La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Mission Statement
Rooted in San Diego for over 60 years, the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus enriches our lives through affordable concerts of ground-breaking, traditional and contemporary classical music.
The LJS&C is dedicated to keeping the spirit of community music-making vibrant for future generations.
Come to a performance to hear a unique symphony concert that awakens new parts of your mind, or attend a show that pays homage to your favorite classics.
2021 SEASON
At home with La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Hosted by Steven Schick and Ruben Valenzuela
Let’s combine some of our favorite things: lively conversation, fascinating ideas and extraordinary music. On six evenings, we’ll prepare a lively menu of musical encounters featuring interviews, solo performances and selected pre-recorded works from the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus archives. Join us from your living room, or maybe from the kitchen as you prepare a meal and enjoy a glass of wine, or listen as you walk on the beach or on the trails. We will meet you where you are with our reliable mixture of adventurous and classic music-making along with warm conversations.
Upcoming Events
HEROES
Hosted by Steven Schick
In honor of those who cared for us Steven Schick and Ruben Valenzuela, Conductors We’ll start our year with Beethoven’s stirring paean ...
HORIZON
Hosted by Steven Schick
DECEMBER 4-5, 2021 Horizon Steven Schick, Conductor Among these powerful dedications to the heroes and victims of the pandemic, we rededicate ourselves to ...
DEEP RIVER OF SONG
Hosted by Steven Schick
FEB 5-6, 2022 Deep River of Song Steven Schick, Conductor In another program of American music, we will combine orchestral arrangements of the ...
REQUIEM
Hosted by Steven Schick
MARCH 12-13, 2022 Requiem In honor of those we lost Steven Schick and Ruben Valenzuela, Conductors To those we have lost, we dedicate a ...
LEGACY
Hosted by Steven Schick
APRIL 30 AND MAY 1, 2022 Legacy Ruben Valenzuela, Conductor Ruben Valenzuela will conduct a program of American music made for this time ...
RESURRECTION
Hosted by Steven Schick
JUNE 4-5, 2022 Resurrection In honor of those who look to the future Steven Schick, Conductor We conclude our season with Gustav Mahler’s Resurrection ...
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Our Music Directors
STEVEN SCHICK
Music Director, ConductorLa Jolla Symphony
Percussionist and conductor specializing in contemporary classical music. He teaches at the University of California, San Diego and is currently the Music Director and Conductor of the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra. Schick was born in Iowa and raised in a farming family. For the past 40 years, he has championed contemporary percussion music as a performer and teacher, by commissioning and premiering more than 150 new works for percussion.
Schick is Distinguished Professor of Music at UCSD and was previously a Consulting Artist in Percussion at the Manhattan School of Music.
RUBEN VALENZUELA
Choral DirectorLa Jolla Symphony Chorus
The American conductor and organist, Ruben Valenzuela, studied music at Loma Linda University (B.Mus in Church Music & Organ) and San Diego State University (M.A Musicology), and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Musicology & Historical Performance Practices at Claremont Graduate University.
Ruben Valenzuela is Founder & Music Director of the Bach Collegium San Diego.
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To contact our box office, use the form to the right or contact us at boxoffice@lajollasymphony.com