Ode to Joy: Benicia
May
25
3:00 PM15:00

Ode to Joy: Benicia

Celebrate three BIG birthdays with the Golden Gate Symphony and Music Director Urs Leonhardt Steiner! This classical music birthday bash salutes the 200- and 100-year anniversaries of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and will feature LIVE performances in both the SF Bay Area, and the mountains of Maestro Steiner’s native state of Graubünden, Switzerland. Founded in 1524, Graubünden celebrates this year its 500th anniversary, adding yet another birthday to this transatlantic party. 

Performers from Graubünden, including renowned pianist Cinzia Regensburger, will join the celebration by introducing Bay Area audiences to folks songs sung in Romansh, a native language of the Swiss region. Other featured performers include Beethoven’s Ninth soloists: Jessica House Steward, Lauren Biglow, Meté Tasin, and Bradley Kynard. 

GET TIX HERE:  www.cityboxoffice.com/ggsoc

  • Saturday, May 25, 3pm:  Historic Clock Tower in Benicia, CA 

  • Sunday, May 26, 2pm:  Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, CA

  • June 13-16:  Scuol, Switzerland - click here for tix in Switzerland

ODE TO JOY is a collaboration between the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, the non-profit organization Scuol Classics, and theScuol/Tarasp Tourist Bureau in the Engadin Valley of Switzerland.

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Ode to Joy: San Francisco
May
26
2:00 PM14:00

Ode to Joy: San Francisco

Celebrate three BIG birthdays with the Golden Gate Symphony and Music Director Urs Leonhardt Steiner! This classical music birthday bash salutes the 200- and 100-year anniversaries of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and will feature LIVE performances in both the SF Bay Area, and the mountains of Maestro Steiner’s native state of Graubünden, Switzerland. Founded in 1524, Graubünden celebrates this year its 500th anniversary, adding yet another birthday to this transatlantic party. 

Performers from Graubünden, including renowned pianist Cinzia Regensburger, will join the celebration by introducing Bay Area audiences to folks songs sung in Romansh, a native language of the Swiss region. Other featured performers include Beethoven’s Ninth soloists: Jessica House Steward, Lauren Biglow, Meté Tasin, and Bradley Kynard. 

GET TIX HERE:  www.cityboxoffice.com/ggsoc

  • Saturday, May 25, 3pm:  Historic Clock Tower in Benicia, CA 

  • Sunday, May 26, 2pm:  Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, CA

  • June 13-16:  Scuol, Switzerland - click here for tix in Switzerland

ODE TO JOY is a collaboration between the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, the non-profit organization Scuol Classics, and theScuol/Tarasp Tourist Bureau in the Engadin Valley of Switzerland.

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Ode to Joy: Switzerland
Jun
13
to Jun 16

Ode to Joy: Switzerland

Celebrate three BIG birthdays with the Golden Gate Symphony and Music Director Urs Leonhardt Steiner! This classical music birthday bash salutes the 200- and 100-year anniversaries of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and will feature LIVE performances in both the SF Bay Area, and the mountains of Maestro Steiner’s native state of Graubünden, Switzerland. Founded in 1524, Graubünden celebrates this year its 500th anniversary, adding yet another birthday to this transatlantic party. 

Performers from Graubünden, including renowned pianist Cinzia Regensburger, will join the celebration by introducing Bay Area audiences to folks songs sung in Romansh, a native language of the Swiss region. Other featured performers include Beethoven’s Ninth soloists: Jessica House Steward, Lauren Biglow, Meté Tasin, and Bradley Kynard. 

GET TIX HERE:  www.cityboxoffice.com/ggsoc

  • Saturday, May 25, 3pm:  Historic Clock Tower in Benicia, CA 

  • Sunday, May 26, 2pm:  Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, CA

  • June 13-16:  Scuol, Switzerland - click here for tix in Switzerland

ODE TO JOY is a collaboration between the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, the non-profit organization Scuol Classics, and theScuol/Tarasp Tourist Bureau in the Engadin Valley of Switzerland.

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¡ Las Voces de Mexico !
Mar
17
2:00 PM14:00

¡ Las Voces de Mexico !

Journey south of the border with ¡Las Voces de México! Maestro Urs Leonhardt Steiner and the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (GGSOC) present a musical adventure featuring favorites like Copland’s “El Salón México,” Moncayo’s “Huapango,” and the world premiere of “Indigenous Symphony” by Oaxacan composer, Carlos Pazos. Top it off with danzones from SF’s own Anthony Blea Afro Cuban Sextet, and a Mariachi Sing Along, and you have a perfect Sunday afternoon adventure with the GGSOC!


Sunday, March 17 - 2:00 PM

Herbst Theatre, San Francisco 

Tickets:  www.cityboxoffice.com/ggsoc or at the door, w/ discounts for seniors & kids under 18 


¡Las Voces de México! is part of the Golden Gate Symphony’s ongoing Beyond the Border Walls Initiative. The program throws open the doors of the formal concert hall to underrepresented audiences, musicians and composers and provides 300+ free tickets to every Golden Gate Symphony event.

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Music for a New World
Nov
5
2:00 PM14:00

Music for a New World

Lose yourself in MUSIC FOR A NEW WORLD, featuring the lushness of Antonin Dvorak’s New World Symphony, the brilliance of Viktor Ullman’s Piano Concerto, and the delight of Morton Gould’s Tap Dance Concerto .

Join Maestro Urs Leonhardt Steiner and the Golden Gate Symphony at our season opener at the Herbst Theatre on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH @ 2:00. 

www.cityboxoffice.com/ggsoc for tickets and more info!

  • New World Symphony, Antonin Dvorak

  • Piano Concerto, Victor Ullman - Allison Lovejoy, piano

  • Tap Dance Concerto, Morton Gould - Sam Weber, tap dance

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CANCELLED: Handel's Sing it Yourself Messiah
Dec
12
7:30 PM19:30

CANCELLED: Handel's Sing it Yourself Messiah

This concert has been CANCELLED with regret. Given the recent surge in COVID and other illnesses in the Bay Area, we have decided to cancel this year’s sing-along in the best interest of eveyrone’s health and safety.

See you next year!

Program
Georg Frideric Handel: Messiah
Yi Triplett, Soprano
Lisa van der Ploeg, Alto
William Wiggins, Tenor
Andrew Thomas Pardini, Bass

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