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The San Diego Central Library is pleased to announce the 2025 Winter/Spring Concert Schedule!
Please explore this page to learn about our three concert program offerings: The Central Library Concert Series, the Cinema + Sound Series, and Community Concerts. You can jump directly to each schedule below.
The San Diego Central Library Concert Series features both local and visiting professional musicians and ensembles. Now in its 69th season, the Concert Series is a signature music program that continues to provide free, high quality concerts for the community.
In 2025, join us in celebrating a new theme: Winter Winds! Many concerts in the Winter/Spring Series will featuring wind and brass musicians in starring roles. Highlights include the return of UC San Diego's David Borgo Ensemble and local favorites the Lori Bell Trio, as well as the Central Library debut of Connessa Collective—a flute quartet featuring a program of contemporary and newly commissioned works. The season will conclude with a performance by the renowned Westwind Brass.
But first, we’ll kick off 2025 with a program that celebrates Public Domain Day! The one and only Gregory Page will share original music as well as songs with newly expired copyrights (music compositions that are in the public domain).
Please visit the Events Calendar for more information and updates.
Upcoming Concerts: Winter 2025 Concert Series
Gregory Page in Concert
Sunday, January 5, 2025 | 2:30 p.m. | Neil Morgan Auditorium
Gregory Page, vocals and guitar | Dave Page, drums
Public Domain Day, on January 1st each year, is a big day for libraries, archives, and cultural institutions, as well as artists and creators. On 1/1/2025, the copyright will expire for musical compositions from 1929 (and sound recordings from 1924)! Celebrate with us during a special performance by the one and only Gregory Page! Gregory and his uncle Dave Page will perform original works as well as songs originally composed in the 1920s. If you enjoy Ragtime and Vaudville music, this concert is for you!
The David Borgo Ensemble
Sunday, January 26, 2025 | 2:30 p.m. | Neil Morgan Auditorium
David Borgo, saxophones | Victor Baker, electric guitar | Tobin Chodos, piano | Doug Walker, acoustic bass | Julien Cantelm, drum set
David Borgo (saxophonist, composer, and Professor of Music at UC San Diego) will be joined by esteemed colleagues to share a performance of original compositions, including works from the latest of his 17 recordings!
Left Coast Quintet
Sunday, February 9, 2025 | 2:30 p.m. | Neil Morgan Auditorium
Dan Weiss, bassoon | RB Anthony, French horn | April Leslie, clarinet | Jenny Shippee, oboe | Erica Gamble, flute
Making their Central Library debut, Left Coast Quintet will share a varied program of music from movies, Broadway, pops, jazz, and more!
Contessa Collective
Sunday, March 2, 2025 | 2:30 p.m. | Neil Morgan Auditorium
Jaime Burke, piccolo, C flute | Toni Cortez-Aguilar, C flute, alto flute, contrabass flute | Valerie McElroy, C flute, alto flute, bass flute | Yana Zixuan Yan, C flute, alto flute
Contessa Collective's mission is to foster connection and cultural awareness in the community through educational chamber music experiences, highlighting world music by living composers. Their performance will include flute ensemble works by composers Chrysanthe Tan, Daniela Mars, Mike Mower, and more.
Musica Vitale
Sunday, March 9, 2025 | 2:30 p.m. | Neil Morgan Auditorium
“Celebrating Women in the Arts”.
Michael Sokol, Lisa Parente, Juliah Rahm, and John Yokoyama, vocals | Nonna Alkhverdova, violin | Olena Galytska, piano
Musica Vitale will share a program that celebrates Women’s History Month, featuring vocal and instrumental works by women composers from the 12th to the 21st century, such as Amy Beach, Hildegard von Bingen, Lori Laitman, and Lili Boulanger.
The Lori Bell Trio
Sunday, March 23, 2025 | 2:30 p.m. | Neil Morgan Auditorium
"Brooklyn Dreaming"
Lori Bell, flute | Mikan Zlatkovich, piano | Mackenzie Leighton, double bass
Award-winning artist Lori Bell returns to the Central Library with trio members Mikan Zlatkovich and Mac Leighton to share her original compositions, including four from her album "Brooklyn Dreaming."
Westwind Brass
Sunday, May 11, 2025 | 2:30 p.m. | Neil Morgan Auditorium
"Westwind Brass Presents: The Four Elements”
Winter/Spring Concert Series finale!
John Wilds, trumpet | Barry Toombs, horn | Eric Starr, trombone | Brent Dutton, tuba | Karl Soukup, trumpet | Elizabeth Meeker, trumpet
Westwind Brass will close out the Winter/Spring Series with a program inspired by earth, wind, water, and fire!
Cinema + Sound
In addition to the Central Library's signature Concert Series, we are also pleased to announce two more programs in our new CINEMA + SOUND SERIES, now in its second season!
Cinema + Sound Series: An Afternoon of Shostakovich
Sunday, January 19, 2025 | 2:30 p.m. | Neil Morgan Auditorium
The Hausmann Quartet Presents: An Afternoon of Shostakovich. The Hausmann Quartet will be joined by pianist Karen Follingstad (Professor Emerita of Music at SDSU) for a performance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s monumental Piano Quintet in G Minor, op. 57. This performance will be followed by a screening of a documentary about Shostakovich.
Cinema + Sound Series: Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Monday, April 21, 2025 | 6:00 p.m. | Neil Morgan Auditorium
The Hausmann Quartet Presents: Sherlock Jr. The Hausmann Quartet will perform the film score composed by Stephen Prutsman along with a screening of Buster Keaton’s classic silent film, Sherlock Jr.!
NR | 45 minutes | 1924
Community Concerts
The Central Library partners with community music organizations and universities to bring more free concerts to our downtown community. These concerts are performed by advanced amateur young adult and adult musicians, so that they can share their music with library patrons, enhance their music education, and expand their public performance experience.
San Diego State University: Student Chamber Ensembles
Spring 2025: date forthcoming | Neil Morgan Auditorium
Student Chamber Ensemble performances feature students from San Diego State University’s School of Music and Dance in a mix of groups: trios, quartets, and quintets, spanning a diverse array of styles and time periods.
Come hear SDSU’s promising chamber music students!
San Diego Youth Symphony Concerto Competition
Fall 2025: date forthcoming | Neil Morgan Auditorium
SDYS Concerto Competition finalists will perform for the audience and a panel of judges, and the winner will be announced at the conclusion of the concert.
Please visit the Events Calendar for more information and updates.
Please browse our Encore Concert Series YouTube page for recordings of previous concert performances.
The Central Library Concert Series has been a signature program of the San Diego Public Library since the 1950s. It features local, national, and international chamber musicians.
The Concert Series is made possible by the Friends of the Central Library, the San Diego Public Library matching fund program, the San Diego Library Foundation, and public and private donations. All programs are FREE and open to the public. Most Concert Series programs are approximately one hour long with no intermission and are held at the Central Library, 330 Park Blvd., downtown in East Village, San Diego. For more information, call the Central Library's Art, Music & Recreation Section at 619-236-5800.
Artists and programs are subject to change.
Where: Neil Morgan Auditorium, unless otherwise noted, San Diego Central Library, 330 Park Blvd. The Auditorium is across the courtyard from the library entrance.
When: Sundays at 2:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Programs usually last one hour with no intermission.
Cost: Programs are free and open to the public.
Parking: Two hours of free parking with validation are available at the library, and additional parking is available at public spaces within walking distance of the library. The Central Library is two blocks from the Park & Market trolley stop.