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Festival Mozaic: The Sacred Veil
Jul
30

Festival Mozaic: The Sacred Veil

The Sacred Veil is a 12-movement work and the most recent collaboration between Eric Whitacre and poet/lyricist Charles Anthony Silvestri telling a story of life, love and loss. Scored for mixed chorus, piano, and cello, Whitacre will conduct a choir comprised of Los Angeles Master Chorale members singing alongside members of several San Luis Obispo County vocal ensembles.

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LA Master Chorale: 25 Years of Glorious Music
Sep
27

LA Master Chorale: 25 Years of Glorious Music

Prepare for a dazzling evening of true musical splendor as Grant Gershon’s Silver Anniversary Season launches with a spectacular double-bill featuring the music of Johannes Brahms and Anton Bruckner, complete with nearly 100 singers and orchestra in the majestic Walt Disney Concert Hall.

The program highlights a true pinnacle of choral artistry and emotional resonance, Brahms’ Requiem, the composer’s crowning masterpiece that is unlike any other Requiem ever written, partnered with Bruckner’s Te Deum, often regarded as one of the greatest choral-orchestral works ever composed. It is a mix of raw power with deep personal significance to its composer, who called it “the pride of my life.”

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LA Master Chorale: Building Bridges
Nov
1

LA Master Chorale: Building Bridges

For the first time in history, the Los Angeles Master Chorale will perform with the National Chorus of Korea, a fellow world-class powerhouse organization, also known for its technical precision and emotional depth.

The definitive voice of choral music in South Korea and the country’s “musical ambassadors,” the National Chorus of Korea was founded in 1973 as the first professional choral ensemble in the country. With the ability to tackle extremely complex repertoires – from Renaissance pieces to avant-garde contemporary works – the Chorus has a vocal blend and intonation that is rarely matched.

This once-in-a-lifetime event will feature a combined ensemble of over 100 Master Chorale and National Chorus singers performing music spanning the ages, both as individual choirs and in harmony with each other.

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LA Master Chorale: Eternity in an Hour
Jan
31

LA Master Chorale: Eternity in an Hour

Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre joins the Master Chorale to conduct the West Coast premiere of his stunning and sublime new piece, Eternity in an Hour, a major work that premiered at the BBC Proms in late 2024. A musical meditation that features live electronics alongside Whitacre’s signature choral writing, the piece was inspired by the opening four lines of William Blake’s poem “Auguries of Innocence.” It is preceded by several brief works of Arvo Pärt, one of the most often performed living composers in the world, including The Beatitudes and Morning Star.

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LA Master Chorale: Truly Beloved
Apr
23

LA Master Chorale: Truly Beloved

Join us for an unforgettable evening of glorious music with Anne Akiko Meyers, one of today’s most esteemed and celebrated violinists. Anne recently recorded two albums with the Master Chorale, Mysterium and Beloved (which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2026). This concert will feature music from both of these recordings including Sheep may safely graze by Bach and Lauridsen’s beloved O Magnum Mysterium.

One of the most influential violinists of our time with four decades of international acclaim, Meyers has performed around the world in recitals and as a soloist with leading orchestras. She has been called “the Wonder Woman of commissioning” for her enduring commitment to playing and commissioning music by some of the most important composers of the last half century and the incredible legacy of violin repertoire she is leaving for future generations. 

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LA Master Chorale: Lightscape Activation
Jun
25

LA Master Chorale: Lightscape Activation

Lightscape considers our landscape of diversity, creating a vulnerable and humanistic portrait that chronicles the search to find one’s individuality in a world of continuous transformation. In this work, Aitken creates a modern mythology propelled by music, film, and architecture. It follows multiple characters in a Robert Altman–esque structure, taking us on a journey that explores a landscape in the midst of extreme change—from the deep ecology of vast deserts and desolate mountainscapes to futuristic robotics factories and the digital realm.

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LA Master Chorale: Lightscape Activation
Jun
24

LA Master Chorale: Lightscape Activation

Lightscape considers our landscape of diversity, creating a vulnerable and humanistic portrait that chronicles the search to find one’s individuality in a world of continuous transformation. In this work, Aitken creates a modern mythology propelled by music, film, and architecture. It follows multiple characters in a Robert Altman–esque structure, taking us on a journey that explores a landscape in the midst of extreme change—from the deep ecology of vast deserts and desolate mountainscapes to futuristic robotics factories and the digital realm.

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LA Philharmonic: Gracias Gustavo
Jun
7

LA Philharmonic: Gracias Gustavo

Gustavo Dudamel honors his Venezuelan and American identities, presiding over two poetry-inspired choral symphonic works in his final Walt Disney Concert Hall program as Music & Artistic Director. At times hushed and mysterious and at others pulsating and ecstatic, Harmonium was a breakthrough for John Adams’ compositional voice. In the second half, Dudamel guides Cantata Criolla, another breakthrough work that is not just definitive of composer Antonio Estévez’ voice but an emerging national Venezuelan style.

