Contributions for the purposes of Miami Chamber Music Society are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. The Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra is conducted by Michael Francis andfeatures principal musicians from dozens of North American orchestras including Cleveland, Philadelphia, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and more. as well as holding its second annual free autumn concert at Tijuanas Jai Alai Palace on Oct. 14. Mainly Mozart was created in 1988[1] by Maestro David Atherton and Executive Director Nancy Laturno, formerly of the San Diego Symphony, to give the people of Southern California and Baja California an opportunity to experience classical music performed live in the summer by principal orchestral musicians. Before coming to San Diego, she co-founded the Interhemispheric Resource Center in New Mexico, where she grew up, and co-authored two books on U.S. foreign policy for Grove Press. It just doesnt always have mainstream reach.. . The multitalented Guo will appear again June 22, this time as a pianist, at the Epstein Family Amphitheater. The 35th Annual Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival featuring concertmasters and principal players from the countrys top orchestras kicks off Thursday in Del Mar and concludes June 24 at UC San Diego in La Jolla. Inland Valley, Mountain & Desert Neighborhoods, Copyright 2023 San Diego Tourism Authority. Weve got lots of time up to a certain point, Young said, a remark that referred to both his performance and life itself. The orchestra, led by Rafael Payare, will perform Oct. 13 at Carnegie Hall in New York as planned, The rarely performed baroque oratorio was presented with a clever family-style concept by director Sydney Roslin, Summer season opener featured trumpeter Pacho Flores performing a recent Robert Sierra concerto, The season-closing concert was well-played but could have provided a better forum for less-privileged creative talents, Music Director Michael Francis led a stirring performance over the weekend by the Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra, Whitney Crockett was the dexterous soloist in Mozarts Bassoon Concerto at all-star festival, which continues through June 24, Privacy PolicyTerms of ServiceSign Up For Our NewslettersSite Map, Copyright 2023, The San Diego Union-Tribune |. The rarity opening Thursdays concert was the Symphony in 17 Parts by Franois-Joseph Gossec. DEL MAR WEEK: June 15, 17, 18LA JOLLA WEEK: June 20, 22, 24. A Mainly Mozart AMA in May 2022 received more than 1 million views. It was created by British jazz trumpeter Guy Barker, who based his composition on characters from Mozart operas. June 18 selections from Mozart and Brahms. Some of these songs, you (have) never heard, he said. San Diegos Centre City Development Corporation funded the restoration. My job is to give them a key to create a personal, proactive listening experience. Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival. June 22 selections from Mozart, Shostakovich and Beethoven. It was an improbable story of survival, ingenuity and an ample dose of chutzpah that began on July 11, 2020, in a dusty parking lot and climaxed on June 20, 2021, as a capacity post-COVID-restrictions audience gathered on a vast grassy field to celebrate the finale of a five-day festival conducted by Mainly Mozart's music director, Michael Francis. The response was immediate. He brought this talent to his interpretation of Beethovens Symphony No. The 35th Annual Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival featuring concertmasters and principal players from the country's top orchestras kicks off Thursday, June 15 in Del Mar and concludes June 24 at UC San Diego in La Jolla. The festival will conclude June 24 at the Epstein with Beethovens Symphony No 9. In 2020, with indoor events shuttered by the pandemic, the plucky nonprofit was the first classical music organization in the nation to stage drive-in concerts. She started freelancing for the U-T in 1995, while working there full-time as a researcher. With the generous support of readers like you, Times of San Diego publishes timely and accurate news coverage for a better-informed community. With admirable skill, he transformed his concert at the bayside venue into what often felt and sounded like a campfire hootenanny for the more than 7,000 concertgoers. For over 30 years, the Mainly Mozart Festival has been gathering the greatest collection of orchestral players in North America. Violin star Augustin Hadelich will perform thrilling Mendelssohn concerto at Tuesdays concert. After setting consecutive attendance records over the past two years by making a pandemic-fueled pivot to a new outdoor venue, Mainly Mozarts All-Star Orchestra Festival will expand from one location to three for its 2023 edition. 