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Pacific Symphony Santiago Strings (PSSS), Pacific Symphony Youth Concert Band (PSYCD), Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble (PSYWE) and Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra (PSYO) perform in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

Admission is free, but tickets are required. Seating is general admission.

This series consists of 10 performances.


PSSS: Sonic Narratives

November 19, 2023

The talented young musicians of Pacific Symphony Santiago Strings open their 2023-24 season under the direction of Dr. Johanna Gamboa-Kroesen.

PROGRAM
Sonic Narratives: An Exploration of Music and Storytelling
Felix Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Edvard Grieg, arr. Gruselle: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Traditional, arr. Fenske: "Poor Wayfaring Stranger"
Ennio Morricone, arr. Krogstad: Cinema Paradiso
Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Dackow: “Danse Bacchanale” from Samson et Dalila

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PSYCB: Seeing Sound, Hearing Colors

November 19, 2023

Now in its second season, Pacific Symphony Youth Concert Band under the direction of Angela Woo performs its fall concert.

PROGRAM
Robert Sheldon: Choreography
Samuel Hazo: Blue and Green Music
Georg F. Handel, arr. Dishinger: “Allegro” from Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 4
Michael Markowski: The Cave You Fear
Jan Van Der Roost: Nemu-Susato
Cait Nishimura: Chasing Sunlight
Kevin Day: Rocketship!

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PSYO: Indivisible

November 20, 2023

Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra opens the 2023-24 season under the baton of Dr. Jacob Sustaita with music by Michael Torke, Leonard Bernstein, and Antonin Dvořák.

PROGRAM
Michael Torke: Javelin
Bernstein, arr. Harmon: Suite for Orchestra from Candide
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, mvmt 1, Allegro
Bernstein, arr. Mason: Selections from West Side Story

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PSYWE: Reaching Forward, Looking Back

November 21, 2023

Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble opens its 2023-24 season under the baton of Dr. Gregory Whitmore.

PROGRAM
Andrew Blair: anti)Fanfare
Leonard Bernstein: SLAVA! A Concert Overture
Percy Grainger: Colonial Song
Viet Cuong: Heart on Fire
Michael Daugherty: Bells for Stokowski
John Philip Sousa: The Pride of the Wolverines

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PSYO: Dance Noir

March 18, 2024

Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra performs its spring concert under the direction of Dr. Jacob Sustaita.

PROGRAM
Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
TBA: Concerto Competition Winner(s)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, op. 45

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PSYWE: Spring Concert

March 19, 2024

Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble continues its 2023-24 season under the baton of Dr. Gregory Whitmore.

PROGRAM
Bedrich Smetana, arr. Nelhybel: Fanfares From Libuse
Percy Grainger: The Power of Rome & Christian Heart
Michael Markowski: City Trees
Larry Tuttle: The Information Age (World Premiere)
Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis

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PSSS: From the Pavement to the Concert Hall

May 19, 2024

Pacific Symphony Santiago Strings performs its final concert of the 2023-24 season under the direction of Dr. Johanna Gamboa-Kroesen.

PROGRAM
Norman Dello Joio: Choreography
Astor Piazzola, arr. Kazik: Libertango
Traditional, TBA: Klezmer Collaboration
Danny Seidenberg: Steel City Strut
José Elizondo: Estampas Mexicanas
Louis Prima, arr. Marshall & Phillips: Sing, Sing, Sing

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PSYCB: Season Finale

May 19, 2024

Pacific Symphony Youth Concert Band, under the direction of Angela Woo, concludes their second season.

PROGRAM
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Flourish for Wind Band
Michael Colgrass: Old Churches
Michael Markowski: Consortium Project, title TBD
Frank Ticheli: Cajun Folk Songs
Eric Rath: Escape Artist
Travis J. Cross: Tribute
Johannes Hanssen, arr. J. Curnow: Valdres
Elliot del Borgo: Gaelic Rhapsody

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PSYWE: Joy & Light

May 20, 2024

Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble conccludes its 2023-24 season under the baton of Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore.

PROGRAM
Satoshi Yagisawa: Fanfare - The Benefaction from Sky and Mother Earth
Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Kevin Charoensri: Rising Light
David Maslanka: Symphony Number 4

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PSYO: Majestic Resonance

May 21, 2024

Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra performs their season finale under the direction of Dr. Jacob Sustaita.

PROGRAM
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture, op. 36
TBA: Selection TBD
Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, op. 78, “Organ”

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