Concerts

Upcoming Concerts

May 19, 2024 4:00 pm. Season Finale

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 2. Piano Soloist Jason Stoll

Dvorak Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)

The Quirky Villain Theme, Jordan Friedman

California Lutheran University
Samuelson Chapel

165 Chapel Lane
Thousand Oaks CA 91360

Previous Concerts

Saturday March 16th,2024

Westlake Village Symphony

Guest Conductor Brian Stone

Piano Soloist Sophia Chen

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1

Brahms: Symphony No. 1

California Lutheran University
Samuelson Chapel

165 Chapel Lane
Thousand Oaks CA 91360

Sunday October 15th, 2023

Concierto de Aranjuez – Joaquín Rodrigo; Alex Park, Guitar

Huapango – José Pablo Moncayo

Estampas Mexicanas – José Elizondo

Danźon No. 2 – Arturo Márquez

Ascension Lutheran Church
1600 Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks CA 91362

Spring 2023

Danse Negre – Samuel Coleridge Taylor

Gabriel’s Oboe – Ennio Morricone; feat. Ryan Golds Oboe

Symphony No. 8 in G Major Op. 88 – Antonin Dvorak

Sunday, March 26th, 2023, at 4 pm; Ascension Lutheran Church
1600 E Hillcrest Dr, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

June 4th 2023

Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor – Carl Maria von Weber; feat. David Singer clarinet

Symphony No. 3 – Camille Saint-Saëns; feat. Adan Alejandro Fernandez, Organ

Sunday, June 4th 2023, 4 pm; Samuelson Chapel, CLU
60 West Olsen Rd #3100, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

Holiday Spectacular

Processional For Christmas – Benjamin Harlan

Christmas Festival – Leroy Anderson

Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring – Johann Sebastian Bach

Hannukah Selections – Roger Ballanger

“Troika” From Lieutenant Kijé – Sergei Prokofiev

The Colors Of Christmas – John Rutter

December 10, 2022, at 1 pm St. Paschal Baylon Church, 155 E Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

Rockin’ Romantics

Overture to “Hiawatha” – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 

Piano Concerto in A minor – Edvard Grieg 

Symphony No.2  – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky


October 16, 2022, at 4 pm
Ascension Lutheran Church
1600 E Hillcrest Dr, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362

Summer 2022

Rossini – Overture to Barber of Seville
Barry Brisk – Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Rhondda Dayton, flute
Barry Brisk, guest conductor

Mozart – Symphony #35, the Haffner


June 11, 2022, at 4 pm
The Chapel at Cal Lutheran University
165 Chapel Rd
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

Belated Beethoven’s 250th

Verdi – Overture to Nabucco
Ballenger – Song of the Plains, Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (World Premiere) Jennifer Bliman, horn soloist
Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale”


April 9, 2022, at 6 pm
Thousand Oaks High School Performing Arts Center
2323 N. Moorpark Rd, Thousand Oaks

Candlelight Concert for the Holidays

Leroy Anderson, Sleigh Ride;
Leroy Anderson, Christmas Festival;
Tchaikovsky Suite from The Nutcracker;
Ralph Vaughn Williams, Greensleeves; Vivaldi, “Winter” from the Four Seasons, featuring Concertmaster Dianne Rammon as Violin Virtuoso accompanied by the orchestra


December 12, 2021 at
7 pm at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church,
588 Camino Manzanas, Thousand Oaks

A Concert of Strings, Winds, and Brass

Gabrieli Antiphonal Brass: Canzoni and Canzona 
Dukas Fanfare La Peri
Richard Strauss  Wind Serenade
Gounod’s Petit Symphonie
Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings 
William Grant Still Mother and Child


October 10, 2021, 3:30 pm
Church of the Epiphany,
5450 Churchwood Drive in Oak Park.

Part 1 of Summer Concert, featuring much of the music from our live concert in May.

