IJ Lobby Lounge

03/14/2020

The quirkiest, most unique band to perform in the IJ Lobby Lounge? That title may have to go to Table, a Sir Francis Drake High School quintet.

The quirkiest, most unique band to perform in the IJ Lobby Lounge? That title may have to go to Table, a Sir Francis Drake High School quintet that is the first in the five seasons of the Lobby Lou…

03/13/2020

We were informed Thursday morning by Marin County officials that because of the coronavirus pandemic, the show has been canceled.

Coronavirus threat cancels San Rafael show of Lobby Lounge Live, but you can still see videos of the season’s young musicians online.

03/06/2020

"I guess you could call us the Lobby Loungers because that’s why we’re here.” Qiana Hester, Naomi Baraban, Lotte Kizer and Moises Sapir-Uribe set the vibe.

When 16-year-old singer Qiana Hester was featured in the winter jazz band concert at the Marin School of the Arts, I knew right away that she’d be the kind of up-and-coming pop-jazz vocalist who wo…

02/28/2020

The IJ Lobby Lounge checks back in with Cubed, Marin's kid rock band that now has a grownup look to match the sound.

Over the past five seasons of the IJ Lobby Lounge, we’ve presented lots of new bands and new student musicians each year. But, there’s one band that has been a recurring member of the Lobby Lounge …

02/21/2020

How many Marin high school students have opened for a Broadway star in the famed Venetian Room of the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco?

How many Marin high school students have opened for a Broadway star in the famed Venetian Room of the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco? Only one that I know of, and that would be the talented Lili G…

02/13/2020

The 2020 IJ Lobby Lounge opens with a group from San Marin High in Novato. https://www.marinij.com/2020/02/13/ford-mustangs-pay-homage-to-boomers-with-millennial-energy/

05/07/2019

https://www.marinij.com/2019/05/06/ij-lobby-loung-live-2019-watch-the-complete-show/

The 2019 IJ Lobby Lounge Live showcase on April 28 was a cavalcade of Marin-grown talent on one stage. Now we have the video to prove it.

04/17/2019

https://www.marinij.com/2019/04/11/showcasing-the-amazing-talents-of-marins-student-musicians-at-fourth-lobby-lounge-live/

The highlight of the IJ Lobby Lounge video concert season is coming up on April 28 with the fourth Lobby Lounge Live show in Marin Center’s Showcase Theater. Some of the most talented young musicia…

03/15/2019

https://www.marinij.com/2019/03/14/marin-symphony-youth-orchestra-soloist-maya-stocks-mozart-moment/

For the past three seasons, the IJ Lobby Lounge has featured an award-winning soloist from the Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra. This season we spotlight 14-year-old Maya Stock, who performed a thril…

03/14/2019

https://www.marinij.com/2019/02/28/redwood-highs-disciples-of-oz-funk-up-ij-lobby-lounge-with-contemporary-jazz-fusion/

In producing the IJ Lobby Lounge over the past four years, I’ve been surprised again and again by the interest in jazz among Marin high school musicians. The Disciples of Oz, a seven-member aggrega…

01/18/2019

https://www.marinij.com/2019/01/17/cubed-cranks-up-the-power-with-a-fourth-member/

The fourth season of the IJ Lobby Lounge opens with the return of Cubed, a rock band from Brandeis Marin School in San Rafael that was a big hit last year, charming us with their beyond-their-years…

05/11/2018

Watch and listen as violinist Viviana Garcia and flautist Daniel Jordan close the IJ Lobby Lounge season in cultured style.

The Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra violinist Viviana Garcia and flautist Daniel Jordan are spotlighted in the final video of the IJ Lobby Lounge 2018 season.Garcia and Jordan, both 18-year-old Tamalpais High School seniors, performed “Am