Stockton Symphony

05/14/2026

05/04/2026

🎹 Hear Beethoven’s elegance. Feel Strauss’s power. Experience the grandeur.

Join the Stockton Symphony for **Grand Epic** — an incredible season finale featuring pianist **Terrence Wilson** performing **Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4**, plus Saint-Saëns’ fiery *Bacchanale* and Strauss’s monumental *Also sprach Zarathustra*.

📅 **Saturday, May 9, 2026**
🕕 **6:00 PM**
📍 **Warren Atherton Auditorium**

🎧 Listen to the ad — then come hear the music live.

🎟️ Tickets available now: https://stocktonsymphony.org/event/grand-epic/

04/23/2026

Today, we join the music world in remembering Michael Tilson Thomas — one of America’s great conductors, composers, educators, and musical visionaries.

For 25 years, MTT led the San Francisco Symphony with imagination, depth, and a fearless commitment to both the great masterworks and the music of our time. His influence reached far beyond the Bay Area through his recordings, his work with young musicians, and his belief that orchestral music should be alive, curious, and connected to the world around us.

As a California orchestra, we feel a special gratitude for his extraordinary legacy and the way he helped shape the musical life of our region.

Thank you, MTT, for a lifetime of music, mentorship, and inspiration.

Michael Tilson Thomas died April 22, 2026, at age 81. He was a 12-time Grammy winner, Music Director Laureate of the San Francisco Symphony, and co-founder of the New World Symphony.

Photo: Brigitte Lacombe / San Francisco Conservatory of Music

04/22/2026

We are honored to welcome Terrence Wilson as our acclaimed pianist for our upcoming performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 on Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 6:00 pm.

Terrence Wilson is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where he studied with Yoheved Kaplinsky. He has appeared as soloist with many of the nation’s leading orchestras, including Cleveland, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Detroit, and the National Symphony Orchestra, and has performed at major venues such as Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and the Ravinia Festival. Among his notable honors are an Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Juilliard Petschek Award, and a Grammy nomination for his recording of Michael Daugherty’s Deus ex Machina.

Known for his extraordinary artistry, elegance, and expressive power, Terrence Wilson brings one of Beethoven’s most beloved piano concertos to life in a work filled with lyric beauty, emotional depth, and brilliance.

Join us for an unforgettable evening of music as Terrence Wilson joins the Stockton Symphony for this remarkable masterpiece.

🎟 Get your tickets today: https://bit.ly/3QCfjln

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day! 🌍

There’s no better way to celebrate wonder, beauty, and awe than through music.

On May 9, experience Grand Epic with pianist Terrence Wilson performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, plus Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra.

From Earth’s passions to the stars above—join us for an unforgettable night.

🎟️ Tickets available now!

Buy Tickets: https://stocktonsymphony.org/event/grand-epic/

04/21/2026

Today is World Creativity and Innovation Day, and we’re celebrating the power of music to inspire, connect, and move us.

Creativity helps us imagine something new. Innovation helps bring it to life. That is what music does so beautifully. It opens minds, stirs emotion, and brings people together in meaningful ways.

At the Stockton Symphony, we are grateful for the musicians, composers, supporters, and audience members who help keep that creative spirit alive in our community.

How has music inspired you lately?

04/18/2026

Today, in honor of National Haiku Poetry Day, we’re celebrating the art of saying something meaningful with just a few words — much like music can do with just a few notes.

Here is a haiku we created inspired by the concert experience:

The baton rises
A quiet hall waits to breathe
Then music unfolds

There is something special about that moment just before the music begins — the stillness, the anticipation, the shared breath before sound fills the hall.