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The Firebird Rises!
Steve Schick conducts season finale. Details
June 9-10
Aleck Karis Solos in Piano Concerto
June concert features Barber's award-winning piano concerto. Details
2012-13 Season Announced!
Concert line-up and early-bird discounts. Details-
Chorus Heads to Carnegie Hall
Current and alumni singers head to NYC! Details
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“Spring Symphonies” Celebrate the Season and Prep Chorus for Carnegie Hall Debut
La Jolla, Calif. (March 21, 2012) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) presents its fifth concert of the 57th season on May 5-6, with choral director David Chase leading the orchestra, two choruses and soloists in a program inspired by the many faces of spring: Grieg’s Last Spring, Schumann’s Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major -- “Spring,” and Britten’s Spring Symphony. Guest artists for the Britten are Kerrie Caldwell (soprano), Sasha Hashemipour (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Bingham (tenor), and the San Diego North Coast Singers (youth chorus).
LJS&C Announces 2012-13 Season: Angle of Repose
La Jolla, Calif. (March 21, 2012) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) announces its 2012-2013 season, “Angle of Repose,” inspired by themes in Wallace Stegner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. The quintessential novel of the West asks us to look at where we come from and understand our relationship to the past.
Beethoven and Stravinsky Symphonies Are Keystones in “The Classicist”
La Jolla, Calif. (February 28, 2012) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) performs Beethoven, Mozart and two works by Stravinsky on March 17-18 in its fourth concert of the Stravinsky Circus! season. Music Director Steven Schick leads the orchestra in this concise and evocative program with the idea of classicism as its recurring theme. The program begins with the Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, composed by the greatest classicist of them all – Mozart. Next is Stravinsky’s most classical work, his Symphony in C, modeled after Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 in C Major. Beethoven’s first symphony concludes our program. In between we hear the influence of 20th-century popular culture in Stravinsky’s jazz-infused Ebony Concerto, written for clarinet soloist and Woody Herman’s jazz orchestra. Curt Miller is soloist.
Music Director Steven Schick Renews 5-Year Contract with LJS&C
La Jolla, Calif. (February 8, 2012) — The Board of Directors of the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) is pleased to announce the renewal of a five-year contract with Steven Schick, continuing his role as Music Director of the community ensemble through June 30, 2017.
A Romantic Storm Is Brewing… Brahms, Verdi, John Adams, and a Premiere
La Jolla, Calif. (January 18, 2012) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) presents its third concert of the 57th season with music director Steven Schick leading the orchestra and guest soloists in a program of stark and very beautiful drama: Verdi’s overture to La Forza del Destino, Nicholas Deyoe’s still getting rid of (2011-2012 Thomas Nee Commission), John Adams’ The Wound Dresser, and Brahm’s Symphony No. 1 in C minor.
Works by Stravinsky, Bartók, David Lang, and György Ligeti Reflect “Ancient Noises” at LJS C Concert
La Jolla, Calif. (November 11, 2011) — The second concert of the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) “Stravinsky Circus!’ season highlights a choreographed version of Igor Stravinsky’s Les Noces on December 3-4, 2011 in Mandeville Auditorium, UCSD. The program begins with the local premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang’s Grind to a Halt, followed by Béla Bartók’s magical Cantata Profana. The second half leads off with György Ligeti’s daring work for 100 metronomes, Poème Symphonique followed by Les Noces. Music Director Steven Schick and Choral Director David Chase share the podium in this concert. Guest artists include pianist Aleck Karis, red fish blue fish, Allyson Green and Lux Boreal dancers, soprano Jessica Aszodi (2011 LJS C Young Artists’ Competition vocal winner), mezzo-soprano Martha Jane Weaver, tenor Chad Frisque, and bass-baritone Phil Larson.
Stravinsky Circus! Season Opens with “The French Composer”
La Jolla, Calif. (October 10, 2011) — The La Jolla Symphony — Chorus (LJS&C) opens the 57th season -- Stravinsky Circus! -- with music director Steven Schick at the podium, conducting the orchestra and guest artist Charissa Barger in a program of music from Paris: Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Debussy’s Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane, Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.
