Los Angeles

Ambitious plans to make the conservatory fully equipped for remote collaboration get the intense focus only a pandemic could provide.

The usual suspects are still cleaning up, but there are some intriguing nominees as well.

The Missy Mazzoli opera is next up from the company’s promising On Now platform.

The only surviving opera by Joseph Bologne has staying power in LA Opera’s production.

LA Master Chorale premieres a new arrangement, and The Wallis shows the composer’s Piano Trio.

The adventurous company makes their fall gala all about new work from young composers.

The only surviving opera by an accomplished contemporary of Mozart and Haydn takes the virtual stage in LAO’s collaboration with the Colburn School.

The L.A. conservatory is taking steps to expand Black and Latino representation in the music-school setting.

The saxophonist/composer’s jazzy soundscape for the Michelle Obama documentary gets a full-blooded rendition that benefits from the orchestral treatment.

Music Academy of the West students will benefit from close connection to the famous producing organization next summer.