Please note that the start time for evening concerts is changing to 7:30 PM, with the preconcert talk at 6:45 PM.
Programs and performers are subject to change.
Children under 18 are admitted free with an adult.
Our Next Concert
Rarely-Heard Gems
Series concert
Sat April 18, 2026 at 7:30 pm
pre-concert talk at 6:45 pm
Cañada College Main Theater
4200 Farm Hill Blvd, Redwood City, CA 94061
- Witold Lutosławski Symphony No. 3
- Gustav Mahler Kindertotenlieder
- Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
- J.S. Bach (arr. Ottorino Respighi) Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532
Redwood Symphony presents three unique musical visions, grand and intimate: Respighi’s spectacular arrangement of Bach’s organ work is perhaps the best of its kind; Mahler at his most personal, the prophetic and heartbreaking: Songs on the Death of Children; and Lutosławski’s magnum opus.
Upcoming Concerts
A Little Night Music in Concert
Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Book by HUGH WHEELER
Suggested by a Film by Ingmar Berman
Originally Produced and Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince
Fri May 29, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Sat May 30, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Please note change from
previous dates (May 30-31)
because of scheduling conflict.
Canada College Main Theater
4200 Farm Hill Blvd.
Redwood City, CA 94061
Redwood Symphony’s third Sondheim show in concert, after previous productions of Sweeney Todd and our recent Follies. This will be the West Coast premiere of a brand new opera orchestra-sized arrangement by the show’s original orchestrator, Jonathan Tunick. These performances will include the entire wonderfully literate and witty show, with dialogue and clowns (we’re sending in all of them!)
Outdoor Concert 2026
Special concert
Sat June 27, 2026 at 7:00 pm
Redwood City Courthouse Square
2200 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063
Learn More | FREE CONCERT!
- Elmer Bernstein March from The Great Escape
Conducted by Kyle Baldwin
- Kenneth J. Alford (arr. ) Colonel Bogey March
- Antonin Dvorák Symphony No. 9 (“New World”)
Once more, we are pleased to play for Redwood City’s Classical on the Square offering! Bring your lawn chairs and settle in under a warm summer sky to enjoy great music from Redwood City’s only symphony orchestra!
Summer Classics 2026
Special concert
Sat July 25, 2026 at 7:30 pm
pre-concert talk at 6:45 pm
Cañada College Main Theater
4200 Farm Hill Blvd, Redwood City, CA 94061
- Sergey Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Timo Andres) Piano Concerto no. 26 (“Coronation”)
- Louise Costigan-Kerns, piano
- Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1
Prokofiev’s merry klezmer romp sets the stage for Timo Andres’ imaginative reframing of a problematic Mozart concerto. And Beethoven’s First Symphony was in the best tradition of the late Mozart and Beethoven’s current teacher, Haydn, while demonstrating just enough independence and slightly shocking “modernity” to attract key Viennese patronage. And it still delights, 226 years later!
Past Concerts
Virtuosi!
Series concert
Sat September 27, 2025 at 7:30 pm
pre-concert talk at 6:45 pm
Cañada College Main Theater
4200 Farm Hill Blvd, Redwood City, CA 94061
- Kirke Mechem The Jayhawk: Overture to a Mythical Comedy
- Sergey Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2
- Daniel Glover, piano
- Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
Redwood Symphony is delighted to begin its fifth decade by celebrating the 100th birthday of our friend, Kirke Mechem, featuring his “The Jayhawk, Magic Bird Overture!” The orchestra is also celebrating the power of virtuosity and showmanship with two superstar vehicles: Prokofiev’s powerful Second Piano Concerto with Daniel Glover and Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra.
Scary Music from Disney, the movies and the classics!
Special concert
Sun October 26, 2025 at 3:00 pm
Cañada College Main Theater
4200 Farm Hill Blvd, Redwood City, CA 94061
- Stephen Schwartz Suite from “Wicked”
- Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
- Danny Elfman The Nightmare Before Christmas Suite
- John Williams The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)
Join us for Redwood Symphony’s annual Halloween Family Concert — an afternoon of thrills, chills, and music! Audience members are encouraged to come in their favorite Halloween costumes. Redwood Symphony will add the scary music, and together it all adds up to a frightfully fun afternoon for the whole family.
1985-2025 40th anniversary with Mason Bates!
Sat November 22, 2025 at 7:30 pm
pre-concert talk at 6:45 pm
Cañada College Main Theater
4200 Farm Hill Blvd, Redwood City, CA 94061
Learn More | SOLD OUT
- Emmanuel Chabrier España
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Karen Bentley Pollick, violin - Mason Bates Alternative Energy
Mason Bates, electronica
This anniversary concert is programmed with several of Maestro Eric’s favorites. “The Chabrier is one of my favorite concert openers, the chance to work again with friend, Palo Alto native and magnetic soloist Karen Bentley Pollick and, most importantly, the performance of one of my favorite pieces, Mason Bates’ Alternative Energy.”
Brahms’ “Fifth”
Series concert
Sat February 21, 2026 at 7:30 pm
pre-concert talk at 6:45 pm
Cañada College Main Theater
4200 Farm Hill Blvd, Redwood City, CA 94061
- Gabriela Ortiz Kauyumari
Conducted by Kyle Baldwin
- Alberto Ginastera Harp Concerto
- Anna Maria Mendieta, harp
- Johannes Brahms (arr. Peter Klatzow) Symphony no. “5” (String Quintet Op. 111)
This concert features works that are not very well-known but are masterpieces of wide-ranging styles. Gabriela Ortiz every new work is eagerly awaited internationally. Stellar harpist Anna Maria Mendieta plays one of the most formidable and show-stopping works in the harp repertoire. And Brahms considered his late string quintet to be an embryonic Fifth Symphony, presented here in Mr. Klatzow’s orchestration.