From Tchaikovsky to Copland

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Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026 - 7:30 PM

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Sunday, Feb. 7, 2027 - 4:00 PM

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🎶 Walnut Creek, meet California Symphony Principal Clarinet Cory Tiffin 👉 @teniralcist 🎵

November 7-8, he`s stepping out of the orchestra and into the spotlight to perform Copland`s Clarinet Concerto as soloist.
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Your next night out in Walnut Creek — Cory Schuman, California Symphony`s Senior Coordinator of Patron Loyalty, is your guide to the symphony. Here`s everything you need to know. 🎻 ...

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And just like that, our 40th Anniversary Season is underway. 💛

Next up: From Tchaikovsky to Copland, November 7-8 🎟️

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A concerto written not just for a soloist, but in conversation with one.

@jenniferhigdon1 wrote her Cello Concerto for @julianschwarzcellist, with the two actively shaping the work together along the way.

This weekend, we had the privilege of bringing that collaboration to the California Symphony stage for its Northern California premiere. 💛

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Symphony Reviews

California Symphony is as ambitious as ever

San Francisco Classical Voice

Donato Cabrera, artistic and music director for the past decade, is programming concerts as ambitious and grand as those coming from much larger orchestras.

San Francisco Classical Voice

Best of the East Bay: "Best Inclusive Classical Music Group"

Diablo Magazine

a thoroughly informative and enlightening evening

San Francisco Classical Voice

The artistic and music director of the California Symphony since 2013, Donato Cabrera is a leading light in the local cultural scene.

Diablo Magazine

a performance of vividness and grace

San Francisco Chronicle