Family Concert by LA Chamber Orchestra Set for 2/26

PROJECT Trio joins the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) and guest conductor Jacomo Bairos for the first of LACO's 2012 Family Concerts series on Sunday, February 26, 2012, 2 pm, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale.  PROJECT Trio, with its wildly eclectic mix of jazz, hip-hop and rock sounds and appearances on Nickelodeon and MTV, performs a high-octane twist on Copland's Appalachian Spring and other original works in its debut as LACO's Family Concerts artists-in-residence for the next three seasons.  Bairos, who enjoys an international career as a conductor and educator, makes his LACO debut with this performance.

PROJECT Trio, with more than 66 million views and 75,000 subscribers on its YouTube channel, has been described as having "the fire and refinement of the finest classical chamber ensembles with the stage presence and energy of rock stars," and was hailed by Downbeat Magazine as "packed with musicianship, joy and surprise!"  Dedicated to engaging today's younger audiences, PROJECT Trio is comprised of Greg Pattillo, flute, Eric Stephenson, cello, and Peter Seymour, bass, and performs to enthusiastic audiences of all ages in concert halls, among them Carnegie Hall, clubs and classrooms around the world.

LACO Family Concerts, recommended for ages 5 to 105, are designed for children with little or no previous musical experience and include a performance prefaced by creative activities to amuse, enrich and engage them including an "Instrument Petting Zoo," where youngsters handle and play brass, woodwind and string instruments with the assistance of students from the Pasadena Conservatory of Music; crafts with Kidspace Children's Museum; dance-circles with the YMCA Glendale; and "create your own box harp" with the Autry Museum of the American West.  Two additional LACO Family Concerts this season take place on Sunday, April 1 ("Fool for Dance") and Sunday, May 6 ("Mozart & Me").

Subscriptions, including all three concerts, are available at $51 and $30. Tickets for individual concerts are priced at $12 and $20. Both may be purchased online at laco.org or by calling LACO at 213 622 7001. Tickets to individual concerts will also be available at the venue box office on the day of the concert, if tickets remain.  Discounted tickets are available by phone for groups of 12 or more.

PROJECT Trio – Greg Pattillo, flute, Eric Stephenson, cello, and Peter Seymour, bass – pushes the boundaries of classical music with a high octane mix of jazz, hip-hop, and rock.  The Trio performs to enthusiastic audiences of all ages in concert halls, clubs, and classrooms around the world.  The Trio, now in its fifth year, is drawing new audiences to classical music and reinvigorating existing fans of chamber music through their innovative performances, recordings, and their YouTube channel, which has over 66 million views and 75,000 subscribers, making PROJECT Trio one of the most watched instrumental ensembles on the Internet.  The Trio, which performs over 70 concerts a year, made their Carnegie Hall debut in 2010.  In addition to their extensive performing schedule, the Trio is dedicated to arts education, inspiring a whole new generation of concert going music lovers.  Highlights of the Trio's 2011- 12 season feature concerts with the St. Louis Symphony, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the Charlotte Symphony, tours of Austria, France, Germany, and performances in cities throughout the US, including Atlanta, Houston, Boston, Los Angeles, and New York.  Recent performances include the premiere of one of their original works for trio and orchestra with the Brooklyn Philharmonic and tours to Australia and Hong Kong.  In 2008, PROJECT Trio launched Harmonyville Records, their own record label and publishing company.  Since then, the Trio has produced three full-length recordings, a live DVD, and full library of music for the ensemble.  Each of PROJECT Trio's recordings soared to the top of the iTunes charts upon their release.  Their most recent disc, Project Trio, was acclaimed by Jazz Review as "a glorious celebration of the music of our time."  Their debut CD, Winter in June, showcases the versatility of PROJECT Trio, with 12 original compositions from classical to jazz, hip-hop to experimental acoustic sounds.  Their follow up disc Brooklyn, collects well known staples from their live show, with covers and originals and even complete overhauls from the likes of Django Reinhardt, Duke Ellington, Theolonius Monk, JS Bach and Tchaikovsky, along with their own Brooklyn Suite, a collection of tone poems from the world they are surrounded by in the city of Brooklyn.  Dedicated to engaging today's younger audiences, PROJECT Trio has performed and led workshops for over 100,000 students on three continents, including over 35 states in the US.  Their educational programs are adapted to meet the National Standards for Music Education, with specialized curricula for age groups from elementary students through college.  Based in Brooklyn, New York, Pattillo, Stephenson and Seymour met while students at the prestigious Cleveland Institute of Music, where each were pursuing classical orchestral careers.  The Trio was founded in Boulder, Colorado in the summer of 2005, forged out of a collective love of performing high energy, top quality music to enthusiastic audiences.  At first, the group came up with the idea to do one week "projects" in different cities around the US, with each project including education/community outreach events and concerts of classical works and their own music.  PROJECT Trio has since become one of the world's most championed instrumental ensembles.