A Musical Panorama – From Vivaldi to Bartok

  • Vivaldi, Concerto for Two Violins and Cello
  • Holst, St Paul’s Suite
  • Coleridge-Taylor, Novellete #3
  • Sibelius, Andante Festivo
  • Bartok, Romanian Dances

May 23, 2021
4pm
Westminster Presbyterian Church

32111 Watergate Rd.
Westlake Village, CA
91361

Music for the Pandemic

Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Online Streaming
Free to Watch

Mother’s Day Online Brunch Concert

Sunday May 10th, 2020
Noon
Online Streaming
Free to Attend

A Composer’s View of the World

  • Mahler Symphony no 4
  • Mendelssohn Hebrides Overature
  • Ives’ Unanswered Question

Saturday March 7th, 2020
7:30 PM
Samuelson Chapel

The Westlake Village Symphony (WVS) incorporated as an independent entity in April 2016 and was granted tax -exempt status under IRC 501 (c)(3) as of the date of incorporation. However, prior to 2016, the Westlake Village Symphony (as a branch of the Pacific Pearl Music Association) produced many concerts in a variety of locations in and around the Conejo Valley.

During the years 2012 to 2015, WVS was a major contributor each year to the annual Chinese Moon Festival at Samuelson Chapel, Cal Lutheran University. We also produced the Community Concert Series at venues such as the Thousand Oaks Library, the Camarillo Library, University Village, Ascension Lutheran Church, St Mel’s Catholic Church in Woodland Hills, the Oaks Mall, and the Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks.

Over the history of this orchestra from 2016 through 2019, WVS has delivered from 5 to 7
concerts per year. The Covid 19 Pandemic and required lockdowns brought us up short in
March of 2020, and we were unable to practice as an orchestra or to perform public concerts for more than a year. As the pandemic is gradually conquered, we hope to resume our regular rehearsals and invite all music lovers to join us for inexpensive public concerts of great music brought to safe local settings.

Concerts in List Format

Spring Concert: March 16, 2024
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1, Sophia Chen, Piano Solist; Brahms: Symphony No. 1 ; Guest Conductor: Brian Stone.
Samuelson Chapel, CLU, Thousand Oaks

Hispanic Heritage Month: October 15, 2023
Concierto de Aranjuez, Joaquín Rodrigo; Huapango – José Pablo Moncayo; Estampas Mexicanas, José Elizondo; Danzon No.2, Arturo Márquez.
Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks

Spring Concert: March 26, 2023
Danse Negre, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; Gabriel’s Oboe, Ennio Morricone; Symphony No 8 in G Major Op. 88, Antonin Dvorak.
Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks

Summer Concert: June 4, 2023
Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor, Carl Maria von Weber; Symphony No 3, Camille Saint-Saëns.
Samuelson Chapel, CLU, Thousand Oaks

Holiday Spectacular: December 10, 2022
Processional For Christmas, Benjamin Harlan; Christmas Festival, Leroy Anderson, Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring, Johann Sebastian Back; Hannukah Selections, Roger Ballanger; “Troika” From Lieutenant Kije, Sergei Prokofiev; The Colors Of Christmas, John Rutter.
St. Paschal Baylon Church, Thousand Oaks

Rockin’ Romantics: October 16, 2022
Overture to Hiawatha, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; Piano Concerto in A minor, Edvard Grieg; Symphony No 2, Tchaikovsky.
Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks

Summer Concert: June 11, 2022
Overture to Barber of Seville, Rossini; Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, Barry Brisk; Symphony No 35, The Haffner, Mozart.
Samuelson Chapel, CLU, Thousand Oaks

Belated Beethoven’s 250th: April 9, 2022
Overture to Nabucco, Verdi; Song of the Plains, Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Ballenger; Symphony No. 2 “Pastorale”, Beethoven.
Thousand Oaks High School Performing Arts Center, Thousand Oaks

Candlelight Concert for the Holidays: December 12, 2021
Sleigh Ride, Christmas Festival, Leroy Anderson; Suite from The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky; Greensleeves, Ralph Vaughn Williams; “Winter” from the Four Seasons, Vivaldi.
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, Thousand Oaks

