Scripps College Music Department

02/27/2026

Save the dates for the first Claremont Concert Orchestra performances of 2026! March 7 & 8.

The Claremont Concert Orchestra's first performances of 2026 are almost here! This spring concert will feature performances by the orchestra and one of the winners of the Fall 2025 student concerto auditions, Helios Hong (Harvey Mudd ’29) as bassoon soloist. The program includes works by Wallingford Riegger, the Mozart Bassoon Concerto, the Shostakovich Festive Overture, and the world premiere of Afterimages, a commission by Chicago-based composer Darlene Castro Ortiz. There will be two performances. An evening concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 7 and a Sunday matinee at 2:00 p.m. on March 8.
Concerts will be held in Garrison Theater at the Scripps College Performing Arts Center.
Admission is FREE and open to the public.

11/11/2025

Mezzo-soprano music major Leilani Dacus (Scripps ’27), presents a junior recital with songs by Porter, Schwartz, Sondheim, Bareilles, and others this Saturday, November 15 at 2:00 p.m. in Boone Recital Hall at the Scripps College Performing Arts Center. Admission is free and open to the public!

Choirs & Orchestra of the Claremont Joint Music Program Scripps College Harvey Mudd College Claremont McKenna College Pitzer College

11/03/2025

Amazing concert scheduled for this weekend! Nobuntu, vocal ensemble from Zimbabwe to perform in Garrison Theater at Scripps College on Sunday, November 9, 3:00pm. FREE!

10/15/2025

Save the date! Sunday, October 26 @ 3:00pm. Music from around the Globe!

Save the date! Choral Music from around the Globe
Sunday, October 26 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm in Garrison Theater.
Choral Works from Six Continents: Performances by Claremont Concert Choir and Claremont Treble Singers with the High Notes of the Pasadena Chorale. Concert is FREE and open to the public.

10/14/2025

Save the dates! The Claremont Concert Orchestra presents their first concerts of the fall 2025 semester next weekend. The program includes Beethoven's "EROICA" Symphony #3 and a performance of Mozart's Ninth Piano Concerto featuring this year's concerto audition finalist, Brayden Chien (CMC '27), on the piano. There will be two concerts; Saturday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 19 at 2:00 p.m. Both concerts are FREE and open to the public.

04/30/2025

Support the Claremont Concert Orchestra and the graduating seniors at their final concerts of the Spring 2025 semester! FREE concerts this weekend in Garrison Theater. Details in original post...

The Claremont Concert Orchestra will be performing Bizet’s Carmen Suites Numbers 1 & 2 plus symphonic opera highlights by Mascagni, Puccini, & Verdi this weekend.

There will be two performances. An evening concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 3 and a Sunday matinee at 2:00 p.m. on May 4.

Concerts will be held in Garrison Theater at the Scripps College Performing Arts Center. Admission is FREE and open to the public. Come support CCO and the graduating seniors at their final concerts of the Spring 2025 semester. Thank you!

04/18/2025

The Claremont Concert Choir combine voices with the Chaffey College Chamber Choir and the Whittier College Choir for their spring concert next weekend. Brian Dehn, Alexandra Grabarchuk, and Charles W. Kamm, directors. Program to include Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms and Cantata 4 by J.S. Bach.

The first concert will be on Saturday, April 26 at 7:30 pm, held in Garrison Theater at the Scripps College Performing Arts Center. The choirs will perform the program again on Sunday, April 27 at 3:00 pm, held in Robinson Theater at Whittier College.

Admission is FREE and open to the public.

03/07/2025

Come support the Claremont Concert Orchestra this weekend for their concerts in Garrison Theater on March 8 & 9. Full details below.

The Claremont Concert Orchestra perform Mahler's Fourth Symphony featuring soprano, Anna Schubert, this weekend. The concert includes an eclectic work by Javier Álvarez, "Pyramid."

There will be two performances. An evening concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 8 and a Sunday matinee at 2:00 p.m. on March 9.

Concerts will be held in Garrison Theater at the Scripps College Performing Arts Center.

02/28/2025

Special choral concert in Garrison Theater this Sunday afternoon. See more info below...

The Claremont Concert Choir will be joined by special guests, The High Notes of the Pasadena Choral, for their winter concert featuring music by William Byrd and Stephen Paulus, plus the U.S. premiere of Stuart Be**ch, Dream of Me as Water.
With Lika Miyake, soprano and Jonathan Johnson, piano.
Jeffrey Bernstein and Charles W. Kamm, directors.

There will be one afternoon concert at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 2 to be held in Garrison Theater at the Scripps College Performing Arts Center. Admission is FREE and open to the public.

01/30/2025

The Spring 2025 Friday Noon Concert Series begins tomorrow, January 31.

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11/13/2024

The Claremont Concert Choir and Treble Singers of the Joint Music Program present their fall concert, EARTH AND MOON, SUN AND STARS, featuring music by Stacey V. Gibbs, Alberto Grau, Hilary Tann, Eric Whitacre, and others. With visiting conductor, David Rentz, and accompanist, Jonathan Johnson.

There will be one evening concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 23 to be held in Garrison Theater at the Scripps College Performing Arts Center. Admission is FREE and open to the public.

11/08/2024

Reminder: Today at 4:00 pm, Jenna Sage Elliott will be performing her Senior Violin Recital in Boone Recital Hall, Scripps College Performing Arts Center.
Works by Bach, Gabriel Fauré, Josef Suk, and Lera Auerbach. Admission is FREE and open to the public!