Repertoire

May 31, 2026
An American Celebration

  • Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man 

  • Leonard Bernstein - Selections from West Side Story 

  • Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag 

  • Scott Joplin - The Entertainer Rag 

  • Aaron Copland - Selections from Rodeo 

  • Charles Ives - Variations on America 

  • Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question 

  • George Gershwin - Selections from Porgy and Bess 

  • George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
    Dan Yu, Pianist

  • John Philip Sousa - Stars and Stripes Forever 

March 22, 2026
Mendelssohn Classics

  • Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5 (“Reformation”)

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Overture to Fidelio

  • Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E Minor 
    Guest Soloist: YuEun Gemma Kim

November 16, 2025
Dvořák in America

  • Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”)

  • Antonín Dvořák – Cello Concerto 
    Guest Soloist: Qiele Guo (cello)

May 25, 2025
Timeless Treasures

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Egmont Overture, Op. 84

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major 
    Soloist: David Savage, bassoon

  • Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 1 (“Spring”)

March 23, 2025
Echoes of Romance

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Polonaise from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543

  • Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 
    Soloist: Frederick Moyer, piano

November 17, 2024
A Trip to Spain

  • Hector Berlioz – Le Corsaire Overture

  • Georges Bizet – Carmen Suites 1 and 2

  • Joaquín Rodrigo – Concierto Andaluz for Four Guitars and Orchestra 
    Guest Soloists: The Romeros Quartet

May 26, 2024
Classical Gems

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Overture to The Marriage of Figaro

  • Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major

  • Robert Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 
    Soloist: Ching-Ming Cheng, piano

March 24, 2024
20th Anniversary Celebration

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Op. 35

  • Antonín Dvořák – Slavonic Dance No. 8, Op. 46

  • Andrzej Panufnik – Sinfonia Sacra

November 19, 2023

  • Engelbert Humperdinck – Overture to Hansel and Gretel

  • Edvard Grieg – Symphonic Dances, Op. 64

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Romance in F Major, No. 2

  • Max Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor 
    Soloist: Eugene Drucker, violin

May 28, 2023

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Overture to Così fan tutte

  • Francis Poulenc – Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

  • Cécile Chaminade – Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 107 
    Soloist: Katie Kim, flute

  • Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

March 19, 2023
An American Salute

  • Morton Gould – An American Salute

  • Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring

  • Peter Schickele – Five of a Kind (for Brass Quintet and Orchestra) 
    Featuring: Chestnut Brass Company

November 20, 2022

  • Dmitri Shostakovich – Festive Overture

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”)

  • George Gershwin – Concerto in F 
    Soloist: Misha Dichter, piano

May 29, 2022

  • Georges Bizet – L’Arlésienne Suites No. 1 and No. 2

  • Joaquín Rodrigo – Fantasía para un Gentilhombre 
    Soloist: Fred Benedetti, guitar

  • Emmanuel Chabrier – España

March 20, 2022

  • Paul Dukas – Fanfare from La Péri

  • Camille Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor 
    Soloist: Daniel Grab, cello

  • Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 8 in A major

November 21, 2021

  • Hector Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 
    Soloist: Fred Moyer, piano

May 19, 2019

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Triple Concerto in C major 
    Soloists: The Benefic Piano Trio

March 17, 2019

  • Hector Berlioz – Hungarian March

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy

  • Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 
    Soloist: Fred Moyer, piano

November 18, 2018

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Overture to The Magic Flute

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 
    Soloist: Victor Diaz Guerra, clarinet

  • Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C minor

May 19, 2018

  • Claude Debussy – Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

  • Joseph Haydn – Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major 
    Soloist: John MacFerran Wilds, trumpet

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 35 “Haffner”

November 19, 2017

  • Antonín Dvořák – Cello Concerto in B minor 
    Soloist: Daniel Grab, cello

  • Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”

May 21, 2017
With the Poway Community Choir

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – “Hallelujah” from Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op. 85

  • Johannes Brahms – “How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place” from A German Requiem

  • George Frideric Handel – Water Music Suite Selections

  • Max Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26 
    Soloist: Misha Vayman, violin

March 19, 2017
Audience Favorites

  • Felix Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture “Fingal’s Cave”, Op. 26

  • Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 8 in B minor “Unfinished”

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

November 20, 2016

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299 
    Soloists: Jane Masur (flute) and Naomi Alter (harp)

  • Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 8, Op. 88

May 15, 2016
From Classics to Opera Highlights

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Egmont Overture, Op. 84

  • Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 “London” 
    Guest Singer: Caroline Nelms, soprano

March 20, 2016

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Polonaise from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24

  • Franz Liszt – Les Préludes, S. 97

  • Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”, Op. 107

November 22, 2015

  • Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”, Op. 73 
    Soloist: Ching-Ming Cheng, piano

March 22, 2015
Orchestral Gala

  • Dmitri Shostakovich – Festive Overture, Op. 96

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 31 “Paris”, K. 297

  • Edvard Grieg – Symphonic Dances, Op. 64

November 23, 2014
A Canvas of French Masters

  • Hector Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9

  • Georges Bizet – Carmen Suites No. 1 and No. 2

  • Édouard Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21 
    Soloist: Bridget Dolkas, violin

May 18, 2014

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Capriccio Italien, Op. 45

  • Richard Wagner – Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral from Lohengrin

  • Edward Elgar – Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 
    Soloist: Patricia Ryan, cello

March 9, 2014

  • Johannes Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80

  • Edvard Grieg – Norwegian Dances, Op. 35

  • Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 25 
    Soloist: Melissa Creider, piano

November 24, 2013

  • Aaron Copland – Outdoor Overture

  • Gabriel Fauré – Dolly Suite

  • Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 8

May 19, 2013

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 20 
    Soloist: Chetan Tierra, piano

