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BCSO Welcomes Maestra Arlette Cardenes as our Music Director for BCSO’s 76th Season!

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Check Back Often for Upcoming 76th Season Details
Dr. Geoffrey Pope, Maestro, Has Passed the BCSO Baton to
Maestra Arlette Cárdenes – BCSO’s First Woman Conductor!

Maestro Geoffrey Pope has stepped down after five years, and Maestra Arlette Cárdenes will continue BCSO’s tradition of excellence! Beach Cities Symphony will perform at the Redondo Union High School Performing Arts Theater beginning on November 2, 2025!

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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.

View Beach Cities Symphony Orchestra’s Return to the Post-Pandemic Stage & Dr. Geoffrey Pope’s BCSO Debut from October 28, 2022
Wildly Successful & Exceeded All Expectations!

Re-visit BCSO’s first (AMAZING!) Post-Pandemic Concert
Featured Dr. Geoffrey Pope as BCSO Conductor from October 2022!

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…