There's a lot of great live classical music happening now through May. Here's a partial list with links and notes. If you have events to share, you can do so as a member of the CapRadio Music Facebook group. Staying at home because of coronavirus concerns? Chat with fellow classical music fans on our Facebook Group where you'll also find links to upcoming LIVE STREAMING concerts, presented by organizations who want to keep us all in the music during these uncertain times of canceled concerts.
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Organizations sometimes change their times or programs. Click the link to verify the details before you go!
You might also be interested in our Jazz Event Listings.
Spread the word about great classical music happening in our area. After you attend a concert of your choice post your own review on our CapRadio Music group on Facebook!
Organizations sometimes change their times or programs. Click the link to verify the details before you go!
| Date | Performer or Event | Venue | Notes |
| Ongoing | Sac State Student & Faculty Recitals | CSUS | Students and faculty in the CSUS Music Dept regularly perform many concerts per month, most for FREE. Click the link to view their master calendar and check it often! Concerts are added (and some cancelled or rescheduled) frequently. We'll add "big event" concerts below. |
| Ongoing | Sac City College Music Events | Sac City College | The Sacramento City College Music Department offers numerous concerts each semester. Some require a small admission charge or donation, but many are FREE. Student ensembles perform several times each year, and there are also regular concerts featuring faculty/staff performers and guest artists. Click the link for the times, dates, and locations of upcoming concerts. |
| Ongoing | ARC Student & Faculty Recitals | American River College, Sac | Click the link to view the ARC calendar of student music events; classical and jazz, including the award-winning ARC Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Occasional clinics and workshops are also listed. |
| Ongoing | CRC Student & Faculty Recitals | Cosumnes River College, Sac | Cosumnes River College in Sacramento presents student classical and jazz ensembles and visiting artists. Click the link for upcoming events. |
| Ongoing | Sierra College Music & Drama Events | Sierra College, Rocklin | Click the link to view the Music and Drama events calendar for Sierra College in Rocklin. |
| Ongoing | UC Davis Music Events | UC Davis | In addition to any major events listed further below, the UC Davis Music Department presents FREE noontime concerts, faculty recitals and student performances. Click the link to discover additional classical music events not listed below. |
| Ongoing | University of the Pacific Music Dept | UOP, Stockton | University of the Pacific's Conservatory of Music hosts upwards of 100 performances each year. You'll find performances by students, faculty, nationally and internationally renowned guest artists, as well as the University Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Concert Band, choirs, and music ensembles. Major events also listed further below. |
| 3/26/2020 | "The New Mikado" | Faye Spanos Hall, Stockton | CANCELED! "The New Mikado." A re-telling of the classic Gilbert & Sullivan operetta in a new version by Lamplighters Music Theatre and performed by Pacific Opera Theatre and University Symphony Orchestra. 7:30pm. Faye Spanos Concert Hall, 3511 Pacific Ave, Stockton. Also 3/27-28 at 7:30pm, and Sun 3/29 at 2:30pm. |
| 3/26/2020 | Sacramento Ballet | The Sofia | CANCELED! “Homegrown: A Festival of New Works.” Our inaugural “Homegrown” presents world premieres by a trio of exciting artists. Jennifer Archibald, Resident Choreographer for Cincinnati Ballet, was a Choreographic Fellow for Alvin Ailey’s New Directions Choreography Lab. Sacramento Ballet alumnus Nicole Haskins graced the Oregon Ballet Theatre’s Choreography XX and the New York Choreographic Institute. Finally, Sacramento Ballet artist Isaac Bates-Vinueza further develops “After All,” his offering from our 2019 Beer and Ballet. Pre-performance chat with Artistic Director Amy Seiwert, To the Pointe, will begin one hour before each performance. Tonight 7:30. The Sofia Center, 2700 Capitol Ave, Sac. Additional performances through March 29. |
