John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes:
January 8, 2022 I attended a wonderful Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra concert at Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena that included a short piece, "STRUM", composed by composer of African descent Jessie Montgomery. The LACO orchestra did not include any recognizable players of African descent.
March 19, 2022 I attended
a wonderful Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra concert at UCLA Royce Hall in
Los Angeles that included African American guest conductor Roderick Cox http://www.roderickcox.com/ and African American violinist Randall Goosby https://randallgoosby.com/
in a program of composers Wagner, Mendelssoh+ Brahms. From my seating
view, I could see two players of African descent in the LACO Orchestra.
The
Long Beach Central Area Association/MusicUNTOLD is a community partner
of LACO and we invited guests to the concert. Some of our guests did not
arrive until a few minutes before the start of the concert and missed
our group photo. Please see the LBCAA/MusicUNTOLD group that arrived
early enough for this photo. Thank you LACO executive director Ben
Cadwallader.
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