Photos: 2016 YOLA tour
The Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles poses for group photos taken by family members.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Oscar Ochoa gets a parental kiss goodbye before going on tour.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)YOLA members Juan Lopez, Jorge Avila, Fryda Brito, Dameon Williams, Jonathan Gonzalez, Kevin Gonzalez, Madison Centeno display their badges.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Christina Ogata and Dameon Williams play their instruments during the bus ride.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Oscar Ochoa and Skyler Lee play a phone games during the bus ride.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Youth Orchestra Los Angeles’ tour to commemorate its 10th anniversary includes a stop in Visalia, Calif.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)A hand turns the page of music during rehearsal.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)YOLA’s concertmaster Beatrice Padilla and Liliana Morales tune their violins during rehearsal with Oakland School of Arts students.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Vivian Trejo, Sirio Ramirez and Andy Gonzalez play horns during rehearsal.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Malia Pinkard and Isaac Enciso share a laugh during rehearsal.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Steven Morales and Beatrice Padilla rehearse.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Isaac Enciso rehearses.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)YOLA’s Honorio Antonio rehearses with Oakland School of Arts students.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)YOLA’s Moses Aubrey and Nana Ampofo rehearse with Oakland School of Arts students.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)YOLA’s Moses Aubrey rehearses with Oakland School of Arts students.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)The orchestra performed to a sold-out Paramount Theatre in Oakland. All tickets for the 2,800-capacity venue were priced at $5.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Issac Martinez, Steven Morales, Beatrice Padilla perform during YOLA’s concert at the L.J. Williams Theatre in Visalia, Calif.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)The orchestra performs.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Gustavo Dudamel conducts YOLA during the tour’s final concert at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Gustavo Dudamel and Youth Orchestra Los Angeles celebrate on stage after the tour’s final concert.
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