** The Competition is is closed to new applications ** We are excited to invite the pubic to attend the competition auditions on January 25 – details on the Events Page. We are excited to offer these opportunities for talented young musicians to demonstrate their skill and artistry through the audition process, and for each winner, a cash prize and a performance as soloist with the Pasadena Community Orchestra.
Our 42nd season continues on January 24 with music by Mozart, Khachaturian, and Ravel.
Our 42nd season opens on November 8 with music by Rossini, Bizet, Dukas, Gershwin, and Rimsky-Korsakov.
The Pasadena Community Orchestra 2024-25 season begins on November 8, 2024. Pre-Concert discussion at 7:15pm
Chamber Music Recital on Sep 29, 2024. All ticket sales help support our Young Artist Competition Winners.
Join us for our popular Annual Concert in the Park on Saturday, June 8, at 6:30pm. We play at the Sierra Madre Memorial Park, 222 West Sierra Madre Blvd
The Pasadena Community Orchestra is thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s competitions. In the Senior Division, the winner is violinist Ezra Shcolnik. The Junior Division winner is pianist Nathan Pak.
The Pasadena Community Orchestra is excited to announce that violinist Ezra Shcolnik is the winner of the 2024 Young Artist Competition (Senior Division). Ezra will perform the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto at the Pasadena Community Orchestra’s May 10, 2024 concert.
The Pasadena Community Orchestra is excited to announce that pianist Nathan Pak is the winner of the 2024 Young Artist Competition (Junior Division). Nathan will perform the the first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 at the Pasadena Community Orchestra’s May 10, 2024 concert.
A special event! At our March 15 concert, the Orchestra is proud to feature Torrance Buntyn, Jr., who will be the soloist in the contemporary Canadian composer Allen Gordon Bell’s Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra. Come early to hear Torrance talk at 720pm in the auditorium about the concerto and his association with the Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists.
PCO is excited to form a community partnership with the Alliance of Black Orchestral Percussionists (ABOP), a non-profit that provides professional development to young and emerging Black percussionists pursuing careers in symphonic percussion.
Update: Jan 24, 2024: The Young Artist competition is now closed to applications. A new competition will be announced in the fall.
We are excited to offer these opportunities for talented young musicians to demonstrate their skill and artistry through the audition process, and for the winner, a performance as soloist with the Pasadena Community Orchestra. Click “Read More” for details.