| 3/27/2020 | Capella Antiqua | Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Sac | CANCELED! "Greatest Hits of the Baroque!" Join the Capella Antiqua Baroque Orchestra and special guest soloists for a concert featuring many of your favorite works from the Baroque Era. From the timeless and soothing melody of Pachebel’s “Canon in G,” to the memorable and lively “Minute” from Boccherini’s “String Quintet in E Major" and more. 7:30pm. Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, 1017 11th St, Sac. |
| 3/27/2020 | "The New Mikado" | Faye Spanos Hall, Stockton | CANCELED! "The New Mikado." A re-telling of the classic Gilbert & Sullivan operetta in a new version by Lamplighters Music Theatre and performed by Pacific Opera Theatre and University Symphony Orchestra. 7:30pm. Faye Spanos Concert Hall, 3511 Pacific Ave, Stockton. Also 3/28 at 7:30pm, and Sun 3/29 at 2:30pm. |
| 3/27/2020 | Sacramento Ballet | The Sofia | CANCELED! “Homegrown: A Festival of New Works.” See 3/26 for details. Tonight 7:30. The Sofia Center, 2700 Capitol Ave, Sac. Additional performances through March 29. |
| 3/28/2020 | Chamber Music Society of Sacramento | Congregation Bet Haverim, Davis | CANCELED! The Chamber Music Society of Sacramento features women composers in each concert during this 33rd season. Today: A Quartet by Anton Arensky, an Octet by Franz Schubert; plus music of Joan Tower. 7:30pm. Congregation Bet Haverim, 1715 Anderson Rd, Davis. Also tomorrow at Sac State. |
| 3/28/2020 | "The New Mikado" | Faye Spanos Hall, Stockton | CANCELED! "The New Mikado." A re-telling of the classic Gilbert & Sullivan operetta in a new version by Lamplighters Music Theatre and performed by Pacific Opera Theatre and University Symphony Orchestra. 7:30pm. Faye Spanos Concert Hall, 3511 Pacific Ave, Stockton. Also Sun 3/29 at 2:30pm. |
| 3/28/2020 | Sacramento Ballet | The Sofia | CANCELED! “Homegrown: A Festival of New Works.” See 3/26 for details. Tonight 7:30. The Sofia Center, 2700 Capitol Ave, Sac. Additional performance tomorrow. |
| 3/28/2020 | Voices of California | Harris Center, Folsom | CANCELED! "Our Continuing Journey." Voices of California is a world-class male performing ensemble who create harmony through performance, fraternity, personal growth, and shared musical experiences of the highest caliber. We love singing a cappella music, primarily in the barbershop style. Two performances today: 2:00pm and 7:00pm. Harris Center, Folsom. |
| 3/28/2020 | Rachel Barton Pine with the Davis High School Baroque Ensemble | Brunelle Hall, Davis | CANCELED! Internationally renowned violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs with the Davis High School Baroque Ensemble and, for the first time ever in front of a live audience, with her daughter Sylvia Pine (the Vivaldi Double Concerto for two violins by Vivaldi). Also on the program is music of Bach, Handel and more. Seating is open to the public; no tickets will be sold but donations at the door will support the DHS Baroque Ensemble's tour to England and France in 2020. Pre-concert talk with Rachel Barton Pine at 7pm. Concert 8:00pm. Richard Brunelle Performance Hall at Davis Senior High School. 315 W 14th St, Davis |
| 3/29/2020 | Chamber Music Society of Sacramento | CSUS | CANCELED! Arensky, Schubert, plus music of Joan Tower. See 3/28 for details. Today 4:00pm at Capistrano Concert Hall, CSUS. |
| 3/29/2020 | "The New Mikado" | Faye Spanos Hall, Stockton | CANCELED! "The New Mikado." A re-telling of the classic Gilbert & Sullivan operetta in a new version by Lamplighters Music Theatre and performed by Pacific Opera Theatre and University Symphony Orchestra. Today 2:30pm. Faye Spanos Concert Hall, 3511 Pacific Ave, Stockton. Final performance. |
