Concerts & Performances

Events

Upcoming
  • PACO Holiday Extravaganza

    Smithwick Theatre, Foothill College · Scott Krijnen, conductor

    All five PACO orchestras and conductors, with cellists Alex Hersh and Coleman Itzkoff and the Peninsula Women's Chorus · Program to be announced

    Viola
  • PACO Senior Orchestra: Concert II

    Venue and program to be announced

    Viola
  • PACO Senior Orchestra: Concert III

    Venue and program to be announced

    Viola
Past · 2026–27 Season
  • PACO Chamber Academy: Concert I

    Palo Alto Art Center · Eugene Sor, chamber music director

    Chamber: Mendelssohn, String Quintet in A Major, Op. 18 (I. Allegro con moto), with Gavin on viola
    With PACO Chamber Academy ensembles in Haydn, Mendelssohn, Dvořák, George Walker, Beethoven and Boccherini

    Viola
  • PACO Senior Orchestra: Season Opener

    Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto · Scott Krijnen, conductor

    Chamber: Mendelssohn, String Quintet in A Major, Op. 18 (I. Allegro con moto), with Gavin on viola
    Shostakovich, Chamber Symphony · Mads Tolling, Violin Concerto “Yggdrasil” · Kilar, Orawa · Blache, Habari Gani

    Viola
Past · 2025–26 Season
  • PACO Sinfonia Orchestra: Concert III

    Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto · Scott Krijnen, conductor

    Dvořák, Serenade for Strings (Finale) · David Conte, Elegy · Jessie Montgomery, Strum · Bartók, Divertimento (III) · Popper, Polonaise de Concert (Josie Swartz, cello)

    Violin
  • PACO Sinfonia Orchestra: Concert II

    Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto · Jory Fankuchen, guest conductor

    Chamber: Ravel, String Quartet in F Major (I. Allegro moderato)
    Handel, Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 12 · Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis · Copland, Hoe-Down

    Violin
  • PACO Sinfonia Orchestra: Season Opener

    Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto · Eugene Sor, conductor

    Mozart, Divertimento in D, K. 136 · Dvořák, Serenade for Strings, Op. 22 · Gabriela Lena Frank, Leyendas
    Chamber ensembles: Mendelssohn, String Quartet No. 1, Op. 12 · Florence Price, String Quartet No. 2 · Beethoven, String Quartet Op. 18, No. 3

    Violin