Music Academy of the West - Santa Barbara - Presents:
x2: Cynthia Phelps: Femme Focus
Thursday, 7/31/2025

Experience chamber music at its most revealing as renowned teaching artists share the spotlight with fellows in the ideal acoustic of Hahn Hall. Each intimate performance offers a unique perspective, whether celebrating women composers, exploring cultural heritage, or illuminating musical relationships across generations.

Music Academy of the West - Santa Barbara - Presents:
Composers In Context: inti figgis-vizueta
Friday, 8/1/2025

Feel the thrill of new musical creation as groundbreaking composers share their vision. Connect with today’s most innovative musical voices in programs spanning percussion, string quartet, voice, and solo piano, as they guide the creative conversation between past and present, tradition and innovation.

La Jolla Music Society - La Jolla - Presents:
Northern Lights
Friday, 8/1/2025

Immerse yourself in the ethereal Nordic soundscape of Nielsen, Mustonen, and Sibelius, whose crystalline textures and sweeping melodies evoke the radiance of Scandinavia.

San Diego Symphony - San Diego - Presents:
Simply The Best: The Music of Tina Turner
Saturday, 8/2/2025

...with Tony Award Winner Adrienne Warren and the San Diego Symphony Orchestra! Steven Reineke, conductor Adrienne Warren, vocalist San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Music Academy of the West - Santa Barbara - Presents:
Academy Festival Orchestra: Ravel’s Boléro
Saturday, 8/2/2025

Witness the raw power and nuanced beauty of a full symphony orchestra as it transforms into a surging ocean, a cosmic meditation, or a hypnotic dance. Be moved as monumental works, led by today’s top conductors, are performed by tomorrow’s stars.

La Jolla Music Society - La Jolla - Presents:
Prodigies
Saturday, 8/2/2025

Marvel at the remarkable beauty of early masterpieces by history’s greatest prodigies who revolutionized the world of chamber music.

Music Academy of the West - Santa Barbara - Presents:
Academy Festival Orchestra: Ravel’s Boléro
Saturday, 8/2/2025

Witness the raw power and nuanced beauty of a full symphony orchestra as it transforms into a surging ocean, a cosmic meditation, or a hypnotic dance. Be moved as monumental works, led by today’s top conductors, are performed by tomorrow’s stars.

San Diego Symphony - San Diego - Presents:
Miles Davis: Porgy and Bess with Gilbert Castellanos
Sunday, 8/3/2025

Gilbert Castellanos, trumpet Porgy and Bess Orchestra: Josh Nelson, conductor/piano Doug Meeuwsen, trumpet Derek Cannon, trumpet James Ford, trumpet Keith Fiddmont, woodwinds Jean-Paul "JP" Balmat, woodwinds Matt Hall, trombone Jeanne Geiger, trombone

LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Dudamel Conducts Ellington and Ravel
Tuesday, 8/5/2025

French impressionism meets Harlem jazz in the Hollywood Hills.

Independent Shakespeare Co. - Los Angeles - Presents:
Free Shakespeare in the Park: Doctor Faustus
8/6/2025 - 8/31/2025 (next performance: Wednesday, 8/6/2025)

A mysterious scholar sets his sights on mastering the dark arts and strikes a deal with the devil to make the magic happen. Christopher Marlowe’s playful, seductive fever dream becomes a satirical, soul-stirring thrill ride where unchecked ego meets ultimate consequence. After all, when you play with fire… there’s hell to pay.

LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Mahler & Korngold with Dudamel
Thursday, 8/7/2025

From Post-Romantic Vienna to Hollywood’s Golden Age.

Soka Performing Arts Center - Aliso Viejo - Presents:
Free Event | Jungle Fire
Friday, 8/8/2025

Free Outdoor Event

La Jolla Music Society - La Jolla - Presents:
Strung Together
Friday, 8/8/2025

Experience the synergy of composer-performers Montgomery, Ysaÿe, and Dvorák, each intimately bound to the strings they played as they forged new frontiers.

San Diego Symphony - San Diego - Presents:
Chicago the Musical in Concert
Friday, 8/8/2025

Rob Fisher, conductor Bianca Marroquin, vocalist Sophie Carmen-Jones, vocalist Lewis Cleale, vocalist Joseph London, vocalist Joseph Thalken, piano Sean McDaniel, drums San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Music Academy of the West - Santa Barbara - Presents:
Duo & Song Winners Recital Finale
Friday, 8/8/2025

Celebrate with us as the 2025 Summer Music Festival’s prize-winning artists from the Marilyn Horne Song Competition and Duo Competition display their virtuosic artistry in three mini-recitals.This rare breed of pianist collaborates with a range of instrumentalists to bring duo works and sonatas to life.

Music Academy of the West - Santa Barbara - Presents:
Academy Festival Orchestra: Mahler’s Symphony No. 3
Saturday, 8/9/2025

Witness the raw power and nuanced beauty of a full symphony orchestra as it transforms into a surging ocean, a cosmic meditation, or a hypnotic dance. Be moved as monumental works, led by today’s top conductors, are performed by tomorrow’s stars.

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum - Topanga - Presents:
Wine in the Wilderness
8/9/2025 - 10/12/2025 (next performance: Saturday, 8/9/2025)

An artist is painting a triptych, seeking to capture the essence of Black womanhood in a painting. His assumptions are confronted when he meets a vibrant young woman who challenges his ideals and exposes the complexities of identity, class, and the sexism embedded in his perceptions.

San Diego Symphony - San Diego - Presents:
The Beach Boys: The Sounds of Summer Tour
Saturday, 8/9/2025

For more than six decades, The Beach Boys’ music has been an indelible part of American history. Their brilliant harmonies conveyed simple truths through sophisticated, pioneering musical arrangements.

La Jolla Music Society - La Jolla - Presents:
Homage
Sunday, 8/10/2025

Greatness inspires greatness. Homage honors the profound exchange of influence between composers with an extraordinary collection of soul-stirring works that channel the spirit of past masters.

LA Philharmonic - Los Angeles - Presents:
Gustavo, Yuja & the Bolívars
Tuesday, 8/12/2025

Yuja Wang, Dudamel, and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra make a celebratory reunion.