We recently stumbled upon a brilliant Twitter thread examining all the interesting ways some favorites of the classical music repertoire have been used in vintage cartoons – let us know if you recognized these famous pieces! Check out the full
Why Beethoven?
Roll over Beethoven! Festivities to mark the composer’s 250th birthday are continuing into 2021 around the world, due to the complications of the pandemic last year. If any composer deserves to celebrate his birthday for two full years, it’s Ludwig. In
Did You Miss Our Town Hall?
Recently, Music Director Carl St.Clair joined Pacific Symphony President & CEO John Forsyte for a virtual town hall. They presented a roadmap to recovery from the pandemic, exciting news about our virtual concerts, updates on the status of the Symphony,
To the Rescue: Upping the Symphony’s Streaming Game
With attending live performances sidelined for the time being due to the pandemic, virtual concerts are the primary way Pacific Symphony can perform for audiences. In the past, orchestra concerts were filmed largely just to document the performance for the
Download Our App For A Chance To Win Amazon Gift Cards!
Pacific Symphony will be hosting the program notes for “Thursdays @ 7,” our virtual concert series, exclusively on our very own app! Free to download in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, and working for both iOS and
Meet PacificSymphony+, A Digital Concert Hall For The Orchestra’s Streaming Content
Pacific Symphony has returned to the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall stage after an absence of nearly one year, due to the uncertainty caused by coronavirus. After an in-depth collaboration with UCI’s Department of Public Health to develop Covid
AXP@Home Students Celebrate New Beginnings with Paint-to-Music Workshop
“The ultimate currency in human existence is time—and how you spend it. It’s being spent every second of your life, and you can never get it back.” Music Director Carl St.Clair With 2020 came a collective anxiety, as the pandemic
Celebrate a Valentine’s Day Spectacular with Exquisite Chamber Music
Feb. 14 | 1-2:30 p.m. | In Your Living Room For centuries, love has inspired some of the greatest music ever written. Whether you’re a die-hard romantic or a stone-cold skeptic, Valentine’s Day is a great excuse to pull out
Celebrate Lunar New Year on Feb. 12
Pacific Symphony’s popular annual “Lunar New Year” is usually a sell-out. Traditionally, it’s an evening concert filled with rich, colorful and festive music and dance to welcome the Lunar New Year. This year, due to the pandemic, the Symphony’s “Lunar
Longtime Pacific Symphony Supporters Ling & Charlie Zhang Donate $6.2 Million Office Building
Pacific Symphony is proud to announce that longtime supporters Ling and Charlie Zhang have donated to the orchestra the $6.16-million building that houses the organization’s administrative headquarters. Because of this donation, the Symphony projects it will save at least $150,000