20, and the Prague Symphony. He has ingenuity, imagination, and skill. To stop, release the enter key. Its our job to make sure they want to come back.. Ditto the showcasing of acclaimed soloists, which this year includes pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, violinists Karen Gomyo and Martin Chalifour, and pianist and soprano singer Chelsea Guo. The lives and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven are brought to school children through the Living Composers Series. Even the craziness of the fog seemed somehow appropriate for an organization where overcoming adversity was standard operating procedure. Take concertmasters and principal players across North America to form an All-Star Orchestra. The Baker-Baum Concert Hall, Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, 7600 Fay Ave., La Jolla. Specialties: Our mission is to enrich the lives of today's and tomorrow's passionate music lovers by connecting them to the genius and innovation of Mozart and the Masters, to world-class musicians and music-making, and to each other. Hes well-known for introducing musical works by describing the personal histories of the composers that put the music in context. Photo courtesy of Kim Jacques. Young audience members at a past Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival at the Surf Cup Sports Park in Del Mar. MMYO will always be committed to in-person learning if at all possible. People are hungry to connect to this glorious art form, said Francis. 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Reddits AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions with key Mainly Mozart musicians have averaged 600,000 views. Tier-A seats are available for $75 per person. Comic-Con International is the largest comics and pop culture event in the United States, attracting thousands of artists, celebrities and fans of comic books, movie memorabilia and all things related to pop culture. Gossec loved winds and brass, and this symphony provides lots of sparkling passages for them. It will feature the Festival Orchestra with saxophonist Branford Marsalis as featured soloist. The festivals La Jolla portion begins June 20 with Mahlers Fourth Symphony, featuring soprano Chelsea Guo, at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Centers Baker-Baum Concert Hall. The bone-rattling ride over unpaved roads from Via de la Valle to the parking lot is still the same, and parking has jumped up to $15. This weeks three opening concerts will be held at the Del Mar Surf Cup Sports Park, the festivals home in 2021 and 2022. The country's largest gathering of concertmasters and principal players from the nation's top orchestras will once again come together in San Diego June 15-24 as the Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival celebrates its 35th season. Also featured that night will be Martin Chalifour, L.A. Phils concertmaster and a longtime Mainly Mozart player. Throughout the darkest months of the COVID-19 pandemic, while other performing arts organizations were in duck-and-cover mode, Mainly Mozart made the heroic commitment to keep live classical music alive. Wood has also written about many lower-profile artists and new-music pioneers. Ride the bridge, Bike the Bay for the 16th annual ride on Sunday, August 27, 2023! He was one of the most successful composers in France in his prime. We may also have the youngest average classical music audiences in the country, said Mark, 29, who is Nancy Laturnos son. The June 15-18 concerts are at 7:30 p.m. at Del Mar Surf Sports Park, 14989 Via de la Valle, Del Mar. 9. We had 44 percent of attendees under the age of 40.. Born in 1839 at the end of the Baroque era, he apprenticed with Jean-Philippe Rameau. Youngs pensive, slowed-down solo rendition on Tuesday sounded much like him older, wiser, more weathered but still restless, still probing for the next wave ahead. Tier-A 10 x 10 Personal Viewing Pods are $110-$120 for one person, $140-$150 for groups of two, $170-$180 for groups of three, and $200-$210 for groups of four. It is possible to view Mainly Mozart as the . Nancy Laturno said that UCSD will have 500 seat cushions available onsite at the amphitheater. 8. Mainly Mozart CEO Nancy Laturno welcomes attendees to one of her nonprofit organizations first 2020 drive-in chamber music concerts in Del Mar. This instrument has the reputation of being at the bottom of the orchestra. Francis said, from his home in Tampa, where he is music director of the Florida Symphony. He knows to how to message in a way that really engages people. People will be delighted with the Gossec and how well it balances with the Beethoven.. To play, press and hold the enter key. Mark Laturno, the nonprofits communications director, has shifted the organizations outreach from traditional marketing methods to more of an emphasis on social media. (K.C. It just doesnt always have mainstream reach.. Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates. Mark Laturno, the nonprofits communications director, has shifted the organizations outreach from traditional marketing methods to more of an emphasis on social media. The festival will conclude June 22 and 24 with concerts at UC San Diegos new Epstein Family Amphitheater. Tuesday:Mahler 4 Baker-Baum Concert Hall, Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, 7600 Fay Ave., La Jolla. Along the way, riders will travel through the surrounding cities of Coronado, Imperial Beach, Chula Vista, and National City before finishing back at the start/finish line at Embarcadero Marina Park in downtown San Diego. And when the last (amplified) notes faded away, the audience showed its overwhelming approval not with a boisterous round of applause, but with a cacophonous chorus of honking car horns. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune). Apart from a few songs on which he strapped on his vintage Gibson Les Paul electric guitar, he performed at a near hush as he alternated between acoustic guitars and piano (a grand, a mini-grand and an upright model) to a pump organ. Mainly Mozart is a 501(c)3 non-profit based in San Diego, California. Enter address: Whoops! In between, Mozarts Bassoon Concerto will feature Whitney Crockett, Los Angeles Philharmonics principal bassoonist. The move to the Del Mar park, which allowed for social distancing, was born out of necessity during the pandemic. By coincidence, it was held at the same bayside park that is now home to the $85 million Rady Shell, which opened three years ago. The focus was placed on Mozart because he is considered by many to be the greatest composer of all time and because of the variety of his musical genius. Her interview subjects for the U-T have included Mikhail Baryshnikov, civil rights pioneer John Lewis, San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare, actor Amy Adams and pianist and composer Vijay Iyer. 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First-time ticket buyers made up 67 percent of attendees at the June 2022 festival and 56 percent at the October 2022 festival. Mainly Mozart and Michael Francis make magic at Surf Sports Park 8, Michael Abels: Delights and Dances; Beethoven: String Quartet in F Minor; Mozart: Piano Concerto No. Hes well-known for introducing musical works by describing the personal histories of the composers that put the music in context. Tickets for the Del Mar Surf Sports Park concerts are $25 per person for general admission Tier B seating, $80-$110 per person for Tier A personal viewing pods, $110-$140 for two-person pods, $140-$170 for three-person pods and $170-$200 for four-person pods. 2, featuring piano soloist Chelsea Guo and violin soloist Martin Chalifour, Beethoven: Symphony No. The 35th Annual Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival featuring concertmasters and principal players from the country's top orchestras kicks off Thursday in Del Mar and concludes . In preparation, invitations were sent out to principal players and concertmasters around the country. Not by going viral, in a spontaneous way, but by being careful and targeted. June is the month when, between 2008 and 2019, the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra held court for multiple concerts in San Diego's currently dark Balboa Theatre. In place of the amped-up, high-voltage album version with Pearl Jam, it featured just three instruments: acoustic guitar, harmonica and Youngs perpetually reedy voice. On Tuesday, he performed at least nine songs that while not new were largely unknown to all but his most ardent devotees. 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We'll send you the top local news stories every morning at 8 a.m. By clicking subscribe, you agree to share your email address with Times of San Diego to receive our free newsletter and breaking news alerts. For over 30 years, the Mainly Mozart Festival has been gathering the greatest collection of orchestral players in North America. Up until 2019, the venue Mainly Mozart called home for many years was the Balboa Theatre in downtown San Diego. Please. Rock out at Petco Park! A lot of my friends my age have come to our concerts with zero background or awareness of Mozart or Beethoven, and have left totally blown away, Mark Laturno noted. Mozart left no cadenzas for this concerto; Crocketts were sufficiently composed, and notably well played. Other annual funding for Mainly Mozart is provided, in part, by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture; the County of San Diego Community Enhancement program; the California Arts Council; the National Endowment for the Arts; and contributions from local businesses and foundations. Young was clad in blues jeans, an unbuttoned, long-sleeved blue work shirt, a black EARTH t-shirt and a train conductors cap. Mainly Mozarts All-Star Orchestra Festival returns to Del Mar Surf Cup Sports Park in June for the third consecutive summer. Mainly Mozart - The Official Travel Resource for the San Diego Region Long may he run. More remarkable than the number of tickets sold is whos purchasing them. June 20 - Mahler, Symphony No. Armed with a full-steam-ahead mindset and a Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney "Let's put on a show" level of determination, CEO Nancy Laturno set in motion a plan to present the nation's first drive-in concert of classical music. 