In the News
Let's Welcome New JCM-LA Director Dr. Stella Cho
I very much look forward to helping continue the mission of JCM and working with the wonderful JCM community!"
Read more about Dr. Stella Cho here.
Season 2021-22 Concert videos are up. View the videos from this page or you may go directly to JCM YouTube Channel.
2022 JCM Chamber Music Competition Winners are In! View here.
2020 JCM Young Musicians Concerto Concerto Competition Winners presented at Curtis Theater, Brea with the Orchestra Collective of Orange County
![]() |
Orchestra Collective of Orange County |
OC’s Best and Brightest: Concert Virtuosi of Today and Tomorrow |
Featured Soloists:Celine Chen, Jaden Kim, Juhyeok Lim, Kailey Yun |
Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 7pm
|
New JCM-CV and JCM-LA Coast Director: Dr. Jacqueline Petitto
Pianist Jacqueline Petitto was born in the United States and began her piano studies at the age of four. Subsequently, her Argentinian parents moved the family to Argentina where she grew up and trained at the Conservatorio de Música Beethoven.
As an active soloist and chamber musician, Dr. Petitto has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America, China and Hong Kong. Recent appearances include solo and chamber music performances in Hong Kong such as “Piazzolla Passion,” a joint concert in China, the Beethoven Choral Fantasy and Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor (soloist with orchestra), three lecture recitals “Boulanger Sisters Tribute” (solo and chamber music), “A Celebration of the Tango” (solo piano) and “Music from the Book The Soloist” (piano and cello), piano duo/duet recitals “Four Latin Hands” and “Scenes and Fairy Tales from Childhood,” and concerts with distinguished vocalists and instrumentalists. She has collaborated with numerous artists including members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Opera Hong Kong. Read more about Dr. Petitto here.
New Branch: JCM- LA Coast
JCM-LA Coast cities include: Beverly Hills, Culver City, Encino, Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Mar Vista, Marina Del Rey, Pacific Palisades, Playa Vista, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Sherman Oaks, South Bay, Torrance, Tujunga, Van Nuys, Venice, and West Hollywood.
Coaches include: Moni Simeonov (Long Beach), Ko Ni Choi (Manhattan Beach), Sharon Jackson (Playa del Rey), Johanna Borenstein (West LA), Svetlana Smolina (Rancho Palos Verdes), Elizabeth Wright (West LA), David Young (Beverly Hills), Karen Patch (Venice), Jacqueline Petitto (Santa Monica).