UPCOMING EVENTS
May 2026
MMYO Community Concert
Intermediate Orchestra
Saturday, May 2, 2026 | Begins at 2:30PM
Parish Community Hall
625 S Nardo Ave, Solana Beach, CA 92075
Enjoy a free afternoon of wonderful music presented by several ensembles of the Mainly Mozart Youth Orchestra. Concert will feature exciting orchestral repertoire performed by the Intermediate Orchestra, two string quartets, and a brass quintet. Come be inspired by talented young musicians from your own community.
Mainly Mozart Youth Orchestra
Senior Showcase
Saturday, May 16th, 2026 | Begins at 7PM
San Dieguito United Methodist Church
170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas, CA 92024
Free GA Seating
Mainly Mozart Youth Orchestra
Advanced Orchestra Season Finale
PAC at Lincoln High School
Sunday, May 31, 2026 | Begins at 7PM
June 2026
Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival
June 17-27, 2026
Experience the largest gathering of concertmasters and principal players in North America.
OPENING NIGHT: Beethoven, Mozart & Prokofiev
Wednesday, June 17 @ 7:00PM
The Conrad
Soloist: Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Mozart:Idomeneo: Ballet Music, K. 367
Prokofiev:Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 (“Classical”)
Beethoven:Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Pre-concert performance and conversation by pianist Anton Nel and members of the All-Star Orchestra at 6:00PM in the JAI included with your subscription.
Opening Night Concert is dedicated to the memory of Reinette Levine
Beethoven's Eroica, Mozart & Copland
Saturday, June 20 @ 7:00PM
The Conrad
Copland:Appalachian Spring (Complete ballet, 13 instruments)
Mozart:Bardengesang auf Gibraltar: O Calpe! Dir donnert’s am Fuße, K. Anh. 25 / 386d
Beethoven:Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (“Eroica”)
Pre-concert performance and conversation by pianist Anton Nel and members of the All-Star Orchestra at 6:00PM in the JAI included with your subscription.
Rodrigo's Aranjuez & Mendelssohn’s Italian
Sunday, June 21 @ 3:00PM
The Conrad
Soloist: Mak Grgic, guitar
Márquez: Danzón No. 4
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Mozart: Contradance, K. 535 (“La bataille”)
Mozart: Contradances, K. 609
Mozart: Turkish March from Piano Sonata in A Major, K. 331
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 (“Italian”)
Pre-concert performance and conversation by pianist Anton Nel and members of the All-Star Orchestra at 2:00PM in the JAI included with your subscription.
CONCERT SPONSORS
Susan and Joel Buxbaum
Mozart’s Jenamy, Lully & Strauss
Tuesday, June 23 @ 7:00 PM
The Conrad
Soloist: Anton Nel, piano
Lully:Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV 43
Mozart:Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271 (“Jenamy”)
Strauss:Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60 (Suite)
Pre-concert performance and conversation by pianist Anton Nel and members of the All-Star Orchestra at 6:00PM in the JAI included with your subscription.
Mozart’s Jupiter & James Ehnes Plays Schumann
Thursday, June 25 @ 7:00 PM
The Conrad
Soloist: James Ehnes, violin
Pärt:Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Schumann:Violin Concerto in D minor
Mozart:Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 (“Jupiter”)
Pre-concert performance and conversation by pianist Anton Nel and members of the All-Star Orchestra at 6:00PM in the JAI included with your subscription.
CLOSING NIGHT: Beethoven's Fifth
Saturday, June 27 @ 7:00 PM
UCSD Epstein Amphitheater
Soloists: James Ehnes, violin | Robert DeMaine, cello
Mozart: Fantasia Fugato (arr. for orchestra after Fantasia, K. 608 by Ignaz von Seyfried)
Brahms:Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 (“Double Concerto”)
Beethoven:Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
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