The Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary Season continues on Friday, January 27, 2023 with a concert featuring our 2020 Young Artist Competition Winner, Audrey Park, violin. Join us at the beautiful and spacious First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena for this exciting event!

Quinn Mason                   Toast of the Town Overture
Georges Bizet                 Carmen Suite No. 1
Johannes Brahms           Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, with Young Artist Competition Winner, Audrey Park

Covid-19 update. We want the concert experience to be enjoyable and safe for all attendees. The City of Pasadena has relaxed safety requirements for events.  Face masks are not required to attend this event, and we are no longer checking vaccination status.  But in consideration of concertgoers that may have elevated risk, we strongly recommend the wearing of a mask while in the Auditorium. There is plenty of space for social distancing.

About our concerto soloist. Praised for her “rich sound [and] excellent rhythmic drive” (violinist.com), Audrey Park currently studies at the Juilliard School under Mr. Hyo Kang, with additional instruction from Linda Rose, Almita Vamos, and Cho-Liang Lin. Audrey has appeared as a soloist with the L.A. Virtuosi Orchestra, Peninsula Symphony, among many others. Receiving accolades at numerous competitions, Audrey was the Grand Prize Winner of the Bellagrande International Music Competition and Edith Knox Performance Competition. Ms. Park was also a scholarship recipient of the Mark Zinger Foundation and a Semi-Finalist at the 2022 National Schadt Violin Competition and the 2022 Indianapolis International Violin Competition.

Having participated in various music festivals, Audrey was chosen to be one of ten student artists to be featured in the prestigious 2019 Starling-DeLay Symposium at the Juilliard School. She has also attended the Young Artist Summer Program at the Curtis Institute of Music, Domaine Forget de Charlevoix Music Festival, as well as the Montecito International and Bravo International Music Festivals under a scholarship, and was invited to participate in masterclasses by Ray Chen, Glenn Dicterow, Cho-Liang Lin, Jan Sloman, and Vadim Gluzman. Other festival performance highlights include appearances at the La Jolla Music Society Summerfest with world-class soloists Hilary Hahn, Gil Shaham, Adele Anthony, Cho-Liang Lin, and Kyoko Takezawa.  When she is not performing, Audrey enjoys horseback riding and skiing. And you can follow her on Instagram.

You can enjoy a video of the recital she recorded for us on our YouTube channel, while the Orchestra were unable to play concerts during the pandemic. Made possible in part by the Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division.

About the Young Artist Competition. Pasadena Community Orchestra has been promoting and providing solo performance opportunities for young instrumental artists since 1986.  Each year, the winner of the competition has the opportunity to play a concerto with the Orchestra during its upcoming season, as well as receiving a cash prize of $500. Several previous competitors and winners have gone on to prestigious music schools and careers in music performance.

In case you missed them, Video recordings of most of the works from many of our past concerts are now available on our YouTube channel.

Planned future dates are on Fridays: March 17, and May 12, 2023, plus our popular Concert in the Park, Saturday, June 10, 2023.  Visit the Events page for announcements of all the venues, dates, and programs for our 40th season.