Concerts in South Bay

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Addison Penzak JCC (Los Gatos)

The Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center hosts musical performances.

Avenidas Senior Center (Palo Alto)

They offer music classes including a one hour per week harmonica class.  Register for classes online.

Barbara Lee Senior Center (Milpitas)

The center has guitar classes.

Chamber Music SF (Palo Alto)

They feature touring artists and Bay Area based musicians who play chamber music and recitals at the Herbst Theatre.

Community School of Music and Arts (Mountain View)

They offer a variety of music performances that are free and located in Tateuchi Hall or Mohr Gallery, unless otherwise noted.

Cupertino Senior Center (Cupertino)

Music classes include piano and keyboard classes. Register for classes in person, by calling or emailing.

Ives Quartet (South Bay Region)

The Ives String Quartet has an annual concert series in the San Francisco Bay Area in addition to performing nationally and internationally.

JJs Blues (Santa Clara)
JJs Blues showcases live performances by blues musicians every night. The Chicago style layout features a full bar and walls adorned with photos of many notable and famous artists who have graced the stage. Winner of Metro magazines Best Blues Club three times, experience the music of the blues in a comfortable, safe and friendly blues dive. The music can get loud, bring earplugs if you are sensitive.
Master Chamber Orchestra Sinfonia (South Bay Region)

They offer a diversity of chamber orchestra music.

Mountain View and Los Altos Adult Education (Mountain View)

They offer a variety of music classes including orchestra, reading music and singing. Be sure to look for classes designed as adults age 55 and older and register using the supplied form.

Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (Mountain View)

Convenient parking is available free of charge in the Mountain View Civic Center garage located directly under the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. The entrance to the garage is on Mercy Street. Additional parking is available in the adjacent Bryant Street lot and in the parking structure on the corner of Bryant and California streets.

Nova Vista Symphony (Sunnyvale)

Nova Vista Symphony, in its 52nd concert season, is the largest, long-standing community orchestra in the Santa Clara Valley. Comprised of more than 70 talented, volunteer musicians and led by Maestro Anthony Quartuccio, Nova Vista Symphony endeavors to make live classical music appealing, accessible and affordable to individuals and families, to provide an opportunity for local talented musicians to excel at performing sophisticated orchestral repertoire, to provide a showcase for local soloists and composers, and to educate tomorrow's audiences by exposing youngsters to classical music and the instruments of the orchestra.

Opera San Jose (San Jose)

The opera was founded in 1984 as a professional opera company dedicated to showcasing and developing emerging opera singers.  It is home to resident artists who start their professional career here and are groomed for international careers.  Resident artists are encouraged not only to perform leading roles in mainstage productions but also to participate in school and community-wide educational activities.

Oshman Family JCC (Palo Alto)

Celebrate the arts with lively concerts for every musical appetite: classical, rock, folk and more.

Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra (Palo Alto)
The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra (PACO) is an award-winning youth orchestra for regional string musicians of high school age and younger. The emphasis on chamber music uniquely sets PACO apart from other youth orchestras in the Bay Area. Debut Ensemble.
Peninsula Symphony Association (South Bay Region)

The Peninsula Symphony began in 1949. For details about the orchestra please visit: http://www.peninsulasymphony.org/orchestra.php

Pennisula Symphony (Los Altos)

With the arrival of current conductor Mitchell Sardou Klein, the Peninsula Symphony grew from a grassroots ensemble to a polished 90 plus member orchestra of well trained community musicians. The Peninsula Youth Orchestra was established in the spring of 1997. Performances are at three locations: San Mateo Performing Arts Center, the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, and the Flint Center in Cupertino.

Pennisula Symphony (Palo Alto)

The purpose of the Peninsula Symphony is to enrich the lives of our community with the highest quality musical presentations at modest prices, inspire greater awareness of and appreciation for music, and promote music education. Performances are at three locations: San Mateo Performing Arts Center, the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, and the Flint Center in Cupertino. Their current conductor Mitchell Sardou Klein.

