Bakersfield Symphony 2024 Tickets

The Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra is one of the foremost symphony orchestras in the US. It regularly performs shows sold out in terms of Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra tickets, and has been hailed as one of the most progressive orchestras in the US, known for programming that is innovative, from its classical productions to more contemporary pieces. Each of its concerts has left members of the audience in awe, longing for more music that the orchestra plays in a magical manner.

The conductor and music director of the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra is John Farrer. To date, he has conducted more than four hundred programs with the orchestra as part of its subscription program and has also worked with the finest soloists in the world. He has been leading the orchestra for thirty eight seasons to date, and also holds the position of music director of the Santa Maria Philharmonic and the Roswell Symphony Orchestra. He is also the guest conductor of a number of orchestras in England, with whom he performs several times each year. He is the senior guest conductor of the English Sinfonia, a symphony orchestra he has toured France and England with.

John Farrer, conductor of the BSO, has also nine recordings to date, with the Royal Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the Bournesmouth Symphony and the English Sinfonia. Each of these recordings have received heaps of praised from critics. He is presently recoding Johann Brahms' four symphonies with the New Queen's Hall Orchestra, based in London. He has also conducted a number of concerts with the Singapore National Youth Orchestra, particularly a program that was attended by the President of Singapore, S. R. Nathan.  With the New Queen's Hall Orchestra, he performed a concert in benefit of the National Osteoporosis Society of Britain, which was attended by the ochestra's patron, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.

He has also performed with the San Francisco Symphony and is the director of the California Conducting Institute and the London Conducting Workshop at the Royal Academy of Music. The Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra is also home to many amazing musicians including Rebecca Brooks, the concertmaster, Paulette Shires, the principal viola player, Amy McGuire, the principal violin player, Nancy Ayala, the principal flutist, Brett Clausen, the principal oboe player, Paula Koerner, an English horn player, Michael C. Ranye, the principal trumpeter and Ron Christian, the principal trombone player.

The orchestra is also home to principal tuba player, Glenn Bowles, percussionist Ernie Cervantes, cellist Diane Malecki, bassist Barry Newton, clarinet player Mary Moore and many more exemplary musicians. If you are looking for a spectacular concert starring America's finest musicians then book Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra tickets and enjoy the show!