More Than a Symphony. A Community Experience.
For more than 60 years, the La Mirada Symphony has brought free live orchestral music to Southern California audiences.
Keeping live orchestral music free, welcoming, and close to home.
The La Mirada Symphony is a nonprofit community orchestra dedicated to bringing live orchestral music to people of all ages. For more than six decades, the Symphony has served La Mirada and surrounding communities by creating concerts that are high-quality, accessible, and open to everyone.
At a time when so much entertainment is streamed, scrolled, and experienced alone, a live orchestra offers something different. It brings people into the same room. It creates a shared moment. It reminds us that music is not only something we hear, but something we experience together.
Our Story
The Symphony began in the early 1960s when local pianist Blanche Nissim wanted to share live classical music with the community. What started with volunteer musicians performing at La Mirada High School grew into a lasting cultural organization.
Today, the orchestra performs at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, continuing the same purpose that shaped its beginning: connection, accessibility, and artistic excellence.
Our Purpose
The La Mirada Symphony exists to make orchestral music part of everyday community life. Our concerts welcome longtime classical music lovers, first-time concertgoers, families, students, and anyone curious enough to walk through the doors.
By removing the cost of admission, we make it easier for people to discover the power of a live orchestra.
Every Classical concert is free to attend.
Free concerts are not just a tradition for the La Mirada Symphony. They are central to who we are. We want audiences to feel welcome whether they attend often, have never heard a symphony orchestra before, or simply want to enjoy an afternoon of live music.
- No ticket purchase required
- No financial barrier to attend
- A welcoming concert experience for families, students, seniors, and first-time listeners
- Live orchestral music presented in a beautiful, professional theater setting
Why It Matters
A community orchestra does more than perform music. It helps create a cultural gathering place. It gives audiences a reason to come together. It introduces young people to live performance. It keeps the arts visible, present, and meaningful in civic life.
For many audience members, a La Mirada Symphony concert may be their first experience hearing a live orchestra. That first experience can become a lifelong connection.
Community Impact
The Symphony supports musicians, encourages arts education, and strengthens the cultural life of Southern California. Through concerts, student opportunities, and community partnerships, we help keep orchestral music active and accessible.
Our work continues because donors, sponsors, volunteers, and audience members believe that live music still matters.
Free concerts are only possible because people choose to support them.
The La Mirada Symphony is a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations help pay musicians, produce concerts, support educational opportunities, and keep performances free for the community.
When you support the Symphony, you are helping protect something rare: live orchestral music that remains open and accessible to everyone.
Federal ID number: #94-3223735
Be part of keeping live music alive in La Mirada.
Attend a concert, invite a friend, volunteer, advertise, become a member, or make a donation. Every form of support helps the Symphony continue serving the community.
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OUR VISION
The La Mirada Symphony maintains its policy of offering free quality concerts to the residents of Southern California.
The La Mirada Symphony is a California 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization. Your donation today is tax deductible. Our Federal ID number is #94-3223735. Thank you for supporting the performing arts.
Our Mailing Address
The La Mirada Symphony Association
P.O. Box 117
La Mirada, CA 90637-0117
Email: lamiradasymphony@aol.com
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