Concert Season 2023–2024
Youth Symphony Fall 2023 Concert
Adults $17, Seniors $12, College students ages 19–24 $5; Youth 18 and younger $3; Premium seats $30.
Tickets available online. Advance purchase recommended. Any unsold tickets will be available at the door.
Program:
- Astor Piazzolla: Libertango (Starling Violin Quartet)
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra, 2nd movement
- Jennifer Jolley: Motordom
- Maurice Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
- Aaron Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody
- Benjamin Goodwin: The Middle of Nowhere
- John Williams: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Family Concert with the Santa Cruz Symphony
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Youth Concerts with the Santa Cruz Symphony
Friday morning, February 23, 2024, at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Youth Symphony Spring 2024 Concert
Sunday, May 19, 2024, 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:
- Santa Cruz Chamber Strings opens the program
- Rossini: William Tell Overture
- Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Overture
- Williams: Star Wars Through the Years
- Elgar: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations
- Copland: Hoe-Down, from Rodeo
Chamber Music Academy Performances
CMA Concert One
Friday, January 19, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
German Cultural Center, 230 Plymouth Street, Santa Cruz 95060
Program:
- Johannes Brahms: Waltz, Op. 39, No. 11
- Malcolm Arnold: Divertimento for Wind Trio, Op. 37; I. Allegro energico, VI. Piacevole
- Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in B minor, RV 580; Allegro
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11; Allegro con brio
- Moritz Moszkowski: Suite in G minor, Op. 71; Lento assai, Allegro moderato
- Ensembles include a 2 flutes/piano trio, a flute/oboe/clarinet trio, a violin quartet, a clarinet/cello/piano trio, a violin quartet, and a 2 violins/piano trio
- Free admission
- A reception follows the concert
CMA Concert Two
Saturday, May 11, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
United Methodist Church of Santa Cruz, 250 California Street, Santa Cruz 95060
Program:
- Malcolm Arnold: Divertimento for Wind Trio, Op. 37; I. Allegro energico, IV. Andantino; V Maestoso; VI. Piacevole
- Johannes Brahms: Waltz, Op. 39, No. 11
- J.S. Bach: Ich folge dir gleichfalls, from St. John Passion, BWV 245
- Grazina Bacewicz: Quartet for Four Violins; Andante tranquillo
- Astor Piazzolla: Libertango
- Robert Kahn: Trio in G Minor, Op. 45; Allegro
- Moritz Moszkowski: Suite in G minor, Op. 71; Molto vivace
- Ensembles include a flute/oboe/clarinet trio, a 2 flutes/piano trio, a violin quartet, a clarinet/cello/piano trio, and a 2 violins/piano trio
- Free admission
- A reception follows the concert
Santa Cruz Chamber Strings Performances
Santa Cruz Chamber Strings Fall Concert
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 2 p.m.
United Methodist Church of Santa Cruz, 250 California Street, Santa Cruz 95060
Program:
Preparatory Ensemble
- G. F. Handel: Air, from Water Music
- J. Clark: The King’s March
- Sheila Nelson: Tops and Tails; Ostrich Waltz
- Beethoven: Air on Ode to Joy
- Henk Badings: Habanera
Intermediate Ensemble
- Sheila Nelson: Sofka and Sam
- Pachelbel: Canon in D
- G. F. Handel: Suite No. 1; Gavotte
- Mozart: Trio in D Major, K. 439b
- Free admission
- A reception follows the concert
Concert Season 2022–2023
Youth Symphony Fall 2022 Concert
Adults $17, Seniors $12, College students ages 19–24 $5; Youth 18 and younger $3; Premium seats $30. Available online or at the door.
Program:
- Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, 1st movement
- Anton Dvorak: New World Symphony, 1st and 4th movements
- Manuel de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance
- William Grant Still: Serenade
Family Concert with the Santa Cruz Symphony
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Youth Concerts with the Santa Cruz Symphony
Friday morning, February 24, 2023, at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Youth Symphony Spring 2023 Concert
Sunday, May 21, 2023, 3 p.m.
Samper Recital Hall, Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA 95003
Adults $17, Seniors $12, College students ages 19–24 $5; Youth 18 and younger $3; Premium seats $30
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Program:
- Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thais, soloist Anaïs Huet
- Joe Hisaishi: From Studio Ghibli Suite: Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle
- John Powell: How to Train Your Dragon
- Klaus Badelt: Pirates of the Caribbean
Chamber Music Academy Performances
CMA Concert One
Saturday, January 21, 2023, 7 p.m.
