Lara Downes Debuts as LACO Creative Partner with CURRENT: Routes,
Off-the-Beaten Path Program Exploring Black Cowboy Culture + Migrations in American Music,
Featuring Grammy-Winning Folk Musician Dom Flemons and LACO Artists
Saturday, November 23, 2024, 7:30 pm
Autry Museum of the American West
(Los Angeles, CA – October 30, 2024) Iconoclastic American pianist Lara Downes makes her highly-anticipated debut as the inaugural Creative Partner of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), a preeminent interpreter of historical masterworks, with CURRENT: Routes, a program that navigates the highways and byways of American music, tracing the journeys and migrations that have shaped the country’s musical landscape. Downes appears with celebrated Grammy-winning folk musician Dom Flemons, known as The American Songster®, on Saturday, November 23, 2024, at the Autry Museum of the American West.
WHAT/WHO:
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Presents CURRENTS: ROUTES
Lara Downes, curator/pianist
Dom Flemons, The American Songster®
Josefina Vergara, violin
Susan Rishik, violin
Jonathan Moerschel, viola
Giovanna Clayton, cello
WHEN/WHERE
Saturday, November 23, 2024, 7:30 pm
Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027
PROGRAM:
An exploration of unexpected musical connections between American roots music and classical music curated by LACO Creative Partner Lara Downes
TICKETS/INFORMATION:
$41 (general admission)
www.laco.org
213 221 3920
Email: boxoffice@laco.org
Artists, program, ticket prices, date and venue subject to change.
