• American Youth Symphony
  For 35 years the American Youth Symphony, of Los Angeles, California, has been providing vital symphonic orchestral training and important performance opportunities for 110 exceptionally talented young instrumentalists.
  
  
• Bay Area Little Symphony
  The Bay Area Little Symphony is the only fully professional orchestra that has been providing FREE "in-school" concerts for children around the Bay Area since 1975. Children sit right next to musicians and get a first hand musical experience. One of the most exciting and memorable parts of our performance is when we choose several students to conduct the orchestra. Located in California.
  
  
• Berkley Symphony Orchestra
  The Berkeley Symphony was founded in 1969 as the Berkeley Promenade Orchestra by Thomas Rarick, a young protege of Sir Adrian Boult, the great English maestro. As its name implies, the group was conceived in the spririt of the London Promenade concerts, which focused mainly on the more familiar and accessible side of the symphonic repertoire. Reflecting the spirit of the late 1960s, the Promenade replaced tuxedos with informal street dress and performed in unusual locations, including the University Art Museum. Located in California.
  
  
• California Philharmonic Orchestra
  The California Philharmonic Orchestra web site has links to "what's new," season, subscribe, parking & direction, and contact CalPhil.
  
  
• California Youth Symphony
  This is the home page of the California Youth Symphony, California's first independent youth orchestra, founded in 1952. The musical director of the California Youth Symphony is maestro Leo Eylar.
  
  
• CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF THE SOUTH BAY
  The COSB is a fully-professional orchestra, which is resident at the Norris Theatre for the Performing Arts, Crossfield Drive and Indian Peak Road in Palos Verdes, California. Under Music Director Frances Steiner, it gives a five-concert season.
  
  
• Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra
  The Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra (CYMO) founded in 1989 is a 100 member orchestra of young musicians ages 12 to 22 selected by audition each year. Members attend public and private schools in Southern California and pursue private study on their individual instruments. The community supported CYMO presents major symphonic works and renowned soloists in concert each year at Bridges Hall of Music on the Pomona College Campus in Claremont, California, as well as special concerts for children, a performance at Disneyland and many community programs each season. In California.
  
  
• FREMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
  The Fremont Symphony Orchestra, supported by artistically-interested and community-minded volunteers representing a cross-section of the community, will provide and develop for the greater Fremont area a professional symphony orchestra. The orchestra will serve the community's needs and wants by offering a balanced program of established symphonic repertoire, occasionally enriched by newer and more unusual works. Located in Fremont, California.
  
  
• Fresno Philharmonic
  Founded in 1954, the Fresno Philharmonic presents high-quality, live orchestral music to audiences throughout the San Joaquin Valley. One of the city's most treasured resources, the Philharmonic has been proclaimed "a cultural center" by the City of Fresno, California.
  
  
• Glendale Symphony Orchestra
  The Mission of the Glendale Symphony Orchestra Association extends beyond the production of an annual concert series. In its broader sense, it is to support and advance the cause of fine music and an active cultural life in our community and the fellowship that goes with it on a year around basis. Located in Glendale, California.
  
  
• La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
  For nearly a half-century the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus has been committed to performing diverse and innovative music for the San Diego, California public. We include in our concerts ground-breaking orchestral and choral music along with traditional favorites from the classical repertoire.
  
  
• La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
  For nearly a half-century the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus has been committed to performing diverse and innovative music for the San Diego, California public. We include in our concerts ground-breaking orchestral and choral music along with traditional favorites from the classical repertoire.
  
  
• Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
  The Long Beach Symphony (LBSO) is a professional regional orchestra which serves as a musical resource to Long Beach, California and the surrounding communities. JoAnn Falletta, who has served as music director of the LBSO since 1989, will be celebrating her farewell season with the LBSO during 1999-2000. With an annual operating budget of approximately $2.9 million, the LBSO performs a seven-concert Classics series and a four-concert Symphony POPS! series each season.
  
  
• Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
  Each year since its founding in 1919, the Los Angeles Philharmonic has been hailed as Southern California's leading performing arts institution. Today, under the dynamic leadership of Esa-Pekka Salonen (who became the orchestra's tenth music director in 1992, the Philharmonic is recognized as one of the world's outstanding orchestras. Located in Los Angeles, California.
  
  
• Los Angeles Philharmonic Youth and Community Concerts
  Extremely popular Saturday morning concerts designed specifically for our younger audiences, ages 5 to 11. Made possible by a generous grant from Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Located in Los Angeles, California.
  
  
• Marin Symphony
  The Marin Symphony season has expanded to include many new and successful concert programs for all ages and musical tastes. The Young Peoples Concerts, co-produced with Youth in Arts perform to a sold-out audience each year. The Bay Area Composers' Symposium features the music of some of the brightest talents in the area. Located in California.
  
