Beach Cities Symphony Orchestra Continues Its 75th Diamond Jubilee Season Celebration & 75 Years of Free Classical Concerts!

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Friday, March 21, 2025 8PM @
El Camino College’s Marsee Auditorium
“A ‘Joyous’ Celebration Befitting BCSO’s 75th Diamond Jubilee Season”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125
Featuring the Torrance Civic Chorale
Dr. Geoffrey Pope, Maestro, BCSO + Dr. Ed Trimis, TCC
Soloists include Erin Wood, Soprano; Julia Metzler, Alto; James Callon, Tenor; Roberto Perlas Gomez, Baritone

May 16, 2025
MTAC “Artists of the Future” Concerto Competition Winners (TBA)
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, op. 46 (Selections)

PLUS BCSO will feature Pre-Concert Talk with Conductor, Dr. Geoffrey Pope prior to the beginning of each concert at 7:15pm

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(Above): BCSO Maestro. Dr. Geoffrey Pope conducting Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in B minor, “Unfinished Symphony” on 10/28/22 at his first concert as Music Director and Conductor of Beach Cities Symphony.

Beach Cities Symphony Orchestra’s Return to the Stage – and Dr. Pope’s BCSO Debut on October 28, 2022:
Wildly Successful & Exceeds All Expectations!

First (AMAZING!) Post-Pandemic Concert
Featured Dr. Geoffrey Pope as BCSO Conductor!

Friday night, October 28, 2022 saw Beach Cities Symphony Orchestra’s return to the stage and Dr. Geoffrey Pope’s debut as the Beach Cities Symphony Orchestra’s Maestro. Geoffrey Pope brings deep roots in the South Bay community to his new role, having begun his artistic journey as a USC music composition student, and returning to earn his doctorate in conducting at UCLA after receiving degrees at the Eastman School of Music in New York. Just prior to the pandemic, he conducted the Symphony Orchestra and the Opera at UC Irvine, and is ready now to bring post-pandemic vigor and creativity to the question of “What’s the orchestra experience that will liberate us all from lockdown?” CONTINUE READING HERE…