November 2019 - The Modesto Symphony Orchestra’s (MSO) 2019 holiday concerts offer fun for the entire family. Complete with holiday décor and your favorite carols, the MSO’s holiday concerts have become community favorites.
Press Release: The Modesto Symphony Orchestra Opens Its 89th Season with Beethoven's Third Symphony and Dvořák’s Cello Concerto In B Minor
October 2019 - The Modesto Symphony Orchestra (MSO) led by Music Director David Lockington, will open its 89th Season with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Eroica, and Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor performed by award-winning cellist Gabriel Martins on Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2 at a new 7:30pm start time at the Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto.
25 Years of Picnic at the Pops
It’s 1995,
Kiss from a Rose by Seal from the new movie Batman Forever plays on the radio as you drive down in your ‘95 Toyota Corolla, as you stop to pick up a brand new drink called a “Frappuccino” from Starbucks.
You head over to your local Blockbuster Video to pick up a VHS of the recent Best Picture winner, Forrest Gump, scoffing at the newly invented DVD aisles, as if those will ever take off. The world wide web just expanded, as people every where were booting up Windows 95, and for some reason, everyone could not stop dancing The Macarena.
This year birthed many iconic breakthroughs that still persist to this day—such as Modesto Symphony Orchestra’s first Picnic at the Pops at E. & J. Gallo Winery!
Relive the past Picnic at the Pops!
“Come Together” For The Modesto Symphony Orchestra’s 25th Annual Picnic At The Pops!
July 2019 - The Modesto Symphony Orchestra (MSO), will present the Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to The Beatles at its 25th Annual Picnic at the Pops concert Saturday, September 7, 2019. Held on the grounds of the E. & J. Gallo Winery, this family-friendly event attracts nearly 4,000 guests from Modesto and neighboring communities for an evening of music, dancing and fun underneath the stars.
