Orchestra

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1968 to fill a gap in Los Angeles’ music offerings and as an artistic channel for film and recording studios’ most gifted musicians. LACO’s unique size provides the flexibility to present more diverse programming.

Playful and passionate,the Orchestra’s 25-40 musicians (depending on the performance) play strings, woodwinds, and percussion instruments to produce a full and rich sound with a repertoire widely recognized for its exciting musicality.

Music Director

Jaime Martín

music director designate

Conductor Laureate

Jeffrey Kahane

conductor laureate

creative advisor & composer-in-residence

Andrew Norman

creative advisor & composer-in-residence

artist-educator

Derrick Spiva Jr.

artist-educator and composer

2018-19 sound investment composer

composer Sarah Gibson

Sarah Gibson

2018 — 19 sound investment composer

violin 1

Margaret Batjer

Concertmaster

Tereza Stanislav

Assistant Concertmaster

Jacqueline Brand

Violin 1

Jennifer Munday

Violin 1

Julie Gigante

Violin 1

Maia Jasper White

Violin 1

Tamara Hatwan

Violin 1

Susan Rishik

Violin 1

violin 2

Josefina Vergara

Principal Violin 2

Sarah Thornblade

Associate Principal Violin 2

Cheryl Norman-Brick

Violin 2

Connie Kupka

Violin 2

Carrie Kennedy

Violin 2

Joel Pargman

Violin 2

viola

Victoria Miskolczy

Associate Principal Viola

Robert Brophy

Viola

Carole Castillo

Viola

cello

Andrew Shulman

principal cello

Armen Ksajikian

Associate Principal Cello

Trevor Handy

Cello

Giovanna M. Clayton

Cello

bass

David Grossman

Principal Bass

flute

Sandy Hughes

Flute

oboe

Claire Brazeau

Principal Oboe
Allan Vogel Chair, endowed by the Henry Family

clarinet

Joshua Ranz

Principal Clarinet

Chris Stoutenborough

Clarinet

bassoon

Kenneth Munday

Principal Bassoon

Damian Montano

Bassoon

horn

Michael Thornton

Principal Horn

Kristy McArthur Morrell

Horn

trumpet

David Washburn

Principal Trumpet

harp

JoAnn Turovsky

Principal Harp

keyboard

Patricia Mabee

Patricia Mabee

Principal Keyboard

percussion

Wade Culbreath

Principal Percussion

LA Orchestra Fellows

Sydney Adedamola

LA Orchestra Fellow: violin

Ayrton Pisco

Ayrton Pisco

LA orchestra fellow: violin

Bradley Parrimore

LA Orchestra Fellow: viola

Juan-Salvador Carrasco

LA Orchestra Fellow: cello

personnel manager

Ryan Sweeney

Personnel Manager

librarian

Serge Liberovsky

Librarian

highlights:
S E S S I O N spiva

Produced in collaboration with Four Larks, SESSION featured the world premiere of The Body Overcome by Derrick Spiva Jr, hindustani vocalist Saili Oak, a US premiere by composer Juan Pablo Contreras and works by Conor Brown, Salina Fisher and Reena Esmail.

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Sound Investment

Have you ever listened to a favorite symphony and wondered what shaped the composer’s ideas? How the orchestra players reacted upon first reading the new score? How the composer felt as musicians finally gave sonic life to notes on paper?

You can get answers when you commission a new work of music through Sound Investment.

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LA Orchestra Fellowship

The LA Orchestra Fellowship is a two-year orchestra intensive for musicians on violin, viola, and cello.

Fellows are mentored in chamber and orchestral performance and gain invaluable experience while training and playing alongside Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra musicians, faculty at USC Thornton and mentor members of the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles.

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