Feb
4
to Feb 5
Feb
3
to Feb 4
Nov
30
to Dec 1
Sep
16
2:00 PM14:00
Jan
19
3:00 PM15:00
Mozart, Concerto in G Major
“Sundays at Soka”
Mozart, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in G Major, K. 313
Benjamin Smolen, flute
Pacific Symphony, Carl St. Clair
www.pacificsymphony.org
Jun
6
8:00 PM20:00
Sinfonia Concertante
Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major, K. 297b
January 6th, 7th, and 8th at 8pm
Benjamin Smolen, flute
Jessica Pearlman Fields, oboe
Rose Corrigan, bassoon
Keith Popejoy, horn
Pacific Symphony, Carl St. Clair
May
10
5:00 PM17:00
Guest Artist Recital & Masterclass
Solo Recital and Masterclass at Flute World San Francisco
Works by Lopez, CPE Bach, Maresz, and others
5pm - 7pm
Sponsored by the Wm. S. Haynes Flute Company
Apr
6
8:00 PM20:00
World Premiere
World premiere performance of Derrick Spiva’s “Grace Unbound”
Salastina Music Society
April 6th, 2019 at 8pm at Pasadena Conservatory of Music
April 7th, 2019 at 3pm at Villa Aurora (Pacific Palisades, CA)
Benjamin Smolen, flute & HyeJin Kim, piano
www.salastina.org
Dec
14
to Dec 23
American Ballet Theatre presents "The Nutcracker"
American Ballet Theatre
Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Pacific Symphony Orchestra
Nov
29
to Dec 2
Miami City Ballet presents "The Nutcracker"
Miami City Ballet
Los Angeles Opera Orchestra
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at The Music Center
11/29 at 7:30pm
11/30 at 11am and 7:30pm
12/1 at 2pm and 7:30pm
12/2 at 11am and 4pm
Nov
16
to Nov 18
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Korngold, Straussiana
Ligeti, Violin Concerto with Jennifer Koch
Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 in F
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
David Danzmayr, conductor
11/16 at 8pm: Soraya Performing Arts Center, Northridge
11/17 at 8pm: Alex Theater, Glendale
11/18 at 7pm: Royce Hall, UCLA
Nov
1
to Nov 7
Camerata Pacifica
Bohuslav Martinu, Sextet for Winds and Piano
11/1 at 8pm: Zipper Hall, Colburn School of Music, Los Angeles
11/2 at 7:30pm: Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara
11/4 at 1pm: Ventura County Museum of Art, Ventura
11/7 at 7:30pm: Huntington Library and Gardens, San Marino
May
25
8:00 PM20:00
WORLD PREMIERE
World premiere performance of "Lakshmi and the Seed of Divine Inspiration" by Christopher Theofanidis
Mar
18
7:00 PM19:00
Flute and Harp Recital
Performance with harpist Gillian Benet Sella
2018 Great Artists Series, Los Angeles Youth Harp Ensemble
Music by Debussy and Shaposhnikov
Oct
7
to Oct 28
LA Opera
"The Pearl Fishers" by Georges Bizet
October 7th, 15th, 19th, 22nd, 25th, 28th
LA Opera Orchestra, Placido Domingo conducting
Jul
11
4:00 PM16:00
Beyond the Masterclass
Benjamin will be a guest artist at Jim Walker's Beyond the Masterclass, where he will coach orchestral excerpts, host a mock audition, and perform with fellow faculty Jim Walker, Diana Morgan, and Rose Lombardo. Visit www.beyondthemasterclass.com for information on enrollment and auditing.
Jul
9
to Jul 23
Idyllwild Arts Summer Program
Benjamin will be on faculty at the 2017 Idyllwild Symphony Orchestra Intensive. Visit the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program for more information.
Jul
2
to Jul 4
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
4th of July Celebration
July 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Thomas Wilkins
Featuring Pentatonix
Jun
29
7:30 PM19:30
Sonic Kitchen
"Artists Unite"
Featuring "Voice of the Whale" by George Crumb
Benjamin Smolen, flute
Laszlo Mezo, cello
Gloria Cheng, piano
Apr
1
4:30 PM16:30
Salastina Society
"New England Songbook"
Works by Charles Ives, Arthur Foote, Walter Piston, Aaron Jay Kernis, and Amy Beach
Benjamin Smolen, flute
Kevin Kumar and Maia Jasper, violin
Meredith Crawford, viola
Peter Myers, cello
Barrett Hall
Nov
11
to Nov 13
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Screening with live orchestra
Hollywood Chamber Orchestra
Justin Freer, conductor
Segerstrom Hall
November 11th at 7:30pm
November 12th at 1pm and 7:30pm
November 13th at 1pm
Oct
28
to Oct 31
Nosferatu
Los Angeles Opera
Matthew Aucoin, composer and conductor
October 28th at the Musco Center for the Arts
October 29th and 31st at the Ace Theater
Oct
20
to Oct 22
Concerto Premiere
Wind Concerto Premiere by Narong Prangcharoen
Benjamin Smolen, flute
Jessica Pearlman Fields, oboe
Rose Corrigan, bassoon
Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Carl St. Clair conductor
Jun
11
3:00 PM15:00
American Ballet Theatre
The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky
Symphony No. 9 by Dmitri Shostakovich
Serenade by Leonard Bernstein
Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
Jun
10
to Jun 12
Royal Swedish Ballet
"Juliet and Romeo"
Royal Ballet of Sweden
Pacific Symphony Orchestra
Eva Ollikainen, conductor
May
8
3:00 PM15:00
Fugal Concerto for Flute and Oboe
Benjamin Smolen, flute & Jessica Pearlman Fields, oboe
Cafe Ludwig Chamber Music Series
Pacific Symphony Orchestra
Orli Shaham, host and pianist
Samueli Theater, Segerstrom Center for the Arts
May
6
8:00 PM20:00
Salastina Society
Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland
Salastina Music Society
Brian Lauritzen, host
Friday, May 6th at 8pm
For more information, visit www.salastinasociety.org
Apr
16
6:00 PM18:00
Houston Grand Opera
Opening Night of Siegfried by Richard Wagner
Saturday, April 16th at 6pm
Brown Theater
Wortham Theater Center
Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Apr
1
to Apr 2
Star Trek LIVE
Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage
Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, Justin Freer
Pantages Theater
April 1st and 2nd at 8pm
Mar
19
6:00 PM18:00
LA Opera
Grand Opening of the Musco Center for the Arts
LA Opera Orchestra, John DeMain
Placido Domingo, Deborah Voigt, Milena Kitic
Saturday, March 19th at 6pm