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The irony is overwhelming.

Days after the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District eliminated the elementary school music program, as part of its  budget slashing, two of Samohi’s most accomplished music  ensembles will perform in concert.

The Santa Monica High School Symphony Orchestra will perform in Disney Hall,

Lauded as one of the best high school orchestras in the nation, it  has been invited to play in a free concert on Saturday, March 13, at 4 p.m. It’s not the first time the orchestra has performed there.  ere Indeed, it has performed all over the world.

On Tuesday, March 16, the Santa Monica High School Choirs, in conjunction with the instrumental music program, will perform Mozart’s monumental Requiem Mass at 7 PM in Barnum Hall.

Completed mostly by his pupil, Süssmayr, as Mozart died before he could finish the work, the Requiem contains eccentric drama, pristine beauty, and a rigorous orchestral score, and is often revered as Mozart’s crowning achievement.

As it is frequently featured in movies and commercials, everyone will recognize melodies from the Introit, Kyrie, Dies Irae, and the Requiem’s most famous movement, Lacrymosa.

Jeffe Huls will conduct.

Tickets are $10 Adults, $5 Students; Ticket reservations and information, 310-395-3204 x403.

Tickets will also be available at the door.

It all begins with the elementary music program -that SMMUSD has has just cancelled. Bad decision.