This webpage contains a list of Southern California Orchestras Concerts and also a list of Southern California Orchestras that have come to our attention.  While every attempt is made to provide an accurate listing, make sure that you confirm all relevant information before getting on the road for an event.  Please contact Michael Cleary if you know of a concert or orchestra that should be listed here, or have any corrections for existing information.  Concerts for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Pacific Symphony are not listed here due to their sheer quantity, so please refer to their respective websites for concert information.

Southern California Orchestra Concerts

Date	City	Orchestra/Venue/Address	Cost	Program
Saturday, Feb 4, 2012 7:30PM	Pasadena	Colburn Orchestra Ambassador Auditorium 131 South Saint John Avenue	Free	Mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, hailed by the New Yorker as having “a luminous tone, a generously supported musical line, a keen sense of verbal nuance, and a flair for seduction” joins conductor Yehuda Gilad and the Colburn Orchestra for vocal works of John Adams (“Am I In Your Light?” from Dr. Atomic) and Gustav Mahler (Ruckert Lieder). The program concludes with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 7.
Sunday, Feb 5, 2012 3:00PM	Whittier	Rio Hondo Symphony Whittier High School Vic Lopez Auditorium 12417 E. Philadelphia Street	Free	NO STRINGS ATTACHED! Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Johann Sebastian Bach - "Air" Orchestral Suite No. 3 Antonio Vivaldi - "Winter" from the Four Seasons Gustav Holst - St. Paul's Suite Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings in C Major
Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 7:30PM	Los Angeles	USC Thornton Symphony USC Bovard Auditorium 3551 Trousdale Parkway	$18-$12	New Music for Orchestra USC students, staff and faculty with valid ID, free. Seniors, alumni and non-USC students, $12. General public, $18. Obtain ticket online Thornton student composers present premieres of their work in this exciting concert with the USC Thornton Symphony, led by Donald Crockett. The annual New Music for Orchestra event has premiered more than 125 Thornton School student orchestral works over the past 25 years
Friday, Feb 10, 2012 7:30PM	Dana Point	Dana Point Symphony (DPS) St. Edward's Church 33926 Calle La Primavera	$12-$8	Mozart Overture to Marriage of Figaro Brahms Double Concerto Mozart Symphony No. 40 Mira Khomik, Violin TBD, Cello
Friday, Feb 10, 2012 8:00PM	Pacific Palisades	St. Matthew's Chamber Orchestra St. Matthew's Church 1031 Bienveneda Avenue	$35	Pianist Andrew von Oeyen in Recital Andrew von Oeyen has established himself as one of the most captivating pianists of his generation. Since his debut at age 16 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mr. von Oeyen has performed to critical acclaim in recital and orchestral appearances around the world. • Music by Scarlatti, Liszt and Debussy
Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 8:00PM	San Pedro	Golden State Pops Orchestra (GSPO) Warner Grand Theatre 478 West 6th Street	$45-$15	Cinema Fantastique: Epic Choral Soundtracks Avatar, Abyss, Hymn to the Fallen from, Saving Private Ryan, The Mission, The Omen
Sunday, Feb 12, 2012 4:00PM	Los Angeles	Santa Cecilia Orchestra Occidental College Thorne Hall 1600 Campus Road	$26-$7	Dvorák and Gershwin Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Saturday, Feb 18, 2012 2:00PM	Pasadena	Pasadena Symphony Ambassador Auditorium 131 South Saint John Avenue	$100-$35	Seductive Scheherazade Esther Keel, Piano Borodin Polovtsian Dances Saint Saens Piano Concerto No. 5 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Sunday, Feb 18, 2012 2:30PM	Murrieta	Inland Valley Symphony Murrietta Mesa High School Gershwin Performing Arts Center 24801 Monroe Avenue	$20-$8	ROMEO & JULIET Overture from Romeo & Juliet, Ryan MacEvoy McCullough on Chopin Piano Concert No. 1 and Meg Cassell performs Strauss Oboe Concerto.
Saturday, Feb 18, 2012 8:00PM	La Mirada	La Mirada Symphony La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts 14900 La Mirada Boulevard	Free	The Russians Are Coming! Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96 Shostakovich: Six Pieces from the First Ballet Suite, Op. 84 Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 version) Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations Kihae Kim DeFazio, Cellist Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Saturday, Feb 18, 2012 8:00PM	Pasadena	Pasadena Symphony Ambassador Auditorium 131 South Saint John Avenue	$100-$35	Seductive Scheherazade Esther Keel, Piano Borodin Polovtsian Dances Saint Saens Piano Concerto No. 5 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Saturday, Feb 18, 2012 400PM	Los Angeles	Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra Central Los Angeles High School No. 9	Free	Gabriel Campos-Zamora, Clarinet (Debut Competition Grand Prize Winner) Revueltas Ocho por Radio Piazzolla Oblivion Debussy Premiére Rhapsodie Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 in E flat Major, Op. 70
Sunday, Feb 19, 2012 400PM	Santa Monica	Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra The Broad Stage 1310 11th Street	Free	Gabriel Campos-Zamora, Clarinet (Debut Competition Grand Prize Winner) Revueltas Ocho por Radio Piazzolla Oblivion Debussy Premiére Rhapsodie Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 in E flat Major, Op. 70
Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 7:30PM	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra (SBCO) Lobero Theatre 33 East Canon Perdido Street	$47-$42	Beethoven's Thirds Tong Il Han, Piano Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 37 in C minor Beethoven — Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 in E Flat Major "Eroica"
Saturday, Feb 25, 2012 8:00PM	Long Beach	Long Beach Symphony Orchestra POPS! Long Beach Arena 300 East Ocean Boulevard	$149-$30	LERNER AND LOEWE With Susan Egan, Chad Johnson and Christopher Johnstone Starring Susan Egan, Chad Johnson, and Christopher Johnstone Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe collaborated on some of the best Broadway musicals of all time, like My Fair Lady, Camelot, Gigi and Brigadoon. With your Long Beach Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Steven Reineke, these Broadway stars will give a fresh, retro-hip take on these tried-and-true hits.
Sunday, Feb 26, 2012 ?:00PM	Los Angeles	Jr. Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday, Mar 3, 2012 7:30PM	Pasadena	Colburn Orchestra Ambassador Auditorium 131 South Saint John Avenue	Free	Season finale features conductor Bramwell Tovey, music director of the Vancouver Symphony and principal guest conductor of the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. Works include Strauss’s tone poem Ein Heldenleben and Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with Conservatory pianist Sichen Ma, who has performed as soloist with the Toronto Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Sunday, Mar 4, 2012 3:00PM	Los Angeles	Brentwood Westwood Symphony Orchestra (BWSO) University Synagogue 11960 Sunset Boulevard	Free	"Artists of Tomorrow" Showcasing young and talented winners of our annual “Artists of Tomorrow” competition featuring selected works by variouscomposers. You’ll be astonished by the level of brilliance and virtuosity these fine young performers bring to our stage. Program to be announced.
Sunday, Mar 4, 2012 3:00PM	Torrance	ECC Symphony Orchestra ECC Marsee Auditorium 16007 Crenshaw Boulevard	$10	Nicholas Sobko: Clarinet Concerto*, James E Mack, soloist (*World Premiere) William Grant Still: Little Red Schoolhouse John Williams: "March" from Superman Arturo Marquez: Danzon No. 2
Sunday, Mar 4, 2012 3:00PM	Irvine	Mozart Classical Orchestra UCI Barclay Theatre 4242 Campus Drive	$52-$45	“Strings Attached” MOZART/PORAT Quintet in g minor, K. 516 (orchestrated) SCHUBERT/PORAT Death and the Maiden (orchestrated)
Sunday, Mar 4, 2012 8:00PM	Rolling Hills Estates	Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay Norris Theatre 27570 Crossfield Drive	$40	CARRIE DENNIS, PRINCIPAL VIOLIST, LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC and MARCIA DICKSTEIN, HARPIST DEBUSSY-“Sacred and Profane Dances” for Harp and Strings SHULMAN, ALAN-Theme and Variations for Viola and Strings PAGANINI-“La Campanella” for Viola and Orchestra GRIEG-“Holberg Suite” for Strings
Friday, Mar 9, 2012 7:30PM	Dana Point	Dana Point Symphony (DPS) St. Edward's Church 33926 Calle La Primavera	$12-$8	Mendelssohn Overture The Hebrides Wieniawski Legende Sarasate Zigeunerweisen Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 “Italian” Lindsay Deutsch, Violin
Saturday, Mar 10, 2012 7:30PM	Riverside	Riverside County Philharmonic Fox performing Arts Center 3801 Mission Inn Avenue	$82-$20	“Music among friends” Guest artist: Gary Hoffman, cello Kilstofte “News Flash” Dvorak “Cello Concerto" Brahms “Symphony #3”
Saturday, Mar 10, 2012 7:30PM	Santa Monica	Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra Santa Monica Civic Auditorium 1855 Main Street	Free	Gloria Cheng, Piano Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 Adams: Eros Piano Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Saturday, Mar 10, 2012 8:00PM	Long Beach	Long Beach Symphony Orchestra Terrace Theater 300 East Ocean Boulevard	$94-$34	Mendelssohn Melodies DVOŘÁKSlavonic Dances MENDELSSOHNConcerto for Violin - Katia Popov, violin SCHUBERTSymphony D.944, C major (The Great C Major)
Saturday, Mar 10, 2012 8:00PM	San Bernardino	San Bernardino Symphony California Theater 562 West Fourth Street	$55-$10	Concert 4: Orchestral Treasures Experience international cellist Jesús A. Morales’ debut performance in San Bernardino as he plays Elgar’s Stunning cello concerto, then relish in the treasure that is Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony no.9. Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, K.492 by WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Cello Concerto in e minor, op.85 by EDWARD ELGAR (featuring Jesús A. Morales, cello) Symphony no.9 in E-Flat Major, op.70 by DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Saturday, Mar 10, 2012 8:00PM	Torrance	Torrance Symphony James R. Armstrong Theatre 3330 Civic Center Drive	$12.50
Sunday, Mar 11, 2012 3:30PM	Claremont	Claremont Symphony Orchestra Pomona College Bridges Hall of Music 150 East Fourth Street	Free	Overture in C to “La clemenza di tito”, K. 621 by Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491 by Mozart Robert Sage, piano Symphony in E Flat, Op. 26 “Rustic Wedding” by Goldmark Ruth Charloff will conduct the orchestra in this concert.
