We are excited to announce the winner of the 2024-25 Young Artist Competition (Junior Division), violinist Minji Choi. She will perform the first movement of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Orchestra on March 14.
We are excited to announce the winner of the 2024-25 Young Artist Competition (Open Division), pianist Romain Jansen. He joins the Pasadena Community Orchestra at our May 9 Concert performing the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3.
We are excited to announce the winners of the 2024-25 Young Artist Competition. Congratulations to violinist Minji Choi (Junior Division) and pianist Romain Jansen (Open Division)!
** 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.
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.