Come to the music fair, where every taste will be satisfied.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra is usually seen in formal attire, giving concerts on the stage of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.

But on Sunday, the musicians and conductor David Alan Miller will exchange black ties for sport shirts and sweaters and fill the Chadwick School campus with music during the daylong Peninsula Music Fair.

“We have a great audience from the South Bay, and this is both a way of reaching new people down there and a kind of thank-you to the community,” said Ann Giesler, volunteer activities coordinator for the orchestra.

Although the philharmonic will be Sunday’s star attraction, it’s only one item on a rich musical bill of fare that will be served continuously between 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. There will be marches, jazz, singing and chamber music, plus ethnic dancing, puppetry, country-Western sounds, and an appearance by popular jazz pianist and composer David Benoit.

Children will have a “Musicland” all their own, where they will be able not only to enjoy performances but also to make musical instruments and play along with some of the entertainers.

Local restaurants and markets will have food booths featuring all-American hamburgers and hot dogs as well as Chinese beef and broccoli and Southwestern gourmet plates.

“This is a wonderful day to enjoy music, a family day of festivities with absolutely everything to satisfy all tastes,” fair chairwoman Mary Diels said. The event has been staged for 18 years by the philharmonic’s Peninsula Committee, a support group for the orchestra.

Last year’s fair raised $45,000 for the orchestra, and $6,000 for music education programs the committee sponsors for schoolchildren.

The fair will spread across the large, sloping Chadwick campus with its lawns and shade trees. Visitors can stretch out on blankets, taking in the music as they sample the food and drink on sale or picnics brought from home.

Performers will be seen on two outdoor stages and in the school amphitheater, where Benoit will appear at 2 p.m. and the philharmonic at 3:30. Chamber groups will play indoors in Seeley Mudd Hall.

“It’s relaxed and there’s music everywhere. What is so fun about it is that it is so casual,” said Pattee Schlatter, publicity chairman for the fair.

The day will get off to a rousing start with music by a unit of the USC Marching Band. Later, the 12 dancers and musicians of the Aman Folk Ensemble will demonstrate dances from Yugoslavia, Morocco, Turkey’s Black Sea coast and American Appalachia. From Russia, instrumentalist Emanuil Sheynkman will perform on the balalaika.

A variety of chamber groups with flute, guitar, cello and strings will perform the classics, and Smokewood will offer a blend of bluegrass and country.

“Musicland” will give youngsters their own entertainment lineup, including the Jim Gamble Puppets, folk singer and storyteller Sam Hinton and the Le Tigre Steel Drum Band.

Another attraction will be the Music Mobile, a van filled with musical instruments that the Peninsula Committee takes to South Bay schools. Youngsters--even those smaller than a cello--will be able to see and touch a variety of instruments and learn about symphonic music.

Children will also be able to turn cans and cardboard into drums, flutes and maracas. They’ll then join Hinton and the Le Tigre band to play on stage.

With nearly 4,000 people expected during the day, free parking will be available at the Palos Verdes Landfill on Crenshaw Boulevard just north of Palos Verdes Drive North. There will be continuous free shuttle service to the Chadwick campus.

Planning and staging the fair is a labor of love for the 120 active members of the support committee, Diels said. And fair day also has become one that many people mark on their calendars year after year.

Said Diels: “Some fair-goers have never missed a fair. Our view is that once someone comes to the fair, we capture them for life. Even if they’re not a terrific music lover, just the ambience, the festivity, the lovely campus and the rolling hills keep them coming back.”