Santa Monica Music Festival: Program 1
Jul
17
7:30 PM19:30

Santa Monica Music Festival: Program 1

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Thursday, July 17, 2025 | 7:30pm

First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica

1220 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA 90401

PROGRAM

Will Healy: Permafrost Ghosts (world premiere, Kaleidoscope commission)

Errollyn Wallen: Woogie Boogie

Paquito d’Rivera: Aries Tropicales

Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in f minor, op. 34

Tickets starting at $35 for general admission and $15 for students and children (ages 6+). Festival passes also available.

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Santa Monica Music Festival: Program 2
Jul
18
7:30 PM19:30

Santa Monica Music Festival: Program 2

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FRIDAY, July 18, 2025 | 7:30pm

First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica

1220 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA 90401

PROGRAM

Libby Larsen: I am signaling you through the flames (world premiere, Kaleidoscope commission)

Jonathan Bingham: Solos

Juhi Bansal: Spaces Between

Piotr Szewczyk: Dopamine Rush

Michael Laurello:I always visit the same imaginary city when I dream

Béla Bartók: Sonata for 2 pianos and percussion

Tickets starting at $35 for general admission and $15 for students and children (ages 6+). Festival passes also available.

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Santa Monica Music Festival: Program 3
Jul
19
7:30 PM19:30

Santa Monica Music Festival: Program 3

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saturday, July 19, 2025 | 7:30pm

First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica

1220 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA 90401

PROGRAM

Pamela Z: It’s Time (world premiere, Kaleidoscope commission)

Liza Lim: Transcendental Etude (US premiere)

Liliya Ugay: Mother Tales 

Peter S. Shin: soshi so$$$hi 

John Adams: China Gates

W. A. Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in Eb Major, K. 452

Tickets starting at $35 for general admission and $15 for students and children (ages 6+). Festival passes also available.

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Santa Monica Music Festival: Program 4
Jul
20
2:00 PM14:00

Santa Monica Music Festival: Program 4

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Sunday, July 20, 2025 | 2pm

First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica

1220 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA 90401

PROGRAM

Emma O’Halloran: here and now (US premiere, Kaleidoscope commission)

Alberto Ginastera: Duo for flute and oboe

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Louisiana Blues Strut

Franz Schubert: Octet in F Major, D. 803

Tickets starting at $35 for general admission and $15 for students and children (ages 6+). Festival passes also available.

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Schumann, Saariaho & More
Oct
26
to Oct 27

Schumann, Saariaho & More

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OCTOBER 26–27, 2025

PROGRAM:

Kaija Saariaho: Nocturne

Caroline Shaw: Limestone & Felt

Sam Wu: Mass Transit 

Fabien Waksman: Le Baiser de la Mort

David Baker: Blues (Deliver My Soul)

Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in Eb Major, Op. 44

Performance 1:

Sunday, October 26, 2025 | 2pm

First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica

1220 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Tickets starting at $35 for general admission and $15 for students and children (ages 6+).

 

Performance 2:

Monday, October 27, 2025 | 7:30pm 

Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West
1070 Fairway Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108

Tickets starting at $35 for general admission and $15 for students and children (ages 6+). 

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Schubert, Montgomery & More
Feb
1
to Feb 2

Schubert, Montgomery & More

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FEBRUARY 1–2, 2026

PROGRAM:

Jessie Montgomery: Rhapsody no. 1 for solo cello

Dai Wei: Partial Men

Fjóla Evans: Moss

Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956

Performance 1:

Sunday, FEBRUARY 1, 2026 | 2pm

First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica

1220 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Tickets starting at $35 for general admission and $15 for students and children (ages 6+).

 

Performance 2:

Monday, February 2, 2026 | 7:30pm 

Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West

1070 Fairway Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108 

Tickets starting at $35 for general admission and $15 for students and children (ages 6+). 

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