Welcome to our Dazzling 2012-2013 Season of Music!

DECISION TIME

Walter Dear Friends,

With an uncompromising commitment to the highest artistic standard, the California Symphony invites you to get closer to the music you love by joining our historic 2012-2013 season, as we search for the next Music Director destined to lead the California Symphony into the future!

Seven world-class conductors will audition for the coveted position of Music Director, conducting seven carefully chosen concerts filled with the music you love to hear. Selected from over 70 of the most compelling conductors in the world, these artists will lead your California Symphony in an exploration of excellence designed to inspire you.

Check out our new expanded concert season featuring four of the most exciting guest artists performing today. With our new season ticket choice options, you can choose four concerts and get all the benefits of season tickets: the lowest price, the best seats, and exclusive invitations to meet the candidates!

We asked you to join the exciting search for our next Music Director, and you did., , Six conductors led the Symphony in a rising crescendo of passion and beauty. Six conductors showed us their stuff. Now, we're down to one. Plus Beethoven and Berlioz, who'll give him a run for his money! Three concerts in three nights, the musical event of the season. Get your tickets today!

I'll see you there!

Sincerely,
Walter E. Collins
Executive Director


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The California Symphony presents
VIRTUOSO AL FRESCO
Sunday, June 23, 2013, 4pm - 7pm
At the beautiful Lafayette Park Hotel

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$180 per couple

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Presenting the 14th Annual Food and Wine Classic benefiting the California Symphony and its Children's Music Programs includng SOUND MINDS. Come taste the best of Wine Country and local artisan restaurants. Support the California Symphony's goal of getting an instrument in the hand of every child

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THE SEARCH IS ON!
Selecting a music director/conductor is one of the most important decisions an orchestra can make. Your opinion as an audience member is valuable to us in this process.

To help us evaluate our last conductor, Robert Trevino, please click HERE. Thank you!

 

Sound Minds is a new musical arts and literacy improvement program developed and sponsored by the California Symphony.
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NEWS

MARCH 25, 2013
CALIFORNIA SYMPHONY'S SEASON FINALE: A RETURN TO LIVERMORE WITH ROBERT TREVIÑO CONDUCTING BERLIOZ' SYMPHONY FANTASTIQUE AND RENOWNED VIOLINIST CAROLINE GOULDING PERFORMING BEETHOVEN'S VIOLIN CONCERTO. Read more HERE.

MARCH 25, 2013
CALIFORNIA SYMPHONY WINDS UP ITS 2012-13 CONDUCTOR SEARCH SEASON WITH ROBERT TREVIÑO PRESENTING BERLIOZ' SYMPHONY FANTASTIQUE AND RENOWNED VIOLINIST CAROLINE GOULDING PERFORMING BEETHOVEN'S VIOLIN CONCERTO. Read more HERE.

MARCH 4, 2013
The California Symphony's search for a music director continues, and the orchestra certainly isn't lacking for qualified candidates. Sunday afternoon's concert in the Hofmann Theatre at the Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts brought the latest in a yearlong series of applicants to the stage, and the results were nothing short of outstanding. Read more HERE.

NOVEMBER 27, 2012
The California Symphony Receives Getty Education and Community Investment Grants from League of American Orchestras to help fund its Sound Minds program. Download PDF HERE.

NOVEMEBER 27, 2012
San Pablo Elementary Selected to Host Special Concert Wednesday of Renowned Venezuelan Youth Quartet. Download PDF HERE.

OCTOBER 2, 2012
2012-2013 Music director search season. Download PDF HERE.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
5 Chosen for $250, 000 Heinz Awards Honoring Innovation. Read more HERE.

JUNE 27, 2012
San Pablo first-graders drop Bieber for Beethoven.

MAY 29, 2012
Violins Are Tuning Into Achievement for Low Income Students. Read more HERE.

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