Beach Cities Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Its
75th Diamond Jubilee Season Beginning in October!
75 Years of Free Classical Concerts
Friday, October 18, 2024 8PM @
El Camino College’s Marsee Auditorium

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October 18, 2024
“A Fall Fantasy”
Mayer: Faust Overture
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85
Sarah Koo, cello soloist
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73

January 24, 2025
“From the Conservatoire to the Opera House”
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
Saint-Saens: Rondo Capriccioso
Philip Vaiman, violin soloist
Beloved Operatic Arias & Scenes from
Mozart, Puccini, and Johann Strauss, Jr.

BCSO DIAMOND JUBILEE 75th SEASON GALA – March 1, 2025

March 21, 2025
“A ‘Joyous’ Celebration Befitting BCSO’s 75th Diamond Jubilee Season”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125

May 16, 2025
“Artists of the Future”
World Premier!
MTAC “Artists of the Future” Concerto Competition Winners (TBA)
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, op. 46 (selections)

PLUS BCSO will feature Pre-Concert Talk with Conductor, Dr. Geoffrey Pope prior to the beginning of each concert at 7:15pm

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(Above): BCSO Maestro. Dr. Geoffrey Pope conducting Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in B minor, “Unfinished Symphony” on 10/28/22 at his first concert as Music Director and Conductor of Beach Cities Symphony.

Beach Cities Symphony Orchestra’s Return to the Stage – and Dr. Pope’s BCSO Debut on October 28, 2022:
Wildly Successful & Exceeds All Expectations!

First (AMAZING!) Post-Pandemic Concert
Featured Dr. Geoffrey Pope as BCSO Conductor!

Friday night, October 28, 2022 saw Beach Cities Symphony Orchestra’s return to the stage and Dr. Geoffrey Pope’s debut as the Beach Cities Symphony Orchestra’s Maestro. Geoffrey Pope brings deep roots in the South Bay community to his new role, having begun his artistic journey as a USC music composition student, and returning to earn his doctorate in conducting at UCLA after receiving degrees at the Eastman School of Music in New York. Just prior to the pandemic, he conducted the Symphony Orchestra and the Opera at UC Irvine, and is ready now to bring post-pandemic vigor and creativity to the question of “What’s the orchestra experience that will liberate us all from lockdown?” CONTINUE READING HERE…