Press Releases

Inspiration and imaginations soar! Pacific Symphony's arts-X-press encourages 150 kids to delve into their artistic talents through workshops, fieldtrips and performances

2013/06/21

Pacific Symphony's "Target Symphony in the Cities" (July 26-28) offers a Summerlicious good time in the outdoors with light classical and pops favorites, plus guest artists, The Alley Cats.

2013/06/20

Celebrate America as Pacific Symphony kicks off Summer Festival 2013 with a July 4th Extravaganza and the Music of Neil Diamond, featuring tribute band "Super Diamond"

2013/06/13

Pacific Symphony's Wavelength Festival of Music presented by Mercedes-Benz Saturday August 24th Line Up Goes On Sale June 15

2013/06/12

Pacific Symphony's Class Act program wraps up season of "Endless Imagination" with six youth concerts June 5-7

2013/06/04

Santa Ana Strings wraps up its first year with a final performance featuring Assistant Conductor Alejandro Gutiérrez at Pacific Symphony's Plazacast, June 8

2013/06/03

Pacific Symphony announces Gregory P. Cox as its new Vice President of Development

2013/05/23

"The Midtown Men" four singing sensations from the original cast of "Jersey Boys" deliver a blast from the past with music from the 1960's to close Pacific Symphony's 2012-13 Pops Season

2013/05/22

Warm starry nights, cherished music, brilliant fireworks add up to endless family fun for Pacific Symphonys 25th Summer Festival at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

2013/05/20

Pacific Symphony celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Stravinsky's monumental work-The Rite of Spring

2013/05/15

Exotic night of surprises! mesmerizing voyage to far east for Pacific Symphony's 2013 Gala extravaganza, "An Evening in China," raises $1.34 million!

2013/05/15

Pacific Symphony Announces a New Popular Music Festival Wavelength Festival of Music Presented by the All-New Mercedes-Benz CLA August 22, 23, 24 and 25, 2013 at Pacific Amphitheatre at the OC Fair and Event Center

2013/05/08

Pacific Symphony's new Assistant Conductor Alejandro Gutiérrez makes his debut leading the youth orchestra in Tchaikovsky's challenging fourth symphony

2013/04/25

Between the cracks: Pacific Symphony's 13th American Composers festival explores two modern masters of music who defy definition - Duke Ellington and Daniel Schnyder

2013/04/23

Pacific Symphony Pops presents one of America’s most-loved film classics, "Singin' in the Rain" - with the score performed live - for another sensational symphonic night at the movies!

2013/04/19

Guest artists include Michael Cavanaugh singing Elton John music; LeAnn Rimes; Burt Bacharach; Michael McDonald; Cirque de la Symphonie; the '70s hit band, America; and the movie maestro himself, John Williams; plus, Night at the Copa

2013/04/17

Pacific Symphony announces a star-studded and electrifying 2013-14 Pops Season, led by Principal Pops Conductor Richard Kaufman, celebrating the orchestra's 35th anniversary!

2013/04/17

Grammy Award Winning organist Paul Jacobs tackles "Music from Paris" for Pacific Symphony's Sunday evening "Pedals and Pipes" solo recital

2013/04/11

Required: imaginations as big as the ocean for Pacific Symphony's Family Concert, "Under The Sea," with scores from "The Little Mermaid," "Jaws," "Pirates of the Caribbean" and more

2013/04/10

It's a far-east extravaganza when Pacific Symphony takes guests on a mesmerizing voyage filled with ancient surprises for Gala 2013, "An Evening in China"

2013/04/09

Pacific Symphony spotlights trio of award-winning guest artists for Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony, featuring Paul Jacobs and Lalo's "Symphonie Espagnole" with violinist Tianwa Yang

2013/04/05

"The Brilliance of Brahms" shines for Pacific Symphony's Café Ludwig 2012-13 Season Finale featuring host and pianist Orli Shaham and orchestra's principal musicians

2013/03/26

Naxos to release new recording of Michael Daugherty's "Mount Rushmore," "Radio City" and "The Gospel according to Sister Aimee" - performed by Pacific Symphony

2013/03/25

Knight to remember: Pacific Symphony Pops welcomes legendary "Empress of Soul" Gladys Knight and her hall-of-fame artistry for a little Motown, rhythm and blues and more

2013/03/15

East Meets West when Mei-Ann Chen Returns to Pacific Symphony to conduct "Beethoven's Fifth" and the "Butterfly Lovers' Concerto," performed by Erhu Master George Gao

2013/03/14

Pacific Symphony Calendar 2013-14 Classical Concerts

2013/03/11

Pacific Symphony and Music Director Carl St.Clair proudly announce 35th season and the 2013-14 Hal and Jeanette Segerstrom Family Foundation Series

2013/03/11

Pacific Symphony's Family Musical Mornings presentation of Prokofiev's beloved "Cinderella" comes alive with life-size puppets - for treasured fairy tale with a twist!

2013/03/04

Two masters merge for Pacific Symphony's "from Bach to Mahler," featuring powerhouse pianist Dejan Laziæ performing Bach's Third Piano Concerto; plus Mahler's epic Symphony No. 5

2013/03/01

Leading Gershwin pianist/interpreter Kevin Cole joins Pacific Symphony pops for an unforgettable evening of multimedia and music -"the Gershwins: Here to Stay"

2013/02/28

Pacific Symphony welcomes back renowned organist Dennis James to perform thrilling soundtrack to 1925 horror classic, "The Phantom Of The Opera," starring Lon Chaney, Sr.

