San Diego Symphony
San Diego Symphony performed its first concert on December 6, 1910. In the 97 years since its inception, San Diego Symphony has become one of the leading orchestras in the United States. It is committed to providing musical experiences of superior quality for the greater San Diego community and beyond. Through a rich mixture of innovative and educational programming designed to appeal to all ages and cultures, the Symphony makes music an integral part of the cultural and intellectual fabric of the San Diego region, valued by and relevant to all its residents. The Symphony offers wide range of concert experiences and performs over 100 concerts each season. In 2008 the Symphony performed with Pinchas Zukerman, Frank Sinatra Jr., Mary Wilson, Lang Lang, The Romeros, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and San Diego Master Chorale. San Diego Symphony performances include the Masterworks series, offering traditional classical repertoire and featuring such guest artists as Yefim Bronfman, Joshua Bell, Jon Kimura Parker and Kathleen Battle; the Winter Pops series, featuring popular guest artists such as Michael Feinstein, Jennifer Holliday, Ben Vereen, Robert Klein and Principal Pops Conductor Marvin Hamlisch as well as annual holiday programs; a Family Festival series that presents family-friendly concerts; and Symphony Exposed, a fascinating series of concerts examining closely great works of classical music from entertaining and thought-provoking angles, hosted by Nuvi Mehta. Each year, from July through September, the Symphony presents an outdoor Summer Pops season at Embarcadero Marina Park South. Summer Pops mixes classical favorites and pop music in a festive, outdoor atmosphere on San Diego’s picturesque waterfront.www.sandiegosymphony.org
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Oct 23, 2026
JazzmineHOST
As a performer, she's a current freelancer in the LA area.
JazzmineHOST
She frequently performs with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Los Angeles Opera, along with many, many others.
JazzmineHOST
And she's also a member of the Grand Teton Music Festival, as well as a former member of the President's Own United States Marine Band.
JazzmineHOST
She is also a former board member of the International Women's Press.
Alisa WeilersteinGUEST
And my husband is, uh, Rafael Payare.
Alisa WeilersteinGUEST
He's, um, music director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, as well as San Diego Symphony, and is conducting everywhere.
Alisa WeilersteinGUEST
So everyone is, [laughs] everyone is very busy.
Alisa WeilersteinGUEST
[laughs]
Megan PowersHOST
You guys, this is funny.
Megan PowersHOST
I was at, the San Diego Symphony play, has a summer series.
Megan PowersHOST
They, there's an outdoor venue in San Diego called The Shell, and they play, they have a occasionally from year to year John Williams, they'll do all like John Williams movie scores.
Megan PowersHOST
I'm not kidding you, when we were the last SpaceX launch that w- that came from Southern California, they were playing the score for ET, and we watched this-
Jade HindmonHOST
All right.
Jade HindmonHOST
In classical music, the San Diego Symphony returns to Jacobs Music Center to kick off the season.
Jade HindmonHOST
Uh, what are they performing?
Julia Dixon EvansCORRESPONDENT
Yeah, they're doing a couple of pieces that I think are really interesting together.
Chris LeslieGUEST
I'll start with my little backstory on it.
Chris LeslieGUEST
Um, when I was in high school, I went and saw the San Diego Symphony play Tchaikovsky Sixth, and the trombone section was just on fire.
Chris LeslieGUEST
In particular, the bass trombonist at that time was just kind of laying waste.
Chris LeslieGUEST
I guess that's-
Sam PavelGUEST
It's a way for people to come together and really kind of create and enjoy something.
Sam PavelGUEST
But yeah, I studied orchestral percussion and I was very, very lucky to perform with a lot of great orchestras, San Diego Symphony, Rockford Symphony, Madison Symphony, among some others.
Sam PavelGUEST
And it's an amazing thing to be able to share that with people.
Christy McManamyHOST
So just so you know, for the record, I played the xylophone and the marimba and the timpani and the chimes.