Name: Purse Party
Start: 2025-10-23T17:00:00
Location: Museum of Redlands

Redlands Symphony

Whether you've been playing for a few years or for most of your life, there is much to gain from attending a masterclass. Even if you attend a masterclass for an instrument that you don't play, you will learn so much about musicality, phrasing, and the nuances of musical performance.

Damien Geter, Composer

University of Redlands

Step into a world of calm and quiet beauty with an evening of music that soothes the soul and sparks the imagination. Britten’s Sinfonietta offers clarity and poise in a finely crafted chamber setting. Juan Pablo Contreras’s Ángel Mestizo blends Mexican folk spirit with lyrical serenity, creating a heartfelt tribute to cultural harmony. Finally, Copland’s Appalachian Spring Suite brings it all home with openhearted simplicity and peaceful Americana charm. This concert invites you to pause, breathe, and experience the power of music to bring stillness and grace.

Finding Tranquility

Get up close and personal for an experience you'll never forget. Sit on stage, surrounding a quartet of RSO musicians, for a once-in-a-lifetime performance of Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. Written in a WWII Concentration Camp, this piece will touch your soul and leave you utterly transformed.

Quartet for the End of Time

Join us for an unforgettable evening where raw emotion meets musical might.
The night opens with Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture—a gripping sonic battle of will and destiny, capturing the fierce inner conflict of a tragic hero. Next, prepare to be swept away by the lyric fire of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, a masterwork that wields grace as strength and passion as purpose. Finally, revel in the bold exuberance of Schubert’s Symphony No. 2, a youthful yet commanding declaration of symphonic brilliance.

Finding Power

Our signature purse auction raises money to support the Redlands Symphony's educational and artistic programming.