California Orchestras: March Concert Listings
As part of ACSO's year-round programs and services, the Association of California Symphony Orchestras offers a monthly summary of orchestra performances in California. The information listed below represents concerts presented by current member organizations and is subject to change. For information on becoming an individual or organizational member please call us at (916) 484-6744 or visit us at http://www.acso.org/members-donors/.
The deadline to be included in the April calendar listings is March 20.
In March, Orchestras have seven World Premieres.
Friday, March 1, at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 3, at 3 p.m. Festival Mozaic Scott Yoo, conductor Scott Yoo; Jason Uyeyama, violin Alice Dade, flute Miguel Hernandez, viola Susan Grace, piano Bion Tsang, cello Beethoven: Serenade in D; Cello Sonata in A; String Quartet in E-flat 3/1: King David's Masonic Lodge, 859 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo
3/2: Private Home, Arroyo Grande
3/3: United Methodist Church, San Luis Obispo (805) 781-3009
www.festivalmozaic.com Saturday, March 2, at 5:30 p.m. Oakland Youth OrchestraJohn Kendall Bailey, conductor
Gala Concert & Auction
Greek Orthodox Church, Oakland
(510) 832-7710 www.oyo.org
Saturday, March 2, at 8 p.m.Southwest Chamber Music Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor Ginastera: Serenata on Poems of Pablo Neruda LeBaron: Annabelle (WORLD PREMIERE) Reynolds: Positings (WORLD PREMIERE) Colburn School, 200 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles (800) 726-7147 www.swmusic.org Saturday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. Tulare County Symphony Bruce Kiesling, conductor Lindsay Deutsch, violin Grieg: Music from Peer Gynt Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Khatchaturian: Spartacus Suite 2 Visalia Fox Theatre, Visalia (559) 732-8600 www.tcsymphony.org Sunday, March 3, at 4 p.m. California Symphony Donato Cabrera, conductor Haochen Zhang, piano Adams: Lollapalooza Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 Lesher Center for the Performing Arts, Walnut Creek (925) 943-7469 www.californiasymphony.org Sunday, March 3, at 8 p.m. Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay Frances Steiner, conductor Itamar Zorman, violin Mozart: March in D Major; Violin Concerto No. 5; Symphony No. 29 in A Major Norris Center for the Performing Arts, Palos Verdes Peninsula (310) 544-0403 www.palosverdes.com/chamberorchestra Sunday, March 3, at 5 p.m. Community Women's Orchestra Kathleen McGuire, conductor Heidi Trefethen, French horn Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Beach: Gaelic Symphony Lake Merritt United Methodist Church, 1330 Lakeshore Ave., Oakland (800) 838-3006 www.communitywomensorchestra.org
Sunday, March 3, at 7 p.m. San José Chamber Orchestra Barbara Day Turner, conductor Fry Street Quartet Kaminsky: Rising Tide Mussorsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, arr. Assad Assad: TBA (WORLD PREMIERE) Le Petit Trianon, 72 N. 5th St., San José (408) 295-4416 www.sjco.org Thursday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Margaret Batjer, conductor & violin Jane Hamilton, author Joel Pargman, Jennifer Munday, Susan Rishik, violin Stacey Tappan, soprano Joshua Ranz, clarinet Victoria Miskolczy, Roland Kato, Robert Brophy, viola Giovanna M. Clayton, Andrew Shulman, Trevor Handy, cello Golijov: Tenebrae Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G Major The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica (213) 622-7001 x 1 www.laco.org/performances/218/ Friday, March 8, at 7 p.m. Chapman Chamber Orchestra & University Singers Daniel Alfred Wachs, conductor Stephen Coker, conductor Program TBA St. John's Lutheran Church, 154 S Shaffer St., Orange FREE (714) 997-6812 www.chapman.edu/copa
Friday, March 8, at 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 9, at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at 2:30 p.m. Fresno Philharmonic Theodore Kuchar, conductor Vocal Soloists: TBA Mozart: Adagio and Fugue; Symphony No. 39; Requiem Paul Shaghoian Hall, Fresno (559) 261-0600
Saturday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m.Sunday, March 10, at 3 p.m. Auburn Symphony Peter Jaffe, conductor Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet Smetana: The Moldau, Vltava from Má vlast Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major Ravel: Pavane pour une infant défunte Gershwin: An American in Paris Placer High School Auditorium, Auburn (530) 823-6683 www.auburnsymphony.com Saturday, March 9, at 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 10, at 3 p.m. Claremont Concert Orchestra David Cubek, conductor Hee Yeon (Sarah) Chung, violin Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major (excerpt) Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville Respighi: Gli Ucelli
Verdi: TBA Mascagni: TBA Garrison Theater, Scripps College Performing Arts Center 241 E. 10th St., Claremont (909) 607-3267
Saturday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m.
