2011-01-25T15:25:53-08:00 2010-07-31 Byeman & Cleary CPAs 412 W Broadway Suite 206 Glendale CA 912041297 990 2009-08-01 954431730 LOS ANGELES CHILDRENS CHORUS LOSA 6267934231 585 E COLORADO BLVD PASADENA CA 91101 STEVEN OLSEN 2011-01-25 DANIEL R MOORE 8182473223 X 2009 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z RACHEL FINE 585 E COLORADO BLVD PASADENA CA 91101 1187024 false false X WWW.LACHILDRENSCHORUS.ORG Los Angeles Children's Chorus provides choral music education of the highest quality to young people who represent richly diverse racial, economic, and cultural backgrounds. 23 23 25 225 0 313609 332559 552117 732796 2262 146 44712 73914 912700 1139415 0 0 610786 627570 0 135247 298733 511710 909519 1139280 3181 135 300644 313363 58797 71381 241847 241982 Los Angeles Children's Chorus provides choral music education of the highest quality to young people who represent richly diverse racial, economic, and cultural backgrounds. The program ignites a love of singing and nurtures the full expression of each individual's potential for artistic and personal excellence through the collaborative experience of choral music performance. false false 885575 684146 Under Artistic Director Anne Tomlinson and Executive Director Rachel Fine, LACC is recognized throughout the country for its exceptional artistic quality and technical ability. Founded in 1986, LACC performs frequently with leading music ensembles including the LA Phil, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Calder Quartet and Pasadena Symphony and POPS. LACC also assists Los Angeles Opera by training and providing children for its opera productions that require children's chorus or child soloists.Through a comprehensive after-school program involving rehearsals, musicianship classes, vocal coaching and performances, children become highly capable musicians while also learning life skills, such as discipline, confidence, communication, and striving for excellence. LACC's program supports 22 of California's standards for performing arts education and often keeps children engaged many years as they mature from age 6 to 18. Today, LACC's more than 350 young singers come from 60 communities across Los Angeles County and increasingly reflect the cultural and economic diversity of the region. A robust organizational scholarship program ensures program access to children requiring financial assistance to participate in LACC's core choral and touring programs.LACC has toured Brazil, Great Britain, Italy, Australia, Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland, as well as many parts of the United States and Canada. In 2008, Concert Choir performed at the China International Arts Celebration for Young People during its tour to China prior to the Beijing summer Olympics. In 2010, Concert Choir toured Finland, Estonia and Sweden.Artistic highlights during the 2009-2010 season included: LACC participation in Bienvenido GUSTAVO! at the Hollywood Bowl to welcome LA Phil music director Gustavo Dudamel to Los Angeles; collaboration with contemporary music ensemble Jacaranda and the Pasadena POPS; participation in the LA Phil's West Coast, Left Coast festival and Green Umbrella series; performing and recording with the Los Angeles Master Chorale in Nico Muhly's A Good Understanding on Decca; making its debut at the new Broad Stage in Santa Monica; introducing its newest choir, the Young Men's Ensemble; launching satellite First Experiences in Singing classes; and self-producing its annual Winter and Spring choral concerts. Artistic highlights during the 2008-2009 season included: four self-produced concerts in Pasadena (Pasadena Presbyterian Church); two operas with LA Opera (Carmen and The Magic Flute); one Hollywood Bowl performance (Mahler's 8th Symphony); a performance at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts; an International Choral Exchange with Vox Aurea from Finland; and an appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. LACC appears on "Amore Infinito" ("Infinite Love"), a Deutsche Grammophon CD of songs based on poems by the late Pope John Paul II and performed by Plcido Domingo, which was released worldwide in March 2009. In October 2008, LACC launched First Experiences in Singing, a non-auditioned, non-performing class for 6 and 7-year-olds. Continuation of 4a:Another successful artistic achievement, the largest in LACC history, was the self-produced world premiere of the commissioned opera, Keepers of the Night by composer Peter Ash and librettist Donald Sturrock. 65 LACC choristers participated through a five-week summer opera "camp," which culminated in four performances of the opera at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, July 12-15, 2007. LACC and its opera production, conducted by Grant Gershon and directed by Corey Madden, received unprecedented press and attracted a record audience attendance.Los Angeles Children's Chorus is the subject of three award-winning documentaries by Santa Monica filmmakers Freida Mock and Jessica Sanders: Sing! (2001), Sing Opera! (2008) and Sing China! 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