LOS ANGELES — On Wednesday, March 24, 2004, Mr. Bernstein took part in a conversation about his experiences as a film composer. The event, titled “The Entertainment Capital of the World,” began at 7:30pm and took place in BP Hall at the Walt Disney Concert Hall and was the fourth in the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s adult eduction series.

These seminars were designed to explore not only the rich variety of music in Los Angeles, but also the influence of the city itself on the creative life of the musicians who came here to live and work. Other participants in the evening’s discussion were composer James Newton Howard and moderator Cynthia Millar. Susan Key introduced the evening.