Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

SAT, NOV 23 | 7:30 PM | Autry Museum of the American West

Lara Downes Curator + Pianist
Dom Flemons The American Songster®

The first of two CURRENT programs exploring unexpected musical connections, curated by LACO Creative Partner Lara Downes, follows the highways and byways of American music with surprising roadside discoveries and detours to the crossroads where musical traditions merge and transform.

Emmy-winning composer Jeff Beal and his wife, Joan, have donated $2 million to establish the Joan and Jeff Beal Fund for Living Composers. Their generous gift will help revolutionize contemporary classical music by empowering LACO to commission groundbreaking new orchestral works from entertainment industry composers, highlighting LACO’s long-standing Hollywood connection.

SAT, JAN 11 | 7:30 PM | The Wallis
SUN, JAN 12 | 4 PM | The Huntington, Rothenberg Hall

Margaret Batjer Director of Chamber Music
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Paul Merkelo + David Washburn Trumpets

Meditate on sorrow, forgiveness, and the divine feminine as countertenor Reginald Mobley interprets Vivaldi’s rendition of Stabat Mater. Stroll through England in good company with songs by Purcell and Dowland before hearing Handel’s Eternal Source of Light Divine, written for Queen Anne’s birthday in 1713. Baroque trumpet features throughout, including a commissioned double concerto.

Led by Music Director Jaime Martín, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) was founded in 1968 as an artistic outlet for the recording industry’s most gifted musicians.

Support from music lovers like you makes possible all LACO programs, bringing the Orchestra’s innovative programming into homes and schools all over the world.