United Methodist Church of Santa Cruz, 250 California Street, Santa Cruz 95060
Program:
- Jean-Baptiste Lully: Menuet in D major: Fiesta
- Karl Goepfart: Trio for Flute, Oboe, and Piano, Op. 74: Andante cantabile
- Joseph Haydn: London Trio No. 1 in C major, Hob IV: Allegro moderato
- Malcolm Arnold: Divertimento for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet: Andantino
- Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Four Violins: Adagio, Allegro, Grave, Allegro
- Anthony O’Toole: Flea Circus for Piccolo Trio: Andantino
- Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13: Allegro, Allegro vivace
- Ensembles include a violin/cello quartet, a flute/oboe/piano trio, a flute/violin/cello trio, a flute/oboe/clarinet trio, a violin quartet, a piccolo trio, and the Papillon String Quartet
- Free admission
- A reception follows the concert
CMA Concert Two
Saturday, May 6, 2023, 4 p.m.
Aptos Grange, 2555 Mar Vista Drive, Aptos 95003
Program:
- Malcolm Arnold: Divertimento for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet: Languido, Vivace, Andantino
- Joseph Haydn: London Trio No. 1 in C major, Hob IV: Allegro moderato, Andante, Vivace
- Madeleine Dring: Trio for Flute, Oboe, and Piano: Andante semplice
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano: Prelude, Gavotte, Polka
- Ignaz Lachner: Violin Quartet in G major, Op. 7: Andante, Allegro moderato
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet No. 22 in B-flat major, K. 589: Larghetto
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, Op. 18: Allegro con brio
- Ensembles include a flute/oboe/clarinet trio, a flute/violin/cello trio, a flute/oboe/piano trio, a violin/violin/piano trio, a violin quartet, and a string quartet
- Free admission, no tickets required
- A reception follows the concert
Concert Season 2021–2022
Youth Symphony Fall 2021 Concert
Tickets for Adults ($15), Seniors ($10), and College Students ages 19–24 ($5) are available online or at the door
Program:
- Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8 (Christmas Concerto)
- Henry Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 3
- Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80
- Frank Ticeli: In C-Dorian
Family Concert with the Santa Cruz Symphony
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Outreach Concerts with the Santa Cruz Symphony
Tuesday morning, March 29, 2022, at the Mello Center in Watsonville
Youth Symphony Spring 2022 Concert
Sunday, May 22, 2022, 3 p.m.
Samper Recital Hall, Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA 95003
Adults $15, Seniors $10, College students ages 19–24 $5; Students 18 and younger $3; Premium seats $30
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Program:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto in A, 1st movement
- Anton Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 1
- Aaron Copland: An Outdoor Overture
- Florence Price: Juba Dance
- Kevin Day: Lightspeed
Chamber Music Academy Performances
CMA Concert One
Saturday, January 15, 2022, 2 p.m.
United Methodist Church of Santa Cruz, 250 California Street, Santa Cruz 95060
Program:
- Carl Stamitz: Triosonate in F Major, Op. 14, No. 5, 1st movement
- Herman Beeftink: Twilight
- Brett Thompson: Exotic Dance
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 589, 1st movement
- Jeremy Cohen: Tango Toscana
- Ensembles include a string quartet, a flute/violin/cello trio, and a flute/piano ensemble
- Free admission
CMA Concert Two
Saturday, April 30 , 2022, 2 p.m.
