California Symphony is a cornerstone producer at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek and presents its 10-concert subscription series in the 785-seat Hofmann Theatre. The orchestra musicians also regularly perform with the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, and San Francisco Ballet, among others. California Symphony is distinguished by its vibrant concert programs that combine classics alongside American repertoire and works by living composers, and for presenting emerging talents.

Outside of the concert hall, California Symphony actively supports music education as a driver for social change through its El Sistema-inspired Sound Minds program, which brings intensive music instruction in an area where 91% of students qualify for the federal free or reduced-price lunch program. The orchestra also hosts the highly competitive Young American Composer-in-Residence program and has launched the careers of some of today’s most well-known artists and composers. Its newest education program, Fresh Look, aims to fill the gap left by a lack of arts education for the “classically curious” adults in our community.