Providing Music on the Ridge

Welcome! Paradise Symphony Orchestra Fans and Supporters!

We will begin our 2023-2024 Season with an exciting “FREE” Patriotic Concert:

“Honoring Our Country” to be held at the Paradise Alliance Church (6491 Clark Rd.) on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, at 2:00 PM.  Joining the symphony as guests, will be a local favorite, Big Mo, the Paradise Community Chorus and other local vocalists, the Butte County Scottish Society’s Highland Bagpipes & Drums, and the Paradise Veterans Color Guard, and more!  Many will participate in a fantastic tribute to our Country’s Birthday!              

Our new symphony concert season will be announced soon!  “Stay tuned”!                                            

The following is our last year’s concerts and events:                                   

1. April 30, 2023, featured “The Beauty of Winds.” One of the highlights of each year is the presentation of the winners of our Young Artists Competition. These amazing young people were truly exciting as they performed music of their choice with the orchestra accompanying them.  The woodwinds were represented by wind ensembles playing the music of Ravel and Debussy.

Our last Season began with our annual July 4th tribute to our country and was followed by the Summer Fundraiser, “Music Under The Stars”  in August, which featured both live and silent auctions.   A catered dinner was served, and music was provided by ensembles from the Orchestra. 

On October 22nd and 23rd, 2022, the Paradise Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with the California Regional Theatre presented the “Best of Broadway”, a glittering program of those wonderful, familiar Broadway tunes we’ve all enjoyed for so many years, including songs from current Broadway shows.  It was a toe-tapping event that kept you humming to yourself all week.  This is the first time in recent years that the Symphony Orchestra has had two performances back- to-back, to give patrons an opportunity to choose which performance they would like to attend.

Our next Holiday concert was another two-day collaborative concert with the Paradise Community Chorus on Dec 3/4, 2022, at 7:00 pm and 2:00 pm respectively at the Paradise Performing Arts Center.   For the second consecutive year, the Symphony ushered in the Holidays on the Ridge, with “Holiday In Paradise”, another joint spectacular like the one we enjoyed last year with the Orchestra, choirs, soloists, dancers, and more. And once again the audience was invited to sing along on select pieces.

Collaborative concerts with the California Regional Theatre, the Paradise Community Chorus, and other organizations are priced separately due to the complexity and costs of bringing in these additional resources.  They are very popular with our audiences however, and will most likely continue in the future.

Our Winter Fundraiser, “From the Symphony With Love”, was held on February 19, 2023.  Attendees were treated to a delicious dinner of their choice; beef, chicken, or pasta primavera vegetarian, during which they were entertained by an quintet from the Paradise Symphony Orchestra, and beautiful music by last year’s Junior Young Artist winner, Sasha Iwobuchi.  Sasha was joined by the Symphony’s Concert Master Joel Quivey, for a special Duet after which the Dessert Dash was the featured final event of the evening.  March 12, 2023, was a concert “For Kids of All Ages”.   We  were treated to pops and light classics and  “Peter and the Wolf” along with an “Instrument Petting Zoo.”

 

See the Events Page for more information on the Young Artists Competition.