Master Musicians Ready to Drop Down at San Diego International Summer Organ Festival
Nearly three months of concerts begin at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion Monday as part of the San Diego International Summer Organ Festival.
The free shows, at 7:30 p.m. each Monday through Labor Day, open with James Kealey, first-prize winner at the AGO National Young Artists Competition last year.
Other concerts over the following weeks at the historic Balboa Park venue include:
- July 3 – “A Patriotic Salute,” with Robert York.
- July 10 – Ravel’s Bolero, with Raúl Prieto Ramírez, San Diego Civic Organist.
- July 31 – “Dancing Under the Stars,” with music to dance to, featuring organist Emma Whitten and soprano Maria Miller.
- Aug. 7 – “Music in Movies,” highlights from Star Wars, Interstellar, Frozen, Jurassic Park and more with Martin Ellis.
- Aug. 28 – “Not-So-Silent Movie Night,” music accompanies Harold Lloyd´s The Freshman from 1925, with Clark Wilson.
- Sept. 4 – Labor Day Classic Rock Concert, with six local rock musicians taking on classics by The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Blondie, Pink-Floyd and more.
The organ pavilion, a gift to the city in 1915, also hosts free weekend shows each Sunday at 2 p.m.
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