2026 Long Beach Municipal Band - “Picnics & Pops” Concerts

Join in the delightful sounds of the Long Beach Municipal Band, celebrating its 117th season! This year’s theme, Picnics and Pops, celebrates Long Beach’s iconic history, culture and community through popular hits across the decades. Concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. Bring blankets, chairs and picnic style dinners and snacks and enjoy an evening of free live music in Long Beach Parks! 

Tuesdays: Whaley Park North – June 23, June 30;
Bixby Annex Park – July 7, July 14, July 21, July 28  

Wednesdays: Los Cerritos Park – June 24, July 1, July 8, July 15, July 22, July 29  

Thursdays: Larry Curtis Concert Park at Marine Stadium – June 25, July 2, July 9, July 16, July 23, July 30  

Fridays: El Dorado Park West – June 26, July 3, July 10, July 17, July 24, July 31

Week 2: “America the Beautiful: A Musical Tribute” – Honoring the 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence and celebrating the spirit of community and country! From the triumphant sounds of “Stars and Stripes Forever” to the elegant grace of “America the Beautiful,” this performance uplifts and unites families, friends and neighbors to share in a timeless tradition honoring our nation, its history and the people who make it strong.  

Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim joins the Studio Band with her rich, expressive vocals that blend classic jazz traditions with contemporary influences.  

2026 Long Beach Municipal Band - “Picnics & Pops” Concerts

Join in the delightful sounds of the Long Beach Municipal Band, celebrating its 117th season! This year’s theme, Picnics and Pops, celebrates Long Beach’s iconic history, culture and community through popular hits across the decades. Concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. Bring blankets, chairs and picnic style dinners and snacks and enjoy an evening of free live music in Long Beach Parks! 

Tuesdays: Whaley Park North – June 23, June 30;
Bixby Annex Park – July 7, July 14, July 21, July 28  

Wednesdays: Los Cerritos Park – June 24, July 1, July 8, July 15, July 22, July 29  

Thursdays: Larry Curtis Concert Park at Marine Stadium – June 25, July 2, July 9, July 16, July 23, July 30  

Fridays: El Dorado Park West – June 26, July 3, July 10, July 17, July 24, July 31

Week 2: “America the Beautiful: A Musical Tribute” – Honoring the 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence and celebrating the spirit of community and country! From the triumphant sounds of “Stars and Stripes Forever” to the elegant grace of “America the Beautiful,” this performance uplifts and unites families, friends and neighbors to share in a timeless tradition honoring our nation, its history and the people who make it strong.  

Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim joins the Studio Band with her rich, expressive vocals that blend classic jazz traditions with contemporary influences.  

2026 Long Beach Municipal Band - “Picnics & Pops” Concerts

Join in the delightful sounds of the Long Beach Municipal Band, celebrating its 117th season! This year’s theme, Picnics and Pops, celebrates Long Beach’s iconic history, culture and community through popular hits across the decades. Concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. Bring blankets, chairs and picnic style dinners and snacks and enjoy an evening of free live music in Long Beach Parks! 

Tuesdays: Whaley Park North – June 23, June 30;
Bixby Annex Park – July 7, July 14, July 21, July 28  

Wednesdays: Los Cerritos Park – June 24, July 1, July 8, July 15, July 22, July 29  

Thursdays: Larry Curtis Concert Park at Marine Stadium – June 25, July 2, July 9, July 16, July 23, July 30  

Fridays: El Dorado Park West – June 26, July 3, July 10, July 17, July 24, July 31

Week 2: “America the Beautiful: A Musical Tribute” – Honoring the 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence and celebrating the spirit of community and country! From the triumphant sounds of “Stars and Stripes Forever” to the elegant grace of “America the Beautiful,” this performance uplifts and unites families, friends and neighbors to share in a timeless tradition honoring our nation, its history and the people who make it strong.  

Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim joins the Studio Band with her rich, expressive vocals that blend classic jazz traditions with contemporary influences.  

Barber & Hanson

June 27, 2026 (SAT) @ 7:30pm

Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center*
Eli and Edythe Broad Stage
1310 11th St, Santa Monica

Roger Kalia, conductor
Aubree Oliverson, violinist

Program

Samuel Barber: Essay No. 2
Erich Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major (soloist, Aubree Oliverson) 
Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 2

Free tickets will be available to the public ~5 weeks before the concert.

**NOTE**: Please read our updated ticket and admission procedures

More info here.

A concert evening welcoming four extraordinarily talented instrumental finalists as they compete for the prestigious competition’s top prize, and showcasing the Bowl’s Frank Fetta Vocal Award winner.
Conducted under the baton of Maestro Roger Kalia, the evening’s featured soloist is Thomas Hooten, the acclaimed principal trumpet player for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Sponsored by Ann Capella and Dr. Boyd Nies
with scholarship prizes generously awarded by
the Associates of the Redlands Bowl

More information here.

Our annual concert under the stars. Join us as the Inland Empire comes together and celebrates America’s 250th birthday in style with food, fireworks, storytelling, family, and fun!

Saturday June 20 | 8 pm

San Bernardino Valley College Football Field

More information here.inosymphony.org/june-20-concert

Two extraordinary works. One unforgettable evening. First, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, a dazzling, joyful showpiece featuring the same melody that eventually became the iconic “Ode to Joy” from the 9th Symphony. Our own Grace Chung takes the piano. We have never performed anything like this at All Saints — prepare to be swept away! Then, Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem (“Grant Us Peace”) — a searingly beautiful cantata written as the world was tumbling toward World War II. Its longing for peace feels as urgent today as ever. The concert moves from celebration to reflection: from pure joy to a prayer the whole world needs right now. You won’t want to miss it.

More information here.

One performance only

Sold separately from season subscriptions

​Tickets Available May 19, 2025

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Season finale celebration, featuring our third annual concerto competition winners. 

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KELLY KUO, conductor

The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN       Egmont: Overture 
FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN                Keyboard Concerto in D Major, Hob XVII: 11 Mvmt 1
GEORGE GERSHWIN                 Piano Concerto in F, Mvmt 1 
BOBBY GE                                  2026 Sound Investment Commission
FRANZ SCHUBERT                      Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D.200

More info here.

Relive the magic of the movies featuring unforgettable

music from Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Superman, and more!

 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Theme from Jurassic Park

Jaws

Theme from Schindler’s List

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Flight to Neverland (from Hook)

The Patriot

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Call of the Champions

Superman March

More information here.

Guest conductor Donald Lee III leads a tribute to an iconic musical genre.

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DONALD LEE III, guest conductor​

JAMES WINN, piano

HANS HALT, bass

ANDREW HEGLUND, drumset

FLORENCE PRICE               Andante Moderato from String Quartet
CLAUDE BOLLING              Suite for Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Piano Trio
ARTURO MARQUEZ            Danzón No. 4
GEORGE GERSHWIN          Porgy and Bess Fantasy                
                    arr. Farrington

More information here.

Guest conductor Donald Lee III leads a tribute to an iconic musical genre.

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DONALD LEE III, guest conductor​

JAMES WINN, piano

HANS HALT, bass

ANDREW HEGLUND, drumset

FLORENCE PRICE               Andante Moderato from String Quartet
CLAUDE BOLLING              Suite for Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Piano Trio
ARTURO MARQUEZ            Danzón No. 4
GEORGE GERSHWIN          Porgy and Bess Fantasy                
                    arr. Farrington

More information here.

Featuring pianist Vitaly Starikov, silver medalist at the 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition 

Music Director Laureate Carl St.Clair leads Pacific Symphony Chamber Orchestra in Haydn's Symphony No. 88, one of Haydn's best-known works, written in 1787 for the orchestra of Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy. Then, Vitaly Starikov joins the orchestra for Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1, composed in 1831 during the composer's travels to Italy. 

