Gayle Anderson reports the award-winning Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles is preparing for its 17th Annual Season Finale Concert at The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall July 20, 2025, with a featured guest performance by singer and Grammy-nominated songwriter Sheléa. The event marks the conclusion of ICYOLA’s 17th performance season and celebrates the remarkable talent and dedication of its young musicians.
Returning to The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles after a glorious performance during the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Mahlerthon event, this season’s finale promises an unforgettable afternoon of orchestral music and entertainment. Performances will not only feature the exceptional youth orchestra and drum corps but also a tribute to the late Quincy Jones and the Black Divas of Soul. Also, the concert will include a lineup of performances from the drum corps, beginning education program, and a new composition written by ICYOLA members. The new composition, “Elements,” was born from a collaboration between the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) and ICYOLA, written by members of the orchestra alongside LACO composition mentors, and will be performed by fellows from the LACO Fellowship and the ICYOLA Orchestra.
ICYOLA’s 17th Annual Season Finale Concert is a ticketed event. Tickets are available for purchase online at MusicCenter.org or over the phone at (213) 788-4260.
About ICYOLA
Founded in 2009, the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (ICYOLA) is a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation and the largest orchestra of color in the country. ICYOLA’s mission is to help transform the lives and minds of young people in inner-city Los Angeles through high-quality music education. The organization also teaches its members the great music of the world, provides opportunities for them to perform that music in the most magnificent settings of their community, and prepares them for advanced study and high-caliber success in music and otherwise. ICYOLA instills the ancillary benefits that music instruction provides : problem-solving skills, critical thinking, self-reliance, self-confidence, self-discipline, and the crystallization and pursuit of meaningful purpose.
Walt Disney Concert Hall
17th Annual Season Finale Concert
July 20 at 3p.m.
135 North Grand Avenue
(213) 972-7211
ICYOLA.org
If you have questions, please feel free to contact Gayle Anderson at 323-460-5732, email Gayle at Gayle.Anderson@KTLA.com, Facebook: Gayle Anderson, Instagram and Threads: KTLAChannel5Gayle, X (Formerly Known As Twitter:) KTLA5Gayle and KTLAGayle.bsky.social.
Gayle Anderson reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News July 8, 2025.
