In response to the evolving guidance from Governor Gavin Newsom, Mayor Eric Garcetti, and Los Angeles County health officials, FASO is suspending the remainder of its in-person Music Education & Outreach programming and postponing concerts for 2020. Read more about our response.

The wonderful miracle is that FASO is not composed of musicians who play full-time for the orchestra. The remarkable thing is that most of FASO’s members, who come from first-, second- or even third-generations of Filipino immigrant families, have other regular jobs. Many are musicians by passion — who have professional jobs, are students or have other careers.

Next up in this FASO@10 spotlight series is tenor and music educator Christopher "Pete" Avendaño. Watch Pete and many more at “FASO@10: A Decade of Music, Harmony and Community” on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. at the historic Alex Theatre!