Artists
Carl St.Clair, conductor
Vitaly Starikov, piano
Pacific Symphony Chamber Orchestra
 
Program
Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G Major
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25

This matinee concert is performed without intermission. Tickets are available through the Soka Performing Arts Center.

More information here.

Composer: Derrick Skye

• Stage Director: Diana Farrell

• Musical Director: Derrick Skye

The Assyrian Arts Institute presents a groundbreaking new operatic production with music by Derrick Skye & words by Diana Farrell. Ancient gods, epic battles, and timeless quests come to life through a soaring score, electrifying vocals, live orchestra, and Assyrian folk instruments. Experience the world?s first story as you’ve never heard it before: myth, music, and movement on an epic scale.

Lyric Opera OC is proud to be an artistic partner on this production along with LA based orchestra Bridge to Everywhere.

More information here.

Composer: Derrick Skye

• Stage Director: Diana Farrell

• Musical Director: Derrick Skye

The Assyrian Arts Institute presents a groundbreaking new operatic production with music by Derrick Skye & words by Diana Farrell. Ancient gods, epic battles, and timeless quests come to life through a soaring score, electrifying vocals, live orchestra, and Assyrian folk instruments. Experience the world?s first story as you’ve never heard it before: myth, music, and movement on an epic scale.

Lyric Opera OC is proud to be an artistic partner on this production along with LA based orchestra Bridge to Everywhere.

More information here.

Wild Up presents The Odes, an evening that traces a living lineage of experimentation—from the Baroque’s theatrical excess to modernist innovation and contemporary music’s daring invention. The program unfolds as a conversation across centuries, where the oldest music feels the most new, and the newest pieces make tradition strange again. 

The Odes features works by French Baroque visionary Jean-Féry Rebel, English dramatist Henry Purcell, and Soviet modern polystylist Alfred Schnittke, heard alongside living composers. Accompanied by students from The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts and special guests, these works reveal how revolution, crisis, grief, and ecstasy recur as enduring forces across time—each articulated through music that carries the friction and urgency of its era.

Crafted as an homage to music itself, Wild Up’s evening contextualizes sound as a continuum, drawing new attention to how each composition both redefines what came before and creates space for what comes next. 

More info here.

KELLY KUO, conductor

The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium

JACQUELINE ECHOLS, soprano

CHARLES IVES                  Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting  
SAMUEL BARBER              Knoxville: Summer of 1915
JASMINE BARNES            "When they ask me to stand, will I?" from She Who Dared
MATT BROWNE                I Have Seen the Future 
DOUGLAS MOORE           Farm Journal; Suite for Chamber Orchestra

More information here.

KELLY KUO, conductor

The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium

JACQUELINE ECHOLS, soprano

CHARLES IVES                  Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting  
SAMUEL BARBER              Knoxville: Summer of 1915
JASMINE BARNES            "When they ask me to stand, will I?" from She Who Dared
MATT BROWNE                I Have Seen the Future 
DOUGLAS MOORE           Farm Journal; Suite for Chamber Orchestra

More information here.

Scheherazade & Márquez’s Fandango

WITH ANNE AKIKO MEYERS, VIOLIN

PASSIONATE DANCES & POWERFUL STORIES

PERFORMANCES

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2026

7:30 pm / Gallo Center for the Arts

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2026

7:30 pm / Gallo Center for the Arts

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For more information about our ticket prices, please visit our Ticketing Information Page.

Scheherazade & Márquez’s Fandango

WITH ANNE AKIKO MEYERS, VIOLIN

PASSIONATE DANCES & POWERFUL STORIES

PERFORMANCES

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2026

7:30 pm / Gallo Center for the Arts

SELECT YOUR FRIDAY SEATS →

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2026

7:30 pm / Gallo Center for the Arts

SELECT YOUR SATURDAY SEATS →

For more information about our ticket prices, please visit our Ticketing Information Page.

