The final SummerFest concert falls on Sept. 11, this year the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
Happy Classical Music Month!
Happy Classical Music Month from Pacific Symphony!
ICYMI: Pacific Symphony and Other Major OC Arts Venues Announce New Vaccination & Masking Policies
Pacific Symphony and several major Orange County arts venues have released new vaccination and masking policies. Here’s the update. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during this time.
Lukas Foss: Piano Concerto No. 1
The neoclassical Piano Concerto No. 1 by Lukas Foss (1922-2009), recorded by Pacific Symphony, Carl St.Clair, conductor and Jon Nakamatsu, piano. Released 2001. The piece was first written as a clarinet concerto when Foss was 17. He made this version
Single tickets on sale, suggestions made
Tickets to individual concerts in Pacific Symphony’s 2018-2019 season go on sale today. This next season marks the orchestra’s 40th anniversary. The offer includes classical concerts, pops concerts, and special events.* Go to pacificsymphony.org or call (714) 755-5799. Go to
Connections series renamed, programming set
Pacific Symphony has changed the name of its long-running Sunday Casual Connections series to Sunday Matinees. The substance of the series remains the same: The four concerts each are performed without intermission and last about 90 minutes. Carl St.Clair conducts
Musicians on tour
It was great to catch up with the musicians of Pacific Symphony on the China tour, many of whom I hadn’t spoken to since the European tour in 2006 (which I covered for a newspaper), some of whom I was
Thursday and Friday in Hefei and Wuxi
Thursday and Friday were what orchestra tours are all about: Getting a boatload of musicians (or in this case a trainload) somewhere far away and giving a concert. Thursday morning found us in Shanghai. By the afternoon we were in
Reviews of Pacific Symphony’s Carnegie Hall performance
Here are links to the reviews of Pacific Symphony’s debut at Carnegie Hall on April 21 in a program of music by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass. I will add reviews if as they come in. The New York Times
St.Clair and Pacific Symphony bound for Carnegie Hall in salute to Philip Glass
By TIMOTHY MANGAN Carl St.Clair and Pacific Symphony are about to make a big trip, in case you hadn’t heard — a trip to Carnegie Hall. Conductor and orchestra have been invited to perform at the venerable venue on Saturday,