Con Gioia, based in Claremont, presents some of the best performers of early music in the United States and Europe. Following its debut in 1982, the ensemble continues to provide Southern California audiences with outstanding early music performances on period instruments.
Upcoming Concerts
CURRENT CONCERTS
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Con Gioia’s 40th Anniversary Season: 2021-2022Next Concert - NOVEMBER 6, 2021, in Pasadena
Following historical precedents of commemorating the end of plagues with festivities and performances of music, Con Gioia is pleased to offer a free concert this fall to honor victims of COVID-19 and all who tirelessly cared for them in many ways. The program will include sacred and secular vocal works by J.S. Bach, Telemann, and Reinhard Keiser. Con Gioia will strictly follow CDC and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health protocol for performances in indoor venues for this event. Please Check this page after October 31, 2021 for possible updates. Musical Antidotes for a Plague November 6, 2021 4:00 p.m. Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church 301 Orange Grove Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91103 Inspired by GoetheThis concert may be rescheduled in Spring 2022.
CON GIOIA’S CONCERT and ALL PUBLIC EVENTS at SCRIPPS COLLEGE in 2020 and spring semester 2021 WERE CANCELLED DUE TO THE SPREAD OF CORONA VIRUS COVID-19
Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 3:00 pm Balch Auditorium Scripps College 10th and Columbia Claremont, CA 91711 Exhilarating Baroque Cantatas, Arias, and Sonatas
Music of Bach, Handel, and Telemann
Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. Boston Court Performing Arts Center 70 North Mentor Avenue Pasadena, CA 91106 Fortepiano recitalC.P.E. Bach and Mozart Redux
Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church 958 Lincoln Boulevard Santa Monica, CA 90403 Inspired by GoetheLieder based on texts by the great German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, and statesman
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) Music for voices and fortepiano by Goethe’s close friends and contemporaries Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 7:00 pm Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church 301 North Orange Grove Pasadena, CA 91103 FRANÇOIS COUPERIN 350Music of François Couperin le grand (1668–1733) and His Musical Dynasty
A Commemoration of the 350th Anniversary of Couperin’s Birth Presented at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 7:00 pm Boston Court Performing Arts Center 70 North Mentor Avenue Pasadena, CA 91106 The Harmonious World of Georg Philipp Telemann
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