64th Season, 2016-2017


​​Sunday, October 16, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
Maria Perez, Piano
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 37
  • Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Op. 68

Sunday, November 27, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
Roger Lebow, Cello
  • Antonin Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 "Pastoral"

Sunday, December 18, 2016, 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Annual Messiah Community Singalong
Jessie Tisdale, soprano
Christina Roszhart, mezzo-soprano
Eliseo Zari III, tenor
John-David Wiese, baritone
  • George Frideric Handel: Messiah

Saturday, January 28, 2017, 10:30 a.m. 
Concert for Young People with CYSO Concerto Competition winners
Elisar Elgaouny, Cello
Allen Lin, Clarinet
Chloe Harsojo, Piano
  • Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1, 1st movement
  • Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1, Op. 73, 2nd movement
  • Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2, 1st movement
  • Benjamin Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Saturday, February 4, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
The Claremont Youth Symphony Orchestra and Prelude String Ensemble perform their first concert of the season, featuring a variety of classical, light classical, pops, and Broadway music.


​Sunday, March 12, 2017, 3:30 p.m. 
Nadia Shpachenko, Piano
Ruth Charloff, Conductor
  • Anatoly Lyadov: The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for piano and orchestra, Op. 43
  • Peter Tchaikowsky: Symphony No. 4, Op. 36

Sunday, April 30, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
Kenneth Foerch, Saxophone
  • Paul Dukas: The Sorceror's Apprentice
  • Claude Debussy, orch. Jean Roger-Ducasse: Rapsodie
  • Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche
  • Cesar Franck: Symphony in D minor

Saturday, June 3, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
The Claremont Youth Symphony Orchestra and Prelude String Ensemble close out the 2016-2017 season with their final concert.

Sunday, June 11, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
Tina Qu, Violin
​Liesl Erman, Harp
  • Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture "Fingal's Cave"
  • Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
  • Amy Beach: Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 "Gaelic"​

Sunday, July 9, 2017, 7:00 p.m.
Annual Pops in the Park concert
Ganesha Park, Pomona