July 22, 2020
July 22, 2020 California Symphony is known for doing things differently, and if ever there was a moment to lean into this side of who we are and what we do, it’s now. We are excited to share news about our updated plans for the 20/21 season. We continue to create and to innovate in
July 22, 2020
July 22, 2020 I renewed my subscription for the 20/21 season. What happens now? Roll Over Beethoven… The 20/21 season of concerts has been moved forward one year and will now take place in 21/22, and your subscription will automatically roll over to 21/22 with it. Your renewal instructions and seating preferences will be applied in 21/22
June 19, 2020
Instructor Scott Foglesong answers your classical music and symphony questions and more in Fresh Look: The Symphony Exposed, a four-class course that has sold out in both its previous years. For your comfort and convenience, this year the course is offered online, with class video replay available for up to one week after each live Tuesday evening
June 12, 2020
George Gershwin (1898–1937) Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin’s Broadway career was just getting underway when Paul Whiteman tapped him to contribute a work for an ambitious concert in New York’s Aeolian Hall that aimed to clothe jazz in symphonic garb. The concert, on February 12, 1924 was a near-disaster. It was boring. It was pretentious.
May 28, 2020
5/28/2020 We ❤️ California Symphony subscribers! Whether you have been coming to concerts for 30+ years or you joined us more recently, you are a part of a remarkable story that’s garnered national attention, with audiences growing, subscriptions up a massive 63% over four years, and performances added to meet demand. We are so glad to
May 28, 2020
5/28/2020 We want to assure you that we are in this together with you, our valued and loyal patrons. The 20/21 season is going to be new and different. While we all miss sharing music together in the hall, change brings fresh challenges and opportunities to innovate. Fortunately, that’s something we’ve done successfully in recent
May 22, 2020
Thank you for attending our first ever online premiere! We hope you enjoyed the presentation and we’d love to hear your thoughts. Your answers will remain confidential and data will be shared only in aggregate form. Let us know what you think
May 7, 2020
We check in with California Symphony violinist Josepha Fath and trumpeter William Harvey to learn more about how they’re sheltering-in-place and continuing to make music together, even off stage. How are you spending your time sheltering-in-place and what are you doing to stay upbeat? William: I’m doing some on-line teaching for UC Berkeley, Young
May 6, 2020
You might have seen California Symphony percussionist Allen Biggs at the back of the orchestra. During the shelter-in-place, you can find him serenading his neighborhood with his marimba from his driveway. What was an early influence in your musical life? I was born in San Francisco. Then when I was three years old, my
May 1, 2020
MESSAGE TO PATRONS, 5/1/2020 Ticket holders: click here if you have questions about the cancellation of our FOUR SEASONS FINALE concerts. With a PG&E power outage at our season opener, an against-the-odds 49ers Super Bowl appearance over Brahms Fest weekend, and now back-to-back cancellations forced by a pandemic, my first season as Executive Director at