSIC event last year - now’s your chance to see the show, right in the heart of West Hollywood! 

Featuring video game music by composers Winifred Phillips (Assassin’s Creed Liberation), Nainita Desai (Telling Lies), Edwin Wendler (Bladed Fury), Jessica Curry (Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs), Afshin Cohen (Dungeon Defenders), Chase Bethea (Stardander School for Witches), Sid De La Cruz (Unearthing Mars 2: The Ancient War), Min He (Zombie Rollerz), and George Shaw (Riot Games Hop On Lunar Revel 2023). 

This program is supported in part by an arts grant from the City of West Hollywood and by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture.

Music with a Movie Camera

November, 2024

Wende Museum, Glorya Kaufman Creative Community Center

Culver City 

Link: https://vimeo.com/helixcollective/man-with-a-movie-camera?share=copy

Helix Collective’s 10-piece film-music ensemble performs original soundtracks from the 1920-80s by composers from countries which formerly comprised the Soviet Union. 

Music from iconic films including “It’s a Wonderful Life” with a score by Dimitri Tiomkin, "Man with a Movie Camera," one of the earliest depictions of the cities of Ukraine on film, “The Gadfly” with music by Dimitri Shostakovich, "The Cranes are Flying," and "The Snowstorm." 

Film highlights will accompany the original soundtracks, songs, and the most striking musical moments from the films. 

This program is supported in part by the Culver City Cultural Affairs Commission through the Culver City Performing Arts Grant Program.

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