McCallum Theatre Orchestra

Richard Kaufman, Conductor

The McCallum Theatre Orchestra is made up of today’s top Hollywood studio recording musicians who travel to Palm Desert especially for these concerts. 

These concerts will feature music written by many of Hollywood’s great composers, including:

JOHN WILLIAMS

DANNY ELFMAN

LALO SCHIFFRIN

ALAN SILVESTRI

JERRY GOLDSMITH

THE SHERMAN BROTHERS

Some of the film titles music that will be performed:

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

THE SEAHAWK

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

THE RIGHT STUFF

MARY POPPINS

SPIDER-MAN

BACK TO THE FUTURE

LINCOLN

TRUE GRIT

EXODUS

STAR TREK

SUPERMAN

AUSTIN POWERS

…and More

Richard Kaufman, Grammy award-winning conductor, has devoted much of his musical life to conducting and supervising music for film and television productions, as well as performing film and classical music in concert halls and on recordings. He holds the title of Pops Conductor Laureate with both the Dallas Symphony and Pacific Symphony and continues as guest conductor with orchestras throughout the US and overseas. He has recorded with the London Symphony, New Zealand Symphony, Nuremberg Symphony, Brandenburg Philharmonic Potsdam, and most recently with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Richard often conducts programs featuring live performances of entire scores while the film is show. Hi live-to-film repertoire includes over thirty films.

McCallum Theatre Orchestra

Richard Kaufman, Conductor

The McCallum Theatre Orchestra is made up of today’s top Hollywood studio recording musicians who travel to Palm Desert especially for these concerts. 

These concerts will feature music written by many of Hollywood’s great composers, including:

JOHN WILLIAMS

DANNY ELFMAN

LALO SCHIFFRIN

ALAN SILVESTRI

JERRY GOLDSMITH

THE SHERMAN BROTHERS

Some of the film titles music that will be performed:

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

THE SEAHAWK

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

THE RIGHT STUFF

MARY POPPINS

SPIDER-MAN

BACK TO THE FUTURE

LINCOLN

TRUE GRIT

EXODUS

STAR TREK

SUPERMAN

AUSTIN POWERS

…and More

Richard Kaufman, Grammy award-winning conductor, has devoted much of his musical life to conducting and supervising music for film and television productions, as well as performing film and classical music in concert halls and on recordings. He holds the title of Pops Conductor Laureate with both the Dallas Symphony and Pacific Symphony and continues as guest conductor with orchestras throughout the US and overseas. He has recorded with the London Symphony, New Zealand Symphony, Nuremberg Symphony, Brandenburg Philharmonic Potsdam, and most recently with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Richard often conducts programs featuring live performances of entire scores while the film is show. Hi live-to-film repertoire includes over thirty films.

What’s better than hearing Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F live? Hearing it played by 2025 GRAMMY–winner Michelle Cann right here in Fresno. Join us as we celebrate America at 250 with a lineup of all-American music, with a focus on African American composers including Margaret Bonds’s Montgomery Variations and the world premiere of YOSEMITE by California composer John Wineglass. The concert concludes with Stravinsky's energetic Symphony in Three Movements.

Michelle Cann is represented by Curtis Artist Management at Curtis Institute of Music.

The Fresno Philharmonic is funded in part by the City of Fresno Measure P Expanded Access to Arts and Culture Fund administered by the Fresno Arts Council.

REI HOTODA, conductor

MICHELLE CANN, piano

Event Composers

Margaret Bonds Montgomery Variations

Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F

John Wineglass: YOSEMITE | World Premiere

Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements

What’s better than hearing Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F live? Hearing it played by 2025 GRAMMY–winner Michelle Cann right here in Fresno. Join us as we celebrate America at 250 with a lineup of all-American music, with a focus on African American composers including Margaret Bonds’s Montgomery Variations and the world premiere of YOSEMITE by California composer John Wineglass. The concert concludes with Stravinsky's energetic Symphony in Three Movements.

