Santa Monica Music Festival

First Presbyterian Church, Santa Monica 1220 2nd Street, Santa Monica

Featuring the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra Pamela Z: It’s Time (world premiere, Kaleidoscope commission) Liza Lim: Transcendental Etude (US premiere) Liliya Ugay: Mother Tales Peter S. Shin: soshi so$$$hi John Adams: China Gates W. A. Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds … Read More

$15 – $250

Tramonto: Eternal Classics

Encinitas Library 540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas

Eternal Classics is a tribute to the timeless masterpieces that have shaped the world of chamber music, showcasing works of profound beauty, emotion, and technical brilliance. Program Cello Sonata No.3 Op.69 in A major          Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for violin … Read More

$30

Joshua Rubin and Friends

Crazy J Ranch Topanga Topanga

Clarinetist Joshua Rubin is internationally known for his work in the world of contemporary music, but for us he has assembled a group of virtuosi for a concert of late baroque and early classical music. This is music you're not … Read More

$25
Walk on the Moon

Walk on the Moon

Mount Wilson Observatory Mount Wilson

CELEBRATING THE FIRST WALK ON THE MOON WITH SARAH GILLIS ASTRONAUT-VIOLINIST Sarah Gillis, Martin Chalifour, violins, Andrew Duckles, viola, Cécilia Tsan, cello, Tim Durkovic, piano. An exceptional celebration: Sarah Gillis is the extraordinary engineer/astronaut who flew to space in September 2024  In the International Space Station … Read More

$60

Santa Monica Music Festival

First Presbyterian Church, Santa Monica 1220 2nd Street, Santa Monica

Featuring the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra Emma O’Halloran: here and now (US premiere, Kaleidoscope commission) Alberto Ginastera: Duo for flute and oboe Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Louisiana Blues Strut Franz Schubert: Octet in F Major, D. 803 This program is approximately 90 minutes, … Read More

$15 – $250

Romero Plays Rachmaninoff

Athenaeum Music & Arts Library 1008 Wall Street, La Jolla

Program: J.S. Bach (1685–1750) arr. Alexander Siloti Prélude in E Minor, BWV 555 Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894) Rêve angélique, op. 10, no. 22 Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915) Préludes Op. 11, no. 21, in B-flat Major Op. 16, no. 1, in B Major … Read More

$50 – $55
Walk on the Moon

Walk on the Moon

Mount Wilson Observatory Mount Wilson

CELEBRATING THE FIRST WALK ON THE MOON WITH SARAH GILLIS ASTRONAUT-VIOLINIST Sarah Gillis, Martin Chalifour, violins, Andrew Duckles, viola, Cécilia Tsan, cello, Tim Durkovic, piano. An exceptional celebration: Sarah Gillis is the extraordinary engineer/astronaut who flew to space in September 2024  In the International Space Station … Read More

$60

David Beldock & Ian Vatet

Athenaeum Music & Arts Library 1008 Wall Street, La Jolla

David Beldock and Ian Vatet are guitar players in the band Friends and Enablers. They play original music, folk, rock, and blues songs while having fun doing so. When Ian and David play guitars together, there is magic in the … Read More

Free

Elixir Piano Trio

St. John Vianney Chapel 314 Marine Avenue, Balboa Island

Winner of the Most Distinguished Musician award 2005 IBLA International Competition in Italy, the Elixir Piano Trio has appeared in performances in Europe, Mexico and the United States. Founded in 2004, the dynamic Elixir Piano Trio performs both traditional and … Read More

$20

Rising Stars from Colburn

Ventura College Performing Arts Center 4700 Loma Vista Road, Ventura

Rising Stars from Colburn ... Join us for two performances in one fabulous evening with Rising Stars from the Colburn School, pianists Ray Ushikubo and Chi-Jo Lee. Each artist will perform one 45-minute set. Ray Ushikubo is a 23-year-old Japanese-American … Read More

$15 – $99

Ted Falcon and the Forrozeiros

Brand Library and Art Center 1601 West Mountain Street, Glendale

Forró is a catch-all term for a number of different dance and music genres and styles from rural, Northeastern Brazil. Originally, any music for a dance event with percussion, and singing was called “forró.” The Forrozeiros were formed in 2023 … Read More

Free

Great Expectations

Baker-Baum Concert Hall 7600 Fay Avenue, La Jolla

MOZART Divertimento in D Major, K.136 SummerFest Chamber Orchestra   RAVEL Ma Mère l’Oye for Piano Four-Hands Yulianna Avdeeva, Steven Osborne, pianos   RACHMANINOFF Valse and Romance for Piano Six-Hands Yulianna Avdeeva, Inon Barnatan, Steven Osborne, pianos   ENESCU String … Read More

$93 – $143