affiliation origin article_title founding
los angeles music center los angeles , california los angeles master chorale
 1964
los angeles master chorale

the los angeles master chorale is a professional chorus in los angeles , california .
it was founded in 1964 by roger wagner to be one of the three original resident companies of the music center of los angeles county .
grant gershon has been its music director since 2001 , replacing paul salamunovich , who is now music director emeritus .
the master chorale performs about ten times per year in its own season .
it has presented more than 450 concerts , including early choral music to contemporary compositions .
noted for presenting numerous world , u.s. and west coast premieres , the chorus has commissioned 24 and premiered 40 new works .
the master chorale regularly performs with the los angeles philharmonic and the hollywood bowl orchestra , both at the music center and at the hollywood bowl , with such leading conductors as esa-pekka salonen , zubin mehta , andré previn , pierre boulez , michael tilson thomas and roger norrington , among many others .
notable guest conductors have included robert shaw , helmuth rilling , margaret hillis , robert page and richard westenburg .
it served as the chorus for los angeles opera during that organization 's early years before it had established its own in-house chorus .
it also performs in community concerts throughout southern california .
the chorale originally performed at the dorothy chandler pavilion , but since 2003 the group 's principal concert venue has been walt disney concert hall .
morten lauridsen was its composer-in-residence from 1994 through 2001 .
