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California Orchestras: January 2015 Concert Listings -- UPDATED

The Association of California Symphony Orchestras offers a monthly summary of orchestra performances in California. The information listed below represents the latest concert information from current member organizations and is subject to change.

The deadline to be included in the February calendar listings is January 15.

This month's California Concerts feature one World Premiere.

Sunday, January 4 at 7 p.m.

San José Chamber Orchestra
Barbara Day Turner, conductor
Stephanie Chase, violin
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Le Petit Trianon, 72 N 5th St., San José
(408) 295-4416
www.sjco.org  

Friday, January 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, January 11, 2:30 p.m.
Thousand Oaks Philharmonic
John Roscigno, conductor

Alexander Dohn, Richard Hoffman, Jahan Raymond, Robert Liu, Mina Jung, and Grace Chen, pianists
Jaimee Cao, violinist

Haydn, Mozart, Rachmaninov, Kabalevsky, and Vieuxtemps: piano and violin concertos
1/9: Camarillo United Methodist Church, 291 Anacapa Dr., Camarillo

1/11: Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza,  Scherr Forum Theater,  2100 E. Thousand Oaks Bl., Thousand Oaks 

(805) 376-2485

www.tophil.org 

 

Saturday, January 10 at 7:30 p.m.

Tulare County Symphony

Bruce Kiesling, conductor

Steven Lin, piano

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto 2

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Visalia Fox Theatre, 308 West Main St., Visalia

(559) 732-8600

www.tularecountysymphony.com 

 

Saturday, January 10th at 7:30 p.m. 

Las Vegas Philharmonic
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Bella Hristova, violin
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Bruch: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts
361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas
(702) 749-2000
www.lvphil.org

 

Saturday, January 10 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, January 11 at 3 p.m.
Monday, January 12 at 8 p.m.
Santa Rosa Symphony
Michael Christie, guest conductor
Mark O'Connor, violin
O'Connor: The Fiddle Concerto
Copland: Billy the Kid Suite
Copland: El Salón México
Weill Hall, Green Music Center, Rohnert Park
(707) 546-8742
www.santarosasymphony.com 

 

Sunday January 11 at 2:30 p.m.
Peninsula Youth Symphony: Orchestra Nova
Sara Salsbury, conductor
"Young People's Concert" co-sponsored by the City of Menlo Park
Menlo-Atherton PAC, 555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton
www.peninsulayouthorchestra.org  

 

Thursday, January 15 at 8 p.m.

Berkeley Symphony

Joana Carneiro, conductor

Adès: Asyla

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique"

Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley

(510) 841-2800 x1

www.berkeleysymphony.org 

 

Friday, January 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday January 18 at 3 p.m.

Hutchins Consort

Joe McNalley, artistic director

Ben Power, piper

Elgar: String Serenade (world premiere of new arrangement)

Collection of jigs, reels, galliards, strathspeys and waltzes.

1/16: St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 890 Balour Dr., Encinitas

1/18: St. Mark Presbyterian Church, 2200 San Joaquin Hills Rd., Newport Beach

(760) 632-0554

www.hutchinsconsort.org

 

Friday, January 16 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, January 17 at 8 p.m.
Peninsula Symphony North
Mitchell Sardou Klein, conductor
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Rodgers: Carousel
Kern: Swing Time
Porter: Broadway Melody of 1940
San Mateo Performing Arts Center, 600 N. Delaware St., San Mateo
(650) 941-5291
www.PeninsulaSymphony.org 

 

Saturday, January 17 at 2:30 p.m.

Santa Monica Symphony

Guido Lamell, conductor

Annual Martin Luther King Day Concert

Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A minor

Dorsey: Precious Lord, Take My Hand

Johnson-Johnson: Lift Every Voice and Sing

Walker: Lyric for Strings

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor

Traditional: We Shall Overcome - sing along

SGI Auditorium, 525 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica

FREE: (310) 395-6330

www.smsymphony.org 

 

Saturday, January 17 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, January 18 at 3 p.m.

Santa Barbara Symphony

Dirk Brosse, guest conductor

Chaplin: "City Lights" film with live orchestra accompaniment

The Granada Theater, 1214 State St., Santa Barbara

(805) 899-2222

www.thesymphony.org 

 

Sunday, January 18 at 4 p.m. 

San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory

Jeff Edmons, conductor 

Artist Series Concert     

California Center for the Arts, Center Theater, Escondido                                                

(619) 233-3232 x115

http://www.sdys.org 

 

Sunday, January 18 at 4 p.m.
California Symphony
Tomasz Golka, guest conductor
Alina Ming Kobialka, violin
Rossini: Overture to the Barber of Seville
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Sibelius: Valse triste
Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Dr., Walnut Creek
(925) 943-7469 (SHOW)   

www.californiasymphony.org

 

Sunday, January 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Colburn Orchestra
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Blake Pouliot, violin
Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op.35
Holst: The Planets
Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave., Los Angeles
(213) 621-1050
https://oss.ticketmaster.com/html/request.htmI?l=EN&team=laphil&STAGE=1&PROC=BUY&EventName=EWD0118E 

 

Sunday, January 18 at 3:30 p.m.
Orchestra Santa Monica
Allen Robert Gross, conductor
Catherine Del Russo, oboe
Mozart: Symphony No. 21 in A Major
Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C Major
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor
Ann and Jerry Moss Theater, New Roads School Campus, 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica
(310) 525-7618
www.orchestrasantamonica.org  

 

Sunday, January 18 at 8 p.m

Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay
Frances Steiner, conductor
Sean Chen, pianist
Mozart: March, K.445
Mozart: Piano Concerto in A Major, K.488
Canning: Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Palos Verdes Center, 27570 Norris Center Dr., Palos Verdes
(310) 544-0403 
www.palosverdes.com/chamberorchestra

 

Friday, January 23 at 8 p.m.

