STERN GROVE FESTIVAL
July 07, 2024
Overview
Edwin Outwater conducts the SF Symphony in our annual free Stern Grove Festival concert in the beautiful outdoor amphitheater, located at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard. Pack a picnic, grab some friends, and relax as the Orchestra fills the summer air with sparkling masterworks and hits with versatile vocalist Jessica Vosk.
Admission is free with advance reservations required. Visit sterngrove.org for more information.
This concert is presented in partnership with
PROGRAM
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K.551, Jupiter
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sunrise from Grand Canyon Suite
Ferde Grofé
“Blue Bayou”
Linda Ronstadt
“The Boys of Summer”
Don Henley
An Outdoor Overture
Aaron Copland
“Love Has No Pride” / “Something to Talk About”
Linda Ronstadt / Bonnie Raitt
“A Case of You”
Joni Mitchell
“Hotel California”
Don Felder/Glenn Frey/Don Henley
Edwin Outwater
Conductor
Edwin Outwater regularly works with the world’s top orchestras, institutions, and artists to reinvent the concert experience. His ability to cross genres has led to collaborations with Metallica, Wynton Marsalis, Renée Fleming, and Yo-Yo Ma. He is music director of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and music director laureate of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Recent appearances include the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and the New World Symphony, as well as the Royal Philharmonic. He also served as a producer and musical advisor for the National Symphony Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Concert at the Kennedy Center. In December 2022, he premiered A Christmas Gaiety at the Royal Albert Hall with Peaches Christ and the BBC Concert Orchestra, and returned in 2023.
Outwater has held a long association with San Francisco Symphony. He was appointed Resident Conductor and Wattis Foundation Music Director of the SF Symphony Youth Orchestra by Michael Tilson Thomas in 2001 and they have been friends and colleagues since.
Recent appearances include the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and the New World Symphony, as well as the Royal Philharmonic. He also served as a producer and musical advisor for the National Symphony Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Concert at the Kennedy Center. In December 2022, he premiered A Christmas Gaiety at the Royal Albert Hall with Peaches Christ and the BBC Concert Orchestra, and returned in 2023.
Outwater has held a long association with San Francisco Symphony. He was appointed Resident Conductor and Wattis Foundation Music Director of the SF Symphony Youth Orchestra by Michael Tilson Thomas in 2001 and they have been friends and colleagues since.
Jessica Vosk
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Vocalist
Jessica Vosk is a celebrated singer and actress known for electrifying roles on musical theater and concert stages. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in November 2021 in a sold-out solo show titled My Golden Age and returned in 2022 to headline Get Happy: A Judy Garland Centennial Celebration. Her 2024–25 season include creating the fan-favorite role of Lute in the animated musical series Hazbin Hotel, creating the role of Cee Cee in the international premiere of the musical adaptation of Beaches, as well as returning to the Muny as Jenna in Waitress. Recently she debuted at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center with No Name Pops and her program California Dreamin’—Songs of the Laurel Canyon, and celebrated the holidays with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center and the New York Pops in her return to Carnegie Hall.
Best known for her star turn as Elphaba in Wicked, Vosk’s theatrical highlights also include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Chess, and Sarah Silverman’s The Bedwetter. She had an unconventional journey to Broadway, beginning her career on Wall Street before taking the leap of faith to pursue her dreams on stage. After a hiatus from performing, she was cast by MTT in the San Francisco Symphony production of West Side Story in June 2013. Her one-of-a-kind story has been profiled on ABC’s 20/20 and NBC Nightly News.
Best known for her star turn as Elphaba in Wicked, Vosk’s theatrical highlights also include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Chess, and Sarah Silverman’s The Bedwetter. She had an unconventional journey to Broadway, beginning her career on Wall Street before taking the leap of faith to pursue her dreams on stage. After a hiatus from performing, she was cast by MTT in the San Francisco Symphony production of West Side Story in June 2013. Her one-of-a-kind story has been profiled on ABC’s 20/20 and NBC Nightly News.
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