Schedule

Solo Performances

Monterey Symphony

POPS: Love Letter to Hollywood
Brad Hogarth, Associate Conductor
E. Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven Symphonic Suite
Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Schifrin: Mission Impossible
Mancini: Moon River, Pink panther
Morricone: Cinema Paradiso for Solo Violin and Orchestra
— featuring Christina Mok
Giacchino: “Married Life” from Disney and Pixar’s Up
Göransson: Black Panther Suite
Menken: Overture to Beauty and the Beast
Giacchino: Coco Orchestral Suite
John Williams: Harry Potter, Hedwig’s Theme
John Williams: Star Wars Suite for Orchestra, Mandalorian
9/5/23 Concert 1 6:30 pm Forest Theater, Carmel
9/6/23 Concert 2 6:30 pm Forest Theater, Carmel
9/7/23 Concert 3 7:00 pm Sherwood Hall, Salinas

Stockton Symphony

SYMPHONY SPOOKTACULAR
Imogen Cohen, vocalist
Tama Brisbane, With Our Words members, readers
Webber: Selections from Phantom of the Opera
Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt
Schwartz: Popular from Wicked
Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre
— featuring Christina Mok
Williams: Harry Potter’s Wondrous World
Parker, Jr: Ghostbusters
Musorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov: Night on Bald Mountain
Miranda: We Don’t Talk about Bruno from Encanto
Morris: Transylvanian Lullaby from Young Frankenstein
— featuring Christina Mok
O’Brien: Medley from Rocky Horror Picture Show
Williams: Superman March
Márquez: Conga del fuego nuevo
10/22/23 Concert 2:30 pm Atherton Auditorium, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton

Monterey Symphony

Pfeiffer
Andrew Grams, Guest Conductor
Christina Mok, Violin
Brahms: Violin Concerto
11/18/23 Concert 1 7:30 pm Sunset Center, Carmel
11/19/23 Concert 2 3:00 pm Sunset Center, Carmel

Chamber Concerts

Under the Oaks presents A Midsummer night’s Music
Mendelssohn: Octet
Martin Chalifour, Christina Mok, Niv Ashkenazi, Veronika Manchur (Violins)
Drew Alexander Forde, Kellen McDaniel (Violas)
Andrew Shulman, Trevor Handy (Cellos)
9/15/23 7:30 pm Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga
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Orchestral Concerts

Stockton Symphony

ENGAGE!
Peter Jaffe, Music Director
Stanislav Khristenko, Piano
Barroso: Brazil
Tan Dun: Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture Wed Sep 20
9/23/23 Concert 1 7:30 pm Atherton Auditorium, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton
9/24/23 Concert 2 2:30 pm Atherton Auditorium, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton

Monterey Symphony

Ventana
Jayce Ogren, Music Director
Joshua Roman, Cello
Glinka: Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla
Grainger: Colonial Song
Bates: Cello Concerto
Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
10/7/23 Concert 1 7:30 pm Sunset Center, Carmel
10/8/23 Concert 2 3:00 pm Sunset Center, Carmel

Stockton Symphony

FROM THE HEART
Peter Jaffe, Music Director
John Freeman, Trumpet
Lowden: Armed Forces Salute
Strauss II: “Emperor” Waltzes
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Higdon: Blue Cathedral
R. Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
11/11/23 Concert 1 7:30 pm Atherton Auditorium, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton
11/12/23 Concert 2 2:30 pm Atherton Auditorium, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton

Stockton Symphony

HOLIDAY POPS
Peter Jaffe, Music Director
Roberto Perlas Gomez, Baritone
Selections include It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, The Night before Christmas, Christmas Carol SingAlong, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, O Holy Night, and many more 12/3/23 Concert 2:30 pm Atherton Auditorium, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton

Stockton Symphony

EXPLORE!
Peter Jaffe, Music Director
Roberto Plano, Piano
Grażyna Bacewicz: Overture
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Dvořák: “New World” Symphony
1/20/24 Concert 1 7:30 pm Atherton Auditorium, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton
1/21/24 Concert 2:30 pm Atherton Auditorium, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton

Stockton Symphony

GOSPEL INSPIRATIONS
Damien Sneed, Guest Conductor
2/10/24 Concert 7:30 pm Atherton Auditorium, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton

Monterey Symphony

Palo Corona
Jayce Ogren, Music Director
Lara Downes, Piano
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Wineglass: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Higdon: Blue Cathedral
Beethoven: Symphony #7
2/17/24 Concert 1 7:30 pm Sunset Center, Carmel
2/18/24 Concert 2 3:00 pm Sunset Center, Carmel

Stockton Symphony

SPRING FORWARD
Peter Jaffe, music Director
Ava Pakiam, Violin
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Ravel: Tzigane
Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite (1945)
3/9/24 Concert 1 7:30 pm Hutchins St. Square, Lodi
3/10/24 Concert 2:30 pm Grand Theatre, Tracy

Monterey Symphony

Santa Lucia
Jayce Ogren, Music Director
Orli Shaham, Piano
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
David Robertson: Light Forming (West Coast premiere)
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Mozart: Piano Concerto #20 in D minor, K. 466
3/16/24 Concert 1 7:30 pm Sunset Center, Carmel
3/17/24 Concert 2 3:00 pm Sunset Center, Carmel

Stockton Symphony

PORTS OF CALL
Peter Jaffe, Music Director
Yi-Jia Susanne Hou, Violin
Ibert: Escales (Ports of Call)
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
Allin: Port Stockton March, arr. Jaffe
Respighi: Feste Romane
4/6/24 Concert 1 7:30 pm Atherton Auditorium, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton
4/7/24 Concert 2 2:30 pm Atherton Auditorium, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton

Monterey Symphony

Loma Prieta
Jayce Ogren, Music Director
Sean Panikkar, Tenor Dan Nebel, Horn
Hailstork: Epitaph to a Man Who Dreamed
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Vaughan Williams: Symphony #3
4/20/24 Concert 1 7:30 pm Sunset Center, Carmel
4/21/24 Concert 2 3:00 pm Sunset Center, Carmel

Monterey Symphony

Pinnacles
Jayce Ogren, Music Director
Mahler: Symphony #5
5/18/24 Concert 1 7:30 pm Sunset Center, Carmel
5/19/24 Concert 2 3:00 pm Sunset Center, Carmel