BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Pasadena Symphony & Pops - ECPv6.15.19//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Pasadena Symphony & Pops REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20230101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250503 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250504 DTSTAMP:20260423T040633 CREATED:20230629T165942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T184822Z UID:29475-1746230400-1746316799@pasadenasymphony-pops.org SUMMARY:Beethoven “Pastoral” Symphony DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”29438″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″]\n \n \n \n Ambassador Auditorium\n \n \n \n [vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text css=””]May 3\, 2025\n2:00pm & 8:00pm[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Brett Mitchell\, conductor\nWilliam Hagen\, violin    \nChadwick A Pastoral Prelude for Orchestra\nBruch Violin Concerto No. 1\nBeethoven Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15px”]Buy Tickets[/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nMitchell wraps his inaugural season in a cloak of exquisite musical beauty\, concluding with a sense of optimism and joy for Beethoven’s expansive “Pastoral” Symphony.  \n  \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10px”]ArtistsBrett MitchellMusic Director William HagenViolin Video[vc_empty_space height=”10px”]Sponsors[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”17824″ img_size=”large” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text css=””] \nInsights Sponsor:  \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”17812″ img_size=”medium” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/concert/beethoven-6-pastoral/ LOCATION:Ambassador Auditorium\, 131 S St. John Avenue\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91105\, United States CATEGORIES:2024/25 Season,Symphony Classics ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/William-Hagen-featured.jpg GEO:34.143377;-118.156512 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ambassador Auditorium 131 S St. John Avenue Pasadena CA 91105 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=131 S St. John Avenue:geo:-118.156512,34.143377 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250322 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250323 DTSTAMP:20260423T040633 CREATED:20230629T165942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T003309Z UID:29473-1742601600-1742687999@pasadenasymphony-pops.org SUMMARY:Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish" DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”29441″ img_size=”large” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″]\n \n \n \n Ambassador Auditorium\n \n \n \n [vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text css=””]March 22\, 2025\n2:00pm & 8:00pm[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Brett Mitchell\, conductor\nStefan Jackiw\, violin   \nAdolphus Hailstork Baroque Suite\nMozart Violin Concerto No. 5 “Turkish” \nProkofiev Classical Symphony\nStravinsky Suite from Pulcinella[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15px”]Buy Tickets[/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][vc_column_text css=””]Jackiw will transport you to the exotic with Mozart’s “Turkish” Violin Concerto\, while Adolphus Hailstork’s contemporary Baroque-infused Suite bridges the way to Prokofiev’s impeccably crafted Classical Symphony. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner]ArtistsAdolphus HailstorkComposer Brett MitchellMusic Director Stefan JackiwViolin Video[vc_empty_space height=”10px”]Sponsors[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_single_image image=”28419″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nInsights Sponsor: \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”17812″ img_size=”medium” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/concert/mozart-violin-concerto-5/ LOCATION:Ambassador Auditorium\, 131 S St. John Avenue\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91105\, United States CATEGORIES:2024/25 Season,Symphony Classics ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Jackiw-featured.jpg GEO:34.143377;-118.156512 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ambassador Auditorium 131 S St. John Avenue Pasadena CA 91105 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=131 S St. John Avenue:geo:-118.156512,34.143377 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250216 DTSTAMP:20260423T040633 CREATED:20230629T165942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T184750Z UID:29470-1739577600-1739663999@pasadenasymphony-pops.org SUMMARY:Dvořák Cello Concerto DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”29499″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″]\n \n \n \n Ambassador Auditorium\n \n \n \n [vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text css=””]February 15\, 2025\n2:00pm & 8:00pm[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Brett Mitchell\, conductor\nMark Kosower\, cello \nWagner “Wotan’s Farewell” from Die Walküre  \nDvořák Cello Concerto \nBartók Concerto for Orchestra[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15px”]Buy Tickets[/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nIndulge in the romance of Wagner’s thrilling “Wotan’s Farewell” and Dvořák’s rapturous Cello Concerto\, written in tribute to a long-lost love.   \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner]ArtistsBrett MitchellMusic Director Mark KosowerCello Video[vc_empty_space height=”10px”]Sponsors[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_single_image image=”30817″ img_size=”large” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nInsights Sponsor: \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”17812″ img_size=”medium” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/concert/dvorak-cello-concerto/ LOCATION:Ambassador Auditorium\, 131 S St. John Avenue\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91105\, United States CATEGORIES:2024/25 Season,Symphony Classics ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Kosower_featured.jpg GEO:34.143377;-118.156512 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ambassador Auditorium 131 S St. John Avenue Pasadena CA 91105 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=131 S St. John Avenue:geo:-118.156512,34.143377 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250601 DTSTAMP:20260423T040633 CREATED:20250121T214634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T184738Z UID:30890-1738713600-1748735999@pasadenasymphony-pops.org SUMMARY:Wildfire Recovery Effort DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”30895″ img_size=”large” onclick=”custom_link” css=”” link=”https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYiDQomxkFaLyuuzjBDd–OeODNH5_pjt788K2iOY2MHAiQw/viewform”][vc_empty_space height=”15″][vc_column_text css=””]We’d like to thank everyone for the outpouring of support for our instrument drive\, which is helping to replenish instruments lost in the Eaton Fires. Many of our Youth Orchestra students lost their instruments in the fire and our partner school\, Elliots Arts Magnet\, which maintained a large instrument library for PUSD\, has also been severely damaged. \nYour donations have already helped a lot of our students get back to playing music. Thank you – your support is truly inspiring! \nWe are still accepting some gently used orchestra instruments\, depending on need\, at our office. Please do not bring instruments in need of major repair. For questions and more details\, please email Kristine Llanderal.  \nWe’re also in the need for music supplies to help students impacted by the fires\, including music stands\, strings\, reeds\, rosin and shoulder rests. \nIf you or anyone you know has lost a musical instrument in the fires\, please email Alex Chu. We’d love to help![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15x”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]Ways to Support[vc_empty_space height=”15x”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Please click here to donate instruments or music supplies.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15x”][vc_column_text css=””]If you would prefer to provide monetary support for our fire recovery effort\, click here:[/vc_column_text]Donate Now[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”25″][vc_column_text css=””] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHelp our community reconnect and rebuild through music! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFollow this page for updates. Last Updated: April 2\, 2025[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25″][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/concert/wildfire-recovery-effort/ CATEGORIES:2024/25 Season ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/instrument-drive-website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250125 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250126 DTSTAMP:20260423T040633 CREATED:20230629T165942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250118T004123Z UID:29467-1737763200-1737849599@pasadenasymphony-pops.org SUMMARY:Mozart “Jupiter” Symphony DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”29432″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″]\n \n \n \n Ambassador Auditorium\n \n \n \n [vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text css=””]January 25\, 2025\n2:00pm & 8:00pm[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Brett Mitchell\, conductor\nInon Barnatan\, piano   \nJessie Montgomery  Starburst\nFlorence Price Concerto for Piano in One Movement  \nMozart Symphony No. 41\, “Jupiter”[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15px”]Buy Tickets[vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=””]A vibrant work by 2024 GRAMMY-winner Jessie Montgomery opens the program with acclaimed pianist Inon Barnatan performing trailblazing composer Florence Price’s Piano Concerto. Plus Mozart’s jubilant final symphony – pure exhilaration! \n  \nThe Pasadena Symphony believes in the healing power of music. We are offering free tickets to all first responders and anyone who has been displaced\, evacuated or experienced loss during the wildfires. Click here to sign up. \n*Tickets available while quantities last.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner]ArtistsBrett MitchellMusic Director Inon BarnatanPiano Jessie MontgomeryComposer Video[vc_empty_space height=”10px”]Sponsors[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”23690″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text css=””] \nInsights Sponsor: \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”17812″ img_size=”medium” css=””][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/concert/mozart-jupiter-symphony/ LOCATION:Ambassador Auditorium\, 131 S St. John Avenue\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91105\, United States CATEGORIES:2024/25 Season,Symphony Classics ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Inon-Barnatan-featured.jpg GEO:34.143377;-118.156512 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ambassador Auditorium 131 S St. John Avenue Pasadena CA 91105 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=131 S St. John Avenue:geo:-118.156512,34.143377 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241117 DTSTAMP:20260423T040633 CREATED:20230629T165942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241105T185108Z UID:29457-1731715200-1731801599@pasadenasymphony-pops.org SUMMARY:Rhapsody in Blue DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”29566″ img_size=”large” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″]\n \n \n \n Ambassador Auditorium\n \n \n \n [vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text css=””]November 16\, 2024\n2:00pm & 8:00pm[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Brett Mitchell\, conductor\nStewart Goodyear\, piano   \nMason Bates Sea-Blue Circuitry \nGershwin  Rhapsody in Blue \nRavel  Une barque sur l’océan \nDebussy  La Mer[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20″]Buy Tickets[vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text css=””]This water-themed program introduces Mason Bates’ motherboard-inspired Sea-Blue Circuitry and commemorates the 100th birthday of Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue. Float away as Debussy’s La Mer paints a majestic picture of the sea with a mosaic of orchestral colors\, climaxing waves of sound and emotional imagery that will run through you. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner]ArtistsBrett MitchellMusic Director Mason BatesComposer Stewart GoodyearPiano Video[vc_empty_space height=”10px”]Sponsors[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/concert/rhapsody-in-blue-la-mer/ LOCATION:Ambassador Auditorium\, 131 S St. John Avenue\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91105\, United States CATEGORIES:2024/25 Season,Symphony Classics ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Stewart-Goodyear-featured.jpg GEO:34.143377;-118.156512 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ambassador Auditorium 131 S St. John Avenue Pasadena CA 91105 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=131 S St. John Avenue:geo:-118.156512,34.143377 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241026 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241027 DTSTAMP:20260423T040633 CREATED:20240401T165942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241009T181307Z UID:29428-1729900800-1729987199@pasadenasymphony-pops.org SUMMARY:Mahler Symphony No. 1 DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”29447″ img_size=”full” css=””][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″]\n \n \n \n Ambassador Auditorium\n \n \n \n [vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text css=””]October 26\, 2024\n2:00pm & 8:00pm[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Brett Mitchell\, conductor\nAkiko Suwanai\, violin \nPeter Boyer New Beginnings \nKorngold Violin Concerto \nMahler Symphony No. 1\, “Titan”   \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15px”]Buy Tickets[vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=””]Mitchell launches his tenure with the massive orchestral force of Mahler’s monumental “Titan” Symphony\, topping off a grandiose performance with International Tchaikovsky Competition winner Akiko Suwanai on Korngold’s “Hollywood” Violin Concerto.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=””][/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner]ArtistsAkiko SuwanaiViolin Brett MitchellMusic Director Peter BoyerComposer Video[vc_empty_space height=”10px”]Sponsors[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”30383″ img_size=”full” css=””][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/concert/mahler-symphony-no1/ LOCATION:Ambassador Auditorium\, 131 S St. John Avenue\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91105\, United States CATEGORIES:2024/25 Season,Symphony Classics ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://pasadenasymphony-pops.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Akiko-suwanai-feature.jpg GEO:34.143377;-118.156512 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ambassador Auditorium 131 S St. John Avenue Pasadena CA 91105 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=131 S St. John Avenue:geo:-118.156512,34.143377 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR