Katrina and John of Major Chords for Minors share the pleasure of knowing they are making a difference within their community. A perfect example of their positive influence is seen in a 16-year-old boy by the name of Emilio Saenz. Only four months ago he had just...
On September 29, 2013, the LA Phil played a side-by-side concert with YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles) at Walt Disney Concert Hall, conducted by LA Phil Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. In this video, get a behind the scenes look at the work that went into that...
On a sunny spring evening, nearly 1,500 children from South LA and Rampart District gathered at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to celebrate music and family as performers in the YOLA Neighborhood Project Day concert. After an introduction by LAUSD...
The YOLA at EXPO Chamber Orchestra performs excerpts from Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” in a performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall on April 6th, 2013. This performance closed an afternoon of music in which four different YOLA ensembles, ranging in...
In this clip, watch David Robertson’s methods and the results of his instruction as he works with some of our most promising young musicians in a pre-concert rehearsal and concert performance. David Robertson, Music Director and conductor of the St. Louis...
Ten young musicians from our very own YOLA traveled to London with the LA Phil to participate in the orchestra’s International Residency at the Barbican Centre and the Future Play Symposium. Here, they’re rehearsing Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and...
