BCSO Celebrates Diamond Jubilee!
2024/2025 Season is 75th Year of Free Classical Concerts!
2024/2025 Season Programming & Dates
Dr. Geoffrey Pope, Conductor & Music Director
(Musicians – Reh. Dates at Bottom)
@ El Camino College’s Marsee Hall in Torrance, CA
FRIDAY EVENINGS: 7:15pm Pre-concert Lecture; 8pm Downbeat
Mark Your Calendars!
October 18, 2024
“A Fall Fantasy”
Mayer: Faust Overture
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85
Sarah Koo, cello soloist
Brahms: Symphony No, 2 in D major, op. 73
January 24, 2025
“From the Conservatoire to the Opera House”
Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino
Saint-Saens: Rondo Capriccioso
Philip Vaiman, violin soloist
Beloved Operatic Arias & Scenes from Mozart, Puccini, Bizet and Johann Strauss, Jr.
Erin Wood, Soprano soloist & James Callon, Tenor soloist
MARCH 1, 2025 – 75TH DIAMOND JUBILEE GALA at Redondo Beach Elks Lodge
“Diamonds & BCSO are Forever!” Join BCSO as we celebrate our 75th Season! $75 Gala Admission includes: Dinner, Dancing, Live Music, One (1) Free Adult Bevy Ticket & One (1) Free Raffle Ticket, Silent Auction, Selfie Station, BCSO Swag, Dessert & MORE Possible Fun Surprises! To purchase Gala Tickets, please visit our gala event ticket site:
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March 21, 2025
“A ‘Joyous’ Celebration Befitting BCSO’s 75th Diamond Jubilee Season”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125
Featuring Torrance Civic Chorale
May 16, 2025
“Artists of the Future” MTAC Competition Winners
World Premiere!
MTAC Competition “Artists of the Future” Winners TBA
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, op. 46 (selections)
FOR BCSO MUSICIANS – Rehearsal Schedule
Redondo Union High School – Band Room – All Wednesday Evenings 7:30pm!!!
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Rehearsal 1 ~ September 11, 2024
Rehearsal 2 ~ September 18, 2024
Rehearsal 3 ~ September 25, 2024
Rehearsal 4 ~ October 2, 2024
Rehearsal 5 ~ October 9, 2024
Concert Week
El Camino College – Marsee Auditorium
Dress Rehearsal W. October 16th / Th. October 17th –7:30pm — ON Stage
Concert Friday ~ October 18th ( 8pm Performance)
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Redondo Union H. S. Band Room – Wednesdays 7:30pm
Rehearsal 1 ~ December 4, 2024
Rehearsal 2 ~ December 11, 2024
Rehearsal 3 ~ December 18, 2024
Rehearsal 4 ~ January 8, 2025
Rehearsal 5 ~ January 15, 2025
EL Camino College ~ Marsee Auditorium
Dress Rehearsal: Wed., January 22nd / Th., January 23rd – 7:30pm On Stage at El Camino College
Concert : Friday, January 24th, 2024 – 8:00pm, El Camino College – FREE – Parking $3
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Redondo Union H. S. Band Room Wednesdays 7:30pm
Rehearsal 1 ~ Feb.12, 2025
Rehearsal 2 ~ Feb. 19, 2025
Rehearsal 3 ~ Feb. 26, 2025
Rehearsal 4 ~ March 5, 2025
Rehearsal 5 ~ March 12, 2025
El Camino College ~ Marsee Auditorium
Dress Rehearsal: Wed, March 19th / Th., March 20th – 7:30pm On Stage at El Camino College
Concert: Friday, March 21st, 2025 – 8:00pm, El Camino College – FREE – Parking $3
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Redondo Union H.S. Band Room Wednesdays 7:30pm
Rehearsal 1 ~ April 9, 2025
Rehearsal 2 ~ April 16, 2025
Rehearsal 3 ~ April 23, 2025
Rehearsal 4 ~ April 30, 2025
Rehearsal 5 ~ May 7, 2025
Rehearsal 6 ~ Dress Rehearsal, Wed., May 14, 2025 LOCATION TBD
El Camino College ~ Marsee Auditorium
Dress Rehearsal: Th., May 15th 2025 – 7:30pm ~ On Stage at El Camino College – FREE – Parking $3
Concert Date Friday, May 16th, 2025 – 8:00pm, El Camino College – FREE – Parking $3