Metamorphosis

WINTER/ SPRING 2023-2024

SEASON PROGRAM PREVIEW

METAMORPHOSIS LA JOLLA SYMPHONY & CHORUS

Introducing our new Music Director and Orchestra Conductor, Sameer Patel!

We are thrilled to announce our 2023–2024 season, "Metamorphosis,” featuring a series of concerts that celebrate transformation and reinvention through music!

Beginning in November 2023, LJS&C is offering another innovative season of live performances in Mandeville Auditorium at UC San Diego. Here is a sneak peek at some of the exciting programs we have planned!

We enthusiastically welcome our new Music Director and Orchestra Conductor, Sameer Patel, who will conduct along with Sally and Einar Gall Music Director and Chorus Conductor Arian Khaefi. Join us to meet the newest member of our artistic team!

Thank you for your continuing support.

Warm regards,

Stephanie Weaver Yankee LJS&C Executive Director

Arian Khaefi LJS&C Music Director and Chorus Conductor

Sameer Patel LJS&C Music Director and Orchestra Conductor

METAMORPHOSIS SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

NOVEMBER

THIS SOIL

November 4-5, 2023 Sally and Einar Gall Music Director and Chorus Conductor Arian Khaefi and the LJS&C Orchestra

Program Highlights: Florence Price's Piano Concerto and Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

FEBRUARY

DECEMBER

BY THE HEARTH December 3, 2023 Community Sing

Sally and Einar Gall Music Director and Chorus Conductor Arian Khaefi and the LJS&C Chorus Program Highlights: Messiah Sing-Along (Part I and Hallelujah Chorus)

MARCH

DECEMBER

NEW BEGINNINGS December 9-10, 2023 Music Director and Orchestra Conductor Sameer Patel and the LJS&C Orchestra and Chorus

Program Highlights: Sibelius's Symphony No. 3 and Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms.

MAY

A BROKEN HALLELUJAH

NEXUS

TO THE STARS

February 10-11, 2024

March 16-17, 2024

May 4-5, 2024

Music Director and Orchestra Conductor Sameer Patel and the LJS&C Orchestra and Chorus

Music Director and Orchestra Conductor Sameer Patel and the LJS&C Orchestra

Program Highlights: Debussy's La mer, Poulenc's Gloria and Boulanger's D’un matin de printemps

Program Highlight: Webern's Passacaglia and Brahms' Symphony No. 3

Music Director Emeritus Steven Schick and the LJS&C Orchestra Program Highlights: Takemitsu's Percussion Concerto and a premiere of a new work by Nee Commission winner Nasim Khorasasani

MAY

HOLY RADIANT LIGHT May 11-12, 2024

JUNE

TIME PRESENT AND TIME PAST

Sally and Einar Gall Music Director and Chorus Conductor Arian Khaefi and the LJS&C Chorus

June 8-9, 2024

Program Highlight: Rachmaninoff’s monumental All-Night Vigil

Program Highlight: Ravel's Ma mère l’Oye and Adams’ Harmonielehre

Music Director and Orchestra Conductor Sameer Patel and the LJS&C Orchestra

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Late October/ Early November 2023

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BY THE HEARTH

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Featuring LJS&C Music Director and Chorus Conductor Arian Khaefi

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$20 General Admission

December 3, 2023

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