The orchestra, a nonprofit not affiliated with the church, holds its practice sessions at Marina High School and sustains itself through sponsorship, advertising and ticket sales. An ensemble of musicians from the orchestra recently played at a beer-tasting event at the Whole Foods Market at Bella Terra, with the store donating a percentage of the day's proceeds to the HBSO.
"Classical music has to be there," said Carmella Zulli, a member of the orchestra's board who has lived in Huntington Beach for 34 years.
"You know, when the doctors tell the ladies expecting babies, 'Expose them to Mozart even before they're born,' it's exactly what we're trying to do — expose them to the good stuff."
