Pasadena Symphony

Jorge Mester and the Pasadena Symphony Celebrating his 25th season as the Symphony’s Music Director, Jorge Mester and the Musicians of the Pasadena Symphony have provided the community with the quality of music making you’ve come to know and expect. The 2009-10 Classics Series opens with a sonic boom of pure force and astronomical splendor as your orchestra performs Holst’s famed The Planets on October 24, 2009 in collaboration with the Pasadena Arts Council’s Arts & Ideas Festival celebrating Origins. Long-time friend of the Pasadena Symphony, Howard Shelley, returns to perform Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concert No. 2, a piece of technical prowess and touching artistry.

Be enraptured by the mystical emotion of Mozart’s hauntingly beautiful Requiem, performed by world-class soloists Shana Blake Hill, Tracy Van Fleet, Scott Ramsey, Alain Coulombe and the Pasadena Master Chorale

Begin a new holiday tradition with the ones you love in a special Holiday POPS concert on Saturday December 19, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. at the Civic Auditorium featuring the Donald Brinegar Singers and Tony award winning singer/actress Valarie Pettiford for this most wonderful time of the year!

To purchase tickets for all events, call (626) 793-7172 ext. 16 or visit us online at www.PasadenaSymphony-Pops.org