2026-2027 Season
Enjoy this sneak peak of our 2026-2027 season!
Pops by the Sea
Symphony Remix
Blending beloved pops classics with one-of-a-kind mashups of iconic hits, featuring local powerhouse horn band Brass Mash!
Music from The Beach Boys, Titanic, Billy the Kid, Rodeo, Michael Jackson, The Killers, Led Zepplin and more!
Saturday, September 5, 2026
Avila Beach Golf Resort
Classics I
Rites of Passage
Stravinsky Rite of Spring
Coleridge Taylor Danse Negre op.35 No.4
Podell World Premiere Commissioned by Garrett Foulke & Dorothy Correa
Sunday, October 4, 2026
3:00pm
Performing Arts Center
San Luis Obispo
Classics II
SLO Symphony & Paderewski Festival Present Keys of Grandeur
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor op.74 “Pathetique”
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat op.73 “Emperor”
Moniuszko Mazurka from the opera Halka (1858)
Guest artist: Hyunjin Roh, First Prize winner of Paderewski Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Saturday, November 7, 2026
7:30pm
Performing Arts Center
San Luis Obispo
New Year’s Eve
Experience Fantasia
From The Sorcerer’s Apprentice to Night on Bald Mountain, hear the sounds of Fantasia come to life!
Thursday, December 31, 2026
7:30pm
Performing Arts Center
San Luis Obispo
Classics III
Among the Pines
Respighi Pines of Rome
D. Brubeck/C. Brubeck Ansel Adams: America
Podell Cayucos Dog Beach (world premiere commissioned by Klaus & Monica Gottlieb at the 2025 Symphony in Bloom Gala)
February 6, 2027
7:30pm
Performing Arts Center
San Luis Obispo
Classics IV
Grand Overtures
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Guilmant Symphony No. 1 for organ
Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
Guest Soloist: Felix Hell, Organ
March 6, 2027
7:30pm
Performing Arts Center
San Luis Obispo
Classics V
Springtime Reverie
Mahler Blumine from Symphony No.1
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.2
Franck Symphony in D minor
Sylvia Jiang, piano
Saturday, April 24, 2027
3:00pm
Performing Arts Center
San Luis Obispo
Subscriptions on sale on May 2, 2026!