A Concert of Strings, Winds, and Brass: October 10, 2021
Canzoni and Canzona, Gabrieli Antiphonal Brass ; Fanfare La Peri, Dukas; Wind Serenade, Richard Strauss; Petit Symphonie, Gounod ; Serenade for Strings, Tchaikovsky ; Mother and Child, William Grant Still.
Church of the Epiphany, Oak Park

Strings and Winds of the Westlake Village Symphony: May 23, 2021
“ Summer Concert”: Holst, St Paul Suite; Coleridge-Taylor,
Novellette # 4; Vivaldi, Concerto for Two Violins and Cello;
Bartok, Romanian Dances
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Westlake Village

Chamber Strings of the Westlake Village Symphony: September 22, 2020
“Music for the Pandemic” featuring Elgar Serenade for Strings
Rutter, Suite for Strings, and Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Oak Park Community Center, Oak Park (Video only)

A Composer’s View of the World: Mendelsson’s Hebrides Overture March 7, 2020
Ives’ The Unanswered Question, Mahler’s 4th Symphony.
Cal Lutheran University Chapel, Thousand Oaks

4TH Messiah Sing-Along
Calvary Community Church, Westlake Village December 16, 2019
Innovations and Explorations: Elgar, Mendelsson, Haydn

Ascension Lutheran Church Thousand Oaks November 3, 2019
3rd Annual Gala and Fall Kick-off Concert

Private Home in North Ranch September 7, 2019
A Tale of Two Prodigies: Liszt and St Saens

Samuelson Chapel Cal Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks June 7, 2019

Fathers of Classical Music: Mozart, Beethoven & Mendelsson
Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks April 14, 2019

A Musical Thank You for our First Responders
Calvary Community Church, Westlake Village February 24, 2019

3rd Messiah Sing-Along
Calvary Community Church Westlake Village December 17, 2018

Holiday Wonder with the Los Robles Children’s Choir
Samuelson Chapel, Cal Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks December 8, 2018

Songs for a New World: Dvorak, Beethoven, Fernandez.
St Jude Catholic Church, Westlake Village November 3, 2018

Chamber Music Concert (including Mozart Piano Concerto # 23)
Thousand Oaks Library, Thousand Oaks September 5, 2018

2nd Annual Gala – Chamber Music Fundraiser
Private Home in Newbury Park August 25, 2018

Here Come the Americans! Gershwin and More
St Jude Catholic Church Westlake Village June 23, 2018

Soloists and Stars of the Westlake Village Symphony
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Simi Valley April 27, 2018

Symphony in Brass
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Westlake March 3, 2018

Chamber Music Concert (including Mozart Piano Concerto # 23)
University Village, Thousand Oaks February 21, 2018

2nd Messiah Sing-along
Calvary Community Church, Westlake Village December 18, 2017

Holiday Wonder with the Los Robles Children’s Choir
Samuelson Chapel, Cal Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks December 9, 2017

Violin, Oboe and Piano – Recital
Private Home in Thousand Oaks November 5, 2017

A Bohemian Rhapsody: Dvorak, Strauss, Brahms
Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks October 1, 2017

1st Chamber Music Gala featuring symphony ensembles
Private home in Moorpark July 28, 2017

Beethoven’s Fifth, Sibelius Violin Concerto, Opera arias!
St Jude Catholic Church, Westlake Village June 23, 2017

An Afternoon of French Impressionism: Debussy, Ravel, Chabrier
Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks March 12, 2017

First Messiah Sing-Along
Calvary Community Church, Westlake Village December 19, 2016

Saluting Our Heroes: Veterans Day Concert
Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks November 11, 2016

WVS Pops Concert – Under the Stars at Lindero Oaks Center
Across from the Four Seasons Hotel, Westlake Village September 10, 2016

Beethoven, Mozart and Dvorak
Calvary Community Church, Westlake Village May 6, 2016