Welcome to our Concerts & Events page!
Below you will find our Spring 2024 concert series.
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