Founded in 1953, the Los Angeles Doctors
Symphony Orchestra, presently under the leadership of Music Director
and Conductor, Ivan Shulman, is
one of the oldest community orchestras in the United States having its origin
in the health professions, still presenting regular concerts. A number of
its members are physicians, dentists or allied health professional women
and men in medicine and other healing arts. In recent years, the orchestra
has been expanded to include many non-medical members of the community from
the Los Angeles area.
The aims of the orchestra are to provide
a fellowship in both music and medicine for its members, to contribute culturally
to the community, and to help raise funds for medical and other charities
through its concerts. The orchestra welcomes contributions, both musical
and financial, to sustain its efforts to provide frequent concerts at little
or no cost to the public.