Photos by WENDY PIERRO/Acorn Newspapers LISTEN TO THE BAND- Thousand Oaks resident Phoebe Dorval, 7, above, tries her hand at percussion last week at the Los Cerritos Middle School Instrumental Petting Zoo. T.O. resident Jasmine Mogadam, 11, below, laughs at the sound of the trombone.

BLOW, GABRIEL, BLOW- Kenneth McAfee, 10, of Thousand Oaks gives the trumpet a try at the Instrumental Petting Zoo.