LAMC: Gala 2022
2022-03-23 19:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Raise a toast to Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director, with this one-night-only concert celebration. Special guests include Esa-Pekka Salonen and Anne Akiko Meyers. Featuring a world premiere by Michael Abels and music from Eric Whitacre, Meredith Monk, Shawn Kirchner, Morten Lauridsen, Reena Esmail, and many more.

LAMC: United We Sing
2022-05-08 07:00 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Guest conductor Rollo Dilworth, one of choral music’s most dynamic leaders, curated this program to showcase the breadth and vitality of the many cultures that have made America what it is today. Highlights include music from legends like Alice Parker and Mary Lou Williams, plus music from Rollo himself. True to its title, this concert aims to unite us all in song.

LAMC: Big Sing 2022
2022-07-23 18:00 (America/Denver) | Grand Park, 200 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Big Sing 2022: With a Little Help from Our FriendsGrand Park

Participation is free, and reservations are not required.A commemorative song booklet will be available for free on the day of the event.Big Sing returns this summer, led by Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director; Associate Conductor Jenny Wong; Alexander Blake, founder and director of Tonality; and Chorale members David Castillo, Charlie Kim, Sharmila G. Lash, and Kristen Toedtman.Repertoire will include popular favorites such as The Beatles’ “With a Little Help from my Friends,” Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me,” Quirino Mendoza y Cortés’ “Cielito Lindo,” John Rosamond Johnson’s “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” and Alan Menken’s “A Whole New World.”

Sharmila G. Lash & Friends
2022-09-24 19:00 (America/Denver) | Piedmont Piano Company, 1728 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
“Music for, by, and about Women”

Sharmila returns after 3 years with her “Music for, by, and about Women” project, presenting a set of chamber vocal ensemble pieces, with Yuhi Aizawa Combatti, Cecilia Lam, Colby Smith, and Amy Fogerson, followed by a set of jazz tunes accompanied by Anne Sajdera (piano), Peter Barshay (bass), and Jayla Hernandez (drums). They will present music by Melissa Dunphy, Reena Esmail, Mary Lou Williams, and more.

LAMC: Haydn's Creation
2022-10-08 14:00, 2022-10-09 19:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Let there be light! We begin our season with Haydn’s grand celebration of the dawn of life. With a libretto that draws on Genesis, the Psalms, and Milton’s Paradise Lost, this mysterious and dramatic work will transport you to a time before time itself, followed by an explosion of sound that vividly illustrates the creation of Earth. It all adds up to what Grant Gershon calls “one of the most joyous and life-affirming works ever written.”

LAMC: Festival of Carols
2022-12-10 14:00, 2022-12-17 14:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Our popular Festival of Carols returns with a fresh spin for 2022. Indulge in the delights of the holiday season with traditional Christmas carols and festive folksongs from around the world. Children aged six and older are welcome, provided they adhere to our vaccination policy and COVID-19 safety measures, so bring the family and celebrate the season with the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

LAMC: Lo, How A Rose
2022-12-11 19:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Lo, How a Rose is named after a classic Renaissance Christmas carol by Michael Praetorius that depicts the beauty and comfort of the nativity. This eclectic program, which will feature a couple world premieres, celebrates the wonder of the season.

LAMC: Choose Something Like A Star
2023-02-12 19:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Named after a poem by Robert Frost, this concert features music of aspiration and inspiration from Brahms and Schumann to Meredith Monk and Michael Abels, including 2 world premieres by Diana Syrse and LAMC’s own Matthew Brown.

LAMC: Esmail / Fauré
2023-03-26 19:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Reena Esmail, our Swan Family Artist-in-Residence, combines Indian and Western classical music traditions to create rich tapestries of sound. We’re delighted to premiere Reena’s latest work highlighting both Hindustani and Western classical voices. This new work will be paired with Fauré’s Requiem, a stunning showcase of the human voice.

LAMC: Ellington / Williams
2023-06-10 14:00, 2023-06-11 19:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams were giants of jazz who never stopped searching for new means of expression. Inspired by their faith, both created major sacred choral works that grew out of the African American church tradition and pushed against the boundaries of both sacred music and jazz. This concert is a celebration of distinctive music created by two American originals.

LAMC Heaven + Earth: The Music of Reena Esmail & Philip Glass
2023-10-15 19:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
“How do we live in unity with each other and with nature? Esmail’s This Love Between Us examines our shared humanity by juxtaposing texts of seven major religions of the Indian subcontinent, set with a unique combination of Hindustani and Western classical styles, bringing together chorus, Baroque orchestra, tabla, and sitar. Philip Glass’ propulsive Itaipú, based on the Creation myth of the Guarani peoples, paints an epic and unforgettable symphonic portrait of nature for chorus and orchestra.”

