Welcome to The Music Center

As one of the nation’s largest performing arts centers, and as a cultural anchor in Los Angeles County, The Music Center convenes artists, communities and ideas with the goal of enriching the lives of every resident.

 

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Join Us For the 20th Dance Season!

Subscriptions & Single Tickets Available

From fairy tales to famed artists, four of today's most visionary dance companies will take you on an unforgettable journey with a series of amazing dance residencies for the 20th season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center.

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The Park For Everyone Has A New Name

Grand Park will be known as Gloria Molina Grand Park!

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has passed a motion to name Grand Park, Gloria Molina Grand Park in honor of the former Supervisor. 

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Dance in Focus Film Festival: REFLECTIONS

Open to Southern California filmmakers

Inspired by the work of Frida Kahlo along with the biographical ballet Frida, created by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa for Dutch National Ballet, the Dance in Focus Film Festival: REFLECTIONS invites dance filmmakers in Southern California to create and submit dance films exploring autobiography and self-portraiture.

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Upcoming Live Events

Join us for the return of live events and performances at The Music Center!

  • Sun Feb 19 8:00 PM

    Sun Mar 26 1:00 PM

    Center Theatre Group The Secret Garden

    Ahmanson Theatre

    The Secret Garden blossoms again–reimagined for a new generation by the original creators, Tony Award and Pultizer Prize winner Marsha Norman and Grammy Award®-winning composer Lucy Simon. Follow young, orphaned Mary Lennox as she's sent ...Show more

    The Secret Garden blossoms again–reimagined for a new generation by the original creators, Tony Award and Pultizer Prize winner Marsha Norman and Grammy Award®-winning composer Lucy Simon. Follow young, orphaned Mary Lennox as she's sent from her home in India to live with her reclusive uncle on his haunted English country estate. Guided by an exceptionally beautiful score, Mary's unapologetic curiosity and the help of unlikely companions send her on a thrilling quest to untangle the pieces of her family's past and, most importantly–discover herself.

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  • Wed Mar 08 8:00 PM

    Sun Apr 09 6:30 PM

    Center Theatre Group Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

    Mark Taper Forum

    Nearly thirty years after the Los Angeles uprising following the Rodney King verdict, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 returns home to the Mark Taper Forum to be reimagined with an ensemble cast for a new generation of audiences. A powerful pi...Show more

    Nearly thirty years after the Los Angeles uprising following the Rodney King verdict, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 returns home to the Mark Taper Forum to be reimagined with an ensemble cast for a new generation of audiences. A powerful piece of living record and one of the most important works in the history of the Taper, Twilight... is a stunning and seminal play that explores the devastating human impact of the five days of uprising following the Rodney King verdict. From nine months of over 300 interviews conducted during the year following the uprising, playwright and scholar Anna Deavere Smith crafted a play that goes directly to the heart of the issues of race and class. Twilight... offers stark insight into the complex and pressing social, economic, and political issues that fueled the flames in the wake of the verdict and ignited a conversation about policing and race that continues today. Originally commissioned by and produced at the Mark Taper Forum, this 30th Anniversary Production is set to captivate our city once again.

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  • Fri Mar 17 6:00 PM

    Sat Apr 22 6:00 PM

    A TMC Arts Program Our Common Home

    Jerry Moss Plaza

    This interactive public art exhibition fuses art and technology to echo our troubled relationship with the planet. Four large-scale interactive pieces can be physically explored on the LED screens on Jerry Moss Plaza, while a fifth collective artw...Show more

    This interactive public art exhibition fuses art and technology to echo our troubled relationship with the planet. Four large-scale interactive pieces can be physically explored on the LED screens on Jerry Moss Plaza, while a fifth collective artwork extends the experience online. Using face, hand and full body tracking, Our Common Home allows users to influence digital artworks in real time, while exploring how our individual decisions have a global impact.

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    Free

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  • Sat Mar 25 7:30 PM

    Sun Apr 16 2:00 PM

    LA Opera Pelléas and Mélisande

    Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

    Lost in the forest, a prince encounters an ethereal beauty with a mysterious past (and lush locks that would make Rapunzel envious). But after she's brought home to his family, she begins to grow increasingly close to his handsome younger brother....Show more

    Lost in the forest, a prince encounters an ethereal beauty with a mysterious past (and lush locks that would make Rapunzel envious). But after she's brought home to his family, she begins to grow increasingly close to his handsome younger brother.

    Debussy's sensual, exquisitely nuanced score casts a hypnotic spell, capturing an enigmatic dream world where forbidden love blossoms.

    Conducted by James Conlon, this fascinating lyric masterpiece stars two riveting young performers, soprano Sydney Mancasola and baritone Will Liverman, as the doomed lovers, and Kyle Ketelsen as the jealous prince. The magnificent Susan Graham makes her role debut as Geneviève, mother of the two rival brothers, and the legendary bass Ferruccio Furlanetto returns as King Arkel, the family patriarch unable to grasp the tragedy unfolding before him.

