Tag: Pasadena Community Orchestra

Young pianist Max Hammond to perform with the Pasadena Community Orchestra

Every year, the Pasadena Community Orchestra (PCO) holds a competition to identify, assist, and feature talented young musicians in the furtherance of their musical career and education. This is a project funded in part by the City of Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission. This year, young pianist Max Hammond (17) will perform Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto […]

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Pasadena Community Orchestra is looking for young classical concert musicians

The Pasadena Community Orchestra (PCO)’s 31st annual Young Classical Concert Artist Competition is currently open for entries, up to this Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. This is an opportunity for a dedicated young musician to find support and an environment where he or she can develop his/her performing talents. Since 1986, this competition has identified, assisted, […]

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The Pasadena Community Orchestra presents its first 2018 concert

The Pasadena Community Orchestra invites you to its first concert of the year, on Friday, Jan. 26, at 8 pm, when it will perform Mendelssohn’s “Overture for Winds,” Beethoven’s “Ah perfido!,” Op. 65 with Anita Protich as soprano soloist, and Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 4” under the baton of Music Director Beth Pflueger. Felix Mendelssohn was […]

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Join the Pasadena Community Orchestra for a free Concert in the Park

The Pasadena Community Orchestra (PCO)’s summer Concert in the Park presents a rare opportunity for the whole family to enjoy accessible orchestral music for free in an easygoing environment. On Saturday, June 10th, at 6:30 pm, Bethany Pfleuger will lead PCO’s accomplished amateur musicians in a program of marches, light classics, film scores, and Americana […]

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Pianists Peter Green and Jungwon Jin join Pasadena Community Orchestra January 29.

On Friday, January 29, at 8:00 p.m., pianists Dr. Peter Green and Dr. Jungwon Jin will join the Pasadena Community Orchestra (PCO) in a rare performance of Poulenc’s “Concerto for Two Pianos.” The orchestra, led by Music Director Bethany Pflueger, will also perform Beethoven’s energetic “Symphony #7,” and the Overture to Rossini’s “An Italian Girl […]

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