Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is set to open its 2025 season with “Current: Reflections in Song” on Oct. 4, 2025. The program will be headlined by John Holiday and is set to take place at Cicada Restaurant and Lounge. The program is Hollywood-inspired and combines cinematic musical language with jazz. Holiday is renowned as a finalist for “The Voice.” The {…}
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is set to broadcast milestone performances on Classical California this March. Here is a breakdown of the vocal performances that audiences will be able to check out across Southern California on 91.5 FM (Los Angeles + Orange County), 88.5 FM (Palm Springs), 91.1 FM (Thousand Oaks), 93.7 FM (Santa Barbara), and 99.7 FM (San Luis {…}
(Credit: Brian Feinzimer) Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra has announced that it is the recipient of a $2 million gift from Joan and Jeff Beal to establish the Joan and Jeff Beal Fund for Living Composers. This new grant will aid in commissioning new works from living composers. The first two beneficiaries of this opportunity are composer Michael Abels, known for {…}
(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 {…}
(Photo Credit: Ebru Yildiz) The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra has announced Lara Downes as its first-ever Creative Partner. Downes is a Pianist, producer / curator, and media personality who was honored as Classical Woman of the Year by NPR’s Performance Today. She has performed alongside the orchestras of Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit, Dallas, Louisville, Indianapolis, and others, as well as given {…}
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Baritone Thomas Bauer will headline Mahler’s “Songs of a Wayfarer” as arranged by Schoenberg. Jaime Martín leads the performances, which also include symphonies by Haydn and Brahms. Performance Dates: Oct. 19 & 20, 2024 Countertenor Reginald Mobley stars in a program dedicated {…}
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra has announced that bass-baritone Dashon Burton will headline its February concerts “Bach + Burton.” The events, slated for Feb. 3 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and on Feb. 4 at The Huntington, will center on music by Bach. Among the works on the program is “Ich Habe Genug.” There will also be {…}
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra has announced its 2023-24 season. “This season LACO explores connections between new and timeless music and the relevance of those works in the world today,” said music director Jaime Martín in an official press statement. “Musical lineages, divergent perspectives, and unexplored realms will be revealed through LACO’s singular artistry. I look forward to the collaborations {…}
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is set to open its 2022-23 season with a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at Royce Hall and Alex Theatre on Oct. 15 and 16, 2022. Jaime Martin will conduct the performance which will star singers from a constellation of Southland Choirs. The showcase will also feature the West Coast premiere of Shelley Washington’s “Both.” {…}