Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Founded: 1968 as an artistic outlet for the film and record studios' most gifted musicians

Music directors: Jeffrey Kahane since 1997; first four music directors, Sir Neville Marriner, Gerard Schwarz, Iona Brown and Christof Perick.

Raves: “America's finest chamber orchestra” — Jim Svejda, KUSC
“LACO has never sounded better than it does these days...” — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times
“At keyboard or on podium, [Kahane] has brought his L.A. Chamber Orchestra into a Golden Age.” — Alan Rich, L.A. Weekly

Awards: First Place Award for Programming of Contemporary Music, offered by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) and the American Symphony Orchestra League.

Performs: 15 concerts at two historic theaters, the Alex in Glendale and UCLA's Royce Hall, plus Baroque Conversations at Zipper Concert Hall

Upcoming highlights include: two-week European tour in spring 2008 with concerts in Paris, France; Vienna, Austria; Berlin, Hanover and Hamburg, Germany; Ferrara and Treviso, Italy; and San Sebastián, Spain.

Web site: www.laco.org

Master Chorale concerts

Haydn & Andriessen
Sunday, November 18, 2007

Haydn & Górecki
Sunday, April 6, 2008