El Camino Youth Symphony Camilla Kolchinsky, conductor Philippe Quint, violin Naomi Kudo, piano Brandon Ridenour, trumpet Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 Flint Center, Cupertino (408) 864-8820 www.ecys.org Saturday, March 9, at 8 p.m. Las Vegas Philharmonic Randall Craig Fleischer, conductor Teri Dale Hansen, soprano Nat Chandler, baritone
Lights, Camera, The Oscars!
Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center, Las Vegas (702) 749-2000 www.Lvphil.org Saturday, March 9, at 8 p.m. Long Beach Symphony Orchestra Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor Stephanie Chase, violin Beethoven: Violin Concerto No. 3 Stravinsky: Rite of Spring Terrace Theater, 300 East Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
Saturday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at 2 p.m. North State Symphony Kyle Wiley Pickett, conductor Bloch: Concerto Grosso for piano and strings Martinu: La Revue de Cuisine Beethoven: Septet 3/9: Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, Chico 3/10: Old City Hall, Redding(530) 898-5984 www.northstatesymphony.org/concerts/index.shtml Saturday, March 9, at 8 p.m. Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Simon, conductor Kaila Flexer, violin Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No. 2 in D Major Flexer: Song for Carla Dohnányi: Serenade for String Orchestra Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto FREE (650) 856-3848 www.pacomusic.org Saturday, March 9, at 8 p.m. Redlands Symphony Orchestra Jon Robertson, conductor Laura Brenes, horn C.P.E. Bach: Sinfonia in F Major Strauss: Horn Concerto Mozart: Symphony No. 38 "Prague" University of Redlands Memorial Chapel, Redlands (909) 748-8018 www.redlandssymphony.com Saturday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. San Bernardino Symphony Frank Fetta, conductorErin Wood, soprano
Ralph Cato, baritone
Wagner: Die Meistersinger; The Flying Dutchman
Verdi: La Forza del Destino; Ballet Music of Aida California Theatre, 562 W. Fourth St., San Bernardino (909) 381-5388
www.sanbernardinosymphony.org Saturday, March 9, at 7 p.m. San Luis Obispo Youth Symphony Nancy Nagano; Carol Kersten; Bruce Knowlton, conductors Youth Symphony Spring Concert Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 489 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande (805) 489-9444 www.sloyouthsymphony.org Sunday, March 10, at 7 p.m. American Youth Symphony Alexander Treger, conductor Jonah Levy, trumpet Duo Petrof, piano Schnittke: Concerto for piano, four hands and chamber orchestra Zatin: Double Concerto for trumpet, piano and string orchestra Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles FREE (310) 470-2332 www.aysymphony.org Sunday, March 10, at 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m. Marin Symphony Alasdair Neale, conductor Axel Strauss, violin Kernis: Musica Celestis Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, "Eroica" Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael (415) 473-6800 www.marinsymphony.org Thursday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m.
USC Thornton Symphony
Carl St.Clair, conductor
Fang-Fang Shi Inouye, piano
Joseph Morris, clarinet
Frederick-Olivier Rosselet, cello
Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto
Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Bovard Auditorium, USC Park Campus, Los Angeles www.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/69 Friday, March 15, at 8 p.m. Modesto Symphony Orchestra James Lowe, conductor Music from Italian classics and The Godfather Gallo Center for the Arts, 1000 "I" Street, Modesto (209) 338-2100 www.modestosymphony.org Friday, March 15, at 8 p.m. Oakland East Bay Symphony Michael Morgan, conductor Bryan Nies, conductor Carrie Hennessey, soprano Zachary Gordin, baritone Oakland Symphony Chorus
Lynne Morrow, conductor Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Fauré: Requiem Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland (800) 745-3000 www.oebs.org Friday, March 15, at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at 8 p.m. Peninsula Symphony North Mitchell Sardou Klein, conductor Nathaniel Berman, assistant conductor Austin Huntington, cello Hindemith: March from Symphonic Metamorphosis Brahms: Symphony No. 1 3/15: Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City 3/16: Flint Center/DeAnza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., De Anza College, Cupertino (650) 941-5291 www.peninsulasymphony.org Friday, March 15, at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, at 8 p.m. Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Rachel Podger, conductor, violin Elizabeth Blumenstock, Katherine Kyme, Carla Moore, violin Corelli: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D Major Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in A Major
Mossi: Concerto for Four Violins in G minor Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Violins in A Major Pergolesi: Concerto for Violin in B-flat Major Locatelli: Concerto for Four Violins in F Major 3/15: The Herbst Theatre, San Francisco 3/16-17: First Congregational Church, Berkeley 3/20: Bing Concert Hall, Stanford (415) 392-4400 www.philharmonia.org Saturday, March 16, at 8 p.m.