| 3/29/2020 | Sacramento Ballet | The Sofia | CANCELED! “Homegrown: A Festival of New Works.” See 3/26 for details. Today 2:00pm. The Sofia Center, 2700 Capitol Ave, Sac. Final performance. |
| 3/30/2020 | American Bach Soloists | Davis Community Church | CANCELED! "Faire is the Heaven." Heinrich Schütz’s serenely beautiful Musikalische Exequien draws upon texts from the Psalms, the Canticle of Simeon, Revelations, and the Book of Wisdom to illuminate the recognition of new life, including a dramatic effect of three spirits moving throughout the concert space. The exuberance of the vocal works by Bruhns and Weckmann, and Bach’s peaceful and uplifting Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit combine to make this a concert program of heavenly beauty. Jeffrey Thomas, conductor. 7:00pm. Davis Community Church, 412 C St, Davis. |
| 4/1/2020 | Vocal Art Ensemble | Westminster Presbyterian Church | CANCELED! Vocal Art Ensemble; Tracia Barbieri, director. Free Concerts Wednesdays Noon to 1pm. 13th & N, Sac |
| 4/3/2020 | Modesto Symphony Orchestra | Gallo Center, Modesto | CANCELED! Music Director David Lockington leads a symphonic tour of Europe. Mozart: Overture to "The Magic Flute" and his Sinfonia Concertante for violin & viola. Plus Mendelssohn's "Italian" Symphony #4. 7:30pm. Mary Stuart Rogers Theater at the Gallo Center, Modesto. Also Sat 4/4 at 7:30pm. |
| 4/3/2020 | Vladimir Feltsman | Mondavi Center | CANCELED! In this third and final edition of his concert trilogy, pianist Vladimir Feltsman shares the final act of a story he began telling at Mondavi Center in 2018. Feltsman performed works by Bach, Beethoven and Chopin in year one, and by Schumann and Brahms in year two. In this final program, titled “Inspirations,” Feltsman will perform his interpretations of works by Beethoven and Schubert. 8:00pm. Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center, UC Davis. |
| 4/4/2020 | Modesto Symphony Orchestra | Gallo Center, Modesto | CANCELED! Mozart and Mendelssohn. See 4/3 for details. 7:30pm. Mary Stuart Rogers Theater at the Gallo Center, Modesto. |
| 4/4/2020 | Folsom Lake Symphony | Harris Center, Folsom | CANCELED! The symphony presents two grand works: Lalo’s "Symphonie espagnole" with South Korean violinist Ji in Yang (playing her Petrus Guarnerius violin made in Venice in 1723) and Holst’s "The Planets." 7:30pm. Harris Center, Folsom. |
| 4/4/2020 | Reno Chamber Orchestra | Nightingale Concert Hall, Reno | RESCHEDULED! This event has been rescheduled to October 17-18, 2020. Dynamic young conductor Conner Gray Covington brings the season to a close with Ligeti’s "Romanian Concerto;" pianist Jon Kimura Parker is soloist in the Beethoven Piano Concerto #4; "Death of a Poet" by TJ Cole; and the Symphony #88 by Haydn. 7:30pm. (Pre-concert talk 6:45pm). Nightingale Concert Hall on the UNR campus; 1335 N Virginia St, Reno NV. Also Sunday 4/5 2pm. |
| 4/5/2020 | Reno Chamber Orchestra | Nightingale Concert Hall, Reno | RESCHEDULED! This event has been rescheduled to October 17-18, 2020. See 4/4 for details. 2:00pm. (Pre-concert talk 1:15pm). Nightingale Concert Hall on the UNR campus; 1335 N Virginia St, Reno NV. |
| 4/5/2020 | Living Sounds | Riverside United Methodist Church, Sac | The ensemble Living Sounds. Details TBA. 3:00pm. Riverside United Methodist Church, 803 Vallejo Way, Sac. |
| 4/7/2020 | Trio 180 | UOP, Stockton | CANCELED! Trio 180 with guest artist Patricia Shands, clarinet. Performing works by Debussy and Messiaen. 7:30pm. UOP Recital Hall, 3515 Pacific Circle, Stockton. |
| 4/8/2020 | Susan Lamb Cook | Westminster Presbyterian Church | CANCELED! Susan Lamb Cook’s Great Composers Series. Free Concerts Wednesdays Noon to 1pm. 13th & N, Sac |
