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Music Concerts
Program subject to change. For details, call (310) 434 4323 or (310) 434 3000. Concerts held in SMC’s Concert Hall unless otherwise noted. Advance tickets for concerts with an admission charge may be purchased online at events.smc.edu ($2/ticket service charge), by phone at (310) 434 3000, or in person at the SMC Events Office (Amphitheater building, SMC Main Campus). Seating is strictly on a first-arrival basis.

Emeritus Concert Band
Wallace Umber, Conductor. Join us for two exciting performances this Spring! March concert celebrates the band’s 40th anniversary and includes an awards ceremony recognizing longtime band members. June concert is the exhilarating “Pops” concert that’s an annual favorite you won’t want to miss! New band members always welcome! Call (310) 474 5271 for details.
Sun, March 2 • 3pm • Free • John Adams Middle School Auditorium (1625 16th St., Santa Monica)
Sun, June 8 • 3pm • Free • Concert Hall

SMC Symphony Orchestra
Dr. James Smith, Conductor. March concert features Bach’s Brandenberg Concerto No. 2 and Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite. May concert features the talented winners of the Music Teachers Association Concerto Competition for Instrumentalists.
Sun, March 30 • 4pm • $12 • Concert Hall
Sun, May 11 • 4pm • $12 • Concert Hall

SMC Jazz Band
Keith Fiddmont, Conductor. Ensemble will focus on the stylistic original music of American Jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger Thad Jones. Renowned guest artists frequently perform with the ensemble.
Sun, April 20 • 4pm • $12 • Concert Hall
Sun, May 18 • 4pm • $12 • Concert Hall

Benefit Concert
SMC Applied Music Program
Dr. James Martin, Director. Concert features performances by some of the outstanding instrumentalists, vocalists, and composers in the Applied Music Program, one of the distinctive programs of SMC’s Music Department.
Sat, April 26 • 8pm • $12 • Concert Hall

SMC Wind Ensemble
Kevin McKeown, Conductor. April concert features Dr. Anne-Lise Longuemare in a performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2. June concert is the always entertaining “Pops” concert, an annual favorite featuring many of today’s favorites!
Sun, April 27 • 4pm • $12 • Concert Hall
Sun, June 1 • 4pm • $12 • Concert Hall

SMC Jazz Vocal Ensemble Concert
Cindy Bourquin, Conductor. Top-rated, audition-only performing ensemble—made up of some of the finest singers and instrumentalists in the Los Angeles area—performs solo and group selections from jazz repertoire.
Sat, May 3 • 8pm • $12 • Concert Hall

SMC Percussion Ensemble Recital
Matthew Altmire, Conductor. Ensemble presents a creative, unique performance of percussion music, covering a variety of styles.
Thurs, May 29 • 11:15am • Free • Concert Hall

SMC Musical Theatre Workshop
Terrin Adair-Lynch and Frank Turner, Co-Directors. SMC Music and Theatre Arts students present a program of solos, duets, and ensemble selections from the musical theatre genre.
Thurs, May 29 (short program) • 11:15am • Free • Theatre Arts/Studio Stage
Fri, May 30 • 8pm • $12 • Theatre Arts/Studio Stage
Sat, May 31 • 8pm • $12 • Theatre Arts/Studio Stage
Sun, June 1 • 2pm • $12 • Theatre Arts/Studio Stage

SMC Chamber Choir
Nike St. Clair, Director. Ensemble performs a program of sacred and secular compositions, ranging from folk songs to gospel.
Fri, May 30 • 8pm • $12 • Second Space/SMC Performing Arts Center

SMC Concert Chorale
See listing in Special Events for details.
Sun, June 1 • 7:30pm • $15/$10
First United Methodist Church
(11th St. & Washington Ave., Santa Monica)

Spring Jazz Concerts
This popular concert series brings the best of America’s jazz music to SMC and sells out quickly. Advance tickets for concerts with an admission charge may be purchased online at events.smc.edu ($2/ticket service charge), by phone at (310) 434 3000, or in person at the SMC Events Office (Amphitheater building, SMC Main Campus). Program subject to change. Call (310) 434 4323 or (310) 434 3000 for details. Seating is strictly on a first-arrival basis.

Jon Mayer Quartet
Jon Mayer, the playful and superbly inventive bebop-based pianist, brings his quartet and their delectable sounds to the SMC stage.
Fri, February 29 • 7pm • $12 • Concert Hall

Phil Ranelin Quintet
Trombonist/composer/arranger Phil Ranelin—one of California’s jazz treasures, named LA Weekly’s Best Jazz Artist of 2005—brings his quintet to spin his masterful improvisations at SMC.
Fri, March 28 • 7pm • $12 • Concert Hall

Francisco Aguabella Quintet
The legendary Conguero Francisco Aguabella performs the high-energy Latin and Afro-Cuban rhythms that led to Dizzy Gillespie calling him “the John Coltrane of the Conga Drums.”
Fri, April 18 • 7pm • $12 • Concert Hall

SMC Jazz Faculty Concert
With Keith Fiddmont on saxophone, Leslie Drayton on trumpet, Bill Augustine on piano, Kevin O’Neal on bass, and Lesa Terry on violin, these seasoned jazz musicians—all members of the SMC Music Faculty—will thrill, delight, and inspire everyone within earshot.
Fri, May 9 • 7pm • $12 • Concert Hall

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