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  • Thu Mar 23 8:00 PM

    Sat Mar 25 8:00 PM

    LA Phil Mälkki Leads Dvořák

    Walt Disney Concert Hall

    Susanna Mälkki leads the LA Phil in the joyous polkas and melancholy dumkas of Dvořák’s spirited Slavonic Dances. Written while the composer was relatively unknown, Dvořák’s spirited transformation of Czech and Bohemian folk dances rhythm...Show more

    Susanna Mälkki leads the LA Phil in the joyous polkas and melancholy dumkas of Dvořák’s spirited Slavonic Dances. Written while the composer was relatively unknown, Dvořák’s spirited transformation of Czech and Bohemian folk dances rhythms launched his career. Famously obsessed with railroads—even saying once he would trade all his symphonies for having invented the locomotive—the Slavonic Dances invites listeners to imagine a train journey through Eastern Europe, taking in the many dance melodies heard at weddings and celebrations.

    When asked to describe Felipe Lara’s Double Concerto after its first rehearsal, Grammy-winning jazz vocalist and bassist esperanza spalding called it “magic, interdimensional space music.” spalding’s partner in opening portals to new sound worlds is MacArthur Fellow Claire Chase, armed with both a traditional flute and her contrabass version nicknamed “Big Bertha.”

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  • Sun Mar 26 7:00 PM

    LA Master Chorale Esmail / Fauré

    Walt Disney Concert Hall

    Reena Esmail, our Swan Family Artist-in-Residence, combines Indian and Western classical music traditions to create rich tapestries of sound. We’re delighted to premiere Reena’s latest work highlighting both Hindustani and Western classical voices...Show more

    Reena Esmail, our Swan Family Artist-in-Residence, combines Indian and Western classical music traditions to create rich tapestries of sound. We’re delighted to premiere Reena’s latest work highlighting both Hindustani and Western classical voices. This new work will be paired with Fauré’s Requiem in D Minor, a musical tribute to his beloved father and a stunning showcase of the human voice. 

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  • Sat Apr 15 10:00 AM

    Sat Apr 22 10:00 AM

    A TMC Arts Program Grand Park's Easy Mornings

    Grand Park

    Begin the weekend with relaxing, family-friendly activities focused on deepening relationships with self, community and the par...Show more

    Begin the weekend with relaxing, family-friendly activities focused on deepening relationships with self, community and the park at Grand Park’s Easy Mornings.

    This summer’s program includes an exciting exploration of L.A.’s creative landscape with performances, activities and workshops highlighting the art of dance and music, nature, health and wellness, digital arts and more.

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    Free

  • Fri Apr 28 7:30 PM

    Sun Apr 30 2:00 PM

    A TMC Arts Program: Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center Paul Taylor Dance Company

    Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

    One of the most famous and dynamic dance ensembles in the world, Paul Taylor Dance Company serves as the premier institution for American modern dance and is known for unparalleled artistry and expansive repertory. In a seminal piece of Americana,...Show more

    One of the most famous and dynamic dance ensembles in the world, Paul Taylor Dance Company serves as the premier institution for American modern dance and is known for unparalleled artistry and expansive repertory. In a seminal piece of Americana, and through the hit songs of the Andrews Sisters, Company B juxtaposes the energy and enthusiasm of the country in the early 1940s with the human toll of a young nation drawn into World War II. The second piece will be a world premiere by Resident Choreographer Lauren Lovette, former principal dancer with New York City Ballet, set to the music of Michael Daugherty’s scintillating percussion concerto Dreamachine. Each performance will conclude with German choreographer Kurt Jooss’ The Green Table. Created between world wars, this work is one of the most iconic and celebrated anti-war dances of all time. With timeless designs by Hein Heckroth and Hermann Mankard and music by Fritz Cohen, The Green Table’s narrative is just as relevant, and the drama just as searing, as when it premiered 90 years ago.

    The Music Center is partnering with Zócalo Public Square to enhance this residency with a special exploration of the intersections of art and war during a panel discussion on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center. 

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We Stand With Black Communities

We mourn the countless unjust deaths of Black people.  We recognize the inexcusable pain and suffering that Black individuals and Black communities experience daily as a result of racial injustice and violence, and we stand with those who are raising their voices for justice. Black lives matter.

The Music Center must listen, learn and redouble its efforts to seek out meaningful steps and actions that ensure that every member of our community is treated with dignity.  We must work even harder to create, support and uplift art that is rooted in compassion, truth and cultural equity and to provide an inclusive, collaborative, creative, and safe space for marginalized voices in our community to be heard.

The Music Center Is Home To

TMC Arts, Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles Master Chorale, LA Opera and LA Phil.