By Daily Press staff
Care for a night of music under the stars and by the sea? The Performing Arts Center and Music Academy (PACMA) of Santa Monica College presents “Classical Music on the Pier,” a free concert featuring three orchestras, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 5.
Co-sponsoring the event are K-Mozart-105.1 FM and the Santa Monica Pier Restoration Corp.
The featured acclaimed ensembles are the Santa Monica College Orchestra Winds, Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra and Los Angeles Flute Orchestra. The Santa Monica College Orchestra Winds features the wind section of the popular orchestra that performs year-round in Santa Monica.
The Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra is the second-oldest pre-professional training orchestra in the nation and is comprised of 71 of Los Angeles’ most talented 15-to 25-year-old musicians. For more than 50 consecutive seasons, the orchestra has performed free concerts throughout Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Flute Orchestra is a 12-member professional ensemble founded in 1999. It has performed throughout Los Angeles. PACMA is an arts education and community outreach organization that designs unique and innovative arts education programs for children and adults. It is in charge of a 541-seat performing arts hall and music academy currently under construction at SMC’s Madison campus on Santa Monica Boulevard at 11th Street.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 30, 2006. Read the original PDF.