Sunday, Mar 18, 2012 4:00PM	Ventura	Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra First United Methodist Church 1338 East Santa Clara Street	$20	Choral Spectacular featuring Kelley O’Connor, mezzo soprano Danse Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) Orchestrated by Maurice Ravel Sarabande Orchestrated by Maurice Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) Pavane, op. 50 Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924) Female Chorus Alto Rhapsody, op. 53 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Male Chorus and Mezzo Soprano - Kelley O’Connor, soloist Fern Hill John Corigliano (1938 - ) SATB Chorus and Mezzo soprano - Kelley O’Connor, soloist
Friday, Mar 23, 2012 8:00PM	Pacific Palisades	St. Matthew's Chamber Orchestra St. Matthew's Church 1031 Bienveneda Avenue	$35	Lauridsen’s “Lux Aeterna” Morton Lauridsen's "Lux Aeterna" has become one of the most beloved and recognizable works in the choral repertoire. The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew's will be joined by the Choir and Soloists of St. Matthew's Parish for a performance of this modern classic, along with the world premiere of a Music Guild commission by Manhattan based Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo (pictured left). • Music by Vaughan Williams and Mozart • Commissioning of Gjeilo's "O! Solitude" underwritten by a generous grant from the MacTon Foundation
Friday, Mar 23, 2012 8:15PM	Torrance	Beach Cities Symphony Orchestra ECC Marsee Auditorium 16007 Crenshaw Boulevard	Free	Polonaise from Eugene Onegin, Peter Ilyich Tchaikowsky Trombone Concerto, Barry Brisk, Andrew Malloy, trombone soloist Symphony No. 9, from the New World, Antonín Dvořák
Saturday, Mar 24, 2012 8:00PM	Long Beach	Long Beach Symphony Orchestra POPS! Long Beach Arena 300 East Ocean Boulevard	$149-$30	ELTON JOHN AND MORE… Starring Michael Cavanaugh The star of the Broadway hit musical Movin’ Out, Michael Cavanaugh had the Long Beach Arena singing and dancing in the aisles in 2010 with his evening of Billy Joel songs. He’ll bring that same youthful energy and incredible talent to another memorable evening of songs from the iconic Elton John (and more…including hits by Chicago, Paul McCartney and The Eagles, to name a few) when he brings his band to town to join forces with the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra. The best way to guarantee the best seats is to subscribe now!
Sunday, Mar 25, 2012 400PM	Santa Monica	Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra UCLA Schoenberg Hall 405 Hilgard Avenue	Free	Kristen Choi, Mezzo-Soprano Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite Mahler Ruckert Lieder Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B flat Major, Op. 60
Friday, Mar 30, 2012 8:00PM	Pasadena	Pasadena Community Orchestra First Church of the Nazarene 3700 East Sierra Madre Boulevard	Free	J.S. Bach: Passacaglia, BWV 582 Carl Maria von Weber: Concerto for Bassoon Don Fisher, bassoon Johannes Brahms: Symphony #4
Saturday, Mar 31, 2012 2:00PM	Pasadena	Pasadena Symphony Ambassador Auditorium 131 South Saint John Avenue	$100-$35	Beethoven’s Epic Eroica Nareh Arghamanyan, Piano Mendelssohn The Fair Melusina Overture Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 Beethoven Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Sunday, Mar 31, 2012 2:30PM	Murrieta	Inland Valley Symphony Murrietta Mesa High School Gershwin Performing Arts Center 24801 Monroe Avenue	$20-$8	YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERT Featuring winners of the 2012 Young Artist Competition, Phantom of the Opera and a performance by the Inland Valley Youth Symphony
Saturday, Mar 31, 2012 8:00PM	Downey	Downey Symphony Downey Civic Theater 8435 Firestone Boulevard	$30-$10	TO RUSSIA AND BACK "Galop", Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 9, Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat, Franz Liszt Kevin Fitz-Gerald, piano Capriccio Italien, Peter Illych Tchaikovsky
Saturday, Mar 31, 2012 8:00PM	Pasadena	Pasadena Symphony Ambassador Auditorium 131 South Saint John Avenue	$100-$35	Beethoven’s Epic Eroica Nareh Arghamanyan, Piano Mendelssohn The Fair Melusina Overture Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 Beethoven Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Tuesday, Apr 3, 2012 7:30PM	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra (SBCO) Lobero Theatre 33 East Canon Perdido Street	$47-$42	Staples Center Stage! Sheryl Staples, Violin Mozart — Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546 Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 "Turkish" Tchaikovsky — Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 (arr. for string orchestra)
Friday, Apr 13, 2012 7:30PM	Dana Point	Dana Point Symphony (DPS) St. Edward's Church 33926 Calle La Primavera	$12-$8	Richard Strauss Don Juan Philip Glass Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Juan Colomer TBD Berenika, Piano
Sunday, Apr 21, 2012 8:00PM	Rolling Hills Estates	Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay Norris Theatre 27570 Crossfield Drive	$40	GALA SPRING CONCERT MAYUKO KAMIO, VIOLINIST Gold Medal Prizewinner, Tchaikovsky International Competition ROSSINI-“Tancredi” Overture MENDELSSOHN-Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64 BEETHOVEN-Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op.68 “Pastorale”
Friday, Apr 27, 2012 8:00PM	Pacific Palisades	St. Matthew's Chamber Orchestra St. Matthew's Church 1031 Bienveneda Avenue	$35	Chamber Music Night with Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic return to the Music Guild for an exciting program. Ariana Ghez, Principal Oboe of the LA Phil will be joined by members of the string section for stirring chamber music by Brahms and tuneful but lesser known classics by Britten, Ibert and Martinu. • Ariana Ghez, oboe (pictured left); Johnny Lee and Jin Shan-Dai, violin; Dana Hansen, viola and piano; Jason Lippman, cello