  • Claude Debussy – Petite Suite

  • Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin

March 17, 2013

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Marche Slave

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 
    Soloist: Chetan Tierra, piano

  • Gabriel Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine

  • John Rutter – Gloria

December 10, 2012
Messiah

  • George Frideric Handel – Messiah(Rancho Bernardo and Mt. Carmel High School Choirs)

November 18, 2012

  • Leonard Bernstein – Overture to Candide

  • Aaron Copland – Our Town

  • Morton Gould – American Salute

  • Percy Grainger – Molly on the Shore

  • Charles Ives – The Unanswered Question

  • Ron Nelson – Overture to Savannah River Holiday

  • John Philip Sousa – The Stars and Stripes Forever

  • John Williams – Adventures on Earth

May 20, 2012

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Impresario Overture

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Three Marches

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Horn Concerto No. 3 
    Soloist: Rachel Ward, French horn

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40

March 25, 2012

  • Ferdinand Hérold – Zampa Overture

  • Jules Massenet – Suite No. 1, Op. 13

  • Gabriel Fauré – Requiem

November 20, 2011

  • Alexander Borodin – Petite Suite

  • Edvard Grieg – Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

  • Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor 
    Soloist: Bridget Dolkas, violin

  • Johann Strauss II – Die Fledermaus Overture

May 21, 2011

  • Gioachino Rossini – L’Italiana in Algeri Overture

  • Claude Debussy – Arabesque

  • Manuel de Falla – Scenes and Dances from The Three-Cornered Hat

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”

March 27, 2011

  • Antonín Dvořák – Carnival Overture

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major 
    Soloist: Debi Pellkofer, flute

  • John Rutter – Magnificat (Combined choirs of Mt. Carmel and Rancho Bernardo High Schools)

December 6, 2010
Messiah

  • George Frideric Handel – Messiah(Mt. Carmel High School Choir)

November 14, 2010

  • Gustav Holst – “Jupiter” from The Planets

  • Edward Elgar – Chanson de Matin

  • Gordon Jacob – Fantasia on the Alleluia Hymn

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending 
    Soloist: Bridget Dolkas, violin

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams – A Somerset Rhapsody

  • Edward Elgar – Enigma Variations (Narrator: Charles Pederson)

May 30, 2010

  • Donna Diane Overture (von Reznicek)

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Romance in F Major 
    Soloist: Ulli Reiner, violin

  • Bedřich Smetana – The Moldau (from My Country)

  • Vittorio Giannini – Symphony No. 2

  • America the Beautiful (Ward/Dragon)

March 28, 2010

  • Richard Wagner – Die Meistersinger Overture

  • Aaron Copland – Quiet City 
    Soloists: Jay Posteraro (trumpet), Lara Xavier (English horn)

  • Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite

  • Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”

November 10, 2009

  • Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture

  • Frederick Delius – Irmelin Prelude

  • Joseph Haydn – Trumpet Concerto 
    Soloist: Calvin Price, trumpet

  • Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”

June 1, 2009

  • Alexander Borodin – In the Steppes of Central Asia

  • Anatoly Liadov – The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62

  • Aram Khachaturian – Masquerade Suite

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 2 “Little Russian”

March 22, 2009
Opera Gala (with Delynn Ketcherside, soprano)

  • Gioachino Rossini – “Una voce poco fa” from The Thieving Magpie

  • Pietro Mascagni – Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana

  • Giacomo Puccini – “Vissi d’arte” from Tosca

  • Giuseppe Verdi – “Tacea la notte placida” from Il Trovatore

  • Francesco Cilea – “Poveri fiori” from Adriana Lecouvreur

  • Giuseppe Verdi – “Ah! fors’è lui” from La Traviata

  • Giacomo Puccini – “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi

  • Ottorino Respighi – The Fountains of Rome

  • Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 “Italian”

November 17, 2008

  • Johannes Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80

  • Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor 
    Soloists: Ulli Reiner and Roger Pine, violin

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major

May 25, 2008

  • Aaron Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man

  • Aaron Copland – An Outdoor Overture

  • Aaron Copland – Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo

  • George Gershwin – Scenes from Porgy and Bess

  • George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue 
    Soloist: Steve Baker, piano

February 18, 2008

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol

  • Joaquín Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez 
    Soloist: Fred Benedetti, guitar

  • Georges Bizet – Carmen Suites No. 1 and No. 2

October 21, 2007
Concert cancelled due to wildfire (rescheduled for November 17, 2008)

June 11, 2007

  • Claude Debussy – Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor 
    Soloist: Juanita Cummins, piano

  • Alexander Borodin – Symphony No. 2 in B minor

March 26, 2007

  • Jean Sibelius – Finlandia

  • Georges Bizet – L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

November 13, 2006

  • Paul Dukas – Fanfare from La Péri

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Don Giovanni Overture

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 
    Soloist: Bob Barnhart, clarinet

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

June 18, 2006

  • Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 6

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Serenade for Winds No. 11

  • George Frideric Handel – Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 (Allegro)

  • Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 8 in G major

November 10, 2005

  • Gioachino Rossini – La Cenerentola Overture

  • Gabriel Fauré – Pavane, Op. 50

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 2 in D major

June 12, 2005

  • Girolamo Frescobaldi – Toccata

  • Antonín Dvořák – Legends, Op. 59

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 31 “Paris”

  • Gabriel Fauré – Pavane, Op. 50

  • Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major

April 1, 2005

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

  • Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 44 “Trauer”

  • Felix Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture “Fingal’s Cave”, Op. 26

  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 1