Chorus to Perform Free Concert to Commemorate 10th Anniversary of 9-11 Attacks
La Jolla, Calif. (July 28, 2011) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, (LJS&C) will perform a free concert under the baton of Choral Director David Chase at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church on Sunday, September 11, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. The performance is part of the “Rolling Requiem” project, a nationwide musical movement to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks with performances of Mozart’s Requiem. Participating choruses from New York to Hawaii will perform the Requiem with each chorus beginning at 3:00 p.m. their local time, uniting singers throughout the continent as performances roll across the time zones.
La Jolla Symphony Chorus to Perform at Carnegie Hall
La Jolla, Calif. (July 19, 2011) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, (LJS&C) conducted by choral director David Chase, will take to the celebrated stage of Carnegie Hall to perform Benjamin Britten’s “Spring Symphony” on May 27, 2012. Also joining the La Jolla Symphony Chorus in New York City will be the San Diego North Coast Singers children’s choir.
The Season Closes Under the Influence of Haydn
La Jolla, Calif. (May 12, 2011) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) concludes the 2010-2011 season the weekend of June 4-5 in a program that explores the music of Haydn and the meaning of classicism. Choral director David Chase conducts chorus, orchestra and four soloists in Haydn’s last major work, Harmoniemesse, and assistant orchestra conductor Nicholas Deyoe leads the orchestra in Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Haydn and Shostakovich’s First Symphony. Soloists in the Harmoniemesse are soprano Cindy Choi (2010 Young Artists Winner), mezzo-soprano Katherine Lundeen, tenor Richard Geiler, and bass David Marshman.
LJS&C Observes the Season with Bach’s Monumental “Saint Matthew Passion” in Two Powerful Performances
La Jolla, Calif. (April 1, 2011) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) observes the Easter season with the best of choral music, J.S. Bach’s largest and most dramatic work, The Passion According to St. Matthew, on April 30 and May 1. Almost operatic in its spectacle and impact, this music requires two orchestras, adult and children choruses, and vocal and instrumental soloists. LJS&C Choral Director David Chase conducts.
LJS&C Announces 2011-2012 Season
La Jolla, Calif. (March 24, 2011) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) announces its 2011-2012 season themed: “Stravinsky Circus.” Offering a varied retrospective of this 20th century master through six works threaded throughout the season, concerts will also highlight the music of Beethoven, Brahms, Verdi, Mozart, Schumann, and contemporary composers, including David Lang and John Adams.
Concerti Concert Features Premiere of “Concerto for Florist”
La Jolla, Calif. (February 22, 2011) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) stretches the conception of the concerto on March 12-13, 2011 in Mandeville Auditorium on the UCSD campus. Conductor Steven Schick begins the program with Serge Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 2 for Violin, with the brilliant 16-year-old Hannah Cho as soloist, and concludes the program with the greatest orchestral concerto of them all – Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra. In between, a complete surprise: the world premiere of Mark Applebaum’s Concerto for Florist and Orchestra, featuring ornamental horticulturalist James DelPrince as soloist.
LJS&C Announces Winners of Annual Young Artists Competition
La Jolla, Calif. (February 4, 2011) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) announces the winners of its 51st annual Young Artists Competition, which was held on January 29, 2011, on the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) campus. Thirty (30) contestants ages 14 to 28 from San Diego County and Baja California competed for eight (8) cash prizes in vocal and instrumental categories.
A Concert of Contrasts: Debussy Frames Premieres of Works by Phil Kline and Iannis Xenakis
La Jolla, Calif. (January 13, 2011) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) presents its third concert of the 56th season, Face the Music, with Music Director Steven Schick conducting works by Claude Debussy, a world premiere by Phil Kline with contemporary ensemble Real Quiet, and the U.S. premiere of the original (alpha) version of Iannis Xenakis’ Metastasis.
Honorary Artistic Board Includes Music World Luminaries
La Jolla, Calif. (December 20, 2010) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) announces the formation of its first Honorary Artistic Board. The distinguished panel of musicians and composers are a who’s who in contemporary music and include Academy-award nominated composer Philip Glass and Pulitzer-prize winning composers David Lang and Bernard Rands. All have links to the LJS&C through works the ensemble has performed (and sometimes premiered) and support its mission of programming diverse, often adventurous, music in addition to the standard classical repertoire.
