Welcome to Musica Angelica

32nd Season

Now in its 32nd season, Musica Angelica is firmly established as Southern California’s preeminent historical performance ensemble, being described as “Southern California’s most important early music ensemble” by the LA Times.

Led by Music Director and world-renowned organist, Martin Haselböck, the ensemble has toured internationally to widespread acclaim. Please click here to learn more about the history of Musica Angelica and click here to learn more about our artists.

LB908 | The shock of the old by Sunny Hubler

Ilia Korol’s musical horizons were limited in the Soviet Union, but a composer from the 1600s changed all that.

The repertoire Ilia Korol studied at the Moscow Conservatory was mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries -- works that you still hear at most symphony concerts today –- but it was hearing something completely different that changed the violinist’s career path.

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The Gruinion | ‘The Garden of the Forking Paths’ to Long Beach this March 8 by Willie Plaschke

What if we could take every path available to us? And what if the things we enjoyed — literature, music, art — also unfolded in multiple directions at once?

Musica Angelica will answer these metaphysical questions, in musical fashion, during its latest concert, “The Garden of Forking Paths,” coming to Long Beach audiences on Saturday, March 8.

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Season Concerts

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Community Concert Series

Community Concert Series

April 26, 2025 at 12 PM
Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library
5870 Atlantic Ave
Long Beach, CA 90805

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$50,000 Matching Challenge Grant

Musica Angelica has been issued a $50,000 Matching Challenge Grant from the Colburn Foundation. They have generously offered this matching challenge grant to stimulate individual, corporate and foundation giving. We will be conducting the Matching Campaign throughout our 24/25 year.

The funds will be used to support our orchestra, production costs, administration and education and outreach programming and will help establish a stronger foundation of support to build upon to help ensure the future of historic informed period instrument performance. To learn more about our community programming please visit our education and outreach page.

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Letter to our Patrons:

Dear Friends,

We are all devastated by the loss of lives, homes and communities caused by the recent and continuing wildfires in Southern California. We encourage you to support those charities and organizations that are assisting individuals and families directly impacted by this disaster. Our hearts go out to our families and friends who have suffered the loss of their homes. At this time, we especially ask that you consider supporting two of our musicians who lost their home and instruments in the Eaton Fire.

Attached is a link to the Go Fund Me page for Joel Pargman and Carrie Kennedy who are regularly featured in our concerts and well known to the Southern California early music community. Your consideration is greatly appreciated. Musica Angelica will be presenting a special benefit concert later this year to support local musicians impacted by the fires. Please stay tuned for more details on this special event. We are also continuing our Matching Challenge Campaign and welcome your support of this effort after we have helped those most in need first.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/hel...

Thank you,

Matthew Faulkner
Executive Director

Musica Angelica is available for Lease Events!

If your choir or organization is performing repertoire from the Renaissance or Baroque and you would like to include historical instruments, please contact info@musicaangelica.org for a quote.

Musica Angelica with the Los Angeles Master Chorale at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Sponsors

On behalf of all of us at Musica Angelica, we would like to thank the Colburn Foundation, the Long Beach Arts Council, the Port of Long Beach, the Long Beach Community Foundation, the RuMBa Foundation, the Austrian Consulate General, Norman's Nursery, the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, International City Bank, the Bess J. Hodges Foundation, the Evalyn M. Bauer Foundation and the E. Nakamichi Foundation for their support.

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