Saturday, Apr 28, 2012 2:00PM	Pasadena	Pasadena Symphony Ambassador Auditorium 131 South Saint John Avenue	$100-$35	DePreist Conducts Strauss Christine Brewer, Soprano Wagner Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey from Gotterdammerung Strauss Four Last Songs Dvorak Symphony No. 8
Saturday, Apr 28, 2012 8:00PM	Long Beach	Long Beach Symphony Orchestra Terrace Theater 300 East Ocean Boulevard	$94-$34	Divine Dvořák, Beautiful Brahms BRAHMS Hungarian Dances DVOŘÁKConcerto for Violoncello - Cécilia Tsan, cello BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
Saturday, Apr 28, 2012 8:00PM	Pasadena	Pasadena Symphony Ambassador Auditorium 131 South Saint John Avenue	$100-$35	DePreist Conducts Strauss Christine Brewer, Soprano Wagner Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey from Gotterdammerung Strauss Four Last Songs Dvorak Symphony No. 8
Sunday, Apr 29, 2012 3:00PM	Irvine	Mozart Classical Orchestra UCI Barclay Theatre 4242 Campus Drive	$52-$45	“Spring Blossoms” CIMAROSA Don Calendrino Overture MOZART/PORAT Concerto for Violoncello, K. 447 HAYDN “Farwell” Symphony No. 45
Sunday, Apr 29, 2012 3:30PM	Claremont	Claremont Symphony Orchestra Pomona College Bridges Hall of Music 150 East Fourth Street	Free	A Tribute to Spain, Robert Sage conducting. “Espana” Rhapsody by Chabrier Concierto de Aranjuez by Rodrigo, Jack Sanders, guitar soloist The Bullfighter’s Prayer by Turina “Carmen” Suite No. 2 by Bizet
Sunday, Apr 29, 2012 4:00PM	Los Angeles	Santa Cecilia Orchestra Occidental College Thorne Hall 1600 Campus Road	$26-$7	Latinos Clásicos Astor Piazzolla: Tangazo Alberto Ginastera: Dances from Estancia Carlos Chávez: Chapultepec Blas Galindo: Sones de Mariachi Arturo Márquez: Leyenda de Miliano (Los Angeles premiere) Arturo Márquez: Conga del Fuego Nuevo
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 7:30PM	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra (SBCO) Lobero Theatre 33 East Canon Perdido Street	$47-$42	Aranjuez to Italia! Jason Vieaux, Guitar Respighi — Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3 Joaquin Rodrigo — Concierto de Aranjuez Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 in A Major "Italian"
Friday, May 4, 2012 7:30PM	Dana Point	Dana Point Symphony (DPS) St. Edward's Church 33926 Calle La Primavera	$12-$8	Glinka Ruslan Ludmilla Overture Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 Dvorak New World Symphony Berenika, Piano
Sunday, May 6, 2012 3:00PM	Los Angeles	Brentwood Westwood Symphony Orchestra (BWSO) University Synagogue 11960 Sunset Boulevard	Free	A Latin American Groove Latin music has been pervasive in North and South America for centuries. Our season finale tours through numerous geographic regions from Argentina to the wild rhythms of Brazil and Puerto Rico, and highlights a new work by Cuban composer and Latin Grammy Nominee Yalil Guerra. Bernstein Symphonic Dances Yalil Guerra A La Antigua Piazzolla Autumn Villa Lobos Guitar Concerto, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 8
Sunday, May 6, 2012 3:00PM	Whittier	Rio Hondo Symphony Whittier High School Vic Lopez Auditorium 12417 E. Philadelphia Street	Free	THE SEA Voice and Strings Young Artist Competition winners are featured Richard Rodgers - Victory at Sea Claude Debussy - La Mer Reinhold Gliere - Russian Sailor's Dance from The Red Poppy
Friday, May 11, 2012 8:00PM	Pasadena	Pasadena Community Orchestra First Church of the Nazarene 3700 East Sierra Madre Boulevard	Free	Program TBA 2012 Pasadena Community Orchestra Young Artist Competition Winner
Saturday, May 12, 2012 3:00PM	La Mirada	La Mirada Symphony La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts 14900 La Mirada Boulevard	Free	POPS Concert – Music of the Spheres R. Strauss: Thus Spake Zarathustra Fanfare Arr. Custer: Star Trek Through the Years Howard: Fly Me to the Moon Van Huesen and Cahn: Come Fly With Me Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries Holst: Mars and Jupiter from the Planets, Op. 32 J. Strauss: Music of the Spheres Waltz, Op. 235 Williams: Suite from Star Wars
Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:00PM	Culver City	Culver City Symphony Orchestra Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium 4117 Overland Avenue	Free
Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:00PM	La Mirada	La Mirada Symphony La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts 14900 La Mirada Boulevard	Free	POPS Concert – Music of the Spheres R. Strauss: Thus Spake Zarathustra Fanfare Arr. Custer: Star Trek Through the Years Howard: Fly Me to the Moon Van Huesen and Cahn: Come Fly With Me Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries Holst: Mars and Jupiter from the Planets, Op. 32 J. Strauss: Music of the Spheres Waltz, Op. 235 Williams: Suite from Star Wars
Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:00PM	Long Beach	Long Beach Symphony Orchestra POPS! Long Beach Arena 300 East Ocean Boulevard	$149-$30	JUDY GARLAND 50th ANNIVERSARY CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT Starring Michele Ragusa This concert is a song-for-song recreation of Judy Garland’s memorable 1961 concert, often described as “the greatest night in show business history”. Michele Ragusa returns to perform with the LBSO in a vibrant revival of this historic concert, which includes such songs as Come Rain or Come Shine, That's Entertainment, Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody, Chicago, You Made Me Love You and Garland's signature, Over the Rainbow.
