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!

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

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

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!

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)  

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

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  

3:00pm

Performing Arts Center
San Luis Obispo

Subscriptions on sale on May 2, 2026!