Bay Area Rainbow Symphony
Jessica Bejarano, guest conductor
Daniel Glover, piano
Bacewicz: Overture for Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak St., San Francisco
1-800-595-4849
www.bars-sf.org Saturday, March 16, at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at 2 p.m. Camellia Symphony Orchestra Christian Baldini, conductor Natsuki Fukasawa, piano Bernstein: Candide Overture Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F Ives: Symphony No. 2 Sacramento City College Performing Arts Center, 3835 Freeport Blvd., Sacramento (916) 929-6655 www.camelliasymphony.org Saturday, March 16, at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at 2 p.m. Crown City Symphony Marvin Neumann, conductor Ludina Sallam, cello Rossini: Silken Ladder Overture Boccherini: Cello Concerto in Bb Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 3/16: Altadena Senior Center, 560 E. Mariposa, Altadena 3/17: First Baptist Church, 75 N. Marengo, Pasadena (626) 797-1994
Saturday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m.Sunday, March 17, at 2 p.m. La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Steven Schick, conductor Paul Dresher, invented instruments Glass: Overture to La Belle et La Bête Dresher: Concerto for Invented Instruments Wu: Transcriptions of Place (WORLD PREMIERE) Copland: Appalachian Spring Mandeville Auditorium, UCSD, La Jolla (858) 534-4637 www.lajollasymphony.com
Saturday, March 16, at 8 p.m. Nova Vista Symphony Anthony Quartuccio, conductor Yoni Levyatov, piano Rimsky-Korsakov: Dance of the Buffoons Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin Stravinsky: Firebird Suite Mountain View Performing Arts Center, Mountain View (408) 624-1492
Saturday, March 16, at 8 p.m.Sunday, March 17, at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Chorale John Alexander, conductor Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry ("Danny Boy") Mooney: Molly na gCuach Ní Chuilleanáin; She Moved Through the Fair; 'S í do Mhaimeoí; Famine Lament; Ardaigh Cuain Rutter: The Girl I Left Behind Me; I Know Where I'm Going Britten: The Salley Gardens McGlynn: Dúlamán; The Last Rose of Summer Parker: Wearin' of the Green; Johnny; I Hardly Knew Ye Traditional: When a Man's in Love Parker and Shaw: What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor? Carter: The Lark in the Clear Air Ernest Ball, Olcott and Graff, Jr.: When Irish Eyes are Smiling Jon Washburn: Tell My Ma Samueli Theater, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa (714) 662-2345 www.pacificchorale.org Saturday, March 16, at 8 p.m. San Luis Obispo Symphony Giorgi Jordania, guest conductor Salome Jordania, piano Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Kodaly: Dances of Galánta Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor Christopher Cohan Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo (805) 756-4849 www.slosymphony.com Saturday, March 16, at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at 3 p.m. Santa Barbara Symphony Nir Kabaretti, conductor Xiayin Wang, piano Leshnoff: Concerto Grosso (WORLD PREMIERE) Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Gershwin: Concerto in F The Granada Theatre, Santa Barbara (805) 899-2222 www.thesymphony.org Saturday, March 16, at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at 3 p.m. Monday, March 18, at 3 p.m. Santa Rosa Symphony Bruno Ferrandis, conductor Zuill Bailey, cello Penderecki: The Awakening of Jacob Elgar: Cello Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathetique Green Music Center, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park (707) 546-8742 www.santarosasymphony.com Sunday, March 17, at 4 p.m. Hutchins Consort Joe McNalley, conductor Celebrating Saint Patrick's Day with music of the Isles Pacific Club, 4110 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach (888) 996-2838
Sunday, March 17, at 3 p.m.Nova Vista Symphony San Jose Symphonic Choir Leroy Kromm, conductor Yemonja Stanley, soprano Cassandra Cardenas, mezzo soprano Christopher Bengochea, tenor Peter Tuff, baritone Members of Vivace Youth Chorus of San Jose Mendelssohn: Elijah California Theatre, 345 S. First St., San Jose (408) 995-3318 www.novavista.org Sunday, March 17, at 4 p.m.Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra Daniel Alfred Wachs, conductor Chapman Auditorium, Memorial Hall, Orange
(714) 744-7927
