In fire -friendly Los Angeles, the Palisades Symphony is connected again by music

The Palisades Symphony Orchestra, a Community Orchestra in Los Angeles, gave a concert in the Westwood United Methodist Church on February 16 at Westwood United Methodist Church.

On Saturday (2/22) Los Angeles TimesThomas Curwen writes: “When Denisa Hanna opened the text and pictures of the flames and smoke of the palisade fire saw catastrophe 'Hanna, the president of the Palisad Symphony Orchestra, wrote to its members in an email. They had planned to gather that night [for] Your first practice of the new year. For almost 60 years, the orchestra, which corresponds to the Brentwood Palisades Chorale, served the community with a number of annual programs, and its first concert from 2025 was only a few more weeks away…. The 70-member orchestra developed from a young adult education program at the local high school into a beloved institution. Now his future had become dark when … flames ran through the districts to the sea and the music they loved fell silent … The scope of the disaster became clear when the orchestra started again … The violinist Helen Bendix was one of the 16 members of the symphony and the choir who had lost their houses. When music director Maxim Kuzin received e -mails from orchestra members in which they asked when the rehearsals would be resumed, he was not sure how to answer … Maybe music could help. “The Palisades Symphony gave a concert for the fire brigade of Fire Recovery on February 16.