| 4/9/2020 | Jeffrey Siegel: Keyboard Conversation | Harris Center, Folsom | CANCELED! Keyboard Conversations® are concerts with lively commentary. Prior to performing each work, internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel briefly, and in non-technical language, engagingly speaks about the music. Today: "Beethoven and Schubert: A Musical Friendship." The “Moonlight Sonata” of Beethoven, the enchanting A Major Sonata of Schubert, and their respective short Bagatelles and Musical Moments. 7:30pm. at the Harris Center, Folsom |
| 4/10/2020 | Pacific Heavy Ensemble | Stockton | CANCELED! Orchestrated classics which shaped the metal movement in music by bands such as Metallica, Iron Maiden, Holst, Primus, and others. 9:00pm. Don & Karen DeRosa University Center, 901 Presidents Dr, Stockton. |
| 4/12/2020 | Holes in the Floor | Crocker Art Museum | CANCELED! Like the painter Granville Redmond, who re-imagined California landscapes, Boston-based ensemble Holes in the Floor brings new interpretations to beloved classical compositions. With four cellos, the quartet will presents works by Bach, Debussy, and Tansman plus a freshly premiered contemporary commission by composer Jeremy Crosmer, written for a five-movement cello quartet. Concert 3:00pm. Before the performance, enjoy an in-depth, docent-led tour of select works from the Crocker’s collection and the exhibition Granville Redmond: The Eloquent Palette to help put the music in context with the art (1 & 2pm). Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St, Sac. |
| 4/14/2020 | Sacramento Symphonic Winds | El Camino HS, Sac | Joint concert with the El Camino HS Bands. "HERstory." Featuring music of Jennifer Higdon and "Movement for Rosa (for Rosa Parks)." 7:00pm. El Camino High School Center for the Arts, 2340 Eastern Ave, Sac. |
| 4/15/2020 | New Millennium Series: Miro Quartet | CSUS | CANCELED! The Miró Quartet were the first ensemble ever to be awarded the coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant. Their program will comprise Haydn’s “Sunrise” Quartet, Kevin Puts’s Credo, and Beethoven’s String Quartet, Op. 59, No. 2. 7:30pm. Capistrano Concert Hall, CSUS.CANCELED! |
| 4/15/2020 | Jason Sia | Westminster Presbyterian Church | CANCELED! Classical Pianist Jason Sia. Free Concerts Wednesdays Noon to 1pm. 13th & N, Sac |
| 4/17/2020 | Sandbox Percussion | Mondavi Center | CANCELED! Brought together by their love of contemporary percussion chamber music, Sandbox Percussion seeks to engage a wider audience for classical music. 8:00pm. Vanderhoef Studio Theatre at the Mondavi Center, UC Davis. Also Sun 4/19 at 2pm. |
| 4/17/2020 | Igor Veligan and Natsuki Fukasawa | UOP, Stockton | CANCELED! Recital with UOP Instructors: Steinway Artist (piano) Natsuki Fukasawa and Igor Veligan (viola/violin). 7:30pm. Recital Hall, 3515 Pacific Circle, Stockton. |
| 4/18/2020 | Chamber Music Society of Sacramento | Congregation Bet Haverim, Davis | CANCELED! The Chamber Music Society of Sacramento features women composers in each concert during this 33rd season. Today: Beethoven, songs by Ravel, Chausson and Cécile Chaminade featuring soprano Carrie Hennessey; plus a string quartet by Fanny Mendelssohn. 7:30pm. Congregation Bet Haverim, 1715 Anderson Rd, Davis. Also tomorrow at Sac State. |
| 4/18/2020 | Lino Rivera | CSUS | CANCELED! The Sac State Piano Series presents Lino Rivera performing works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Rzewski, and Chopin's Polonaise-Fantasy. 7:00pm. Capistrano Concert Hall, CSUS. |
| 4/18/2020 | Vallejo Symphony | Empress Theatre, Vallejo | CANCELED! "New World." Ives, Symphony #3; Britten, Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (w Zhengyi Bai, tenor; Meredith Brown, horn); Dvořák, Symphony #9. Marc Taddei, conductor. Tonight 8pm. Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia St, Vallejo. Also tomorrow 3pm. See their website to contribute to their "Musicians In Distress" fund. |
| 4/18/2020 | Stockton Symphony | San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton | CANCELED! Classics 5: "Romatic Adventure." ALEX ORFALY: Special Commission, World Premiere. LISZT: Piano Concerto #1 with soloist Roberto Plano. TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony #5. Peter Jaffe conducts. Free parking and Pre-concert Talks take place in the auditorium at 5:15 prior to each Classics concert at 6:00pm. Warren Atherton Auditorium at San Joaquin Delta College, 5151 Pacific Ave, Stockton |
| 4/19/2020 | Chamber Music Society of Sacramento | CSUS | CANCELED! Beethoven, Ravel, Chausson; plus Cécile Chaminade and Fanny Mendelssohn. Featuring soprano Carrie Hennessey. See 4 /18 for details. Today 4:00pm at Capistrano Concert Hall, CSUS. |
| 4/19/2020 | Vallejo Symphony | Empress Theatre, Vallejo | CANCELED! "New World." See 4/18 for details. Today 3:00pm. Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia St, Vallejo. See their website to contribute to their "Musicians In Distress" fund. |
| 4/19/2020 | Cantus | Grass Valley | PENDING! InConcert Sierra presents the all-male vocal ensemble Cantus. 2:00pm. Seventh-day Adventist Church, 12889 Osborne Hill Rd, Grass Valley. (1:15pm pre-concert forum.) [Update: as of 3/25 ticket sales for this event are on hold; "awaiting info from CDC."] |
| 4/19/2020 | Sandbox Percussion | Mondavi Center | CANCELED! See 4/17 for details. Today at 2:00pm. Vanderhoef Studio Theatre at the Mondavi Center, UC Davis. |
| 4/20/2020 | Kurt Rhode | CSUS | CANCELED! Violist and composer Kurt Rohde is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and is a Professor of Music Composition and Theory at UC Davis. He will perform new works, along with percussionist Chris Froh, including a composition by Sacramento State faculty member Chris Castro. 7:00pm. Capistrano Concert Hall, CSUS. |
| 4/22/2020 | Sac State Festival of the Arts: Chamber Music Group & the Watson Family Chamber Music Competition | CSUS | CANCELED! The Sac State Chamber Music Group performs a variety of classical chamber music as part of the annual Festival of the Arts and the Watson Family Chamber Music Competition. 7:00pm. Capistrano Hall, Room 151, CSUS |
| 4/22/2020 | Robyn Carmichael | Westminster Presbyterian Church | CANCELED! Bay-Area Pianist Robyn Carmichael presents Beethoven and more. Free Concerts Wednesdays Noon to 1pm. 13th & N, Sac |
| 4/24/2020 | Sac State Festival of the Arts: Soprano Robin Fisher and Friends | CSUS | CANCELED! A recital by soprano Robin Fisher. Joined by baritone Burr Phillips, pianist Hatem Nadim, and scholar Barbara Carle in a program of poetry and song. Fuller program details at the link. 7:00pm. Capistrano Concert Hall, CSUS. |
| 4/24/2020 | Opera Modesto | Gallo Center, Modesto | RESCHEDULED to June 21, 2020. "The Magic Flute." Mozart's fairy tale opera is set in a magical land between the sun and the moon and is a favorite of opera-goers everywhere. Tonight 7:30pm. Mary Stuart Rogers Theater at the Gallo Center, Modesto. Also Sunday at 2pm. |
| 4/24/2020 | Carol Wincenc | Harris Center, Folsom | CANCELED! Sacramento Flute Club presents Grammy nominated, international star, flutist Carol Wincenc, in a recital with Miles Graber, pianist. 7:30pm. Stage 3: Scott-Skillman Recital Hall, Harris Center, Folsom. |
| 4/25/2020 | Camellia Symphony | CK McClatchy HS, Sac | "Dreams and Dances." Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto, with Amos Yang, Assistant Principal Cello of the San Francisco Symphony. Beethoven: Symphony #7 7:30pm. CK McClatchy High School Auditorium, 3066 Freeport Blvd, Sac [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 4/25/2020 | UOP University Symphony Orchestra | Faye Spanos Hall, Stockton | CANCELED! Performing works by Wagner, Debussy, and Mussorgsky/Ravel. Nicolas Waldvogel, conductor. 7:30pm. Faye Spanos Concert Hall, 3511 Pacific Ave, Stockton. |
| 4/25/2020 | Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera | Memorial Auditorium, Sac | CANCELED! "The Barber of Seville" by Gioachino Rossini. The season's concluding concert, program with conductor Christoph Campestrini. 8:00pm. Memorial Auditorium, 1515 J St, Sac. |