Sunday, May 13, 2012 4:00PM	Ventura	Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra First United Methodist Church 1338 East Santa Clara Street	$20	Mothers’ Day Tea and Concert Piano Concerto – tbd Miriam Arichea, pianist
Saturday, May 19, 2012 7:30PM	Riverside	Riverside County Philharmonic Fox performing Arts Center 3801 Mission Inn Avenue	$82-$20	"Heroes of the People" Guest artist: Roman Rabinovich, piano Beethoven “Fidelio Overture” Prokofiev “Piano Concerto #5” Sibelius “Symphony #2”
Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:00PM	San Pedro	Golden State Pops Orchestra (GSPO) Warner Grand Theatre 478 West 6th Street	$45-$15	Great Composers Tribute: John Williams Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Angela's Ashes, and more
Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:00PM	San Bernardino	San Bernardino Symphony California Theater 562 West Fourth Street	$55-$10	Concert #5: Tchaikovsky's Finest Tchaikovsky’s dazzling fourth Symphony and Joaquin Rodrigo’s Evocative “Concierto de Aranjuez” Crown our 83rd season and Celebrate our 11 years Under the baton of Maestro Ponti. Concierto de Aranjuez by JOAQUIN RODRIGO (featuring David Cahueque, guitar) Symphony no.4 in f minor, op.36 by PETER ILYITCH TCHAIKOVSKY Prelude to "Afternoon of a Faun" by CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Friday, May 25, 2012 8:15PM	Torrance	Beach Cities Symphony Orchestra ECC Marsee Auditorium 16007 Crenshaw Boulevard	Free	Music Teachers Association of California, South Bay Branch, Artists of the Future soloists La Belle Helene Overture, Jacques Offenbach Artists of the Future Competition Winners (To Be Announced) Poet and Peasant Overture, Franz von Suppe
Sunday, May 26, 2012 2:30PM	Murrieta	Inland Valley Symphony Murrietta Mesa High School Gershwin Performing Arts Center 24801 Monroe Avenue	$20-$8	LEGACY IN FILM Enjoy a concert jam packed with movie music from John Williams.
Saturday, May 26, 2012 7:30PM	Santa Monica	Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra Santa Monica Civic Auditorium 1855 Main Street	Free	Steven Vanhauwaert, Piano Vaughn Williams: Overture to the "Wasps" Grieg: Piano Concerto Schumann: Symphony No. 3 ("Rhenish")
Saturday, Jun xx, 2012 6:30PM	Pasadena	Pasadena Community Orchestra Sierra Madre Memorial Park 222 West Sierra Madre Boulevard	Free	Concert in the Park Program and date TBA
Friday, Jun 1, 2012 8:00PM	Pacific Palisades	St. Matthew's Chamber Orchestra St. Matthew's Church 1031 Bienveneda Avenue	$35	The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew’s — Sounds of the Seasons The 2011 – 2012 season concludes with selections from Vivaldi's immortal "Four Seasons" coupled with a new "Four Seasons" by American violinist and composer Mark O'Connor. O'Connor has made a name for himself through artful blending of classical and traditional American musical expressions and his hauntingly beautiful and exciting "Four Seasons" is one of the most downloaded pieces of crossover music on iTunes. The "Seasons" will be coupled with the world premiere of a newly commissioned work by Christopher Tin and the Marimba Concerto by Emmanuel Séjourné, played by the Chamber Orchestra's longtime Principal Percussionist, Aaron Smith. • Vivaldi/O’Connor Four Seasons, Yi-Huan Zhao (pictured left) and Kevin Kumar (pictured right), violin • Séjourné: Marimba Concerto, Aaron Smith (pictured left), marimba • World Premiere of a Music Guild Commissioned Work
Saturday, Jun 2, 2012 8:00PM	Long Beach	Long Beach Symphony Orchestra Terrace Theater 300 East Ocean Boulevard	$94-$34	Romance and Rhythm LEHARDie lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow): Overture MOZARTPiano Concerto, No. 21 - Angela Cheng, piano TCHAIKOVSKY Sleeping Beauty Suite RAVEL La valse, poème chorégraphique ROSASSobre las Olas (Over the Waves)
Sunday, Jun 3, 2012 3:00PM	Torrance	ECC Symphony Orchestra ECC Marsee Auditorium 16007 Crenshaw Boulevard	$10	Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op.64 Soloists from the ECC Applied Music Program
Wednesday, Jun 6, 2012 ?:00PM	Los Angeles	Jr. Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday, Jun 9, 2012 7:30PM	Culver City	Culver City Symphony Orchestra Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium 4117 Overland Avenue	Free
Sunday, Jun 10, 2012 3:30PM	Claremont	Claremont Symphony Orchestra Pomona College Bridges Hall of Music 150 East Fourth Street	Free	Honoring Great Britain, site of the 2012 Olympic Games Robert Sage, conducting. Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1 and 4 by Elgar Symphony No. 94 in G, “Surprise” by Haydn Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by Vaughn Williams English Folk Song Suite (arr. by G. Jacob) by Vaughn Williams
Sunday, Jun 10, 2012 400PM	Santa Monica	Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra The Broad Stage 1310 11th Street	Free	Yoshika Masuda, Cello (Debut Competition 1st Prize Winner) Richman Symphonic Ode: A Child of the Holocaust Bloch Schelomo Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Saturday, Jun 16, 2012 8:00PM	San Pedro	Golden State Pops Orchestra (GSPO) Warner Grand Theatre 478 West 6th Street	$45-$15	On With the Show: Musicals from the Silver Screen West Side Story, South Pacific, Sweeney Todd, Hairspray, and more
Saturday, Jun 16, 2012 8:00PM	Torrance	Torrance Symphony James R. Armstrong Theatre 3330 Civic Center Drive	$12.50
Saturday, Aug xx, 2012 7:00PM	Downey	Downey Symphony Downey Civic Theater 8435 Firestone Boulevard	$30-$10