2013/02/19

Pacific Symphony Assistant Conductor Maxim Eshkenazy bids adieu as he conducts meaningful final concert as Music Director of youth orchestra

2013/02/15

Sixth annual Pacific Coast Wine Festival proves to be a delicious night of levity, laughter and libations, raising over $200,000 for Pacific Symphony artistic and education program

2013/02/12

Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble, organist and 11-year-old singer come together for the Spring Concert with music by Bernstein, Arnold, Martinu and Ticheli

2013/02/11

All's Rite with Pacific Symphony as it peels back the layers to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Stravinsky's monumental work -The Rite of Spring now until June

2013/02/01

Pacific Symphony's production of Puccini's "Tosca" offers a thrill-ride full of grand tragedy and knock-out voices as opera-vocal initiative continues

2013/01/23

Romance is in the air when Pacific Symphony celebrates "Valentine's Day with Kenny G" and the sultry sweet sounds of the saxophone, Feb. 14-16

2013/01/11

Mozart's "Requiem" comes unwound as Pacific Symphony and Music Director Carl St.Clair explore the iconic composer's last years of life and his prophetic final work

2013/01/07

"OC Can You Play With Us?" Pacific Symphony invites 180 amateur musicans to play Shostakovich's Symphony no. 5 alongside the orchestra, led by Music Director Carl St.Clair

2013/01/04

Pacific Symphony's Café Ludwig offers a little "Woodwind Magic" to light up the New Year featuring intimate chamber music by Prokofiev, Bruch, Stravinsky and Mozart

2013/01/03

Melodies and magic come together for Pacific Symphony's enchanting Family Musical Mornings presentation of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" as Opera-Vocal Initiative continues

2012/12/19

Pacific Symphony Receives Getty Education and Community Investment Grant from League of American Orchestras to Expand its Santa Ana Strings Program

2012/12/17

Highly desired wines, decadent dining and rare auction offerings abound at sixth-annual Pacific Coast Wine Festival, benefiting Pacific Symphony, at Island Hotel, Feb. 9

2012/12/17

Celebrate the season with the king of instruments, virtuoso organist Todd Wilson, Broadway star Lisa Vroman and Pacific Symphony musicians for "Holiday Organ Spectacular"

2012/12/05

Monumental masterworks: Grammy-winning virtuoso James Ehnes joins Pacific Symphony for Beethoven's Violin Concerto plus, Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade"

2012/12/01

Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble opens its sixth season with Gershwin's "An American in Paris" plus an original composition by Music Director Joshua Roach

2012/11/27

Feel the joy! Pacific Symphony offers an afternoon of renewal with Handel's masterpiece, "Messiah," led by Pacific Chorale's Artistic Director John Alexander

2012/11/15

Making spirits bright! Pacific Symphony captures holiday magic with toy soldiers, waltzing flowers and sugar plum fairies in its annual favorite Nutcracker for Kids

2012/11/12

Stunning musicianship takes center stage when American cellist Alisa Weilerstein joins Pacific Symphony for Dvorak's passionate Cello Concerto

2012/11/05

Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra opens 2012-13 season with Rimsky-Korsakov's colorful Capriccio Espagnol, Wagner, Grieg's "Peer Gynt," and an original composition at Meng Hall

2012/10/31

Pacific Symphony is joined by beguiling German theater star Ute Lemper for "Come to the Cabaret," the first "Music Unwound" concert of 2012-13 season, led by Music Director Carl St.Clair

2012/10/26

Broadway's "Wicked Divas" defy gravity to jump start Pacific Symphony's 2012-13 Pops concert series with songs from the Broadway smash hit musical and more!

2012/10/16

"OC Can You Sing?" take two! Pacific Symphony offers hopeful amateur singers another chance to ignite a music career by singing on stage with the orchestra

2012/10/12

Soaring young star Conrad Tao returns to Pacific Symphony for Grieg's majestic piano concerto; plus, Music Director Carl St.Clair leads Tchaikovsky';s thrilling Symphony no. 4

2012/09/27

America's sweetheart Amy Grant makes her debut with Pacific Symphony Pops for festive, heartwarming, holiday concert, "Christmas with Amy Grant"

2012/09/27

Idyllic French Chamber Music colors Pacific Symphony's first 2012-13 Café Ludwig concert, "The French Connection," with intimate works by Poulenc, Ravel and Chausson

2012/09/27

Evening of socializing, gratitude and musical grandeur: Pacific Symphony's 2012-13 Opening Night Celebration, "Festa di Firenze," raises $180,000 for symphony programs

2012/09/26

Pacific Symphony's assistant conductor Maxim Eshkenazy shares conducting duties in 2012-13 with newcomer Alejandro Gutiérrez, prior to passing the baton

2012/09/14

Night in Florence and the decadent pleasures of an Italian feast, party and concert featuring André Watts highlight Pacific Symphony's 2012-13 Opening Night Celebration, "Festa di Firenze"

2012/08/28

Superstar pianist Lang Lang returns to Pacific Symphony for one evening of stunning keyboard virtuosity-tackling both Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Beethoven's "Emperor"

2012/08/27

Inspiration and imaginations soar! Pacific Symphony's arts-X-press encourages 150 kids to delve into their artistic talents through workshops, fieldtrips and performances

2012/06/21