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Ensemble
Inducted in 2017
The Los Angeles Master Chorale is widely recognized as the country's leading professional choir and one of Southern California's most vibrant cultural treasures. Hailed for its powerful performances, technical precision, and artistic daring, the Master Chorale is led by Artistic Director Grant Gershon and President and CEO Jean Davidson. Established in 1964 by legendary Music Director Roger Wagner, it is a founding resident company of The Music Center and choir-in-residence at Walt Disney Concert Hall where it presents its own concert season. Chorister positions are highly sought-after and the fully professional choir is a diverse and vocally dynamic group showcasing the many voices of L.A.
Presenting its own concert series each season, the Los Angeles Master Chorale performs choral music from the earliest writings to contemporary compositions, frequently commissioning and premiering new works, striking a balance between innovation and tradition. It has been awarded three ASCAP/Chorus America Awards for Adventurous Programming as well as Chorus America?s prestigious Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence.
The Los Angeles Master Chorale has performed in more than 500 concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at both Disney Hall and the Hollywood Bowl, and has toured with the orchestra to Europe and New York City.
Praised for its definitive performances, the choir is also committed to recording the choral repertoire. Its esteemed discography includes seven recordings under Gershon, the most recent being the national anthems/the little match girl passion by David Lang on Cantaloupe Records. Albums released under former Music Director Paul Salamunovich on RCM include the Grammy-nominated Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna, a recording that helped to secure the work's place as a modern masterpiece. The Master Chorale is also featured with Gershon on the soundtracks of many major motion pictures and is heard beyond the concert hall via broadcasts by Southern California's Classical KUSC.
Committed to community engagement and fostering music education in schools, the Los Angeles Master Chorale's education programs include Voices Within residencies that encourage fifth grade students to write and perform their own songs, an expansive Oratorio Project for high school students, and the annual High School Choir Festival, which brings teenagers from around the Southland to perform in Walt Disney Concert Hall.