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Grossmont Symphony Orchestra & Master Chorale Concert Season 

Spring 2026 Concert Season

Artist rendering of the Grossmont College Performing and Visual Arts Center also known as PVAC

Spring 2026 Concert Season

 

Together, these works reflect the eternal dialogue between the divine and the earthly — music that aspires heavenward while remaining deeply rooted in the human experience.

 

GSO March 13, 2026Friday, March 13, 2026 | 7:30PM
Grossmont Symphony Orchestra
“American Icons: Bernstein and Copland"
Performing & Visual Arts Center, Bldg. 22
8800 Grossmont College Dr., El Cajon
$20 General, $15 Senior/Military, $5 Student
This program celebrates the energy, optimism, and distinctly American voice of 20th-century music through the works of Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland. Bernstein’s Candide Overture opens the concert with wit and theatrical flair, followed by music from On the Town, blending jazzy urban rhythms with Broadway sparkle. The program concludes with Copland’s beloved ballets Rodeo and Appalachian Spring, whose open harmonies and vivid rhythms evoke the American West and a spirit of hope, community, and wide-open spaces, featuring the San Diego Ballet.
GSO April 17, 2026Friday, April 17, 2026 | 7:30PM
The Grossmont Symphony Orchestra and Master Chorale
“Elegance, Intensity, and Faith”
Music of Saint-George, Mozart, and Haydn
Performing & Visual Arts Center Stage, Building 22
8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020
$20 General, $15 Senior/Military, $5 Student
This concert brings together three remarkable voices of the Classical era in music that moves from charm and drama to joy and hope. Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges sets the stage with the lively and elegant overture to L’amant anonyme, full of sparkle and theatrical flair. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor adds depth and excitement, combining beautiful melodies with moments of tension and emotional power, featuring Cho-Hyun Park, piano soloist. The evening concludes with Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, an inspiring work that rises from uncertainty to confidence, ending the program with a powerful sense of faith and triumph.
MozartFriday, May 29, 2026 | 7:30PM
Grossmont Symphony Orchestra
“The Three Faces of Mozart"
Performing & Visual Arts Center, Bldg. 22
8800 Grossmont College Dr., El Cajon
$20 General, $15 Senior/Military, $5 Student
This program showcases the full range of Mozart’s musical imagination across three distinct forms. The Don Giovanni Overture opens with gripping operatic drama, the Clarinet Concerto in A major offers lyricism and warmth, featuring San Diego Symphony’s clarinetist, Max Opferkuch, and Symphony No. 40 brings restless energy and emotional depth—together revealing Mozart as dramatist, poet, and symphonic master.