| 4/25/2020 | Reno Philharmonic | Pioneer Center, Reno | The 2019-2020 series of Classix Concerts concludes with the Beethoven Symphony #1; and with its "Ode to Joy" conclusion, his monumental Symphony #9 featuring the Reno Philharmonic Chorus, UNR Chamber Choir and guest vocalists. 7:30pm. Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St, Reno NV. Also 4/26 at 4pm. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 4/25/2020 | Yuba Sutter Symphony | St Andrew Church, Yuba City | Yuba Sutter Symphony Spring Fling Pops Concert. 1:00pm AND 4:00pm. St Andrew Pesbyterian Church. 1390 Franklin Rd, Yuba City. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 4/26/2020 | Sac State Festival of the Arts: Faculty Chamber Players & Symphonic Wind Ensemble | CSUS | CANCELED! The School of Music wraps up Festival of the Arts with faculty chamber players and the Symphonic Wind Ensemble in a performance of Tubby the Tuba, with Julian Dixon on tuba and Claudia Kitka as the narrator. 7:00pm. Capistrano Concert Hall, CSUS. |
| 4/26/2020 | Opera Modesto | Gallo Center, Modesto | RESCHEDULED to June 21, 2020. "The Magic Flute" by Mozart. See 4/24 for details. Today 2pm. Mary Stuart Rogers Theater at the Gallo Center, Modesto. |
| 4/26/2020 | Sacramento Youth Symphony | McClatchy HS, Sac | Join us for Michael Neumann's final concert as Conductor of Sacramento Youth Symphony's Premier Orchestra. Maestro Neumann will be retiring after 40 years with our organization. 3:00pm. Location TBA. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 4/26/2020 | Reno Philharmonic | Pioneer Center, Reno | See 4/25 for details. 4:00pm. Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, 100 S. Virginia St, Reno NV [Update 3/25: this event is still scheduled.] |
| 4/29/2020 | Doug Pauly (jazz) | Westminster Presbyterian Church | CANCELED! Jazz Guitarist Doug Pauly & Friends. Free Concerts Wednesdays Noon to 1pm. 13th & N, Sac |
| 5/1/2020 | Modesto Symphony Orchestra - "Carmina Burana" | Gallo Center, Modesto | Our biggest classics concert of the season will showcase one of the most well known pieces of the 20th century, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. This earth-shaking work combines powerful brass, rich harmonies, and the full force of the MSO Chorus and the CSU Stanislaus Concert Chorale and Chamber Singers. 7:30pm. Mary Stuart Rogers Theater at the Gallo Center, Modesto. Also Sat 5/2 at 7:30pm. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/2/2020 | Folsom Lake Symphony | Folsom | "Twilight Delight." Returning by very popular demand, enjoy upbeat selections from Broadway and the movies performed alongside themes of favorite superheroes in this open-air FREE concert (plus, the Star Wars tradition continues!). 7:30pm at the Folsom Historic District Amphitheater. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/2/2020 | Modesto Symphony Orchestra - "Carmina Burana" | Gallo Center, Modesto | "Carmina Burana." See 5/4 for details. Tonight at 7:30pm. Mary Stuart Rogers Theater at the Gallo Center, Modesto. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/2/2020 | Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra | Gallo Center, Modesto | Founded in 1976, the Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra (MSYO) serves over 100 young musicians and their families from more than 40 public and private schools in the Central Valley. Today's season final concert starts at 2:00pm in the Rogers Theater at the Gallo Center for the Arts, Modesto. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/3/2020 | Sacramento Symphonic Winds | El Camino HS, Sac | Spring Concert. "HERstory." Featuring music of Jennifer Higdon and "Movement for Rosa (for Rosa Parks)," (+ more than on 4/14). 2:30pm. El Camino High School Center for the Arts, 2340 Eastern Ave, Sac. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/3/2020 | Sacramento Youth Symphony | McClatchy HS, Sac | The Sacramento Youth Symphony Academy of Music Spring Concerts. Program TBA. 1:00pm Classic Orchesetra, Vivace Strings & Prelude Strings. 