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Concert Dedicated to Emily Bernstein

The Pasadena Symphony will present "Viktor's Theme" at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium as the opening work in an evening of music dedicated to Emily Bernstein.

Schubert Ensemble Conducts Master Class

After 24 years at the forefront of British chamber music, the Schubert Ensemble is firmly established as one of the world's leading exponents of chamber music for piano and strings. Founded in 1983, the ensemble has become a familiar fixture on stages across the world, from New York to Tokyo.

Opera Pasadena Presents "Don Pasquale"

Opera Pasadena will present "Don Pasquale" in four performances at McKinley Auditorium in Pasadena. "Don Pasquale" is a comic opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti.

Call for Singers

The Arroyo Singers, a women's chorale that has performed at numerous venues in the San Gabriel area since their founding in 1961, is now looking for new members.

Youth Were Heard
Sunday, December 3

On November 18, the Pasadena Symphony under the baton of Jorge Mester, in their second concert of the season titled “Youth Shall Be Heard,” performed works by Britten, Mendelsohn and Schubert.

The evening began with a very moving and hypnotizing rendition of Benjamin Britten’s Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, op. 10, a work for string orchestra, written in the space of about four weeks in 1937 when Britten was only 24 years old. Click headline to read

Pasadena POPS Plays Bach with a Beat

Rachael Worby, Music Director of The Pasadena POPS, recently invited “Double G” Gallegos and several musicians from the DaKAH Hip Hop Orchestra to take part in the orchestra’s Science of Sound program.

The Pasadena Symphony Announces Its 80th Season

In the local musical scene, without doubt “the little old lady from Pasadena” – immortalized by the Beach Boys as a gal who “can’t keep her foot off the accelerator” – is The Pasadena Symphony.

Music Mobile stops at Jefferson Elementary

The Music Mobile made a stop at Jefferson Elementary School to introduce a group of third graders to symphonic music.

Confessions of a Classical Snob

Victor Vener, Music Director of the California Philharmonic, is a maestro with a mission. He is determined to prove that quote-unquote “Pops” music has been unfairly maligned…that it does not deserve its role as the Rodney Dangerfield of serious music. It “don’t get no respect.” And, concert by concert, Vener is using his place at the podium to change that.

A Quick Study, A Stirring Recital

Well-known and talented Cal State Los Angeles music professor and Pasadena-area music instructor Yin Yin Huang recently performed in recital with internationally-recognized violinist Dr. Hristo Popov.