San Jose Chamber Music Society (San Jose)

The San Jose Chamber Music Society is dedicated to offering affordable chamber music concerts via Bay Area musicians with national and international stature.  Their concert series is located in the historic downtown San Jose performing hall, Le Petit Trianon, an intimate setting with exceptional acoustics.  Their programs highlight stylistic diversity with music from the 14th through the 21st centuries.  Each event begins with a pre-concert talk forty-five minutes before the concert.

San Jose Chamber Orchestra (San Jose)

Conductor Barbara Day Turner is founder and music director of the San José Chamber Orchestra, now in its 18th season. Maestra Day Turner has premiered more than 75 new works just with SJCO, conducted close to 100 operas and musical theater pieces, and has become well known for creative and engaging programming.

San Jose Jazz (San Jose)

This is a calendar of jazz events in the San Jose area.

San Jose Wind Symphony (South Bay Region)

The San Jose Wind Symphony (SJWS) SJWS started in 1958 and performs six to nine concerts a year all over the Bay Area.  Every concert includes contemporary, classical and popular pieces for wind ensemble or symphonic band.

Santa Clara Adult Education (Santa Clara)

They offer classes in all levels of piano, guitar, organ and they also have a chorus called the Golden Tones and senior band.

South Bay Guitar Society (San Jose)

The purpose of the South Bay Guitar Society is to promote classical and related guitar music to people of all cultures, ages, abilities and economic means in the South Bay. The Society fulfills its purpose by offering culturally diverse performances and guitar music education to the public, and by providing performance opportunities to professional and amateur musicians. They accomplish their mission by the following programs: Four to five ticketed concerts annually, monthly Open Mic events (Espresso Garden and Cafe, San Jose and Harmony Bakery,Palo Alto) and monthly lectures and recitals and Open Stage events (Santa Clara University).

Stanford Lively Arts (Palo Alto)

They offer classical, chamber and contemporary music including piano, quartet, violinists, rock and roll, jazz, bass, guitarist and singers.

Symphony Silicon Valley (San Jose)

Symphony Silicon Valley Orchestra was founded in 2002. Its artists are nationally recruited with an average performance tenure in San Jose of over 20 years. Led by an exciting roster of distinguished guest conductors on the European model, the Symphony is an anchor tenant of San Joses magnificently restored downtown California Theatre. The Symphony subscription season includes eight program sets of two or three concerts each, plus other programs such as Decembers Carols in the California, and additional concerts by the Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale. Subscription concerts are enhanced by Music Notes lectures before each Saturday and Sunday concert and half hour chamber music programs prior to each Thursday concert.

The California Pops Orchestra (Palo Alto)

The California Pops Orchestra is the West Coasts only exclusively Pops orchestra. They have more than 60 musicians, featured singers and artists performing a lively show with selections from the full realm of the popular music repertoire. The music of stage, Broadway, musicals, television, the movies, jazz, rock, light classics, and big band.

West Bay Opera (Palo Alto)

West Bay Opera history begins in Vienna in the 1930's, where founder Henry Holt received his training as a concert pianist and conductor. Performances of the West Bay Opera are located in the intimate Palo Alto Lucie Stern Theatre. Tickets for performances are less than one third the cost of similar seats at the San Francisco Opera. Season subscriptions are available and guarantee prime seating for productions.

West Valley Light Opera (Los Gatos)

West Valley Light Opera (WVLOA) was formed in 1964. The object of WVLOA is to promote cultural activity in the area and to provide opportunities for anyone with dramatic aspirations to take part in theatrical productions under the guidance of experienced Play Directors. Discount tickets are available if you call to reserve and pay in advance for your discounted tickets via a credit card.

Works art and performance center (San Jose)

Works san jose is a place for the south bay community to experiment, exhibit, and engage. It was founded in 1977 by local artists, this performance center allow artists, curators, and the community to take creative risks.