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Enhance your concert experience with pre-concert talks!
Upbeat Live is an informative and engaging way to learn about the music before your concert. Renowned musicologists will take you through music theory, guided listening and the program's historical and cultural context. Plus, you'll hear interviews with guest artists and members of the LA Phil and participate in Q & A!
Upbeat Live pre-concert talks begin one hour* before the following concert series:
Orchestral Series
Green Umbrella Series
Organ Recitals
Visiting orchestras
The Mahler Project (for 2012)*
All Upbeat Live events are FREE to ticket holders and are held in BP Hall* at Walt Disney Concert Hall except Friday matinees, which take place at 9:45am in the main auditorium.
*Mahler Project FREE Public talks, January 19 - 22 with Gilbert Kaplan, are in the Walt Disney Concert Hall auditorium 1.5 hours prior to the performance. Open to ticket holders for the concert that follows and to the general public. Members of the general public should arrive no later than 15 minutes prior to speaker start-time. To guarantee a space, please RSVP to Information@LAPhil.org with the subject line “Mahler Project RSVP” or call 323.850.2000. Only ticket holders stay for the concert.
Upcoming Events | Past events
MP3 for download will be available after event
Tom Neenan
Thomas Neenan, Lecturer in Music History and Theory at Caltech and Music Director and Conductor of The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew's
Sun FEB 19 6:30pm
Dutoit conducts Debussy and Prokofiev
Daniel Kessner
Composer, conductor, and flutist
Thu FEB 23 7pm
Fri FEB 24 9:45am
Sat FEB 25 1pm
Green Umbrella: de Leeuw conducts Andriessen
Chad Smith
LA Philharmonic Vice President of Artistic Planning.
Tue FEB 28 7pm
Veronika Krausas
Composer and Professor at Thornton School of Music at USC.
Fri MAR 2 7pm
Sat MAR 3 1pm
Sun MAR 4 1pm
PIATIGORSKY INTERNATIONAL CELLO FESTIVAL: Kirshbaum plays Dvorák
Veronika Krausas
Composer and Professor at Thornton School of Music at USC.
Thu MAR 15 7pm
PIATIGORSKY INTERNATIONAL CELLO FESTIVAL: Maisky plays Shostakovich
Russell Steinberg
Composer, conductor and performer. Mr. Steinberg is the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, and is on the faculty at UCLA.
Sat MAR 17 7pm
PIATIGORSKY INTERNATIONAL CELLO FESTIVAL: Weilerstein plays Tchaikovsky
Tom Neenan
Thomas Neenan, Lecturer in Music History and Theory at Caltech and Music Director and Conductor of The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew's
Sun MAR 18 1pm
Christopher Russell
Director of Orchestral Studies at Azusa Pacific University and Coordinator of the Orchestra Program at Orange County High School of the Arts
Fri MAR 23 7pm
Sat MAR 24 7pm
Sun MAR 25 1pm
Organ Recital: Isabelle Demers
Tom Neenan
Thomas Neenan, Lecturer in Music History and Theory at Caltech and Music Director and Conductor of The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew's
Sun MAR 25 6:30pm
Veronika Krausas
Composer and Professor at Thornton School of Music at USC.
Fri MAR 30 7pm
Sat MAR 31 1pm
Sun APR 1 1pm
Adams conducts Adams and Glass
Chad Smith
LA Philharmonic Vice President of Artistic Planning.
Thu APR 5 7pm
Fri APR 6 7pm
Sat APR 7 8pm
Green Umbrella: Adams Conducts
Veronika Krausas
Composer and Professor at Thornton School of Music at USC.
Tue APR 10 7pm
Christopher Russell
Director of Orchestral Studies at Azusa Pacific University and Coordinator of the Orchestra Program at Orange County High School of the Arts
Fri APR 13 7pm
Sat APR 14 7pm
Sun APR 15 1pm
Russell Steinberg
Composer, conductor and performer. Mr. Steinberg is the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, and is on the faculty at UCLA.
Thu APR 19 7pm
SUBLIME SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9
Russell Steinberg
Composer, conductor and performer. Mr. Steinberg is the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, and is on the faculty at UCLA.
Fri APR 20 7pm
Sat APR 21 7pm
Sun APR 22 1pm
Russell Steinberg
Composer, conductor and performer. Mr. Steinberg is the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, and is on the faculty at UCLA.
Thu APR 26 7pm
Fri APR 27 9:45am
Sun APR 29 1pm
Christopher Russell
Director of Orchestral Studies at Azusa Pacific University and Coordinator of the Orchestra Program at Orange County High School of the Arts
Thu MAY 3 7pm
Fri MAY 4 7pm
Sat MAY 5 7pm
Sun MAY 6 1pm
Tom Neenan
Thomas Neenan, Lecturer in Music History and Theory at Caltech and Music Director and Conductor of The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew's
Sun MAY 6 6:30pm
Green Umbrella: Dudamel conducts Berio
Veronika Krausas
Composer and Professor at Thornton School of Music at USC.
Tue MAY 8 7pm
Tom Neenan
Thomas Neenan, Lecturer in Music History and Theory at Caltech and Music Director and Conductor of The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew's
Wed MAY 9 7pm
Veronika Krausas
Composer and Professor at Thornton School of Music at USC.
Thu MAY 10 7pm
Sat MAY 12 7pm
Mozart/da Ponte Trilogy: Don Giovanni
Chad Smith
LA Philharmonic Vice President of Artistic Planning with Deborah Borda, LA Phil President and CEO
Fri MAY 18 7pm
Sun MAY 20 1pm
Thu MAY 24 7pm
Dudamel conducts Tchaikovsky and Sibelius
Asadour Santourian
Artistic Advisor and Administrator of Aspen Music Festival and School.
Fri MAY 25 7pm
Mozart/da Ponte Trilogy: Don Giovanni
Chad Smith
LA Philharmonic Vice President of Artistic Planning with Deborah Borda, LA Phil President and CEO
Sat MAY 26 7pm
Dudamel conducts Tchaikovsky and Sibelius
Asadour Santourian
Artistic Advisor and Administrator of Aspen Music Festival and School.
Sun MAY 27 1pm
Chad Smith
LA Philharmonic Vice President of Artistic Planning.
Thu MAY 31 7pm
Fri JUN 1 7pm
Sat JUN 2 1pm
Sun JUN 3 1pm
* Please note: Not available for Friday matinees. This number is not toll free, so the cost will depend on rates charged by your long distance carrier (Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, etc.) to area code 605, South Dakota. There are no additional fees. We do not require the use of any specific carrier, nor do we know what rates patrons pay on their calling plans.