4:00pm Academy Orchestra & Symphonic Wind Orchestra. McClatchy High School, 3066 Freeport Blvd, Sac [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/3/2020 | Stockton Symphony | San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton | CANCELED! Pops 4: "Bette, Babs and Beyond." Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, Tina Turner, Carole King, Aretha Franklin, Cher, and Janis Joplin are among the female icons honored in this thrilling concert that salutes the women and the songs that have defined popular music for over six decades. Performed by a trio of New York’s best voices, Scott Coulter, John Boswell and Alex Getlin. Enrico Lopez-Yanez is guest conductor. Free parking. 2:30pm. Warren Atherton Auditorium at San Joaquin Delta College, 5151 Pacific Ave, Stockton |
| 5/6/2020 | Camellia City Flute Choir | Westminster Presbyterian Church | Camellia City Flute Choir; Marty Melicharek, director. Free Concerts Wednesdays Noon to 1pm. 13th & N, Sac [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/7/2020 | Lara Downes & Friends | Mondavi Center | CANCELED! Genre-fluid pianist Lara Downes welcomes to the Mondavi Center the iconic musician, activist and innovator, Judy Collins. The evening will highlight her iconic 55-album body of work with special guests Helga Davis and other leading female artists, including rising-star alumnae of the illustrious Mondavi Center national Young Artist Program. 8:00pm. Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center, UC Davis. |
| 5/8/2020 | Cho-Liang Lin & Jon Kimura Parker | Mondavi Center | CANCELED! Known for his virtuosity and taste for adventurous programming, violinist Cho-Liang Lin pairs with pianist Jon Kimura Parker in a program inspired by America, featuring Ravel’s Violin Sonata #2, Dvořák’s Violin Sonatina and Copland’s Sonata for Violin. 8:00pm. Vanderhoef Studio Theatre at the Mondavi Center, UC Davis. |
| 5/9/2020 | Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra | Memorial Auditorium, Sac | CANCELED! The songbook of Rodgers and Hammerstein. 2:00pm. Memorial Auditorium, 1515 J St, Sac. |
| 5/10/2020 | Auburn Symphony | Auburn | CANCELED! Masterworks Concert IV: "Mother´s Day Spectacular" at the Mondavi Center. Brahms Piano Concerto #2; Faure "Pavane." Stravinsky: Firebird Suite. Konstantin Soukhovetski, piano; Peter Jaffe, conductor. 3:00pm. Mondavi Center, Davis. |
| 5/11/2020 | American Bach Soloists | Davis Community Church | "Sweet Harmony." We find in Bach’s music many works that were forward-looking and innovative, favoring the Rococo and galant styles that were taking hold throughout Europe. The Missa in A Major is a curious amalgam of the traditional and contemporary, featuring a pair of a relatively “new” instrument on the scene, the flauto traverso. The Pythagorean theory of Harmonia Mundi, built on the premise that music was a central force in the creation of Earth, is given rapturous credence in Handel’s setting of the Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day, an exquisite Restoration period verse by John Dryden, England’s first Poet Laureate. Jeffrey Thomas, conductor. 7:00pm. Davis Community Church, 412 C St, Davis. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/13/2020 | TriMusica | Westminster Presbyterian Church | TriMusica: Clarinettist Sandra McPherson, Cellist Susan Lamb Cook, Pianist John Cozza. Free Concerts Wednesdays Noon to 1pm. 13th & N, Sac [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/14/2020 | Sacramento Ballet | The Sofia | "Fast Forward." Three distinct works showcase ballet’s cutting edge. Amy Seiwert uses interactive technology developed by software artist Frieder Weiss. Trey McIntryre explores the iconic sounds of the Fab Four. Val Caniparoli challenges classical technique and speed with humor and his distinctive choreographic style. Pre-performance chat with Artistic Director Amy Seiwert, To the Pointe, will begin one hour before each performance. Tonight 7:30. The Sofia Center, 2700 Capitol Ave, Sac. Additional performances through May 17. