Darian Donovan Thomas’ “Fluid Suite” will be performed June 11 by LACO. (photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra)

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra caps its season with “Current: Heartbeat,” curated by interdiscipli­nary composer Shelley Washington and featuring a range of compelling new classical music in an intimate and relaxed setting during L.A. Pride. The concert will take place Saturday, June 11, 8 p.m., at Boomtown Brewery in Downtown Los Angeles. Featuring experience design by Boss Witch Productions and projection design by Hsuan-Kuang Hsieh, the program will fea­ture a coterie of leading-edge com­posers and production artists and include six dynamic and introspec­tive works by five living composers. It is open to adults 21 years and older; all advanced ticket purchases include a drink ticket.

“The event was specifically set on June 11 to coincide with Pride and is designed to complement the larger Pride celebration,” Washington said. “It’s queer-friendly; the cohort of participating composers and pro­duction artists is strongly aligned with the queer community. The art­work being presented is at the inter­section of gender and identity.”

Washington, who regularly incor­porates poetry into her work, con­tributes a multi-movement piece, “Uniforms,” that explores the ways in which clothes can shape our per­ceptions of ourselves and others.

Also showcased are two pieces by Aeryn Santillan, a composer, gui­tarist and bassist whose music is heavily influenced by the DIY punk scene. The first is called “Reconnect” for string quartet, elec­tric guitar and drum machine, and the other is “Makeshift Memorials,” a string quartet dedicated to the vic­tims of mass shootings and their sur­viving loved ones.

Sugar Vendil, a composer, pianist, choreographer and interdisciplinary artist whose work “ooh wo aa oo wa o,” scored for a vocalizing ensemble of flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, is being presented as well, does double duty as the pianist for the program. She began her artistic life as a classical pianist, and after spending nearly a decade searching for her own voice, her practice evolved into writing her own music and making performances that inte­grate sound, movement and uncon­ventional approaches to the piano.

Additionally, LACO performs the first movement of Darian Donovan Thomas’ “Fluid Suite,” a violin suite in three movements orchestrated for violin and electron­ics that the composer describes as a meditation “on the idea of a body of water interacting with vastly differ­ent civilizations over millennia.” The multi-instrumentalist and inter­disciplinary artist is noted for com­bining genres and mediums in unexpected ways.

The other piece on the program is Susanna Hancock’s “platforms.” inspired by the late evenings she has spent on New York City sub­way platforms.

“I could never escape the anx­iousness of being on a platform where nearly nothing was happen­ing; when there was no train com­ing or going, not another person in sight, and nothing to give me any tangible perception of time. [The work’s] tension is not derived from any sort of overstimulation, but rather not enough,” Hancock said.

The concert begins with a round­table discussion featuring the com­posers, collaborators and guest artists in conversation about repre­sentation and authenticity in classi­cal music. Washington, Vendil, Hancock, and Carmina Escobar and Madeline Falcone from Boss Witch Productions will appear in person, with pre-recorded comments by Santillan and Thomas.

General admission tickets are $35 and may be purchased online at laco.org or by calling LACO at (213)622-7001 x1. All advance purchases include a free drink tick­et. Discounted tickets are also available by phone for seniors 65 years of age and older and for stu­dents.