About the Chorale
- News
- Grant Gershon — the Chorale’s Music Director is now in his sixth year
- Master Chorale roster — listing of the singers
- Board of Directors
- Administration — staff listing and contact information
- Career opportunities on the Chorale staff
- Press Center — press information, photography and artwork
44 years of magnificent singing
Los Angeles Master Chorale celebrates its 44th Anniversary with this fifth season at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Recognized as one of Los Angeles' cultural treasures, the Chorale has received accolades for its innovative programming and its commitment to commissioning new works. In June 2003, the Master Chorale received the prestigious ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming. Grant Gershon has been its music director since 2001, succeeding Paul Salamunovich. The Master Chorale performs about fifteen times per year in its own season, as well as appearing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic from time to time.
Recordings
The Chorale has recorded two CDs under Gershon's baton, including You Are (Variations) by Steve Reich, released in September 2005 on Nonesuch Records, and an RCM recording featuring Esa-Pekka Salonen's first choral work, Two Songs to Poems of Ann Jäderlund, and Philip Glass' Itaipu. Previously, the Chorale released three CDs under the baton of Music Director Emeritus Paul Salamunovich, including the Grammy-nominated Lauridsen-Lux Aeterna, Christmas, and a recording of Dominic Argento's Te Deum and Maurice Duruflé's Messe “Cum Jubilo.” In addition, the Los Angeles Master Chorale is featured under Paul Salamunovich's leadership on the soundtracks of numerous major motion pictures, including A.I. Artificial Intelligence, My Best Friend's Wedding, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Sum of all Fears and Waterworld. more
News
Master Chorale announces 2008|09 season more
Los Angeles Master Chorale Receives Chorus America Education Outreach Award more
Music Director Grant Gershon was honored to be invited to deliver the commencement address to the USC Thornton School of Music graduating class. more
Read an interview with the Master Chorale’s own tenor Michael Lichtenauer on Chorus America. more
Raves
The Los Angeles Times states the Chorale “has become the most exciting chorus in the country under Grant Gershon,” and describes the Chorale’s performances as “masterly,” “ethereal” and “alluring.”
Billboard says the Chorale’s “singing and direction are first-rate.”
Founded: 1964 as one of three original companies at the Music Center
Conductors:
Grant Gershon, since 2001
Paul Salamunovich, 1991–2001
John Currie, 1986–1991
Roger Wagner, 1964–1986