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/15/2020 | Sacramento Ballet | The Sofia | "Fast Forward." See 5/14 for details. Tonight 7:30. The Sofia Center, 2700 Capitol Ave, Sac. Additional performances through May 17. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/16/2020 | Chamber Music Society of Sacramento | Congregation Bet Haverim, Davis | The Chamber Music Society of Sacramento conclude their 33rd season that featured women composers. Today: Béla Bartókk and Felix Mendelssohn; plus, music by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. 7:30pm. Brunelle Performing Arts Center, Located in Davis Senior High School, 315 W 14th St, Davis. Also tomorrow at Trinity Cathedral, Sac. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/16/2020 | Sacramento Master Singers | First United Methodist Church, Sac | "It's a Grand Night for Singing." The program will include Rodgers & Hammerstein, selections from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s "Hamilton," Stephen Sondheim, Frank Loesser’s "Guys and Dolls" and more. 7:00pm. First United Methodist Church, 2100 J St, Sac. (Also tomorrow 3pm.) [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/16/2020 | Sacramento Ballet | The Sofia | "Fast Forward." See 5/14 for details. Tonight 7:30. The Sofia Center, 2700 Capitol Ave, Sac. Additional performance tomorrow. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/17/2020 | Sacramento Master Singers | First United Methodist Church, Sac | "It's a Grand Night for Singing." See 5/16 for details. Today 3:00pm. First United Methodist Church, 2100 J St, Sac. (Also tomorrow 3pm.) [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/17/2020 | Sierra Master Chorale & Orchestra | Grass Valley | PENDING! InConcert Sierra presents the Sierra Master Chorale & Orchestra Spring Concert. 2:00pm. Seventh-day Adventist Church, 12889 Osborne Hill Rd, Grass Valley. (Also Tu 5/19 at 7:30pm) [Update: as of 3/25 ticket sales for this event are on hold; "awaiting info from CDC."] |
| 5/17/2020 | Sacramento Ballet | The Sofia | "Fast Forward." See 5/14 for details. Today 2:00pm. The Sofia Center, 2700 Capitol Ave, Sac. Final performance. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/17/2020 | Chamber Music Society of Sacramento | Trinity Cathedral, Sacramento | Bartók & Mendelssohn, plus music by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. See 5/16 for details. Today, 4:00pm at Trinity Cathedral, 2620 Capitol Ave, Sac. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/19/2020 | Sierra Master Chorale & Orchestra | Grass Valley | InConcert Sierra presents the Sierra Master Chorale & Orchestra Spring Concert. 7:30pm. Seventh-day Adventist Church, 12889 Osborne Hill Rd, Grass Valley. [Update: as of 3/25 ticket sales for this event are on hold; "awaiting info from CDC."] |
| 5/20/2020 | RSVP Vocal Ensemble | Westminster Presbyterian Church | RSVP Vocal Ensemble; Jennifer Reason, director. Free Concerts Wednesdays Noon to 1pm. 13th & N, Sac [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/27/2020 | Igor Veligan and Natsuki Fukasawa | Westminster Presbyterian Church | Violinist Igor Veligan and Pianist Natsuki Fukasawa . Free Concerts Wednesdays Noon to 1pm. 13th & N, Sac [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/29/2020 | Modesto Symphony Orchestra - Cirque de la Symphonie | Gallo Center, Modesto | Our Classics Series concludes with the Modesto Symphony Orchestra performing works by Tchaikovsky, Berlioz and Bach alongside spectacular aerial flyers, acrobats, strongmen and more! David Lockington, conductor. 7:30pm. Mary Stuart Rogers Theater at the Gallo Center, Modesto. Also Sat 5/30 at 7:30pm. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
| 5/30/2020 | Modesto Symphony Orchestra - Cirque de la Symphonie | Gallo Center, Modesto | Our Classics Series concludes See 5/29 for details. 7:30pm. Mary Stuart Rogers Theater at the Gallo Center, Modesto. [Update: as of 3/25 this event is still scheduled.] |
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