PBS's Great Performances and Pacific Symphony, led by Music Director Carl St.Clair, pay tribute to America's history and celebrate the historic American immigrant experience with a special Independence Day weekend program of composer Peter Boyer's Grammy-nominated contemporary classical work a?oeEllis Island: The Dream of America,a?? broadcast nationally on PBS on Friday, July 3 at 9 p.m. (PDT).
In an effort to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered Thursday that all gatherings of more than 250 people be suspended until March 31. Pacific Symphony has canceled or postponed concerts listed below to assure the well-being of our artists, patrons and staff.
Pacific Symphony, in its ongoing quest to present a broad array of musical genres for diverse audiences, will again celebrate the Iranian New Year festival of Nowruz, which marks the arrival of spring and has been celebrated for 3,000 years. Presented in collaboration with the Farhang Foundation, this special concert led by Music Director Carl St.Clair will take place on March 28 at 8 p.m. The program is sponsored by Alan and Anoosheh Oskouian and J.P. Morgan Private Bank. The cultural sponsor for the event is the Farhang Foundation
Tony Award winner Jason Alexander and Broadway actress Kerry O'Malley join the cast of Broadway Legends: An All-Star Tribute to Harold Prince, a one-night-only exclusive engagement celebrating the legacy of the late producer and director Harold Prince and the renowned shows and music that he shaped into many of the greatest hits in Broadway history.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts and the Los Angeles International Dance Festival (LAIDF) will present Ailey II - The Next Generation of Dance on April 11, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall as part of the festival's inaugural year. Ailey II, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's junior company that serves as a bridge between The Ailey School and the professional dance world, is universally renowned for merging the spirit and energy of the country's best young dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today's most promising emerging choreographers. The acclaimed 12-member ensemble makes its first appearance at the Center performing three works from the company's rich repertory including Road to One (2017) by Darrell Grand Moultrie, Where There Are Tongues (2018) by Ailey School alum and former Ailey II dancer Bradley Shelver as well as Breaking Point (2017) by Renee McDonald.
Music Director Carl St.Clair and President John Forsyte today announced the Hal and Jeanette Segerstrom Family Foundation Classical Series, inaugurating St.Clair's fourth decade as music director. Comprised of 44 concerts, the 2020-21 classical season reflects the orchestra's diverse repertoirea?"from core symphonic works, new commissions, full-length opera and cross-disciplinary collaborations.
Today, Segerstrom Center for the Arts is pleased to announce its 2020 FREE Disney Musicals in Schools student share performance, hosted by Kayla Cyphers, who stars as Nala in The North American Tour of Disney's The Lion King. On Wednesday, March 11 at 5:00pm, 200 elementary school students from Arthur F. Corey Elementary (Buena Park), Garfield Elementary (Santa Ana), Frank Vessels Elementary (Cypress), and Sycamore Elementary (Orange) will sing and dance their way through scenes from Disney's The Jungle Book KIDS and Aladdin KIDS in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Disney Musicals in Schools is designed to help Orange County public elementary schools create sustainable musical theater programs.
With three nights of Beethoven (March 19-21), Pacific Symphony presents a?oeBeethoven's Piano Concertos'a?"a weekend-long extravaganza celebrating the beloved composer's 250th birthday. Boasting a different Beethoven-only program every night, the weekend features all five of the composer's piano concertos, performed by the spectacular returning guest pianist Alexander Romanovsky.
Exploring the breadth and depth of American dance, Segerstrom Center for the Arts is pleased to announce a diverse lineup of programming this Spring. It all begins with the World Premiere of American Ballet Theatre's new work from ABT Artist-in-Residence Alexei Ratmansky titled Of Love and Rage.
The incredible musical stylings of cross-genre sensation Pink Martini will once again join Pacific Symphony musicians onstage for the fourth time since 2010, in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall as Andy Einhorn conducts! Pink Martini is part big band, part classical ensemble, part salsa troupe and all fun!
Segerstrom Center for the Arts will present Broadway Legends: An All-Star Tribute to Hal Prince, a one-night-only exclusive engagement celebrating the legacy of the late producer and director Harold Prince and the acclaimed shows and music that he shaped into many of the greatest hits in Broadway history.
The incredible musical stylings of world music group Pink Martini will once again join Pacific Symphony musicians onstage for the fourth time since 2010, in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall as Andy Einhorn conducts! Pink Martini is part big band, part classical ensemble, part salsa troupe and all fun!
Enter the doors of Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall and dive into the world of Prokofiev's educational and exciting a?oePeter and the Wolf.a?? Join guest conductor Maxim Eshkenazy as he leads Peter and his brave animal friends on an adventure to outsmart the Big Bad Wolf! Watch the Magic Circle Mime Co. and the colorful characters of the orchestra bring this timeless symphonic fairy tale to life!
Critically-acclaimed violinist Augustin Hadelich returns to Pacific Symphony, conducted by returning guest conductor Michael Francis, for three nights of electrifying performances. Hadelich headlines these concerts performing Paganini's virtuosic Violin Concerto No. 1, in a program opening with American composer Christopher Rouse's atmospheric work a?oeProspero's Room,a?? and closing with Rachmaninoff's quintessentially Russian Symphony No. 3. Where piano fans look to Rachmaninoff for keyboard virtuosity, violinists turn to Paganini. An outrageously gifted musician and one of the first a?oerock starsa?? of classical music, Paganini was also an accomplished composer writing hundreds of pieces including six violin concertos.
For the fifth year in a row, Pacific Symphony and South Coast Chinese Cultural Center/Irvine Chinese School join hands to present a free, fun, family-friendly Lantern Festival, commemorating the end of the Lunar New Year celebration.
Soka Performing Arts Center presents Pacific Symphony Chamber Orchestra with violinist Elissa Lee Koljonen on Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 3pm. The program includes Ticheli's There Will Be Rest, a piece of fragile beauty and quiet dignity, and Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61, considered to be his most lyrical work, and the only concerto he wrote for one of the most popular instruments of his day: the violin.
Back by popular demand, the multifaceted virtuoso Chris Botti teams up with Pacific Symphony for a night of trumpeted serenades that you and your Valentine won't soon forget. From crooning jazz standards and classical ballads to upbeat pop tunes, Botti's wide array of performing expertise is sure to put you in a romantic mood. Pops conductor Albert-George Schram joins the Symphony again for this spectacular concert.
In a vibrant East-meets-West explosion of music and dance, Pacific Symphony welcomes the Chinese zodiac's 'Year of the Rat' with its annual 'Lunar New Year' concert. Inviting an array of talented performers from the local community and beyond, the colorful program offers a wide spectrum of entertainment unlike any other experienced in Orange County, ranging from talented dance ensembles and singers to Eastern instrumentalists, performing Eastern folk songs, orchestral classics and even some new commissions. With Music Director Carl St.Clair leading the orchestra, the evening's visual and aural spectacle is sure to properly celebrate the Lunar New Year with energetic fervor.
Pacific Symphony's Family Musical Mornings series presents a special, just-for-kids rendition of Gaetano Donizetti's 'The Elixir of Love' in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Enter the big top to immerse yourself in Donizetti's operatic circus, featuring a lovestruck laborer, a greedy quack and a love potion-what could possibly go wrong here? Associate Conductor Roger Kalia leads the audience through the twists and turns of Donizetti's comic opera for a morning of magical music.