Southern California Orchestras

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American Youth Symphony - Alexander Treger conducts free concerts at UCLA Royce Hall in Los Angeles on Sunday evenings founded 1964

APU Symphony Orchestra - Christopher Russell conducts free concerts at APU Munson Chapel Recital Hall in Azusa on Friday evenings founded xxxx

Asian American Symphony -

Beach Cities Symphony Orchestra - Barry Brisk conducts free concerts at ECC Marsee Auditorium in Torrance on Friday evenings founded 1949

Bellflower Symphony Orchestra - Joseph Taylor conducts $12/$10 concerts at Jane and William Bristol Civic Auditorium in Bellflower on Saturday evenings founded 1968

Brentwood Westwood Symphony Orchestra (BWSO) - Alvin Mills conducts free concerts at University Synagogue in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoons founded 1953

Burbank Philharmonic Orchestra - Steven Kerstein conducts free concerts at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Hall of Liberty in Los Angeles on Saturday evenings founded 1991

Carson-Dominguez Hills Symphony Orchestra - Hector Salazar conducts free concerts at CSU University Theatre in Dominguez Hills on Sunday evenings founded 1976

California Philharmonic -

Caltech-Occidental Symphony Orchestra - Allen Robert Gross conducts free concerts at Caltech Ramo Auditorium and Occidental  College Thorne Hall on Saturday,/Sunday, founded xxxx

Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay - Frances Steiner conducts $40 concerts at Norris Theatre in Rolling Hills Estates on Sunday evenings founded 1983

Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra - Kuan-Fen Liu conducts $20 concerts at First United Methodist Church in Ventura on Sunday afternoons founded xxxx

Clap and Tap Chamber Orchestra -

Claremont Concert Orchestra - David Cubek conducts free concerts at Scripps College Garrison Theater in Claremont on Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons founded xxxx

Claremont Symphony Orchestra - Various maestros conduct free concerts at Pomona College Bridges Hall of Music in Claremont on Sunday afternoons founded 1953

Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra - Roger Samuel conducts free concerts at Pomona College Bridges Hall of Music in Claremont founded xxxx

Colburn Chamber Orchestra - Ronald Leonard conducts free concerts at various venues founded 1983

Colburn Orchestra - Yehuda Gilad conducts free concerts at Zipper Hall in Los Angeles on Saturday evenings founded 2003
Colburn Orchestra Da Camera - Richard Rintoul conducts free concerts at Zipper Hall in Los Angeles on Sunday evenings founded 1983

Community Youth Orchestra of Southern California (CYOSC) -

Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra (CVYO) - Bill Benson conducts $$$ concerts at Fred Kavli Theatre in Thousand Oaks founded 1961

