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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 […]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Child Prodigy and Freemason

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimento in F, K138 January 1756 – December 1791 While Wolfgang was young, his family made several European journeys in which he and his older sister Nannerl, a violinist, performed as child prodigies. This was followed by a 3½ year concert tour around Europe. He composed his first symphony when he […]

Youth Program Celebrates Student Musicians

The La Mirada Symphony’s Youth Program is designed to give opportunities to not only hear the sounds of all of the instruments on stage, individually and collectively, but also encouraged to participate on stage with the Symphony though instrumental musical performances. Many students have been inspired in past seasons to play instruments themselves and ready […]

February 25th Program Notes

La Mirada Symphony Alan Mautner, Music Director & Conductor Sunday, February 25, 2018, 3:00 p.m. “ROMANTIC RICHES” Sorah Myung, Violin – Greg Adamson, Cello Overture to “The Hebrides” (Fingal’s Cave), Op. 26 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Concerto for Violin and Cello, Op. 102 Johannes Brahms I Allegro (1833-1897) II Andante III Vivace non troppo Sorah Myung, […]

Become Part of the Experience: Support by Volunteering

In 1961, creating a symphony for the community was the dream of Blanche Nissim, a La Mirada resident and concert pianist. She and a determined group of community advocates and local musicians united to make her dream a reality. Their Mission was to provide free concerts for residents who appreciated the cultural value of beautiful […]

The La Mirada Symphony Will Host Student Musicians February 20

Conductor Alan Mautner and selected students from the Norwalk-La Mirada School District Honor Band/Orchestra will perform with the La Mirada Symphony for a pair of performances February 20, with more than 2,000 participating district students. Through LMS’s annual Youth Program, the opportunity for students to perform with some of the best musicians in the world […]