United Methodist Church of Santa Cruz, 250 California Street, Santa Cruz 95060
Program:
- Georg Philipp Telemann: Suite No. 2 in B-flat Major, Dolce
- Carl Philipp Stamitz: Trio Sonata in F Major, Op. 14, No. 5, Allegro non molto
- Johann Joachim Quantz: Trio Sonata in C Moll, Andante moderato, Vivace
- Herman Beeftink: Trio for Piccolo, Flute, and Alto Flute, Birdsong (from Birds)
- Jeremy Cohen: Tango Toscana
- Alexander Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D Major, Nocturne
- Ensembles include a string quartet, a flute/violin/cello trio, a flute/oboe/piano trio, and a piccolo/flute/alto flute trio
- Free admission
- A reception after the concert
Concert Season 2020–2021
Youth Symphony Fall 2020 Presentation
Program:
- Modest Mussorgsky: The Great Gate of Kiev, from Pictures at an Exhibition
- Ludvig von Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, 2nd movement: Allegretto
- Selected improvisations, composed and performed by members of the Youth Symphony
Youth Symphony Winter 2021 Presentation
Program:
- Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 Finale
- Henry Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 3
- Selected improvisations, composed and performed by members of the Youth Symphony
Youth Symphony Spring 2021 Presentation
Concert Season 2019–2020
Youth Symphony Fall 2019 Concert
Free admission for students ages 18 and younger (no ticket required)
Program:
- Malcolm Arnold: Four Scottish Dances
- Aaron Copland: Saturday Night Waltz and Hoe-Down, from Rodeo
- Charles T. Griffes: Poem for Flute and Orchestra
- Arturo Márquez: Danzón No. 2
- Miranda Yu: Reflections of a 16-Year-Old Girl
Family Concert with the Santa Cruz Symphony
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Outreach Concerts with the Santa Cruz Symphony
Youth Symphony Spring 2020 Concert
Sunday, May 24, 2020, 3 p.m. [CANCELED due to coronavirus]
Samper Recital Hall, Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA 95003
Adults $17, Seniors $12, College students ages 19–24 $5; available online (coming soon) or at the door
Free admission for students ages 18 and younger (no ticket required)
Program:
- (canceled)
Chamber Music Academy Performances
CMA Concert One
January 18, 2020, 2 p.m.
Calvary Episcopal Church, 532 Center Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
- Music by Glinka, Quantz, Corelli, Janáček, Ignaz Lachner, and Raymond Luedeke
- Ensembles include a violin trio, two wind ensembles, and The Fourtes violin quartet
- A reception after the concert
- Free admission
CMA Concert Two
May 2, 2020, 2 p.m. [CANCELED due to coronavirus]
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 125 Canterbury Drive, Aptos, CA 95003
- (canceled)
Nisene Trio: Summer Musical Savories
A benefit concert for the Youth Symphony’s Chamber Music Academy
Program:
- (canceled)
Concert Season 2018–2019
Youth Symphony Fall 2018 Concert
Sunday, November 18, 2018, 3 p.m.
UC Santa Cruz Recital Hall, 402 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Free admission for students 18 and younger
Adults $15, Seniors $10
Program:
- Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins and Cello
- Vittorio Monti: Czardas (soloist Xander Lee, age 13, violin)
- Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished Symphony)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Wasps Overture
- Sarang Kim: Concerto for Korean Instruments (World premiere of a commissioned piece!)
- Edward Elgar: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations
- Georges Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Family Concert with the Santa Cruz Symphony
Sunday, March 10, 2019, 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
Outreach Concerts with the Santa Cruz Symphony
Monday, March 11, 2019, 9:30 a.m., Henry Mello Center, Watsonville
Thursday, March 14, 2019, 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz
Students from throughout Santa Cruz County will attend these concerts for free
Youth Symphony Spring 2019 Concert
Sunday, May 19, 2019, 7 p.m.
Peace United Church, 900 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Free admission for students 18 and younger; $5 for students 19 to 24 (no tickets required)
Adults $15, Seniors $10
Program:
- Frederick Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
- Ron Miller: Aurora Australis for Orchestra and Didgeridoo
- W. A. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, 1st movement (Eli Gilbert, soloist)
- Jean Sibelius: Karelia Overture
- Igor Stravinsky: Dance Infernale and Berceuse and Finale from the Firebird Suite
Chamber Music Academy Performances
CMA Concert One
Saturday, January 19, 2019, 3 p.m.
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 125 Canterbury Drive, Aptos, CA 95003
- Music by Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Jacques Ibert, and more
- Ensembles include a string quartet, a string trio, a piano trio, and a woodwind trio
- A reception after the concert
- Free admission
CMA Concert Two
Saturday, May 18, 2019, 3 p.m.
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 125 Canterbury Drive, Aptos, CA 95003
- Music by Mendelssohn, Boccherini, Jeremy Cohen, Hellmesberger, Mozart and Corelli
- Ensembles include a string quartet, a string trio, a piano trio, and a woodwind trio
- A reception after the concert
- Free admission
The Fourtés
CMA’s violin quartet, The Fourtés, will also perform at the Youth Symphony’s concerts in November and May (details above)
Nisene Trio: Summer Musical Savories
A benefit concert for the Youth Symphony’s Chamber Music Academy
Saturday, June 29, 2019, 7 p.m.
Episcopal Church of St. John
125 Canterbury Drive, Aptos, CA 95003
Suggested donation: $20
Program:
- Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B major
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 3 in C minor (first movement)
- Astor Piazzolla: Estaciones Portenas (The Seasons of Buenos Aires: Spring, Summer, Autumn)