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LA Philharmonic: Gracias Gustavo
Jun
6

LA Philharmonic: Gracias Gustavo

Gustavo Dudamel honors his Venezuelan and American identities, presiding over two poetry-inspired choral symphonic works in his final Walt Disney Concert Hall program as Music & Artistic Director. At times hushed and mysterious and at others pulsating and ecstatic, Harmonium was a breakthrough for John Adams’ compositional voice. In the second half, Dudamel guides Cantata Criolla, another breakthrough work that is not just definitive of composer Antonio Estévez’ voice but an emerging national Venezuelan style.

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LA Philharmonic: Gracias Gustavo
Jun
5

LA Philharmonic: Gracias Gustavo

Gustavo Dudamel honors his Venezuelan and American identities, presiding over two poetry-inspired choral symphonic works in his final Walt Disney Concert Hall program as Music & Artistic Director. At times hushed and mysterious and at others pulsating and ecstatic, Harmonium was a breakthrough for John Adams’ compositional voice. In the second half, Dudamel guides Cantata Criolla, another breakthrough work that is not just definitive of composer Antonio Estévez’ voice but an emerging national Venezuelan style.

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LA Master Chorale: Voices Within
Jun
2

LA Master Chorale: Voices Within

Through our Voices Within program, students find their creative voices and become more self-confident and hone their problem-solving and communication skills during an important time of self-discovery. At a culminating event, the students premiere the songs they have written, singing with eight singers from the Master Chorale to a school audience.

There will be two performances, one at 9:50am, and another at 11:00am, followed by a t-shirt signing, all of which are free and open to the public.

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LA Master Chorale: Sound Waves
May
31

LA Master Chorale: Sound Waves

Sound Waves: The Music of Esmail, Garrett, and Woo offers three powerful meditations on water including Malhaar: A Requiem for Water by Swan Family Artist-in-Residence Reena Esmail, alongside new works by composers Marques L. A. Garrett and Hyowon Woo. With Malhaar, Reena explores the universal theme of water through a cross-cultural lens, emphasizing that we are all citizens of the earth connected by a huge ecosystem in which water is a life force. Reena was inspired by William O’Daly’s book “Water Ways,” a poetic exploration of the disappearance of water. O'Daly is known for his English translations of the poetry of Pablo Neruda, and is also a Research Writer at the California Department of Water Resources and is the Lead Writer for the California Water Plan. Reena uses O’Daly’s text throughout the piece, intermingled with movements from the traditional requiem text. Overlaid on this texture are passages in Sanskrit and Hindi. The work moves through the various forms of Raag Malhaar (monsoon raags), to convey the importance and power of water, which holds a sacred place in Indian classical music. The work features Hindustani vocalist Saili Oak.

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LA Master Chorale: Voices Within
May
29

LA Master Chorale: Voices Within

Through our Voices Within program, students find their creative voices and become more self-confident and hone their problem-solving and communication skills during an important time of self-discovery. At a culminating event, the students premiere the songs they have written, singing with eight singers from the Master Chorale to a school audience.

There will be two performances, one at 9:50am, and another at 11:00am, followed by a t-shirt signing, all of which are free and open to the public.

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Caltech Glee Club: Spring Concert
May
16

Caltech Glee Club: Spring Concert

Adam joins Caltech’s Glee Club for their spring concert, featuring music by Aaron Copland, Randall Thompson, Williametta Spencer, Healey Willan, Frank Ticheli, spirituals arranged by Undine Moore and William Dawson, and the beautiful Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen, performed with orchestra.

The performance is free and open to the public.

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Vox Ardens: Ascension Mass
May
14

Vox Ardens: Ascension Mass

Adam joins Vox Ardens for an Ascension Mass at Saints Peter and Paul in Wilmington. Program includes Victoria’s Missa Ascendens Christus, Sweelinck’s Viri Galilaei, and Byrd’s Non vos relinquam orphanos. The service is free and open to the public.

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Musica Transalpina: Echoes of Venice
May
2

Musica Transalpina: Echoes of Venice

In 2026, Musica Transalpina commemorates four centuries since the death of Giovanni Priuli, who was Emperor Ferdinand II.’s cherished chapel master.  We are presenting impressive passages from the Graz chorbuch written for four choirs which have never been heard in modern times, and several enormous motets in up to twelve parts from Priuli’s nearly impossible to access Sacrorum Concentuum … pars altera, which was published in 1619: the same year that Emperor Ferdinand moved his court to Vienna––a process which lasted the Graz court musicians well into 1620.

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LA Master Chorale Chamber Singers: High School Choral Festival
May
1

LA Master Chorale Chamber Singers: High School Choral Festival

The Los Angeles Master Chorale will host its 37th annual High School Choir Festival on May 1, 2026. We will celebrate the 37th anniversary of this long-standing arts education program in Walt Disney Concert Hall, connecting the communities of greater Los Angeles in a joyous performance of a 1,000-voice choir led by Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director and Cindy Ellis, Danner Family Guest Artist. The event will be free to the public.

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