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 5 performances.
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 PIAZZOLLA: Libertango
PSYO percussion, guest artists
LEEAV SOFER: Hail to the King
Mostly Kosher, guest artists
JANICE MAUTNER MARKHAM: Vitebsk
Mostly Kosher, guest artists
JOSE ELIZONDO: Estampas Mexicanas
PSYO percussion, guest artists
LOUIS PRIMA: Sing, Sing, Sing
Savannah Tweedt, drums (PSYWE co-principal percussion)
Kyle Yeung, piano (PSYO principal keyboardist)
This concert will be performed without intermission.
PSYCB: Once Upon a Time
May 19, 2024
ARTISTSAngela Woo, conductor
Dr. Travis J. Cross, guest conductor
Viraj Sonawala, guest conductor & percussion ensemble coach
Pacific Symphony Youth Concert Band Percussion Ensemble
Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble brass, guest artists
Pacific Symphony Youth Concert Band
PROGRAM
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Flourish for Wind Band
Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble brass, guest artists
MICHAEL COLGRASS: Old Churches
FRANK TICHELI: Cajun Folk Songs
TRAVIS J. CROSS: Tribute
Dr. Travis J. Cross, guest conductor
ERIC RATH : Escape Artist
Viraj Sonawala, guest conductor
PSYCB Percussion Ensemble
ALAN KEOWN: Festival of the New Sun
Viraj Sonawala, guest conductor
PSYCB Percussion Ensemble
MICHAEL MARKOWSKI: All My Heart
ELLIOT DEL BORGO: Gaelic Rhapsody
RANDALL D. STANDRIDGE: Dominion
This concert will be performed without intermission.
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
Carl St.Clair, guest conductor
KEVIN CHAROENSRI: Rising Light
- INTERMISSION -
DVOŘÁK: “Finale” from Serenade in D Minor, Op. 44
Cole Quizon, guest conductor
PSYE Saxophone Choir
DAVID MASLANKA: Symphony No. 4
Kristen Lawrence, organ
PSYO: Majestic Resonance
May 21, 2024
Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra performs their season finale under the direction of Dr. Jacob Sustaita.PROGRAM
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Overture, op. 36
JOHN WINEGLASS: Alone Together
- INTERMISSION -
SAINT-SAENS Symphony No. 3, Op. 78 in C minor, “Organ”
I. Adagio – Allegro moderato – Poco adagio
II. Allegro moderato – Presto – Maestoso – Allegro
Kristen Lawrence, organ
PSYO Side-by-Side with Pacific Symphony
May 28, 2024
ARTISTSCarl St.Clair, conductor
Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra
Pacific Symphony
PROGRAM
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Overture
HECTOR BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique, movements 4 & 5
Join us for a very special collaboration between Pacific Symphony and Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra as they explore musical landscapes of sublimity and abandon, under the baton of Maestro Carl St.Clair.