Orchestra selects first person of color to lead board since founding in 1978.
Tag: John Forsyte
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Pacific Symphony’s Carl St.Clair Announces He Will Hand the Baton to a Successor
The music director of Pacific Symphony for 33 years is leaving his post, probably at the end of the 2023-24 season.
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O.C. Performing Arts Groups Look for New Normal
As the 2022-23 season begins, local arts leaders must navigate a changed landscape and coax patrons back to their seats.
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A Concert Helps Heal the Wounds of a Senseless Tragedy at Laguna Woods Church
Pacific Symphony and Pacific Chorale join forces to bring an evening of music in a ‘Concert of Healing’ for Geneva Presbyterian Church, months after a shooting there killed one person and wounded five others.
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Pacific Symphony Returns with an Ambitious Season
Highlights of their first full season since COVID shut down in-person performances include pianist Lang Lang and a new Vietnamese composer-in-residence.
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Orange County Arts Organizations Postpone Performances Due to the Pandemic
The Omicron variant is causing O.C. arts and culture groups to reconsider their schedules and procedures.
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Symphony on the Go Reaches Out to New Audiences
Pacific Symphony takes its show on the road with free concerts at parks, farmers’ markets and parking lots.
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Arts Groups Adapt Opening Plans After Delta Variant Changes the COVID Landscape
The longterm effects of COVID on Orange County performing arts institutions not only include the audience experience, but also require rethinking programming and fundraising.
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Pacific Symphony Strives to Reimagine Programming as it Postpones 2020-21 Season
The county’s largest professional orchestra is pushing back its previously announced season to 2021-22 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Local Arts Groups Get Creative, Look for Funding as They Chart a Difficult Path Forward
With the Orange County Board of Supervisors taking steps to distribute $75 million in CARES Act funding, arts groups are advocating to be included among those eligible for those funds.
