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Below you will find our Spring 2024 concert series. Performing and Visual Arts Center

Please know that dates and times are subject to change and cancellation due to current Covid Restrictions and Protocols. Email the music office for additional information: anthony.cutietta@gcccd.edu

 

Tickets sold online and at the door unless otherwise stated.

 

SPRING 2024

Spring 2024 Concert Schedule

Friday, March 1, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Concert #5: Grossmont College Music Department presents:

Grossmont Symphony Orchestra

Repertoire: Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique with concerti

featuring the orchestra’s principal musicians

Performing & Visual Arts Center, Bldg 22

8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020

Admission: $20 general, $15 senior/military, $5 student

 

Thursday, March 7, 7:30 p.m.

The Grossmont College Concert Band presents

with Grossmont High School Band
Under the direction of Conductors Russ Sperling and James Villegas

“Festival Concert”

Performing & Visual Arts Center, Bldg 22

8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020

Admission: Free

 

Friday, April 5th at 7:30 p.m.

Grossmont College Music Department presents,

Combined Advanced & Alumni Recital 

Performing & Visual Arts Center, Bldg 22

8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020

Admission: Free

 

Tuesday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. 

Grossmont College Music Department presents,

Afro-Cuban Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble  

Performing & Visual Arts Center, Bldg 22

8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020

Admission: $20 general, $15 senior/military, $5 student

 

Thursday, April 11 at 2:00 p.m.

Grossmont College Music Department presents,
Music Major Recital
Performing & Visual Arts Center, Building 22
8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020
Admission: Free

 

Friday, April 12, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Concert #6: Grossmont College Music Department presents:

Grossmont Symphony Orchestra

Repertoire: Glazunov Violin Concerto, Navarro Clarinet Concerto No. 2

Rodrigo/arr. Zabaleta Concierto de Aranjuez featuring

Vanessa Fountain, harpist; Ondrej Lewit, violinist, Robert Barnhart, clarinetist

Performing & Visual Arts Center, Bldg 22

8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020

Admission: $20 general, $15 senior/military, $5 student

 

Sunday, April 14, 2:00-5:00 p.m. (actual timing to be determined)

Multiple San Diego County college bands present

“College Band Day”

Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park

Free

 

Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Grossmont College Music Department presents,

Cadence Vocal Jazz Ensembles

Under the direction of Melonie Grinnell

Performing & Visual Arts Center, Bldg 22

8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020

Admission: $15 General, $10 Senior/Military, $5 Student

 

Monday, April 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.

Griffin Community Concerts presents 

Guitar Chamber Music: History and Evolution

The Chamber Players of Los Angeles:
Satik Andriassian, guitar, John M. Kennedy, double bass,
Cynthia Reifler, viola and David Miller, clarinet.
 

Performing & Visual Arts Center, Bldg 22

8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020
Admission: $15 General, $10 Senior/Military/GCCCD Employees, $5 Student

 

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Grossmont College Music Department presents

Grossmont Jazz Faculty 

Derek Cannon, Melonie Grinnell, Justin Grinnell, and special guests

Performing & Visual Arts Center, Bldg 22

8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020

Admission: $15 General, $10 Senior/Military, $5 Student

 

Friday, April 26, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Concert #7: Grossmont College Music Department presents:

Chamber Music featuring the Grossmont Symphony String Quintet

& Woodwind Quintet, with Audra Nagby, soprano, Irina Bendetsky, pianist

Repertoire: Works by Mozart, Bishop, Bottesini, Ewazen, Kraft, Sibelius, Plante

Performing & Visual Arts Center, Bldg 22

8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020

Admission: $20 general, $15 senior/military, $5 student

 

Tuesday, April 30th, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Grossmont College Music Department presents,

Spring Big Band Showcase 

Featuring the Jazz Ensembles of Helix Charter High School, San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts, and 

Grossmont College 

Performing & Visual Arts Center, Building 22

8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020

Admission: $15 General, $10 Senior/Military, $5 Student

 

Thursday, May 2 at 2:00 p.m.

Grossmont College Music Department presents,
Music Major Recital
Performing & Visual Arts Center, Building 22
8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020
Admission: Free 

 

Thursday, May 2,  2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Grossmont College Music Department presents,

Jazz and Vocal Jazz Ensembles

Under the direction of Derek Cannon and Melonie Grinnell

Performing & Visual Arts Center, Bldg 22

8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020

Admission: $15 General, $10 Senior/Military, $5 Student

 

Friday, May 17, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Concert #8: Grossmont College Music Department presents:

Grossmont Symphony Orchestra featuring:

San Diego Ballet, Ondrej Lewit, violinist

Repertoire: Marquez Danzón No. 2, Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade

Piazzolla/arr. Desyatnikov Las Quatro Estaciones Porteñas

Performing & Visual Arts Center, Bldg 22

8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020

Admission: $45 general, $35 senior/military, $5 student

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Grossmont College Music Department presents,

Concert Band Spring Concert

Performing & Visual Arts Center, Building 22

8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020

Admission: $15 General, $10 Senior/Military, $5 Student

 

Friday, May 24, 2024 at 7:30 pm

Concert #9: Grossmont College Music Department presents,

Grossmont Master Chorale featuring:

Tasha Smith-Godinez, harpist

Repertoire: New Music for Chorus

Performing & Visual Arts Center, Bldg 22

8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020

Admission: $20 general, $15 senior/military, $5 student

 

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 7:30 p.m

Grossmont College Music Department presents,

Grossmont String Ensemble and North Coast Strings directed by Alyze Dreiling

Including works by: Walton, Beliczay and Featuring

Flutist, Kay Van Tassel in Rutter’s Suite Antique

Performing & Visual Arts Center, Building 22

8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020

Admission: $15 General, $10 Senior/Military, $5 Student

 

Grossmont-Cuyamaca Music Alliance

Student Benefit Concert

Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Grossmont College Performing & Visual Arts Center, Building 22

8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020

100% of ticket sales directly benefit

Grossmont & Cuyamaca College music students