Organist Joshua Stafford presents \u2018Bohemian Rhapsody,\u2019 \u2018Carmen Fantasy\u2019 and more<\/strong><\/p>\nStafford\u2019s connection to the Spreckels Organ comes as the director of sacred music and the Jared Jacobsen chair for the organist of the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y. Jared Jacobsen served as San Diego Civic Organist from 1978 to 1984. In 2016, Stafford was awarded the first prize of the Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition. He holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and Yale School of Music.<\/p>\n
July 14: Organist Richard presents virtuosity from the U.K<\/strong><\/p>\nHills is acknowledged as one of the world\u2019s leading contemporary theater organists, and is also one of the few musicians to have mastered the divide between the classical and theater organ. In 2010, he was named Organist of the Year\u00a0 by the American Theatre Organ Society. He made his solo debut at the BBC Proms in 2013, returning to the Proms as an organ soloist in 2015 season and appeared with the BBC Scottish Symphony and John Wilson Orchestras during the 2019 Proms season.<\/p>\n
July 21: Organist Ken Cowan presents Saint-Sa\u00ebns Danse Macabre, Elgar Sonata and more\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nCowan is one of North America\u2019s top concert organists, praised for his performances, technique and imaginative programming. He performs frequently in\u00a0 concert venues and churches in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. He is professor of organ and head of the organ program at Rice University\u2019s Shepherd School of Music in Houston.<\/p>\n
July 28: Organist Ahreum Han presents \u2018From Johann Sebastian Bach to Scott Joplin\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\nHan returns to the San Diego International Summer Organ Festival after a unique debut in 2021 when a major thunderstorm rattled the pavilion. A native of Seoul, South Korea, Han has performed internationally in the United States, Asia and Europe.<\/p>\n
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Soprano Alisa Jordheim will perform \u2018Arias, Lieder, American Songbook and Musical Theater\u2019 on Aug. 4 at the San Diego International Summer Organ Festival at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park. (Alisa Jordheim)<\/p>\n
August 4: Soprano Alisa Jordheim presents \u2018Arias, Lieder, American Songbook and Musical Theater\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\nSan Diego Civic Organist Ra\u00fal Prieto Ram\u00edrez will accompany this solo recital by the operatic soprano, whose recent appearances with San Diego Opera included roles as Despina in \u201cCos\u00ec fan tutte\u201d and Gilda in \u201cRigoletto.\u201d Jordheim is returning to the Spreckels after performing there with the San Diego Opera Chorus last December.<\/p>\n
August 11: Organist Chelsea Chen presents \u2018Saint-Sa\u00ebns finale from Symphony No. 3, Super Mario Fantasia and more\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nThis San Diego native\u2019s playing was described by the Los Angeles Times as \u201cstunning\u201d and possessing \u201clovely lyrical grandeur.\u201d A Fulbright scholar and graduate of Juilliard and Yale University, she has performed at Singapore\u2019s Esplanade, Hong Kong\u2019s Cultural Centre, Philadelphia\u2019s Kimmel Center, and Los Angeles\u2019 Disney Hall. She currently serves as artist-in-residence at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.<\/p>\n
August 18: An Organ and Orchestra Celebration<\/strong><\/p>\nSan Diego Civic Organist Ra\u00fal Prieto Ram\u00edrez will be joined by an orchestra conducted by Alejandro G\u00f3mez Guill\u00e9n and concertmaster\/violinist Jeff Thayer. The concert will feature four organ and orchestra concertos composed by Prieto Ram\u00edrez, Bach, Parker and Poulenc.<\/p>\n
August 25: Not-So-Silent Movie Night<\/strong><\/p>\nBalboa Theatre organist Russ Peck will accompany the silent films of Laurel & Hardy in this popular annual concert and movie event.<\/p>\n
September 1: The Beatles 60th San Diego Anniversary<\/strong><\/p>\nTo celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Beatles one and only San Diego concert in 1965, the Spreckels Organ Pavilion Classic Rock Band will perform with the with the pipe organ some of the Fab Four\u2019s greatest hits. The concert will also feature video projections on the face of the pavilion to take it back to the way it looked in 1965. Civic Organist Ra\u00fal Prieto Ram\u00edrez will perform with singers Chloe Lou, Lauren Leigh and William Fleming, guitarist Ben Zinn, bass player Harley Magsino and drummer Richard \u201cT-Bone\u201d Larson.<\/p>\n
San Diego International Summer Organ Festival<\/p>\n
When:<\/strong> 7:30 p.m. Mondays, July 7 through Sept. 1<\/p>\nWhere:<\/strong> Spreckels Organ Pavilion, 2125 Pan American Road, Balboa Park, San Diego<\/p>\nAdmission:<\/strong> Free (donations welcomed)<\/p>\nOnline:\u00a0<\/strong> spreckelsorgan.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Next week, the Spreckels Organ Society will kick off its 37th San Diego International Summer Organ Festival at…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,8159,1582,276,1576,171,1370,5424,3549,3550,7264,1072,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-24593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-balboa-park","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-classical-music","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-latest-headlines","15":"tag-music-and-concerts","16":"tag-san-diego","17":"tag-san-diego-county","18":"tag-sandiego","19":"tag-things-to-do","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114766905124129425","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Visitors walk past the Spreckels Organ Pavilion at Balboa Park. (Brittany Cruz-Fejeran \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"San](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/sut-l-music-spreckels.jpg\")
San Diego Civic organist Raul Prieto Ramirez. (Courtesy of Spreckels Organ Society)<\/p>\n