Michelle Cann is represented by Curtis Artist Management at Curtis Institute of Music.

The Fresno Philharmonic is funded in part by the City of Fresno Measure P Expanded Access to Arts and Culture Fund administered by the Fresno Arts Council.

REI HOTODA, conductor

MICHELLE CANN, piano

Event Composers

Margaret Bonds Montgomery Variations

Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F

John Wineglass: YOSEMITE | World Premiere

Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements

This program, Symphony Masala, celebrates Indian culture via a history-spanning symphonic performance of Bollywood songs reimagined in their first-ever arrangements for Western instruments. Created by celebrated vocalist Anuradha ‘Juju’ Palakurthiand OSM Music Director Roger Kalia, the show presents iconic songs from the last 70 years of Indian films. OSM’s Symphonic Bollywood show will be the first performance of Symphony Masala which includes dancers for a vivid and festive experience. We are also pleased to be presenting global artist Charenjeet “CJ” Virdi, renowned for his soulful vocals in film, television, and interactive media.

Roger Kalia, conductor
Anuradha “Juju” Palakurthi, vocalist
Charenjeet “CJ” Virdi, vocalist

Jan. 10, 2026 (SAT) @ 7:30pm

Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center*
Eli and Edythe Broad Stage
1310 11th St, Santa Monica

Free tickets will be available to the public in early December.

More info here.

“Train Dreams” composer Bryce Dessner is set to present a special live-to-picture performance of the film on Jan. 8 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

Dessner’s score will be performed by the Wordless Music Orchestra.

Now streaming on Netflix, “Train Dreams” is directed by Clint Bentley and based on the novella by Denis Johnson. The film earned two Golden Globe nominations and five Critics Choice Award nominations, including a nomination for the original song “Train Dreams” performed by Nick Cave and co-written by Dessner and Cave. Dessner’s score is nominated for an SCL Award, and is included in the Oscars shortlist for both original score and original song.

A Christmas Festival: Saturday December 13 2025 at 3 pm

The San Bernardino Symphony ends the year with its beloved musical celebration of the Holiday season at the historic California Theatre of the Performing Arts. Celebrate the season with a stunning selection of local choirs, dance troupes, and a collection of holiday classical that will warm your heart. From “Oh Holy Night” to “Joy to the World” this festive afternoon culminates in a grand community sing-along, where you, the audience, become the stars of the show!

REPERTOIRE:
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A Christmas Festival 

Let it Snow 

My Favorite Things 

Mary Did You Know 

Boogie Woogie Santa Claus  

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Oh Holy Night         

Sleigh Ride 

Polar Express 

Lieutenant Kije: Troika 

Trudging Grimly Through the Snow 

Hallelujah 

Christmas Singalong

More information here.

ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE

Ryan Murray, conductor
MSO Chorus
Daniel R. Afonso Jr., chorus director
Tony DeSare, guest artist

There’s no place like the Modesto Symphony Orchestra for the holidays! Vocalist & pianist Tony DeSare joins Principal Pops Conductor Ryan Murray and the MSO Chorus for a program full of jazzy holiday favorites and plenty of yuletide cheer. All of the heartwarming sounds of the season await you and your loved ones at this joyful concert.

More information here.

ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE

Ryan Murray, conductor
MSO Chorus
Daniel R. Afonso Jr., chorus director
Tony DeSare, guest artist

There’s no place like the Modesto Symphony Orchestra for the holidays! Vocalist & pianist Tony DeSare joins Principal Pops Conductor Ryan Murray and the MSO Chorus for a program full of jazzy holiday favorites and plenty of yuletide cheer. All of the heartwarming sounds of the season await you and your loved ones at this joyful concert.

More information here.

More info here.