La Jolla Symphony & Chorus

What La Jolla Symphony & Chorus does

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus is a performing arts nonprofit organization founded in 1954 and headquartered on the University of California San Diego campus at 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California. The organization presents live symphony and chorus concerts combining classical repertoire, new compositions, and choral masterworks, serving general concert attendees, students and families, and first-time symphony goers across the San Diego region. Its product portfolio includes ticketed concerts, early-bird season subscriptions, free dress rehearsals, member portals for orchestra and chorus participants, and a suite of community education programs (Music Next Door, Play-and-Sing-a-Thon, Link Up, Tix4Kids, Voice Masterclass, and the Rochelle Kline-Casey Flute Scholarship). Named artistic recognition includes the Steven Schick Prize.

Name

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus

Legal name

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus

Website

http://www.lajollasymphony.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The la jolla symphony and chorus enriches our lives through affordable concerts of groundbreaking.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Symphony and Chorus Performing Arts

NAICS

Performing Arts Companies (7111), Musical Groups and Artists (711130)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Theater, Musicals & Performing Arts (THAJAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Concert Halls & Music Venue Operations (Symphony Halls, Recital Venues) (MPAGALAC)

Keywords

• Symphony orchestra performances
• Choral music concerts
• Classical music education
• Community arts outreach
• Live concert ticketing

Headquarters

HQ city

La Jolla

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales & Subscriptions: Revenue generated through sale of concert tickets including early bird subscriptions, single tickets, group sales, and gift cards. The organization uses OvationsTix ticketing platform for transactions.
2. Donations & Charitable Contributions: Individual donations collected through the organization's website donation portal. The organization also offers advertising opportunities to supporters.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus presents live symphony and choral concert performances combining classical masterworks, contemporary compositions, and choral pieces for audiences in the San Diego region. Tickets and subscriptions are sold through the OvationsTix platform, complemented by free dress rehearsals, student and family discounts, gift cards, and group sales. The organization extends its reach through community education programs including Music Next Door, Link Up, and Tix4Kids that introduce students and families to orchestral and choral music.

Product overview

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus is a performing arts organization offering a unified portfolio of live concert performances combining classical symphonic works, new compositions, and choral masterworks. The organization operates as a single product offering (concert performances) augmented by subscription packages (Early Bird Subscriptions), member resources (Orchestra Portal, Chorus Portal), community engagement programs (Music Next Door, Link Up, Tix4Kids), and educational initiatives. Concerts and Tickets serve as the core offering, with dress rehearsals, group sales, and accessibility programs enhancing audience access and experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Concerts & Tickets

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• UCSD (University of California San Diego)coreOthersThe organization is headquartered at UCSD campus at 9500 Gilman Drive. UCSD TV hosts concert videos. The partnership appears to be venue and infrastructure-related, with UCSD providing facilities and platform access in exchange for cultural programming on campus.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• San Diego Symphony: The San Diego Symphony is the largest professional orchestra in the region and directly competes for the same La Jolla/San Diego audience, donor base, and classical-music market share. Same geography, same core product (live symphonic performances), different scale.
• San Diego Master Chorale: A professional choral ensemble also based in San Diego that overlaps with LJSC's chorus programming and competes for choral-music patrons and choral-commission funding in the same regional market.
• La Jolla Music Society: Also headquartered in La Jolla and presenting classical music performances, LJMS competes for the same local audience, premium venue nights, and donor community—often within walking distance of LJSC's UCSD campus location.
• Opera San Diego: San Diego-based performing arts organization presenting opera, which draws from the same patron and donor pool as LJSC. Both rely on ticketed live performance revenue and shared cultural philanthropy in the San Diego region.

Regional players

• Pacific Symphony: A regional symphony orchestra serving Orange County, California with a comparable mixed classical-contemporary programming model. Comparable in scale and mission though operating in a different Southern California submarket.
• Pacific Chorale: A Southern California-based professional chorus with a comparable choral-masterworks programming approach, serving a neighboring regional market and providing a useful comparison for choral-programming economics and audience development.
• Mainly Mozart Festival: A San Diego-based classical music festival presenting orchestral and chamber performances, competing for the same regional audience and donor base during the festival season.
• California Symphony: A California-based regional symphony with a similar mid-sized orchestra model and explicit focus on new music programming alongside classical works, making it a useful operational and programming peer.

Broad incumbents

• Los Angeles Philharmonic: A much larger and globally renowned orchestra that, while not in the immediate San Diego market, casts a competitive shadow on Southern California classical patrons, touring content, and recording/media partnerships that LJSC's programming must differentiate against.
• San Francisco Symphony: A flagship U.S. orchestra with deep programming, media, and donor infrastructure. Sets the benchmark for symphonic commissioning, audience-development practices, and donor cultivation that LJSC's board and leadership are likely measured against.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lajollasymphony
• Facebookfacebook.com/122280958909

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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