A Grand Opening to Remember
A Grand Opening to Remember


A Grand Opening to Remember

Pacific Symphony’s SummerFest 2023, presented by City of Hope Orange County, comes to a dramatic finale on Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. at FivePoint Amphitheatre. City of Hope Orange County presents Tchaikovsky Spectacular: A Concert of Hope, honoring cancer survivors,

We’re opening Pacific Symphony’s 45th anniversary season with one of the greatest tone poems of all times: Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben, “A Hero’s Life.” When I think about it, the life of Pacific Symphony is truly heroic….

During the 2023-24 season I’m conducting four subscription concerts: opening weekend’s “A Hero’s Life” by Richard Strauss and closing weekend’s Beethoven’s Ninth; Brahms Symphony No. 1 in February, as well as our opera of the year, Puccini’s La Bohème in April. I want to talk a little bit about why I put those on my 34th season and the orchestra’s 45th.

Earlier this year, the Arts & Culture section of Voice of OC teased the imminent launch of a new independent digital platform exclusively focused on arts and culture in Orange County. Publisher Paul Hodgins has officially announced that the much-anticipated

Congratulations to Pacific Symphony’s longtime dedicated volunteer and Board member, John Evans, for receiving the Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award at the Association of California Symphony Orchestra (ACSO) Annual Conference at Mission Inn in Riverside. The Award recognizes exemplary volunteers, volunteer projects, and
This summer, Classical California KUSC has been re-broadcasting Pacific Symphony concerts from the 2022-23 Hal and Jeanette Segerstrom Family Foundation Classical Series on SoCal Sunday Night at 7 p.m. The season concludes with the final two concerts that were heard