Rare Performance of Beethoven Masterpiece, "Missa Solemnis"
La Jolla, Calif. (November 10, 2010) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) under the baton of Steven Schick, performs Ludwig van Beethoven’s rarely-heard masterpiece Missa Solemnis on December 4th and 5th in Mandeville Auditorium, UCSD. The second concert in a season themed Face the Music: Experiences for the Ears and the Eyes, the weekend performances present audiences with one of the great spectacles of the early 19th century and the first San Diego performance of this masterpiece in more than 20 years. Joining the orchestra and chorus will be guest soloists soprano Natalie Mann, mezzo-soprano Ava Baker Liss, tenor Tom Oberjat, and bass-baritone Tom Corbeil.
The LJS&C’s 56th Season, “Face the Music,” Opens with Mahler, Bernstein, Scriabin - and a Light Show
La Jolla, Calif. (October 6, 2010) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) opens its 2010-2011 season -- Face the Music: Experiences for the Ears and the Eyes -- with an ear- and eye-opening concert conducted by Music Director Steven Schick on October 30-31. The colorful, multi-media program begins with Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide followed by Alexander Scriabin’s Prometheus with pianist Noriko Kawai and “color organ” and video projections by video artist Ross Karre. The concert concludes with Gustav Mahler’s mighty Symphony No. 1 in D Major.
San Diego Premiere of Benjamin Britten’s "War Requiem"
La Jolla, Calif. (May 8, 2010) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) concludes the 55th season with music director Steven Schick leading the orchestra, chorus, and special guests soprano Kathleen Halm, tenor Chad Frisque, bass-baritone Abdiel Gonzalez, and the St. Paul Cathedral Choristers’ youth chorus in the local premiere of Benjamin Britten’s monumental War Requiem.
Mozart Symphonies and Berg’s Violin Concerto Offer Two Perspectives on Music from Vienna
La Jolla, Calif. (April 8, 2010) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) presents two profound works from Vienna’s “golden age,” Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 and Symphony No. 41, alongside one of the finest violin concertos of the twentieth century, Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto, representing the Second Viennese School. Violinist Pasha Tseitlin, a past winner of the LJS&C Young Artists Competition, solos in the Berg. The program also premieres the 2010 Thomas Nee Commission, In Paradisum, by Benjamin Sabey. Music Director Steven Schick conducts.
LJS&C Announces 2010-2011 Season – "Face the Music"
La Jolla, Calif. (March 4, 2010) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) announces its 2010-2011 season – Face the Music: Experiences for the Ears and the Eyes. Cornerstones of the season are Beethoven’s monumental work for chorus, vocal quartet, and orchestra Missa Solemnis in December, and Bach’s powerful The Passion According to St. Matthew in late April. Filling out the 56th season are exciting guest artists performing works both familiar and new, visiting composers, two commissions, multimedia experiences, and a florist!
Honoring Poland’s Musical Legacy in the 20th Century and a U.S. Premiere
La Jolla, Calif. (Feb. 17, 2010) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) presents its fourth concert of the 55th season with Choral Director David Chase conducting orchestra, chorus, and soloists in music from two of Poland’s most notable composers: Karol Szymanowski and Krzysztof Penderecki.
“American Accents” Offers Dvorak, Charles Ives, and Lou Harrison’s Pipa Concerto with Soloist Wu Man
La Jolla, Calif. (Jan. 13, 2010) — The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) on February 6-7 presents a concert of perspectives on and about America: Charles Ives’ Three Places in New England, Lou Harrison’s Concerto for Pipa & String Orchestra with internationally renowned soloist Wu Man on pipa (Chinese lute), and Antonin Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 in E minor (New World). LJS&C Music Director Steven Schick conducts.
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The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus enriches cultural life in San Diego through innovative programming featuring ground-breaking, traditional and contemporary classical music. The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus is a San Diego-based nonprofit organization comprised of professional and volunteer musicians from all walks of life, including UCSD students, staff and faculty.
