November 8, 2025 2:00pm & 8:00pmBrett Mitchell, conductor Orion Weiss, piano Jim Self Tour de Force Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major Berlioz Symphonie FantastiqueBUY TICKETSMitchell kicks off the season in dramatic style with Ravel’s jazz-inspired Piano Concerto and Berlioz’s bold, hallucinatory masterpiece of passion, obsession and vivid orchestral storytelling. Plus Principal Tuba Jim Self’s…
January 24, 2026 2:00pm & 8:00pmBrett Mitchell, conductor Tessa Lark, violin Mendelssohn The Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave) Edgar Meyer Violin Concerto Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"Buy TicketsEmbark on a rich musical journey as Mendelssohn’s evocative “Scottish” Symphony captures the misty beauty of the Highlands, and violinist Tessa Lark brings you through fields of Southern bluegrass…
February 21, 2026 2:00pm & 8:00pmBrett Mitchell, conductor Michelle Cann, piano Jeffrey Nytch Beacon Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"Buy TicketsDelight in the elegance of Mozart’s 23rd Piano Concerto, shimmering with grace and lyrical beauty. Then, plunge into the emotional depths of Tchaikovsky’s haunting “Pathétique” Symphony for a gripping exploration of love,…
March 21, 2026 2:00pm & 8:00pmBrett Mitchell, conductor Juan Pablo Contreras, composer & special guest Bernstein Three Dance Variations from Fancy Free Juan Pablo Contreras Symphony No. 1 (co-commission) Dvořák Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"Buy TicketsBe among the first to experience acclaimed composer Juan Pablo Conteras’ first symphony, capturing his journey to becoming…
April 25, 2026 2:00pm & 8:00pmBrett Mitchell, conductor Julian Schwarz, cello Quinn Mason Heroic Overture (Overtura Eroica) Jennifer Higdon Cello Concerto (West Coast Premiere) Beethoven Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"Buy TicketsExperience the bold spirit of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony—revolutionary, heroic and full of power. Paired with the west coast premiere of Grammy-winner Jennifer Higdon’s cello concerto, this concert…
May 30, 2026 2:00pm & 8:00pmBrett Mitchell, conductor Joyce Wang, piano John Williams Selections from American Journey Johnathan Leshnoff Rhapsody on "America" (West Coast Premiere) Copland Appalachian Spring Suite Copland Lincoln PortraitBuy TicketsA celebration of American orchestral music with a concert work by John Williams and two seminal pieces by Copland. Plus Joyce Yang dazzles on the west…
