Join us!
Are you a dedicated community musician wanting to explore baroque repertoire, learn baroque playing style and perform concerts?
Our goal is to encourage, support and expand the early music community in Los Angeles, and to be inclusive in our reach to give the maximum number of highly motivated players the opportunity to participate. We continue our 2019-2020 season with "Game of Tones" on March 7 and 8, featuring music on themes of earth and water. Rehearsals start in January 2020.
Instrumentation:
While we are primarily a string-based group we welcome and will accept wind players if there is interest. So far, we’ve welcomed alto and tenor recorders, baroque flutes and baroque bassoons to our ranks. Strings include violin, viola, cello, double bass, viols, violone, harpsichord, theorbo and baroque guitar. Owning a baroque instrument is not required, but pitch is set at standardized baroque pitch A=415hz and we generally play in Shifted Vallotti/Young temperament.
Schedule Winter 2020:
Weekly rehearsals: Mondays 7:00 to 9:30 pm (final Monday 7:00 to 10:00 pm) from January 27 through March 2 at our home, St. James', in South Pasadena
Pre-concert rehearsals: Saturday, March 7 in San Diego, 1:00 to 3:00 pm / Sunday, March 8 in South Pasadena, 2:00 to 3:30 pm
Concerts: Saturday, March 7 at 4:00 pm in San Diego; Sunday, March 8 at 4:00 pm in S. Pasadena
Venues: Saturday - San Diego venue tbd; Sunday - LAB's home at St James' Episcopal Church, 1325 Monterey Road, South Pasadena, CA 91030.
Principal Auditions:
Interested in a principal position or solo opportunities with the orchestra? Auditions take place 5:30-6:30 pm at the church, prior to the first rehearsal. Please express your interest when registering for the set.
Concert day information:
Concert attire: Black with a splash of color or sparkle.
Tickets: All our main season concerts are free. Donations are encouraged but, of course, optional.
Membership fee:
$200.00/concert set