  
• Modesto Symphony Orchestra
  Modesto Symphony Orchestra is a Professional orchestra celebrating it's 69th season. It is comprised of 75-85 talented and dedicated professional musicians, many of whom came from as far as San Francisco bay area. Located in Modesto, California.
  
  
• Monterey Symphony
  Serving the communities of the Monterey Bay, Salinas Valley, Big Sur, and San Benito County, California. The Monterey Symphony is a participating member of the American Symphony Orchestra League and the Association of California Symphony Orchestras.
  
  
• National Symphony Orchestra - Concerts for School Groups
  NSO Young People’s Concerts: (For grades 3-6) All performances will be in the Concert Hall - 1 hour. Located in Washington, D.C.
  
  
• New Century Chamber Orchestra
  The NCCO has always been a champion of new music - commissioning new works when possible, and performing important pieces by emerging composers. This 17 member, conductorless string orchestra is the Bay Area's best kept secret! The vibrancy that comes from self-directing – standing in front of the audience and engaging individually and as an ensemble – is unparalleled in any other classical music forum. Located in California.
  
  
• New West Symphony
  New West Symphony is a premiere musical organization, offering fine concert music as well as educational programs that will enlighten and inspire all ages and cultures. Although the Symphony’s short and long range goals are many, it is hoped that by working together with other organizations that have common goals, future generations will have the opportunity to appreciate the arts. Located in California.
  
  
• Oakland East Bay Symphony
  Founded in 1988, Oakland East Bay Symphony has achieved national and regional recognition for its unique convergence of artistic excellence and community service. It performs an acclaimed series of concerts at Oakland's historic Paramount Theatre, collaborates with many local performing arts organizations, commissions and presents several new works by living American composers each year, and provides music education to thousands of East Bay children through seven comprehensive education programs.
  
  
• OAKLAND YOUTH ORCHESTRA
  The Oakland Youth Orchestra, founded in 1964 as the educational arm of the Oakland Symphony, is recognized as an important musical organization in Oakland and the San Francisco Bay area, of Northern California. An independent non-profit group since 1986, the Orchestra has a history of commissioning, premiering and recording the works of American composers.
  
  
• Peninsula Symphony Orchestra
  The Peninsula Symphony began as a community symphony in 1949 under Music Director and Conductor Aaron Sten. Under present Conductor Mitchell Sardou Klein, the orchestra has grown from a grassroots ensemble into a polished 90 member organization which features world class soloists such as pianists Claude Frank and Garrick Ohlsson, violinist Stephanie Chase, and soprano Evelyn De La Rosa. Located at San Mateo, California.
  
  
• Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
  Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, since its founding in 1981, has become "an ensemble for early music on authentic instruments as fine as any in the world today" (Alan Rich, Los Angeles Herald Examiner). The San Francisco-based Philharmonia performs music from the Baroque and Classical eras both during a Bay Area subscription season and on tour throughout California and nationwide.
  
  
• Pomona College Orchestra
  As one of the largest and most prestigious performing organizations on campus, the Pomona College Orchestra has a long tradition as an important creative and cultural outlet for the students, faculty, and staff of The Claremont Colleges. Although the majority of its members are Pomona College students, the orchestra also has representatives from Scripps, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, and Claremont McKenna colleges. Located in California.
  
  
• Redlands Symphony Orchestra
  The Redlands Symphony Orchestra's remarkable growth under the baton of Maestro Jon Robertson has amazed critics, delighted audiences and caused the prestigious California Arts Council panel to award their highest "Exemplary" rating for seven consecutive seasons. Their panel commented, "This is a remarkable, strong orchestra, boasting fine ensemble playing, attention to detail and a rich, orchestral sound." Located in California.
  
  
• Redwood Symphony
  Redwood Symphony is a community orchestra based at Cañada College in Redwood City, California, about 30 km south of San Francisco. The all-volunteer ensemble is dedicated to the performance of ambitious, contemporary repertoire, as well as the great orchestral classics.
  
  
• San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra
  Now celebrating it 71st season, The San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra provides the Inland Empire region of Southern California with orchestral programs of the highest quality classical music under the leadership of its Music Director and world reknowned conductor, Maestro Stewart Robertson. The orchestra was awarded the highest rating by the California Arts Council, mentioning our high artistic standards, community outreach programs, and administrative structure.
  
  
• San Diego Chamber Orchestra
  The mission of the San Diego Chamber Orchestra (SDCO) is to provide a resident small orchestra of the highest professional caliber for the greater San Diego, California, area. With its performances of music written especially for an orchestra of 35 to 40 musicians or less, the SDCO occupies an important niche within the broad range of regional musical offerings that would otherwise be empty.
  
  
• San Diego Childrens Choir
  The Choir is open to boys and girls, ages eight to eighteen, from all racial, ethnic, religious, and economic backgrounds. Rehearsals and performances of fine music literature form the foundation of instruction. The Choir provides the children and youth of San Diego opportunity for artistic and personal growth through choral music performance.
  
