Los Angeles Philharmonic

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/los-angeles-philharmonic

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Los Angeles, California
2. What is the primary venue?Walt Disney Concert Hall (opened October 23, 2003)
3. Where does the Los Angeles Philharmonic play?They perform at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, a shiny stainless‑steel building that opened in 2003, and at the Hollywood Bowl, an open‑air amphitheater in the hills.
4. Who is the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic?The orchestra is led by Music Director Gustavo Dudamel, with Conductor Laureate Esa‑Pekka Salonen and Conductor Emeritus Zubin Mehta also guiding its music.

Vanguard: A group leading the way in new developments or ideas.
Contemporary Classical Music: Orchestral music composed in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Artistic Programming: The selection and arrangement of musical works for performance.
Repertoire: The collection of musical pieces that an orchestra regularly performs.