Portuguese-American JACOMO RAFAEL BAIROS enjoys an international career as a conductor and educator.  As associate conductor of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, he conducts subscription concerts throughout the season and, in addition to conducting the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra's family, community and education concerts, he is responsible for programming.  Highlights of the 2011-12 season include a debut with the Atlanta Symphony, concerts at the Cabrillo Music Festival, and reengagements with the Iceland Symphony.  He also serves as a cover conductor for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.  Past performances include the Malaysia Philharmonic (MPO), Singapore Symphony (SSO), the National Orchestra of Porto Portugal (ONP), and Bangor Symphony among others.  Bairos served as assistant-rehearsal conductor for the Baltimore Opera Company and was a cover-conductor for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conducting in rehearsals for Marin Alsop and working with numerous guest conductors.  Passionately dedicated to education, and community engagement, Bairos has developed unique and interactive youth concerts that reach thousands of children across North and South Carolina.  Internationally he conducted concerts for 2,300 children across Portugal with the ONP and served as music director for the 2010 National Youth Orchestra Festival of Portugal.  As former director of orchestras with the renowned Baltimore School for the Arts (BSFA), he worked closely with the Baltimore Symphony's "OrchKids", BSFA "Twiggs", and Peabody's "Tuned In" programs, creating side-by-sides and education workshops for children in underserved urban communities.  He also created programs for the SSO's Outreach department taking music into the community.  During his two-year tenure as Artistic Director and Host of the SSO Chamber Music Series, he was able to double attendance and create multiple partnerships with local arts organizations.  Discovered while attending the International Conductors Workshop 2007 in Zlin, Czech Republic, he subsequently was invited by eminent teacher Gustav Meier to be his student at the Peabody Conservatory.  While a student, he was appointed conducting assistant for illustrious faculty members Leon Fleisher and Edward Polochik.  A 2010 fellow with the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen, he was also semi-finalist for both the Sir George Solti International Conductors Competition (2010) and Eduardo Mata Conductors Competition (2009).  As an orchestral tubist, Bairos has given master classes and performed with festivals in Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, China, Singapore, and in the United States.  He has performed, toured and recorded for Telarc with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony and Pops, and the Seattle Symphony and Opera.  He has held principal positions with orchestras in America, Spain, Tenerife, China, and most recently held a principal post with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.  His primary conducting mentors are Gustav Meier and Robert Spano, and he has also studied with Marin Alsop, Jorma Punula, Leon Fleisher, Edward Polochick, Hugh Wolff, Markand Thakar, Murry Sidlin, Hans Graf and Larry Rachleff.

LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (LACO), proclaimed "America's finest chamber orchestra" by Public Radio International, has established itself among the world's top musical ensembles.  Since 1997, LACO has performed under the baton of acclaimed conductor and pianist Jeffrey Kahane, hailed by critics as "visionary" and "a conductor of uncommon intellect, insight and musical integrity" with "undeniable charisma."  Under Kahane's leadership, the Orchestra maintains its status as a preeminent interpreter of historical masterworks and a champion of contemporary composers.  During its 43-year history, the Orchestra has made 30 recordings, toured Europe, South America and Japan, performed across North America, earning adulation from audiences and critics alike, and garnered seven ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming. Headquartered in downtown Los Angeles, LACO presents seven Orchestral Series concerts at both Glendale's Alex Theatre and UCLA's Royce Hall, five Baroque Conversations concerts at downtown Los Angeles' Zipper Concert Hall, three Westside Connections chamber music concerts at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, three Family Concerts at the Alex Theatre and an annual Discover concert at Pasadena's Ambassador Auditorium.  In addition, LACO presents a Concert Gala, an annual Silent Film screening at Royce Hall and several fundraising salons each year.  LACO was founded in 1968.

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