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Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s Meet the Music is a fun and engaging chamber music concert geared to students in grades four through six.
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Chamber music that reflects grade-school students’ lives?\u00a0\u00a0 A classical program that’s informal, nontraditional–and uses kids’ creative input?<\/p>\n

That’s exactly what Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra presents, in their free virtual educational concert, “Meet the Music”<\/a>.

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During isolation, “Meet the Music” offers a new opportunity for homeschooling parents and educators: to add music to the curriculum.<\/p>\n

It’s also just one of LACO’s\u00a0 innovative approaches to making classical music accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n

On April 28th, LACO<\/a> posted “Meet the Music” as a virtual on-demand concert, for fourth- to sixth-graders.<\/p>\n

This is not our parents’ chamber music–or even ours, as we were growing up.<\/p>\n

A new accessibility<\/h5>\n
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Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s Meet the Music is a fun and engaging chamber music concert geared to students in grades four through six.
(Photo courtesy of LACO, and used with permission.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Recorded in Santa Monica in November, 2019, for an audience of elementary students, the program immediately gives the young audience a “feel” of informality.\u00a0 The concert involves the students as active participants–in several different ways.<\/p>\n

And “Meet the Music” is just one of the free programs which LACO is currently offering, to introduce new audiences to their music.\u00a0 Through their “LACO At Home” program, they offer in-demand concerts and visits with their various musical professionals.<\/p>\n

Ben Cadwallader is Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s Executive Director.\u00a0 His background includes both educational and musical innovation: prior to his current position, he took some exciting creative risks.\u00a0 His goal: to take classical music “out of the concert hall” and bring it to wider audiences.\u00a0 Ben’s previous musical experience includes serving as Executive Director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, as well as his time as Educational Director at Los Angeles Philharmonic.<\/p>\n

Ben talked about the ways “Meet the Music” engages young audiences, the other ways in which music can be used to teach S.T.E.A.M. concepts and the additional distance programs LACO is offering during the pandemic.\u00a0 In addition, he explained how you can add your creative input to Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s future programming!<\/p>\n

On this edition of Over Coffee\u00ae you will hear:<\/h5>\n