The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society Inc

ENRICH AND CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH INTIMATE AND TRANSFORMATIVE MUSICAL EXPERIENCES

THE MISSION OF LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (LACO) IS TO ENRICH AND CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH INTIMATE AND TRANSFORMATIVE MUSICAL EXPERIENCES THAT EXEMPLIFY AND FOSTER ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE, EDUCATION AND INNOVATION.PROCLAIMED "AMERICA'S FINEST CHAMBER ORCHESTRA" BY PUBLIC RADIO INTERNATIONAL, "LA'S MOST UNINTIMIDATING CHAMBER MUSIC EXPERIENCE" BY LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE, "RESPLENDENT" BY THE LA TIMES, AND "ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT CHAMBER ORCHESTRAS" BY KUSC CLASSICAL FM, LACO IS AMONG THE WORLD'S TOP MUSICAL ENSEMBLES. THE ORCHESTRA HAS MADE 32 RECORDINGS AND GARNERED EIGHT ASCAP AWARDS FOR ADVENTUROUS PROGRAMMING.JAIME MARTN, LACO'S VIBRANT MUSIC DIRECTOR, TOOK THE PODIUM IN THE 2019-20 SEASON. OF HIS FIRST PERFORMANCE, THE LA TIMES PROCLAIMED, "MARTN'S FIRST PROGRAM IN HIS NEW POST WAS DYNAMITE AND OBSERVED, "HE SEEMS TO BE HAVING A BLAST. THE MUSICIANS SEEM TO BE HAVING A BLAST. THE AUDIENCE IS INVITED TO THE PARTY." MORE RECENT REVIEWS HAVE BEEN EQUALLY LAUDATORY.LACO IS COMING OUT OF PANDEMIC TIMES HAVING ESTABLISHED A NEW BUSINESS MODEL THAT ALLOWS IT TO DEEPEN ITS PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND CAREFULLY RENEW IN-PERSON EXPERIENCES. THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARY. LACO IS CONTINUING ITS DIGITAL INITIATIVES AS IT BUILDS ON THE NEW BUSINESS MODEL WHICH WILL SUPPORT AND AMPLIFY THE WORK ON THE CONCERT STAGES VIA HIGH QUALITY VIRTUAL CONTENT WHICH WILL BE FREE TO ALL. LACO ACHIEVED SUCCESS DURING SAFER-AT-HOME DESPITE NOT SELLING TICKETS FOR LIVE SHOWS IN A TRADITIONAL CONCERT HALL SETTING. AS ANOTHER METRIC OF RESPONSIVENESS BY PATRONS, THE OVERALL NUMBER OF DONOR HOUSEHOLDS HAS BEEN MAINTAINED, EVEN EXCEEDING PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, AND THE ORGANIZATION HAS MAINTAINED ITS ACQUISITION RATES THROUGH STEADY COMMUNICATION COUPLED WITH AN ARTISTICALLY VITAL PRODUCT. NEW DONOR HOUSEHOLDS NOW COMPRISE APPROXIMATELY 20% OF TOTAL DONORS, ATTESTING TO THE POPULARITY OF PROGRAMMING.LACO PRESENTS A TOTAL OF 13 PROGRAMS FIVE ORCHESTRAL, SIX CHAMBER AND TWO NEW MUSIC SHOWCASING A DYNAMIC MIX OF LACO-COMMISSIONED WORLD PREMIERES AS WELL AS CORNERSTONES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC AND SIGNIFICANT WORKS BY COMPOSERS BOTH ICONIC AND LESSER KNOWN.LACO'S COMMUNITY PARTNERS PROGRAM OFFERS UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FREE TICKETS; ARTIST RESIDENCIES STRETCH LACO'S REACH INTO THE COMMUNITY, AND LOW-COST SEASON PASSES ARE OFFERED TO COLLEGE STUDENTS.ITS MEET THE MUSIC (MTM) PROGRAM BEGAN OVER 27 YEARS AGO AND HISTORICALLY SERVES OVER 1,500 STUDENTS EACH YEAR. ITS AIM IS TO WIDEN THE POSSIBILITY OF A WORLD OF MUSIC MANY CHILDREN HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED. TYPICALLY, 30-35 SCHOOLS SIGN UP GROUPS OF 50-100 3RD-6TH GRADE STUDENTS. MTM PROVIDES FREE ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN, CURRICULA FOR CLASSROOMS, TRAINED DOCENTS AND GUEST EDUCATOR/ARTISTS, AND (WHEN IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING FULLY RESUMES) BUS TRANSPORTATION TO THE CONCERTS. COMPOSER TEACHING ARTISTS CREATE ORIGINAL WORKS WITH THE STUDENTS. OVER 90% OF THE SCHOOLS LACO SERVES WITH MTM HAVE BEEN TITLE I PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE, EVEN WITH RECENT COMMITMENTS TO REINVESTING IN THE ARTS, THE TEACHING OF MUSIC IS SEVERELY UNDER-RESOURCED. A MAJORITY OF STUDENTS SERVED BY MTM ARE LATINX, AND ALMOST THREE-FOURTHS COME FROM HOUSEHOLDS WHOSE INCOME IS LESS THAN 80% OF THE COUNTY MEDIAN.MTM WILL BE MAINTAINED THROUGH HYBRID APPROACHES THAT CONTINUALLY EVOLVE. THE FREE VIRTUAL TEACHER-SUPPORT MATERIALS AND PRESENTATIONS WILL CONTINUE AND BE REFRESHED.

