Since 1994, the Symphony In The Glen Free Concert program has been based in Griffith Park at the Old Zoo Picnic Area.

The Symphony In The Glen free outdoor concerts help create the sense of community that many Angelenos crave: a touch of small town in the big city.

Maestro Arthur B. Rubinstein founded the free concert program in 1993 for the express purpose of cultivating new generations of classical music lovers. Under Maestro Rubinstein's baton, the all-professional Symphony In The Glen Orchestra provides world-class performances of symphonic music that are engaging, admission free and whole-family friendly. Concerts are presented outdoors at the Old Zoo Picnic Grounds in Griffith Park. Concertgoers bring blankets and picnics and settle in to share a few hours with the world's great composers. Through pre-concert activities, parents and children learn about musical instruments (Learning about the Orchestra), the basics of conducting an orchestra (Jr. Maestro Conducting Class), or what it's like to play in a band (the Great Kazoo Caper).

Since 1994, more than 60,000 Angelenos have come to hear Symphony In The Glen perform 200 classical works during 40 free concerts. Maestro Rubinstein holds that the best way to spark a lifelong love of classical music is to make live symphony concerts an integral part of family life. His thematic programming encompasses a surprising variety of topics: concertgoers have explored the resonance between the cosmos and a violin bow in String Theory; entered the profoundly silly world of Commedia Dell'arte in Masquerades and Other Serious Fun; and toured The American Landscape with the music of Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin. Symphony In The Glen has been honored to present Peter and the Wolf with narrators such as Marion Ross, Elizabeth Peña, Ed Asner, and the legendary Stan Freberg.