LAPhil Dudamel and the Music of Tango and Ballet
2023-11-16 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-11-17 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-11-18 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-11-19 02:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Gustavo Dudamel and Pan-American Music Initiative curator Gabriela Ortiz build on their longtime collaboration in a program that pay homage to activist women, which includes Ortiz’s new ballet score, Revolución diamantina. This piece shares its title with the 2019 “Glitter Revolution” based in Mexico City, where women took to the streets to draw attention to pervasive sexual violence. Sharmila will be among 8 singers performing this world premiere concert version with the LA Philharmonic.

LAMC LUX: The Music of Morten Lauridsen & Billy Childs
2023-11-18 14:00, 2023-11-19 19:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
In Lux Aeterna, (Eternal Light), the spellbindingly rapturous work premiered by the Los Angeles Master Chorale in 1997, Lauridsen created a rich and intensely moving work that sparked a renaissance of choral music throughout the world. Paired with this masterpiece will be a world premiere by Billy Childs – one of the world’s most celebrated jazz pianists and composers – reuniting the Chorale and brilliant violin virtuoso Anne Akiko Meyers with the Billy Childs Jazz/Chamber Ensemble and The Lyris Quartet.

LAPhil Esa-Pekka Salonen and Ravel
2023-12-01 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-12-02 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-12-03 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Maurice Ravel’s “choreographic symphony” Daphnis and Chloé challenges conventional music status quos while highlighting his genius as an orchestrator. The epic dreamscape consists of the most number of musicians for any of Ravel’s works, yet allows for soloists to shine brightest here. Born out of the Sound Poetry and synthetic language of Hugo Ball’s Dadaism, Esa-Pekka Salonen’s cyclical Karawane is a monumental study of the familiar and unfamiliar. Here, the words are the music and the music is the words, brought to haunting life by the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

LAMC Navidad Nuestra: December in the Americas
2023-12-10 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
¡Feliz Nochebuena! ¡Feliz Navidad! Come aboard Cristian Grases’ El Tren para Belén (The Train to Bethlehem), filled with Latin rhythms and spirit, to hear villancicos, Christmas carols sung in the music traditions of the composers’ homelands of Argentina, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Cuba and more. Each work embodies the warmth and joy of the holiday season, filling the hall with celebration and merriment.

Songs & Stories: Tiffany Austin
2024-01-21 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Piedmont Piano Company, 1728 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Hosted by Sharmila G. Lash – Bay Area jazz vocalist Tiffany Austin, recently named one of 30 recipients of the Center for Cultural Power’s Culture Bearer Award, kicks off this brand new series with a short set of songs. She’ll share some stories of her musical journey from her beginnings in the LA area, to studying law, to performing with some of the biggest names in jazz. Followed by audience Q & A.

Songs & Stories: Nicolas Bearde
2024-02-18 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Piedmont Piano Company, 1728 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Hosted by Sharmila G. Lash – Jazz and Blues singer Nicolas Bearde sings a set of his favorite songs and shares stories about his more than 35 year career, from leaving his Nashville home in his teens, to singing in Japan during his military service, to eventually making his home in the Bay Area. Followed by audience Q & A.

LAMC I Believe: The Music of Bach, Bonds & Robles
2024-04-06 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-04-07 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
If Bach says that we should “Sing to the Lord a new song” that’s exactly what the Chorale will do—sing a world premiere work by Zanaida Robles titled, The Song of Significance. Similarly, when Bach suggests “Have no fear, I am with you,” we are asked to have faith, to believe in something that we feel in our hearts, just as Margaret Bonds uses W.E.B. DuBois’ poem Credo to share her beliefs. We are excited to be featuring guest artist, pianist Lara Downes on Credo and also Spiritual Suite, which is Bonds’ magnum opus for piano with each movement based on a traditional Negro spiritual connecting hints of blues, jazz, and gospel with the classical styles of Romanticism and Impressionism. Collectively, the program is an evening filled with music with great strength of purpose in every phrase and note.

Songs & Stories: Joel Chapman
2024-04-14 17:00 (America/Denver) | Piedmont Piano Company, 1728 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Singer-songwriter Joel Chapman plays a set of original songs. He’ll share stories about his choral background, his ever-evolving journey with YouTube, his obsession with comedy, and his album “I’m Sorry It Took So Long.” Followed by audience Q & A. Hosted by vocalist Sharmila G. Lash.

LAMC: Verdi Requiem
2024-06-08 14:00 (America/Denver) | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States
Dynamic rhythms, sublime melodies, and virtuosic solo passages express both the heights of salvation and depths of damnation in the composer’s epic and dramatic setting of the ancient Catholic funeral mass. Shifting between glorious lyricism and breathtaking power, from muted sorrow in the opening movement to the sheer terror of the work’s famous “Dies irae,” a performance of Verdi’s Requiem is always a soul-stirring event.
