Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: making great music personal



family concert series

Unlock the magic of great music!

LACO’s family concert series opens the door for kids to enjoy this magical sound world now and for the rest of their lives.

Let LACO share the joy of music with the young people in your life with these interactive concerts and fun activities.

Recommended for children 5 years and older.

Learn more about LACO’s 2009-10 season.

1 pm – 2 pm: Kids get to bang, pluck, bow and blow on real instruments at our popular Instrument Petting Zoo and enjoy fun-filled pre-concert activities, themed around the music, with Kidspace Children’s Museum and our concert partners.

2 pm: The concert begins. Our short programs are designed to introduce kids to the wonder of classical music. Each concert includes an opportunity for young ones to ask questions of the musicians.

Listen to Jeffrey Kahane give an overview of this great series on the podcast page at laco.org.

Want to teach your kids more about classical music in a fun and interactive way?

Visit Classics for Kids with your children to find kid-friendly games, music dictionaries and composer biographies, as well as creative music resources for you and your kids’ teachers. Enjoy!

Make a musical instrument with your kids!

Help your kids create their own homemade guitar with just a few household items: a shoebox, rubber bands and paper towel rolls. Simply follow the directions here, courtesy of the PBS show Zoom. Your kids could even start a band – a “Rubber Band”!

tickets

Recommended for children 5 years and older.

Subscriptions for 3-concert 2010 series: $39, $24
Single tickets: $16, $10

Order by phone:
Call Jacquie, Marcella or Laura in the box office at 213 622 7001 × 215

Online ticketing for individual concerts will be available beginning January 5, 2010.

Groups of 12 or more get a 15% discount off single ticket prices. Celebrate a birthday or bring the Scout troop, dance class or soccer team! Call for details.

family concert sponsors:
Employees Fund of Boeing California, Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation, Community Foundation of the Verdugos, Ernst & Young, B.C. McCabe Foundation, Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts, John and Beverly Stauffer Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation

Thanks to Cass Harvey for sign language interpretation. Thanks to Metzler Violins and Central Los Angeles High School #9, LAUSD High School for the Visual and Performing Arts for helping with the Instrument Petting Zoo.

    Sign Language logo Kidspace Children's Museum Piano Factory's Hollywood Piano Co.

series schedule

family concert 1: carnival of the animals

  • Sunday, 07 Feb 2010 Alex Theatre
  • Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals

family concert 2: fly me to the moon — from j.s. bach to mr. spock

  • Sunday, 28 Mar 2010 Alex Theatre
  • Tchaikovsky Excerpts from Serenade for Strings in C major
  • Folk Song Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
  • Beethoven Excerpts from Symphony No. 6 in F major, “Pastoral”
  • Williams Theme from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
  • Howard Fly Me to the Moon
  • Holst “Jupiter” (from The Planets)
  • Ravel Excerpts from Mother Goose
  • Harline/Knight When You Wish Upon a Star

family concert 3: jokin' baroque

  • Sunday, 02 May 2010 Alex Theatre
  • Boyce Excerpts from Concerto Grosso in B-flat major
  • Geminiani Excerpts from Concerto Grosso in D minor, “La Follia” (“The Folly”)
  • Telemann Excerpts from Viola Concerto in G major
  • Bach Excerpts from Concerto in D minor for Two Violins