Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra's Sound Investment commissioning program, established to engage audiences in developing a new piece of music composed especially to suit its unparalleled musical talents, features Los Angeles-based Sarah Gibson as its 2018-19 Sound Investment composer. Her work will be world premiered at LACO's orchestral concerts on Saturday, January 26, 8 pm, at Glendale's Alex Theatre, and Sunday, January 27, 2019, 7 pm, at Royce Hall following several exclusive salons for Sound Investment members. Gibson is the latest in a line of esteemed LACO Sound Investment Composers, among them Ellen Reid, Matthew Aucoin, Ted Hearne, Hannah Lash, Andrew Norman, Timo Andres, Derek Bermel and others dating back to the first Sound Investment commission in 2001.
Sound Investment members experience the rare opportunity to observe first-hand the development of a new work from the composer's earliest ideas to the finished composition. The program's intimate salons throughout the season feature behind-the-scenes discussions with the composer about the creative process, unique reading sessions of the work-in-progress and tickets to the work's premiere, among other benefits. "Sound Investment began in 2001 with the innovative idea that LACO audiences would be interested in taking a journey with a composer, getting to know him or her and seeing how a new work comes together," says LACO Executive Director Scott Harrison. "Back in a day when the term 'crowdsource' didn't exist, Sound Investment became a way for a group of people to create a legacy in music." Members of Sound Investment, receive access for two at three salon events with Gibson, beginning Monday, June 4, 7 pm, in Beverly Hills, followed by a second one on Tuesday, December 4, 7 pm, in downtown Los Angeles' Arts District, and a third on January 24 (2019) at a location to be announced. $300 Membership also includes a pair of tickets to Gibson's world premiere and the donor's name listed on the dedication page of the printed score. The $500 Sound Investment Plus Membership additionally includes access for two to a special reading session of the work in progress with the Orchestra on Thursday, October 25 in downtown Los Angeles and a signed copy of the printed score.Videos