Musique Sur La Mer Orchestras

Musique Sur La Mer Orchestras was founded in 2000 to empower young musicians with high quality music education, leadership skills, life skills, and to celebrate and support diversity.

WHY?
Music is a powerful learning tool. Music teaches humanity, self-discipline, responsibility, teamwork. Musique Sur La Mer takes this a step further and teaches young musicians, as well as professional musicians about community responsibility and giving back. We utilize our music to benefit others, raising awareness, hope, and lending our music to help local nonprofits raise funds.

OUR ORCHESTRAS:
- Musique Sur La Mer Youth Symphony Orchestra (MSLMYSO)
- Musique Sur La Mer Honors Chamber Orchestra (MSLMHCO)
- La Petite Musique Training Orchestra (LPMTO)
- Long Beach Youth Mariachis aka Musica de la Playa
- Offshore Winds (OW)
- Musique Sur La Mer Community Orchestra, (MSLMCO)
- Musique Sur La Mer (our professional orchestra)
- Musique Sur La Mer Chamber Ensembles, both student and professional

PROCESS and RESULTS:
We are both process and results-driven. Our process is welcoming, inclusive, and nurturing. We take the musician from where they are and uplift them to become more. The RESULTS are powerful. Great music and great people are created. The majority of our students receive full scholarships to the university of their choice! Our students become great musicians, doctors, attorneys, community activists, humanitarians, teachers and retain the the lessons learned. The RESULTS are measurable, palpable, and powerful. The process continues as a legacy to future generations. We teach the individual and the results are communal.

SCHOLARSHIPS:
Musique Sur La Mer Orchestras has provided these wonderful humanitarian concerts, but the ripple effect has spread even further. Over 99% of the students who have gone through our program have received full or nearly full scholarships for college. Our students have successfully graduated from Stanford, Yale, Juilliard, Curtis Institute, CSULB, USC, UCLA, Pepperdine, Boston University, UC Berkley, UCI, Berklee School of Music, Dennison, George Washington University, CSUSLO, Claremont Colleges, Royal College of Music in London, UK, University of Taiwan to name but a few! Our students have gone on to careers that benefit humanity with art, medicine, advocacy and community service.

LOCAL PERFORMANCES:
- Long Beach State of the Arts
- Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific
- Long Beach NAACP Gala
- Miller Children's Hospital
- Long Beach Memorial Hospital Bucket List fundraiser event
- Carpenter Performing Arts Center
- Disney Concert Hall
- Disneyland
- Off Boardwalk Theater, Shoreline Village
- McGaugh Auditorium
- Long Beach Pacific Tower
- Concert for Peace in Ukraine
- Concert in Celebration of Cultural Diversity
- as well as numerous free local public concerts and performances for those confined to nursing homes and memory care facilities
- Our students learn the importance of community service and the power that music as to heal, to help, and to inspire.

GLOBAL PERFORMANCES:
- London, England - Royal College of Music - Royal wedding of HRH Prince William and Catherine Middleton and Diamond Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II           - London, England - St. John's Smith Square - in Honor of the coronation of TM King Charles III and Queen Camilla
- United Kingdom - Blenheim Palace, Gloucester Cathedral, Hampton Court Palace, Canary Festival of the Arts
- Australia - Sydney Opera House, Brisbane Concert Hall, Woolaware, Pittwater, and Broughton College
- Vienna, Austria -Musikverien-Saal, Vienna
- Salzburg, Austria - The Salzburg Cathedral, The University of Salzburg, Mirabel Gardens, and Mozarteum
- Eisenstadt, Austria - Esterhazy Palace, Haydn Hall
- Prague, Czech Republic - St. Simon and Jude

Testimonials

TESTIMONIALS FROM STUDENTS:

"Thank you so much, Mrs. Sudock! I would have to say that a lot of my preparation for learning different value systems is credited to the awesome international tours we did as Musique. Thankful for all your wisdom, love, and guidance!"
William S. Hong, Violin

"You are truly an amazing woman, and i deeply admire and look up to you. Thank you for all the hard work you do, turning all of us into musicians. When i first joined the orchestra, I couldn't stand the cello. However, this past year, you have given me a deep appreciation and love for music. Because of you and your orchestra, you have given us an amazing environment in which we can meet new friends with common interests and passions. You have also given us incredible, prestigious opportunities, and I am very proud to be a part of your orchestra. Thank you again for everything you have done for us, and I look forward to the next years with you. Forever grateful."
Rachel Chung, Cello

"We are the product of our experiences and there's no question that my time with you and MSLM had a hugely positive impact on my growth. Thank you!!"
Dr. Aishu Venkataraman, M.D...