Announcing the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus 2026-27 Season
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We are thrilled to announce the upcoming La Jolla Symphony & Chorus 2026-27 season!
Starting in October 2026, we will begin Forces of Nature. Our new season programming is unlike any other season in La Jolla Symphony & Chorus’ history.
With the Mainstage Early Bird Subscription, you can enjoy all six mainstage concerts for a great, low price! This package does not include the Messiah Community Sing.
SEASON PREVIEW
Confluence
October 24-25, 2026
Mandeville Auditorium
Sameer Patel, conductor
La Jolla Symphony
Amjad Ali Khan, sarod
Ayaan Ali Bangash, sarod
Amaan Ali Bangash, sarod
Program:
Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Bansal – Flash, Shimmer, Glow, Spark
Enescu – Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
Amjad Ali Khan – Samagaam
Resurrection
December 5-6, 2026
Mandeville Auditorium
Sameer Patel, conductor
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Tasha Koontz, soprano
Guadalupe Paz, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Kline, offstage conductor
Program:
Mahler – Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
Messiah Community Sing
Saturday November 28, 2026 at 2 PM
San Dieguito United Methodist Church
Mandeville Auditorium
Arian Khaefi, conductor
La Jolla Symphony
Handel – Messiah
*This off-campus concert is not included in our Mainstage 6-Concert Early Bird Subscription. Individual concert tickets will go on sale later this year.
Eternal Memory
February 6-7, 2027
Mandeville Auditorium
Sameer Patel, conductor
La Jolla Symphony
Program:
Biber – Battalia
Haihui Zhang – 2026-2027 Nee Commission World Premiere
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 11, “The Year 1905”
Beyond the Veil
March 13-14, 2027
Mandeville Auditorium
Sameer Patel, conductor
La Jolla Symphony
Rachmaninoff – Isle of the Dead
Mozart – Requiem
Prism
May 1-2, 2027
Mandeville Auditorium
Sameer Patel, conductor
Claire Chase, flute
La Jolla Symphony
Program:
Stravinsky – Feux d’artifice
Webern – Im Sommerwind
Saariaho – L’aile du Songe
Grace – Evangeline Mason – Ablaze the Moon
Strauss – Der Rosenkavalier Suite
A Sea Symphony
June 5-6, 2027
Mandeville Auditorium
Arian Kahefi, conductor
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Vaughan Williams – A Sea Symphony