www.ocyso.org Sunday, March 17, 4:30 p.m. Peninsula Youth Orchestra Mitchell Sardou Klein, conductor Gliere: Russian Sailors' Dance Grieg: Norwegian Dances Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 Carlmont High School Theatre, 1400 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont (650) 325-7967 www.peninsulayouthorchestra.org Thursday, March 21, at 7 p.m. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Kahane, conductor, keyboard J.S. Bach/Liszt: Prelude and Fugue in A minor J.S. Bach: Selections from The Well-Tempered Clavier Bach/Busoni: Chaconne from Partita in D minor for Solo Violin Zipper Hall, The Colburn School, 200 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles (213) 622-7001 x 1 www.laco.org/performances/214/ Friday, March 22, at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 24, at 7 p.m. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Kahane, conductor, keyboard Margaret Batjer, violin David Shostac, flute Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat Major Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-flat Major
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major Handel: Water Music, Selections from Suites I, II & III 3/22: Meet the Music, Zipper Hall, The Colburn School, 200 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles 3/23: Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale 3/24: Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr., Los Angeles (213) 622-7001 x 1 www.laco.org/performances/208/ Friday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 24, at 3 p.m. Monterey Symphony Max Bragado-Darman, conductor
Jean Louis Steuerman, piano Rodrigo: Tres Viejos Aires de Danza Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D Major 3/22: Steinbeck Institute for Arts and Culture, Salinas 3/23 & 3/24: Sunset Center, Carmel (831) 646-8511 www.montereysymphony.org/current-season/revolution/ Saturday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. Folsom Symphony Michael Neumann, conductor Mark Sheldon, Gigi Tree, Gary Suits, Angelina Contreras, horns Schumann: Konzertstück for Four Horns in F Major Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Brahms: Symphony No. 3 Three Stages, Folsom (916) 608-6888 www.folsomsymphony.com Saturday, March 23, at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 24, at 2:30 p.m. Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra David Ramadanoff, conductor Paul Rosas, organ Jeremy Cavaterra: Monterey Suite (WORLD PREMIERE) Richard Purvis: Symphonique for Orchestra and Organ Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D major 3/23: First Congregational Church of Palo Alto, 1985 Louis Rd., Palo Alto 3/24: Los Altos United Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena, Los Altos (650) 348-1270 www.mastersinfonia.org
Saturday, March 23, at 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 24, at 2 p.m. Santa Cruz County Symphony Daniel Stewart, guest conductor Francesca de Pasquale, violin Rossini: Overture to the Barber of Seville Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major 3/23: Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St., Santa Cruz
3/24: Mello Center for the Performing Arts, 250 E. Beach St., Watsonville (831) 420-5260 www.santacruzsymphony.org Sunday, March 24, at 7 p.m. Berkeley Symphony Joana Carneiro, conductor Under Construction New Music Concert I Crowden Music Center, Berkeley (510) 841-2800 www.berkeleysymphony.org Sunday, March 24, at 3 p.m. Civic Youth Orchestra Robert Gilson; Warren Gref; Rosanne Valenzuela; Jonathan Ingber; Marina Hall, conductors Spring Showcase Concert California Center for the Arts, 340 North Escondido Blvd., Escondido (760) 728-1977 www.civicyouthorchestra.org Sunday, March 24, at 2 p.m. Diablo Symphony Matilda Hofman, conductor Yu Gong, violin Hamilton: Concerto for Violin Schumann: Symphony No. 1 Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Dr., Walnut Creek (925) 676-5888 www.diablosymphony.org Sunday, March 24, at 3 p.m. Monday, March 25, at 10:30 a.m. San Luis Obispo Symphony Michael Nowak, conductor Apex for Kids Family Concert Christopher Cohan Center, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo (805) 756-4849 www.slosymphony.com Thursday, March 28, at 8 p.m. Berkeley Symphony Joana Carneiro, conductor Noah Stewart, tenor Stucky: The Stars and the Roses (WORLD PREMIERE) Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley (510) 841-2800 www.berkeleysymphony.org Saturday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. El Camino Youth Symphony Camilla Kolchinsky, conductor Sarah Tuan, piano Adi Zimmerman, clarinet Weber: Invitation to the Dance Overture Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23, Mvt. 3 Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Mvt. 3 Rossini: Il signor Bruschino Overture Tchaikovsky: Selections from Swan Lake Suite Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center, Atherton (650) 213-7111 www.ecys.org For the schedules of:
Los Angeles Philharmonic www.laphil.org Pacific Symphony www.pacificsymphony.org San Diego Symphony www.sandiegosymphony.org San Francisco Symphony www.sfsymphony.org | 
