Singer-songwriter Perla Batalla will perform in an outdoor concert on Friday, April 27, at 5:30 p.m. on Elm Tree Lawn, Scripps College. The Los Angeles native combines traditional Mexican folk melodies with blues and jazz elements to create a unique sound.
The event is sponsored by the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts in Pasadena and Scripps College alumna Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch ’74. The concert is free and open to the public. Guests are invited to bring a picnic dinner or purchase a meal at an outdoor buffet for $7.
Perla Batalla gained international attention as a backup singer for Leonard Cohen and performed with such well-known artists as k.d. lang and The Gypsy Kings before launching a solo career in 1993.
Batalla’s father, a singer, and her mother, a small record store owner, surrounded her with the sounds of her Mexican heritage as well as the music of John Coltrane and Muddy Waters. In a recent review, the Los Angeles Times heralds Batalla as a “born storyteller with a rambunctious sense of humor.”
The Levitt on the Lawn concert series at Scripps serves as a prelude to the summer events at the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts in Pasadena. Scripps College alumna Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch sponsors the Scripps concert series to give back to the Scripps community and increase awareness of the summer concerts at the Levitt Pavilion.
For more information, please contact the Malott Commons office at (909) 607-9372.