  
• San Diego Youth Symphony
  As the most comprehensive orchestral training program for youth in San Diego, the San Diego Youth Symphony strives to provide each student with outstanding training and performance opportunities through classical music. Now in its 53rd season, the organization has grown from one orchestra to over eight performing ensembles, embracing students at every level of development. In California.
  
  
• San Francisco Children Art Center
  offering children's art classes and birthday parties; community outreach; and art rental programs.
  
  
• San Francisco Symphony
  San Francisco, Californa is a city that loves music. The dust of the 1906 earthquake had hardly cleared before a group of civic leaders had laid the groundwork for a new orchestra. Five years later, the San Francisco Symphony was born. Since those first concerts in 1911, the SFS has played a defining role in American cultural life. Today, it's defining what the orchestra of the 21st century will be.
  
  
• San Francisco Symphony Kids' Site
  You can find out about different instruments, learn about harmony and other musical terms, or try your hand at composing.
  
  
• San Jose Children's Musical Theater
  Musical theater that's young at heart!
  
  
• San Luis Obispo Symphony
  The purpose of the San Luis Obispo Symphony is to support an outstanding community orchestra, to foster symphonic and chamber music education, and to contribute to the cultural and economic vitality of the Central Coast Community. Located in California.
  
  
• Santa Barbara Symphony
  The Santa Barbara Symphony web site has information on concerts, tickets, conductor, reviews and youth music programs. In California.
  
  
• Santa Cruz County Symphony
  The Santa Cruz County Symphony web site has Schedule, Guest, Tickets, Director, Seating, and Family Concert. Located in California.
  
  
• Santa Monica Symphony
  The Santa Monica Symphony has been a major cultural asset for the Southern California Westside community since its debut in 1945. It has grown from a fledging local orchestra into a highly acclaimed symphony orchestra which attracts music lovers from all parts of the greater Los Angeles, California area. Each season the Santa Monica Symphony presents four free concerts to an audience of 5,000 persons of all ages.
  
  
• Santa Rosa Symphony
  The musical arts are alive and well in Santa Rosa, California. No other West Coast city of comparable size supports a regional symphony so vital, dynamic, and innovative. Cultural advantages to this community converge in a greater sense of civic pride. As the Santa Rosa Symphony gains a national reputation for bold excellence, Sonoma County builds an identity as a place in love with classical music.
  
  
• Solano Community Symphony
  We are dedicated to advancing and enriching the appreciation of musical life in our community. We have developed a wonderful orchestra composed from skilled local musicians who volunteer because of their love of music and our community. We're making music for you. We hope you enjoy it. Located in California.
  
  
• Stanford symphony Orchestra
  The Stanford Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is an on-campus student organization, supported by the Music Department and the Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU). Membership is open to all members of the outlying community, although preference is given to Stanford students. Located in California.
  
  
• The Nova Vista Symphony
  The The Nova Vista Symphony web site information about: concert season, how to attend, tickets, Nova Vista in the Press, and "Best of the 30th" compact disc. Located in California.
  
  
• The Pasadena POPS Orchestra
  Through the years The Pasadena POPS Orchestra has become the premier POPS orchestra in the Southland. Thousands of guests attend the varied and engaging concerts each year, accompanied by their friends and families who share in the festive atmosphere. Located in California.
  
  
• The Progressive Symphony Orchestra
  There is a dire need in Southern California for a symphony that reflects the ethnic diversity of the region. In response to this need, the Progressive Symphony was founded in 1993 by Yvette Devereaux. Its mission is to present fine, quality music to communities traditionally under represented in the fine arts and to provide opportunity and exposure to talented professional musicians who are commonly overlooked. Los Angeles, California.
  
  
• The San Diego Symphony Orchestra
  With innovative programming and a strong commitment to the arts and education, the San Diego Symphony Orchestra is committed to presenting classical music as an accessible and inspirational art form for the entire community. Under the leadership of Jung-Ho Pak, Artistic Director, the Symphony produces eight subscription concert series during its primary season from October through May. Located in California.
  
  
• The Women’s Philharmonic
  The Women’s Philharmonic began with the vision of our three founders—Elizabeth Seja Min, Miriam Abrams, and Nan Washburn—who hoped to compensate for the underrepresentation of women within the mainstream classical music world by creating an orchestra comprised entirely of women performing music composed by women. Located in California.
  
  
• Vallejo Symphony Orchestra
  The Vallejo Symphony Orchestra web site has links to "Season," Concert Information, President's Message, and Membership. Located in California.
  
  
• Youth Orchestras of Fresno
  Youth Orchestras of Fresno is committed to development of a first class, internationally recognized youth symphonic orchestra, providing a superior education in symphonic music and the complete orchestral experience to the members of its three training orchestras, expanding its community outreach programs, providing unique educational opportunities to gifted young valley musicians and making a positive contribution to the cultural well-being of the citizens of Fresno, California.
  
  

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