2024-2025 Season Calendar
Classics V – SEASON FINALE
Elgar Cello Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Overture to The Hebrides, Op. 26
ELGAR Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85
featuring Amit Peled
PODELL Rise
commissioned by Ingrid and Carol Siegel
DVORAK Symphony No. 8, Op. 88
Saturday, May 10, 2025
7:30pm
Performing Arts Center
San Luis Obispo
Symphony in Bloom
Annual Fundraising Celebration
COCKTAILS
DINNER
SILENT AUCTION
LIVE AUCTION
DESSERT RECEPTION
featuring SLO Symphony musicians
Saturday, May 10, 2025
4:00pm
Performing Arts Center
San Luis Obispo
Youth Symphony
Finale Concert
PREPARATORY STRINGS
ACADEMY STRINGS
SYMPHONIC WINDS
CONCERT ORCHESTRA
Program TBD
Monday, May 19, 2025
6:30pm
Cultural and Performing Arts Center, Cuesta College
Past Concerts
Classics IV
Novacek Plays Brahms
MYERS Changes
FARRENC Symphony No. 3 in G Minor
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat
featuring John Novacek
March 8, 2025
Classics III
Classical Hits
SCHUBERT “Unfinished” Symphony No. 8
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6
February 8, 2025
Classics II
Paderewski Gala
MOZART Magic Flute Overture
PADEREWSKI Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 17
featuring Janina Fialkowska
PODELL Cayucos by the Sea
commissioned by Klaus and Monika Gottlieb
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition
November 2, 2024
Classics I
Organ Spectacular
RAVEL Menuet Antique
JONGEN Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 81
featuring Felix Hell, organ
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
October 5, 2024
New Year’s Eve
Rhapsody in Blue
WILLIAMS Hymn to New England
SILVESTRI Polar Express
WILLIAMS Home Alone
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1
featuring Maxim Lando, piano
ABELS Global Warming
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
featuring Maxim Lando
Tue, Dec 31, 2024
Youth Symphony
Winter Concert
Mon, Feb 3, 2025
Youth Symphony
Cal Poly Symphony Fall Concert
Special side-by-side performance with the Youth Symphony Concert Orchestra
HERNDON World Premiere
ZHANHAO & GANG The Butterfly Lovers, featuring Chen Zhao, violin
SIBELIUS Finlandia
featuring the San Luis Obispo Youth Symphony
PUCCINI Suite from Turandot
November 16, 2024
Youth Symphony
Fall Concert
PREPARATORY STRINGS
Yee Haw, Appalachian Hymn, Courtly Dance and Procession, Dragon Slayer
ACADEMY STRINGS
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba, Keltic Feast, Remember Me (from “Coco”)
SYMPHONIC WINDS
Western One-Step, Cake Walk, The Patriot, The Addams Family Theme (with Academy Strings and Preparatory Strings)
CONCERT ORCHESTRA
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
November 4, 2024