Crown City Symphony - Marvin Neumann conducts free concerts at various venues founded 2002

CSUF Symphony Orchestra -

CSULA University Orchestra/Olympia Youth Orchestra - Fung Ho conducts free concerts at CSULA State Playhouse in Los Angeles on Monday evenings founded xxxx

CSULB University Symphony Orchestra - Johannes Müller-Stosch conducts $15-$10 concerts at CSULB Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach founded xxxx

CSUN Symphony - Dr. John Roscigno conducts $10-$5 concerts at Plaza del Sol Performance Hall in Northridge founded xxxx

CSUN Youth Orchestra -

Culver City Chamber Orchestra - Free concerts in Culver City founded xxxx

Culver City Symphony Orchestra - Frank Fetta conducts free/$$$$ concerts at Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium in Culver City on Saturday evenings founded 1963

Dana Point Symphony (DPS) - Dean Anderson conducts $12-$8 concerts at St. Edward’s Church in Dana Point on Friday evenings founded 2011

Downey Symphony Orchestra - Sharon Lavery conducts $30 concerts at Downey Civic Theater in Downey on Saturday evenings founded 1957

ECC Symphony Orchestra - Dr. Dane Teter conducts $10 concerts at ECC Marsee Auditorium in Torrance on Sunday afternoons founded xxxx

Glendale Philharmonic - Mikael Avetisyan conducts $50-15 concerts at First Baptist Church of Glendale in Glendale on Saturday evenings founded 2010

Glendale Youth Orchestra - Brad Keimach conducts free concerts at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Hall of Liberty in Los Angeles on Saturday evenings founded 1989

Golden State Pops Orchestra (GSPO) - Steven Allen Fox conducts $40-$15 concerts at Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro in San Pedro on Saturday evenings founded 2002

Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra -

Inland Valley Symphony -

iPalpiti Orchestra - Eduard Schmieder conducts $80-Free concerts at various venues founded 1991

Jr. Philharmonic Orchestra - Gary S. Greene conducts $50-$10 concerts at various venues founded 1937

Laguna Woods Village Symphony -

La Mirada Symphony - Robert Frelly conducts free concerts at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts in La Mirada founded 1963

LBCC Symphony Orchestra -

LMU Chamber Orchestra - xxxx conducts free concerts at LMU Murphy Recital Hall in Los Angeles founded xxxx

Long Beach Symphony Orchestra - Enrique Arturo Diemecke conducts $69-$18 concerts at Terrace Theater in Long Beach on Saturday evenings founded 1935 

Los Angeles Balalaika Orchestra - Iryna Orlova conducts $31-$26 concerts at various venues Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons founded 1995

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra - Jeffrey Kahane conducts $100-$18 concerts at Alex Theatre in Glendale on Saturday evenings and UCLA Royce Hall in Los Angeles on Sunday evenings founded 1935

Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra - Dr. Ivan Shulman conducts free concerts at various locations on Sunday afternoons founded 1953

Los Angeles Dream Orchestra -

Los Angeles Jewish Symphony - Noreen Green conducts $$$$ concerts at various locations founded 1994

Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic - Gary S. Greene conducts $$$$ concerts at various locations founded 1994

Los Angeles Philharmonic - Gustavo Dudamel conducts $47-$160 concerts at Walt Disney Concert Hall and Hollywood Bowl founded 1919

Los Angeles Symphony - Hyun Sang Joo conducts $???? concerts at various venues founded 2001

Los Angeles Youth Orchestra - Russell Steinberg conducts $20-$2 concerts at Robert Margolis Performing Arts Center and Zipper Hall in Los Angeles founded xxxx

LSU Orchestra - Daniel Cummings conducts free concerts at La Sierra University Hole Memorial Auditorium in Riverside founded xxxx

Malibu Coast Youth Symphony - Scott Hosfeld conducts free concerts at Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture in Malibu founded 2009

Marina del Rey Summer Symphony - Frank Fetta conducts free concerts at Chase Park in Marina del Rey on Thursday evenings founded xxxx

Mozart Classical Orchestra - Ami Porat conducts $???? concerts at UCI Irvine Barclay Theatre in Irvine on Sunday afternoons founded 1985

Musica Angelica - Martin Haselböck conducts $55-$49 concerts at various venues on Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons founded 1993

New Valley Symphony Orchestra - Armen Garabedian conducts free concerts at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Hall of Liberty in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoons founded xxxx

New West Symphony - Boris Brott conducts $78-$25 concerts in Oxnard/Thousand Oaks/Santa Monica on Friday,/Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons founded xxxx

OC Symphony - Anthony Parnther conducts $20-$15 concerts at Servite High School Auditorium in Anaheim on Sunday evenings founded 1985

OC Wind Symphony - Anthony Parnther conducts $20-$15 concerts at Servite High School Auditorium in Anaheim on Sunday evenings founded 1985

OC Youth Symphony Orchestra - Daniel Alfred Wachs conducts $10-$5 concerts at Chapman University Memorial Hall in Orange on Sunday afternoons founded xxxx

