The Santa Monica Symphony was the first orchestra in the United States to record the First and Second Symphonies of Tchaikovsky.
The Symphony has received prestigious grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council, the James Irvine Foundation, the Colburn Foundation, the Herb Alpert Foundation, the City of Santa Monica and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. Additional funders include private foundations, local businesses and private donors.
The Santa Monica Symphony has grown to its present stature under the baton of nine outstanding conductors/music directors: founding conductor Jacques Rachmilovich, composer Arthur Lange, Peter Meremblum, former CBS Symphony director Victor Bay, Colburn School of Music professor Yehuda Gilad, Occidental College professor Dr. Allen Robert Gross, Los Angeles Philharmonic violinist Guido Lamell, USC School of Music lecturer Troy Quinn, and distinguished cellist and conductor Pola Benke.
The Santa Monica Symphony is a member of the Association of California Symphony Orchestras (ACSO) and the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce.
IN MEMORY OF GUIDO LAMELL
