This Year’s Dates and Repertoire

PCO Performance Dates – 2023-24 season

Except where noted, performances of the Pomona College Orchestra are held in Bridges Hall of Music, otherwise known as “Little Bridges,” on the Pomona College campus at 150 East Fourth Street. Admission is always free of charge, and more information about directions or parking can be obtained by calling (909) 621-8155.

The Pomona College Orchestra performs on four weekends during the academic year, usually on a Friday evening and Sunday afternoon. The coming season’s performance dates are listed below, and information will be filled in as it becomes available.


 

First Program

Friday, Oct. 6, 2023 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
Bridges Hall of Music
 
Tony Rowe, conductor
Mozart: Symphony No. 32 in G, K. 318
Barber: First Essay for Orchestra, op. 12 (1937)
Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll
Liszt: Les Préludes

 

 

Second Program

Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
Bridges Hall of Music
 
Tony Rowe, conductor
Featuring the winner of the 2023 PCO Concerto Competition
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”
and more

 

Third Program

Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
Bridges Hall of Music
 
With solosits Julie Adams, soprano; Kelly Guerra, mezzo-soprano; Rodell Rosel, tenor; Nmon Ford, baritone; and the Pomona College Choir, Prof. Donna M. Di Grazia, conductor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125
 

 

 

Fourth program

Friday, April 12, 2024 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
Bridges Hall of Music
 
Featuring the Pomona College Choir; Prof. Donna M. Di Grazia, conductor
Program to be announced