Oakland East Bay Symphony

Michael Morgan, conductor

Richard Glazier, piano

Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8

Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland  

(510) 444-0802

www.oebs.org   

 

Saturday, January 24 at 8 p.m.  

Downey Symphony Orchestra   

Sharon Lavery, conductor 

Alison Bjorkedal, harpist

Copland: "Hoedown" from Rodeo

Mahler: "Adagietto" from Symphony No. 5

Debussy: Sacred and Profane Dances

Kostar: Five Variations on Loss and Isolations (WORLD PREMIERE) 

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings 

Downey Theatre, 8435 Firestone Blvd., Downey
(562) 861-8211
www.downeysymphony.org

Saturday, January 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, January 25 at 2 p.m. 

Reno Chamber Orchestra  

Theodore Kuchar, conductor

Emilio Colón, soloist

Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra  

Rossini: Overture to Semiramide  

Beethoven: Fifth Symphony.  

Nightingale Concert Hall, UNR, 1335 North Virginia St., Reno,  

(775) 348-9413  

 www.renochamberorchestra.org   

 

Saturday, January 24, 8 p.m
Sunday, January 25, 7 p.m
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Karina Canellakis, conductor & violin
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto, "La tempest di mare" ("storm")
Peteris Vasks: Lonely Angel
John Adams: Shaker Loops
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Saturday: Alex Theatre, 216 North Brand Blvd., Glendale
Sunday:  Royce Hall, 340 Royce Dr., Westwood
(213) 622-7001
https://laco.secure.force.com/ticket/#details_a0Sd0000004JUKOEA4 

 

Saturday, January 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, January 25 at 3 p.m.

Auburn Symphony

Peter Jaffe, conductor 

Christina Mok, violin

Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite, op. 60

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

Placer High School Auditorium, 123 Agard St., Auburn
(530) 823-6683
www.auburnsymphony.com 

 

Saturday, January 24 at 8 p.m. 
Sunday, January 25 at 2 p.m.
Santa Cruz Symphony
Daniel Stewart, conductor
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
1/24: Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
1/25: Mello Center for the Performing Arts
(831) 420-5260
www.SantaCruzSymphony.org 

 

Sunday, January 25 at 3 p.m.
Vallejo Symphony
David Ramadanoff, conductor

Pamela Martin, Eric Tran and Nathan Chueng, pianos.

Corey Fischer, narrator
Respighi, La Primavera from Trittico Botticelliana
Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf
Rimsky-Korsakov, The Flight of the Bumble Bee
Saint-Saëns The Carnival of the Animals
Hogan Auditorium, 850 Rosewood Ave., Vallejo
(707) 643-4441
 http://vallejosymphony.org/ 

 

Sunday, January 25 at 3 p.m.
Santa Rosa Symphony
Family Concert Series "Tchaikovsky Discovers America"
Richard Loheyde, conductor
Classical Kids Live!
Weill Hall, Green Music Center, Rohnert Park
(707) 546-8742
http://www.santarosasymphony.com/tickets/tickets_home.asp  

 

Sunday, January 25, 2015, 3 p.m .

Conejo Valley Youth Orchestras

Bill Benson, Artistic Director

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings

Stravinsky: Dance Infernal and the Berceuse and Finale from the ballet "The Firebird"

Anderson: The Typewriter and more

Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Fred Kavli Theatre

2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks

Tickets: (805) 449-2787

www.cvyo.org 

 

Sunday January 25, 2015, 3:00 p.m.
Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Charles Ramirez, guitar
Piazzolla: Tangazo
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Frank: Three Latin American Dances
Ravel: Boléro
William Saroyan Theatre, 700 M St., Fresno

www.fresnophil.org 

 

Friday, January 30, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.

Merced Symphony

Ming Luke, conductor

Pops Concert: Classics and movie themes with a Western flavor

Merced Theatre, 301 W. Main St., Merced

(209) 381-0500 or online

www.mercedsymphony.org 

 

Saturday, January 31, 2015, 8 p.m.

Long Beach Symphony

Bruce Kiesling, conductor

Cécilia Tsan, cello

Mendelssohn: Fingal's Cave

Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor "From the New World"

Long Beach Performing Arts Center, Terrace Theater, 300 E. Ocean Blvd. 

(562) 436-3203 ext.1

 www.LongBeachSymphony.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  
 

 

If your organization would like to be included in future listings, please e-mail your concert information to office@acso.org in the following format:

 

Day of week, Month, Date and Concert Time (a.m. or p.m.)

Name of Organization

conductor

soloist(s)

Repertoire Summary­ (e.g., Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67)

Concert Location, Address, City

Telephone number for ticket information (xxx) xxx-xxxx

Website

 

Disclaimer: the entries in this document are given to us by the organization and ACSO claims no responsibility for their accuracy.