THE MISSION OF LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (LACO) IS TO ENRICH AND CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH INTIMATE AND TRANSFORMATIVE MUSICAL EXPERIENCES THAT EXEMPLIFY AND FOSTER ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE, EDUCATION AND INNOVATION.PROCLAIMED "AMERICA'S FINEST CHAMBER ORCHESTRA" BY PUBLIC RADIO INTERNATIONAL, "LA'S MOST UNINTIMIDATING CHAMBER MUSIC EXPERIENCE" BY LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE, "RESPLENDENT" BY THE LA TIMES, AND "ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT CHAMBER ORCHESTRAS" BY KUSC CLASSICAL FM, LACO IS AMONG THE WORLD'S TOP MUSICAL ENSEMBLES. THE ORCHESTRA HAS MADE 32 RECORDINGS AND GARNERED EIGHT ASCAP AWARDS FOR ADVENTUROUS PROGRAMMING.JAIME MARTN, LACO'S VIBRANT MUSIC DIRECTOR, TOOK THE PODIUM IN THE 2019-20 SEASON. OF HIS FIRST PERFORMANCE, THE LA TIMES PROCLAIMED, "MARTN'S FIRST PROGRAM IN HIS NEW POST WAS DYNAMITE AND OBSERVED, "HE SEEMS TO BE HAVING A BLAST. THE MUSICIANS SEEM TO BE HAVING A BLAST. THE AUDIENCE IS INVITED TO THE PARTY." MORE RECENT REVIEWS HAVE BEEN EQUALLY LAUDATORY.LACO IS COMING OUT OF PANDEMIC TIMES HAVING ESTABLISHED A NEW BUSINESS MODEL THAT ALLOWS IT TO DEEPEN ITS PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND CAREFULLY RENEW IN-PERSON EXPERIENCES. THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARY. LACO IS CONTINUING ITS DIGITAL INITIATIVES AS IT BUILDS ON THE NEW BUSINESS MODEL WHICH WILL SUPPORT AND AMPLIFY THE WORK ON THE CONCERT STAGES VIA HIGH QUALITY VIRTUAL CONTENT WHICH WILL BE FREE TO ALL. LACO ACHIEVED SUCCESS DURING SAFER-AT-HOME DESPITE NOT SELLING TICKETS FOR LIVE SHOWS IN A TRADITIONAL CONCERT HALL SETTING. AS ANOTHER METRIC OF RESPONSIVENESS BY PATRONS, THE OVERALL NUMBER OF DONOR HOUSEHOLDS HAS BEEN MAINTAINED, EVEN EXCEEDING PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, AND THE ORGANIZATION HAS MAINTAINED ITS ACQUISITION RATES THROUGH STEADY COMMUNICATION COUPLED WITH AN ARTISTICALLY VITAL PRODUCT. NEW DONOR HOUSEHOLDS NOW COMPRISE APPROXIMATELY 20% OF TOTAL DONORS, ATTESTING TO THE POPULARITY OF PROGRAMMING.LACO PRESENTS A TOTAL OF 13 PROGRAMS FIVE ORCHESTRAL, SIX CHAMBER AND TWO NEW MUSIC SHOWCASING A DYNAMIC MIX OF LACO-COMMISSIONED WORLD PREMIERES AS WELL AS CORNERSTONES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC AND SIGNIFICANT WORKS BY COMPOSERS BOTH ICONIC AND LESSER KNOWN.LACO'S COMMUNITY PARTNERS PROGRAM OFFERS UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FREE TICKETS; ARTIST RESIDENCIES STRETCH LACO'S REACH INTO THE COMMUNITY, AND LOW-COST SEASON PASSES ARE OFFERED TO COLLEGE STUDENTS.ITS MEET THE MUSIC (MTM) PROGRAM BEGAN OVER 27 YEARS AGO AND HISTORICALLY SERVES OVER 1,500 STUDENTS EACH YEAR. ITS AIM IS TO WIDEN THE POSSIBILITY OF A WORLD OF MUSIC MANY CHILDREN HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED. TYPICALLY, 30-35 SCHOOLS SIGN UP GROUPS OF 50-100 3RD-6TH GRADE STUDENTS. MTM PROVIDES FREE ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN, CURRICULA FOR CLASSROOMS, TRAINED DOCENTS AND GUEST EDUCATOR/ARTISTS, AND (WHEN IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING FULLY RESUMES) BUS TRANSPORTATION TO THE CONCERTS. COMPOSER TEACHING ARTISTS CREATE ORIGINAL WORKS WITH THE STUDENTS. OVER 90% OF THE SCHOOLS LACO SERVES WITH MTM HAVE BEEN TITLE I PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE, EVEN WITH RECENT COMMITMENTS TO REINVESTING IN THE ARTS, THE TEACHING OF MUSIC IS SEVERELY UNDER-RESOURCED. A MAJORITY OF STUDENTS SERVED BY MTM ARE LATINX, AND ALMOST THREE-FOURTHS COME FROM HOUSEHOLDS WHOSE INCOME IS LESS THAN 80% OF THE COUNTY MEDIAN.MTM WILL BE MAINTAINED THROUGH HYBRID APPROACHES THAT CONTINUALLY EVOLVE. THE FREE VIRTUAL TEACHER-SUPPORT MATERIALS AND PRESENTATIONS WILL CONTINUE AND BE REFRESHED.