Concert Season 2024–2025

Youth Symphony Spring 2025 Concert

Saturday, May 10, 2025, 3 p.m.
Samper Recital Hall, Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA 95003
Adults $20, Seniors $15, College students ages 19–24 $10; Youth 18 and younger $5
Purchase your tickets here. Advance purchase recommended. This concert will sell out.

Program:

Katahj Copley: Equinox
Claude Debussy: Claire de Lune
Dmitry Kabalevsky: Concerto in C Major, Op. 48; first movement: Allegro molto e con brio
Dmitri Shostakovich: First Ballet Suite, Op. 84
Jacob Stone: Symphony No. 1; first movement: Andante in E minor

Concert Sponsors:

Roger Knacke
Patricia Greenway

Youth Symphony Fall 2024 Concert

Sunday, November 24, 2024, 3 p.m.

UCSC Music Center Recital Hall, 402 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064

Adults $20, Seniors $15, College students ages 19–24 $10; Youth 18 and younger $5.
Purchase your tickets here. Advance purchase recommended. Any unsold tickets will be available at the door.

Program:

Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in G minor
Hector Berlioz: March to the Scaffold, from Symphonie Fantastique
Johannes Brahms: First Symphony, movement 4
Henry Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune
Charles Gounod: Funeral March for a Marionette

Concert Sponsors:

Kevin & Barbara Monahan
Ruth Updegraff
Gerry Mandel

Family Concert with the Santa Cruz Symphony

Peter and the Wolf

Sunday, March 2, 2025, 2 p.m.
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Tickets for the Family Concert may be purchased online from the Santa Cruz Symphony, or at the door

Youth Concerts with the Santa Cruz Symphony

The Orchestra Rocks!

Thursday morning, February 27, 2025, at the Mello Center in Watsonville
Friday morning, February 28, 2025, at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium

Students from throughout Santa Cruz County will attend these concerts for free

Chamber Music Academy Performances

CMA Concert One
Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, 3 p.m.
United Methodist Church, 250 California Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Program:

Free admission
A reception follows the concert

CMA Concert Two
Saturday, May 3, 2025, 3 p.m.
United Methodist Church, 250 California Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Program:

To be announced

Ensembles to be announced

Free admission
A reception follows the concert

Santa Cruz Chamber Strings Performances

Santa Cruz Chamber Strings Fall Concert
Saturday, November 23, 2024, 3 p.m.
United Methodist Church, 250 California Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Program:

Intermediate Ensemble

Franz Joseph Haydn (arr. Dackow): St. Anthony Chorale
Franz Joseph Haydn: Finale, Presto
Lennie Niehaus: Rondo for Strings

String Quartet

Georg Friedrich Handel (arr. Sheila Nelson): March
Arcangelo Corelli (arr. Sheila Nelson): Pastroale
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet & Trio
Iris Fiddle Tunes (arr. George Speckert)

Free admission
A reception follows the concert

Tickets

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Note: Tickets for the Family Concert with the Santa Cruz Symphony may be purchased online from the Santa Cruz Symphony, or at the door.

We strongly encourage you to purchase your tickets in advance, as our concerts may sell out. Any tickets that remain after online ticket sales close can be purchased at the door.

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