Festival

Treat your children to this festive holiday party featuring a magical presentation on stage at Davies Symphony Hall. The post-show parties in the lobbies include entertainment, arts and crafts activities, decorated trees, and refreshments.

Concert-only tickets are sold out!  Call the Box Office at (415) 864-6000 for turnbacks on concert-only seats.

Good seats are still available for the 3pm Angel Reception! For information about the pre-concert Angel Reception packages including premium concert seats, call the Volunteer Council at (415) 503-5500.

Appropriate for ages 3-10.

Ticket exchange and group discount are not available for these events.

Presenting Sponsors		Louise M. Davies Foundation

Supporting Sponsors

The SFS and the SFS Chorus join forces this holiday season!

Sing along with the chorus the SF Chronicle called "celestially radiant!" 

Delight in the music of the holiday season with your friends and family as the Grammy Award-winning SFS Chorus, led by Chorus Director Ragnar Bohlin and the San Francisco Symphony, take you on a musical journey of holiday choral favorites and carols to sing along to including The First Noel, O Come All Ye Faithful, and O Holy Night, plus carols from Sweden, and works by Bach and Britten.

Center Terrace seats are not available for these performances.

Dec 11 and 12 sponsored by

 

Delight your children with a Bay Area holiday favorite – Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, with Leonard Nimoy as narrator. Festive sounds of the season and a traditional sing-along make this concert perfect for music lovers of all ages.

Group discount does not apply.  

The concert on December 13 is supported by a grant from The James Irvine Foundation 

This program of spirituals, gospel songs, and holiday music, sung by this inspiring youth choir from Chicago which has entertained audiences here and abroad for over two decades, promises to raise the roof and is bring you to your feet! Past performances have sold out, so get your tickets today.

Appropriate for ages 12 and up 

Sponsored by

Star power–with some of the greatest Christmas music and most memorable pop hits: the Colors of Christmas returns to Davies Symphony Hall for the 2008 holiday season.

Meet Melissa Manchester and John Secada for an exclusive CD signing immediately following the concerts at the Symphony Store in the lobby.

Appropriate for ages 12 and up

Note: This concert has amplified sound.

Ticket exchange and group discount are not available for this performance.

 

The Canadian Brass is a pioneering brass ensemble that has thrilled audiences for over 30 years and continues to fill concert halls worldwide. The quintet’s varied styles include classical, jazz, contemporary concert music, and popular songs. Don’t miss out on your chance to share the holidays in this energy-filled evening!

Meet Canadian Brass for an exclusive CD signing immediately following the concert at the Symphony Store in the lobby.

Bundle up with the hot sounds of some of Broadway’s best-loved stars on a night filled with the season’s best-loved music.  Alongside the SFS, Hugh Panaro, Debbie Gravitte, and Christine Noll perform a program of your favorite traditional carols and some modern holiday songs.

Meet Debbie Gravitte and Christiane Noll for an exclusive CD signing immediately following the concert at the Symphony Store in the lobby.

Don’t miss this afternoon of hilarity! Since 1965 the tireless Professor Peter Schickele has kept audiences in stitches with P.D.Q. Bach's uniquely typical music.  In his well-known role as perpetrator of the now-classic P.D.Q. Bach, Peter Schickele is one of the great satirists of the 20th century. Discover why The New York Times has called P.D.Q. Bach “…a very, very funny show, even for people who like music but don’t know why.” 

Appropriate for ages 12 and up 

 

Hear and sing along with our majestic 9,000-pipe Ruffatti organ. Organist David Higgs, soprano Nicole Folland, and a brass ensemble from the SFS heralds the joy of Christmas with classical organ works and traditional carols.  This popular concert returns as a San Francisco Symphony holiday favorite. 

Come Home for the Holidays with Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.

Celebrate the holidays with big-band New Orleans-style jazz. This crowd-pleasing 16-piece ensemble, led by Grammy-nominated artist Irvin Mayfield, will dazzle you with their exuberant and soulful interpretation of holiday musical favorites.

Meet Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra for an exclusive CD signing immediately following the concert at the Symphony Store in the lobby.

With the SFS, featuring Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley

Ring in the New Year with a grand celebration! Broadway and West End performers Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley will sing favorite classics from American musical theater, accompanied by the San Francisco Symphony.

Pre-concert entertainment begins at 8pm and features the Martini Brothers playing beneath the Grand Staircase. After the concert, dance the night away on stage with the Peter Minton Orchestra and on the First Tier with Soul University. Enjoy party favors, complimentary champagne, savories, and desserts. When the clock strikes midnight, 2009 balloons will cascade down from above.

Great dinner packages are still available! Start the New Year in style with a dinner, champagne and surprise entertainment in addition to an evening of music and dancing with the San Francisco Symphony.  Dinner packages include:

• a three course meal,  
• champagne and dessert in the Wattis Room,
• free parking, and
• surprise entertainment! 

For more information, please call the Box Office at (415) 864-6000.

Ticket Exchange is not available.

 

With the SFS, featuring Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley

Start the new year on an upbeat and enjoy a romantic and witty afternoon of duets from this pair of Broadway stars.
“The couple’s highly disciplined voices blend together beautifully.” – The New York Times 

Marin is a three-time Tony Award nominee, and Jason has won a Theater World Award; and together they have recorded Opposite You, about the various stages of love, which was listed as “CD of the year,” by NPR. There isn't a better way to begin the new year!

Meet Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley for an exclusive CD signing immediately following the concert at the Symphony Store in the lobby. CDs are available at the Symphony Store.