(Photo Courtesy of Dai Wei)

Dai Wei has been appointed to the position of 2024-25 Sound Investment Composer of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

The Chinese-born composer, experimental vocalist, and Khoomei throat singer will compose a new work for the organization that will world premiere on the final program of the season on May 10, 2024 at the Alex Theatre and then on May 11 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Wei appeared with the organization last October in the premiere of her very own “Invisible Portals.”

“LACO is pleased to welcome Dai Wei as LACO’s 2024-25 Sound Investment Composer,” said Music Director Jaime Martín in an official press release. “We are excited to help foster her fresh and creative approach to music and look forward to premiering her new work next spring.”

“LACO’s Sound Investment program is supported by members who contribute a modest $250, $500, or at a sponsorship giving level towards the commissioning of a new piece,” notes the press release. “In return, investors are invited to a series of intimate salons during the season where they meet the composer, hear excerpts of the score-in-progress and attend a full orchestral rehearsal of the completed work. Also among their wealth of returns: sponsors’ names and a thank you to the Sound Investment community are published and appears in perpetuity on the dedication page of the printed score. Along the way, Sound Investment members gain an insider’s view of the creative process through lively and thought-provoking conversations with the composer.