For Colburn School Conservatory of Music, it’s a vision fulfilled

Student Usha Kapoor (who plays the violin) eats lunch with her friend and fellow student Kurt Ferguson (who plays the trombone) on campus before orchestra rehearsal.  (Liz O. Baylen/Los Angeles Times)

Violinist Blake Pouliot, 19, leans back into a stretch as his Ear Training class ends.  (Liz O. Baylen/Los Angeles Times)

Soloist Sang Yoon Kim rehearses at the Colburn Conservatory in preparation for a concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall.  (Liz O. Baylen/Los Angeles Times)

Sukyung Chun, 24, puts her bass down in the instrument locker after rehearsing with the Colburn Orchestra at the Colburn Conservancy.  (Liz O. Baylen/Los Angeles Times)

Orchestra members including Allan Steele (right, who plays the cello), Marlon Martinez (middle, who plays the bass) and Sukyung Chun (who also plays the bass) fill the elevator after rehearsal.  (Liz O. Baylen/Los Angeles Times)

The Colburn Orchestra follows the lead of LA Phil Dudamel Conducting Fellow Dietrich Paredes during the orchestra’s first rehearsal for the Feb. 19 presentation.  (Liz O. Baylen/Los Angeles Times)

Arianna Smith (playing viola, middle) and the Colburn Orchestra follow LA Phil Dudamel Conducting Fellow Dietrich Paredes.  (Liz O. Baylen/Los Angeles Times)

Students of the Colburn Orchestra prepare for their first rehearsal with Paredes.  (Liz O. Baylen/Los Angeles Times)

Student Usha Kapoor, a violinist from Phoenix, heads back to campus after a walk on her lunch break between class and orchestra rehearsal.   (Liz O. Baylen/Los Angeles Times)