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40th Anniversary Season begins on November 11

First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena 3700 E Sierra Madre Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, United States

The first concert on Friday, Nov 11 features works by American, Austrian, British and Italian composers!

Free

Pasadena Community Orchestra – full orchestra playing live!

First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena 3700 E Sierra Madre Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, United States

The Pasadena Community Orchestra is excited to bring you a program that features the full orchestra for the first time in more than two years.  It's great to be back at full strength and play works scored for symphony orchestra! As with all our concerts, it will be free of charge – no tickets required! […]

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Pasadena Community Orchestra – playing live again !

Pasadena High School Auditorium 2925 E Sierra Madre Blvd, Pasadena, CA, United States

The Pasadena Community Orchestra is back to play live for you again! As with all our concerts, it will be free of charge – no tickets required! It will be held in the Auditorium of Pasadena High School. Once again, we will perform as separate groups of instruments. There will be a brief intermission between each […]

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Past Performance: Clarinet Concerto, K 622 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Let’s celebrate Mozart’s birthday (January 27) with one of his most sublime works – the Clarinet Concerto – written only two months before his tragically early death.  Forget the pandemic for half an hour, and bask in the beautiful sound of a performance by the Pasadena Community Orchestra, recorded in January 2014.  Our soloist was the extraordinary David Nicholson, and the Orchestra was led by Music Director, Beth Pflueger.

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Pasadena Community Orchestra – January concert postponed to March 11

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We regret that tonight's concert is postponed.  But stay tuned - we'll have a video recording from a past performance for you next week - in honor of Mozart's birthday. Because of the omicron Covid variant we have postponed our January concert.  Our concern for the safety of orchestra members rehearsing and performing and for […]

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Pasadena Community Orchestra – Performing Live!

Pasadena High School Auditorium 2925 E Sierra Madre Blvd, Pasadena, CA, United States

The Pasadena Community Orchestra is excited to bring you their first live concert since January 2020.  The concert will be held in the Auditorium of Pasadena High School.  As with all our concerts, it will be free of charge. We will perform as four separate groups of instruments: brass, woodwinds, percussion and strings.

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Past + Present Video Series #4

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The Pasadena Community Orchestra is pleased to invite you to listen to our next online video concert in our Past and Present series on Friday April 23rd, 2021. This concert begins with the Introduction and Rondo for flute and percussion by Leon Stein, recorded in October 2020. Next, will be The White Peacock by Charles Griffes, […]

Past + Present Video Series #3

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The Pasadena Community Orchestra is pleased to invite you to listen to our next online video concert. This concert will feature two selections from our recordings of chamber music from October 2020 – a string duo by Schubert and a string quartet tango by Gardel. Finishing the concert will be Beethoven’s “Ah Perfido” from our […]

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Past + Present Video Series #2

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Welcome to the second posting of our PCO 2020-2021 season! This virtual concert will be posted on Friday, December 11, at 8:00 p.m., and it will be available to watch throughout our entire season via pcomusic.org as well as YouTube. This all-Mozart online event begins with a performance by the entire orchestra from May 2019 of Mozart’s Impresario […]

9th Annual Chamber Music Gala + Fundraiser

Private Home in Altadena

A rare opportunity to enjoy chamber music in a small private setting – featuring the Elixir Piano Trio. Founded in 2004, the dynamic Elixir Piano Trio performs both traditional and modern repertoire with classical, folk, and jazz influences. Join us for wine and hors d’oeuvres at 2:30 p.m. Following the 3:00 p.m. performance, meet the […]

$60

Beethoven + Griffes + Luna + Kalinnikov

First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena 3700 E Sierra Madre Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, United States

Ludwig van Beethoven, Coriolan Overture Charles Griffes, The White Peacock Dante Luna, Stamping Grounds (World Premiere) Vasily Kalinnikov, Symphony No. 1

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Grieg + Grainger + Arnold + Tchaikovsky

First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena 3700 E Sierra Madre Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, United States

Edvard Grieg, In Autumn Overture Percy Grainger, Irish Tune from County Derry Malcolm Arnold, Four Scottish Dances Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto with Aubree Oliverson, violin soloist

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Annual Concert in the Park

Sierra Madre Memorial Park 222 West Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, CA, United States

Picnic in the park with the PCO. Raffle with prizes! Win a chance to conduct the orchestra! *Concert location is held OUTDOORS at Sierra Madre Memorial Park

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Adams + Tchaikovsky + Stravinsky + YAC

First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena 3700 E Sierra Madre Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, United States

John Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine Edward Elgar, Nimrod from Enigma Variations Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Impresario Overture Pyotr Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture Igor Stravinsky Violin Concerto in D, featuring Young Artist Competition winner, Annelle K. Gregory. To learn more about Annelle, click here or visit her website here.

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Boulanger + Neruda + Beethoven

First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena 3700 E Sierra Madre Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, United States

Boulanger, D’un Matin de printemps Neruda, Trumpet Concerto, featuring soloist Cameron Ghahremani Beethoven, Symphony No. 5

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