Mission

To engage, educate and excite our community through the performance and continual discovery of symphonic music.

The Big Idea

The Monterey Symphony engages and educates the community through the performance and ongoing discovery of symphonic music. Their new project, Music For Our Times, concentrates on solo performances, online education content for elementary school students, commissioning new works, and a commitment to protect and sustain the organization, which has taken a dramatic budget hit due to canceling the season because of Covid-19. The symphony is now offering “Balcony Sessions,” from their Hampton Court offices in Carmel, as well as “Gallery Sessions” from the Winfield Gallery, featuring solo or duet performances that showcase members of the Monterey Symphony. These series give the organization the opportunity to share music with the community while also providing support to artists during a period of lost work during the pandemic.

The experience had a deep impact - positive - on me. Seeing talented artists devoted to their passion for music; seeing the artists working together in impecable concert; viewing the symphony of sound melding with the oceanic sounds of nature. Incredible lasting experience.

- Anonymous