Pacific Symphony - Carl St.Clair conducts $47-$160 concerts at Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa and Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine founded 1978

Palisades Symphony - Joel Lish conducts free concerts at Pacific Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades on Sunday evenings founded 1966

Pasadena Community Orchestra - Alan Reinecke conducts free concerts at First Church of the Nazarene in Pasadena on Friday evenings founded 1983

Pasadena Pops - Rachael Worby conducts $90-$10 concerts at Rose Bowl Adjacent Lawn in Pasadena on Saturday evenings founded xxxx

Pasadena Summer Youth Chamber Orchestra -

Pasadena Symphony - $100-$35 concerts at Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena on Saturday afternoons and evenings founded 1928

Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra - Jack Taylor conducts free concerts at various venues founded 1972

Peninsula Symphony - Gary Berkson conducts free concerts at Rolling Hills Covenant Church in Rolling Hills Estates on Sunday evenings founded 1967

Pepperdine University Orchestra - Tony Cason conducts $10 concerts at Pepperdine Smothers Theatre in Malibu founded xxxx

Pomona College Orchestra - Eric Lindholm conducts free concerts at Pomona College Bridges Hall of Music and Scripps College Garrison Theater in Claremont on Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons founded xxxx

Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival - Frank Fetta conducts free concerts at Redlands Bowl in Redlands founded xxxx

Redlands Symphony - Jon Robertson conducts $60-$15 concerts at University of Redlands Memorial Chapel in Redlands on Saturday evenings founded 1950

Rio Hondo Symphony - Kimo Furumoto conducts free concerts at Whittier High School Vic Lopez Auditorium in Whittier on Sunday afternoons founded 1932

Riverside County Philharmonic - Tomasz Golka conducts $78-$18 concerts at Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside on Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons founded 1959

Saddleback Symphony Orchestra - Carmen Dominguez conducts $18-$15 concerts at Saddleback College McKinney Theatre in Mission Viejo founded 1974

San Bernardino Symphony - Carlo Ponti conducts $55-$20 concerts at California Theater in San Bernardino founded 1929

San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra -

Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra (SBCO) - Heiichiro Ohyama conducts $44-$39 concerts at Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara on Tuesday evenings founded 1978

Santa Cecilia Orchestra - Sonia Marie De Leon de Vega conducts $26-$7 concerts at Occidental College Thorne Hall in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoons founded 1992

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SMC Symphony Orchestra - James Martin conducts $10 concerts at Broad Stage in Santa Monica founded xxxx

Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra - Allen Robert Gross conducts free concerts at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica on Sunday evenings founded 1944

Southern California Philharmonic - Dr. Robert Frelly conducts $15 concerts at Fullerton College Campus Theatre in Fullerton on Sunday afternoons founded xxx

Southeast Symphony - Charles Dickerson conducts free concerts at various venues Sunday afternoons founded 1948

St. Matthew's Chamber Orchestra - Thomas Neenan conducts $35 concerts at St. Matthew's Church in Pacific Palisades on Friday evenings founded 1985

Symphony In The Glen - Free concerts at Griffith Park in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoons founded 1994

Thousand Oaks Philharmonic - Richard Rintoul conducts $25-$5 concerts at various venues founded 2000

Topanga Symphony - Jerome Kessler conducts free concerts at Topanga Community House in Topanga on Sunday afternoons founded 1982

Torrance Symphony - Frank Fetta conducts $12.50 concerts at James R. Armstrong Theatre in Torrance on Saturday evenings founded 1985

Traction Avenue Chamber Orchestra - Ali Helnwein conducts free concerts at various venues founded 2006

UCI Symphony Orchestra - Stephen Tucker conducts $14-$9 concerts at UCI Claire Trevor and UCI Irvine Barclay Theatres in Irvine on Friday,/Saturday evenings founded 1977

UCLA Philharmonia - Neal Stulberg conducts $12-$5 concerts at UCLA Schoenberg Hall in Los Angeles on Thursday evenings founded 1936

UCR Orchestra - Ruth Charloff conduct $10-$8 concerts at UCR University Theatre in Riverside on founded xxxx

USC Thornton Chamber Orchestra - Sharon Lavery conducts $18-$12 concerts at USC Alfred Newman Recital Hall in Santa Monica founded xxxx

USC Thornton Symphony - Sharon Lavery conducts $75-$45 concerts at various venues founded xxxx

Valley Symphony Orchestra - Michael H. Arshagouni conducts $25-$15 concerts at LAVC Mainstage Theatre in Van Nuys on Saturday evenings founded xxxx

West Covina Symphony Orchestra (WCSO) - Dr. Sylvia Lee Mann conducts $30-$5 concerts at Citrus College Haugh Performing Arts Center in Glendora on Sunday afternoons founded xxxx

Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra - Case Scaglione conducts free concerts at Broad Stage in Santa Monica founded 1955

Notes: 

Orchestra names in green indicate that all published concerts of this orchestra for the 2011/2012 season are in the list of Southern California Orchestra Concerts located at the top of this page

Orchestras names in red indicate that the concerts for this orchestra are not tracked on this page and you need to go to the orchestra website to check their concert schedule 

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