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The 35th Annual Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival featuring concertmasters and principal players from the countrys top orchestras kicks off Thursday, June 15 in Del Mar and concludes June 24 at UC San Diego in La Jolla. Sign up to receive the latest news, events, and updates about San Diego. After performing his fourth number, the lilting On the Way Home a 1968 chestnut by his first band of note, Buffalo Springfield Young reminded his audience that his concert was designed to surprise. Mainly Mozart's free ticket program has allowed hundreds of children to enjoy their very first concert experience at Copley Symphony Hall (home of the San Diego Symphony). Francis led the orchestra in a gritty performance that brought out Beethovens serious musical thought lurking beneath the pleasant surfaces. On several occasions, he asked the audience: Whats your favorite planet?. Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra La Jolla Week Beethovens 8th is typically treated as a fun, lightweight work, but Francis sees it as an architectural marvel like the 5th or 7th Symphonies only on a smaller scale. 5. And its paired between two wonderful symphonies. We learned there clearly is an appetite for what we are doing in the North County region. Come down on Sunday, July 16 to enjoy a concert with Slightly Stoopid and Sublime with Rome on the. For more than three decades Mainly Mozart and its annual festivals of all-star musicians and soloists remained San Diego's best-kept secret. To ensure safety, rigorous testing procedures, social distancing and masking were required as rehearsals began. and last 75 minutes each, with no intermission. We may also have the youngest average classical music audiences in the country, said Mark, 29, who is Nancy Laturnos son. Gossec: Symphonie 17 parties; Mozart: Bassoon Concerto, featuring soloist Whitney Crockett; Beethoven: Symphony No. At a time when local news is more important than ever, support from our readers is essential. Now, through three years of COVID, we have cultivated a very loyal audience. I provide a modicum of intellectual understanding of when the composer was alive and what they were going through, because we all know love, loss and all the things in between.. It did not. Cruise around San Diego Bay and enjoy your only opportunity to ride across the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge. And its paired between two wonderful symphonies. The main thing is he can help people come the first time. Principal players include Nurit Bar-Josef, on violin; Robert deMaine, on cello; Jeffrey Khaner, on flute; Boris Allakhverdyan and Christopher Pell, on clarinet; Ryan Darke, on trumpet, and David Rejano Contero on trombone. Mainly Mozart also has been working to enrich the lives of economically disadvantaged families in Southeast San Diego through a partnership with the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA. Three-show subscriptions start at $80, with full subscriptions at $150. Nevertheless, Francis boldly raised his baton and launched into Antonio Vivaldi's "Four Seasons.". The orchestra, led by Rafael Payare, will perform Oct. 13 at Carnegie Hall in New York as planned, The rarely performed baroque oratorio was presented with a clever family-style concept by director Sydney Roslin, Summer season opener featured trumpeter Pacho Flores performing a recent Robert Sierra concerto, The season-closing concert was well-played but could have provided a better forum for less-privileged creative talents, The San Diego nonprofit gives professional opportunities to up-and-coming singers and directors, as well as featuring seasoned professionals, Music Director Michael Francis led a stirring performance over the weekend by the Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra, Privacy PolicyTerms of ServiceSign Up For Our NewslettersSite Map, Copyright 2023, The San Diego Union-Tribune |. This conclave of musical champions comes together in San Diego every June for exclusive concerts at the intimate Balboa Theatre. We had 44 percent of attendees under the age of 40.. Thats a dramatic figure, especially when compared to the national average of just 15 percent of attendees being under 45, according to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundations Classical Music Consumer Segmentation Study. Concertmaster Martin Chalifour at the Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival. San Diego's Mainly Mozart rides social media wave as its 2023 All-Star Orchestra Festival approaches Classical Music Sartre's 'No Exit' chamber opera to have West Coast premiere in San Diego Table seating ranges from $300 for two people to $500 for four people, with VIP tables ranging from $600 for two people to $1,000 for four people. Since the beginning of 2020 when Mainly Mozart pivoted to drive-in concerts for a year average nightly attendance is up nearly 500 percent. 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