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Letter From La Mirada Symphony President David Derks

Photo: (l to r) David Derks, Sorah Myung and Greg Adamson We are very excited about the 2018-2019 season, as it will be our 55th year! During this landmark year, our free concerts will feature works from Rimsky-Kosakov, Handel, Bach, Ravel and Stravinsky. Created in 1963, the organization launched its inaugural year to provide free […]

Program Notes: May 20, 2018

The concert and lecture will begin at 3PM. Please note the pre-concert lecture will be part of the concert on stage. Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Symphony Orchestra Alan Mautner, Music Director and Conductor Sunday, May 20, 2018 “A MUSICAL JOURNEY” Overture to “Rienzi” Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Concertino Divertimento in C Major […]

Featured Artist for May Concert: David Hadi

This Sunday, May 20, the La Mirada Theatre proudly presents the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) orchestra. The concert will feature three student soloists. David Hadi is a talented eight year old third grader who has showed passion for music since he was two, when he strummed his mom’s guitar while […]

Featured Artist for May Concert: Johnathan Po

This Sunday, May 20, the La Mirada Theatre proudly presents the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) orchestra. The concert will feature three student soloists. Although he started playing piano at the age of six, Johnathan Po discovered his true love for piano in eighth grade when he played his very first […]

Focus on the Future: The Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA)

This Sunday, May 20, the La Mirada Theatre will proudly present the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) orchestra. The concert will also feature three student soloists. The Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) offers a specialized program combining college-preparatory academic instruction and conservatory-style training in the visual and […]

Featured Artist for May Concert: Khoi Dinh

This Sunday, May 20, the La Mirada Theatre proudly presents the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) orchestra. The concert will feature three student soloists. Khoi Dinh is currently a senior at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, where he is principal flutist of the LACHSA Symphony Orchestra conducted […]

Gustav Holst: English Composer, Arranger and Teacher

Gustav Holst – St. Paul Suite September 1874 – May 1934 Holst, an English composer, arranger and teacher, is best known for his orchestral suite The Planets. Despite being one of Britain’s most influential and important composers, most concert-goers and casual listeners only know of him because of this all-too-familiar work. He composed a large […]

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery

Ralph Vaughn Williams – Variations on “Dives and Lazarus” October 1872 – August 1958 His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including 9 symphonies, written over nearly fifty years. Strongly influenced by Tudor music and English folk-song, his output marked a decisive break in British music from […]

Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Composer and Pianist

Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite June 1843 – September 1907 Grieg, a Norwegian composer and pianist, is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers and the best known of all 19th century Scandinavian composers. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions put the music of Norway in the […]