Pacific Musical Society & Foundation

Dear friends of PMSF, we were just informed this evening that due to COVID-19 the San Francisco Office of the Mayor has directed the Herbst Theatre to cancel all events through March 20, including our planned Competition Live Finals. During the next few days we will be evaluating our options for how to proceed; for now, the only certainty is that the Finals will not be held this Sunday. Our apologies for the short notice; we will provide updates as soon as we have them. For those of you who have purchased tickets, we expect that City Box Office will be contacting you directly regarding refunds.

We are excited to announce the upcoming Live Finals and Winner Showcase for our 2020 Annual Competition! Please join us at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco on Sunday, March 8th to watch 22 of the Bay Area’s best young musicians compete live in front of our distinguished jury for the honor of winning the Bay Area’s longest-standing classical music competition. With finalists ranging in age from 8 to 17, across strings, piano, and vocal categories, you’ll be sure to be impressed... by the talent packed into these young performers! This year, for the first time we have combined the Finals and Winners Showcase into a unified event in the main hall at Herbst Theatre, giving our talented finalists the magnificent venue they deserve to showcase their musical talents. We’ve updated the format so the finalists will perform complete works. And we have an impressive panel of judges, including Ruth Slenczynska, Arkady Serper, Sheri Greenawald, César Ulloa, Zakarias Grafilo, and Jassen Todorov. Get your tickets now at the City Box Office online at http://www.cityboxoffice.com/PMSF, by phone at (415) 392-4400, or in person at the Herbst Theatre Box Office. General Admission tickets for the full day are $45 and Student/Senior tickets are $25. Strings will compete from 10am to 1pm; pianists from 2pm to 5pm, and vocalists from 5:15pm to 7pm. For more information about the competition or Pacific Musical Society & Foundation, see our website at http://pacificmusical.com Looking forward to seeing you on March 8th!

We are delighted to announce the Finalists in the 2020 Pacific Musical Society & Foundation Annual Competition! Please see our website for the posted lists of Finalists, at http://pacificmusical.com/competition/2020-finalists. Make plans now to see these talented young musicians perform at the Live Finals and Winners Showcase, which will be held on March 8, 2020 in the Main Hall at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco from 10am to 7pm. Tickets are available for purchase online from City Box Office (https://www.cityboxoffice.com/ordertickets.asp?p=11571) or in person at the Herbst Theatre box office. The Instrumental Finals will run from 10am - 1pm, the Piano Finals from 2pm - 5pm, and the Vocal finals from 5:15pm - 7pm.

We are pleased to announce that our 2020 Annual Competition is open for submissions! There are several key changes this year, including a new non-binding pre-registration requirement, and updates to the structure of the live events to provide a more visible showcase for competition finalists. Please visit our website at http://pacificmusical.com/competition for full details. Pre-registration must be completed by 11:59pm on December 1, 2019. Final applications must be submitte...d by 11:59pm on January 12, 2020. The combined Live Finals and Winners Showcase will be held on March 8, 2020 in the Main Hall at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco, from 9am to 8pm. Please share this invitation to help us reach talented young classical musicians throughout the Bay Area! http://www.pacificmusical.com/competition/

In case you weren't able to make our 2019 Annual Competition Finals or Winners Concert, check out this compilation of some of the best performances from this year's Finals. The talent of these incredible young musicians will astound you! For more information about the Pacific Musical Society & Foundation or to support us, visit http://www.pacificmusical.com

Big day today! Our Winners Concert is happening in a matter of hours! Tickets will still be sold at the door but advance purchase is welcome too at: bit.ly/2019pmsfconcert. We would like to thank our esteemed music competition judges--Janet Campbell, Stuart Canin, Leon Livshin, Donna Petersen, Dolores San-Miguel Wagner, Arkadi Serper, and Jessen Todorov--for joining our panel again this year and taking on the difficult job of selecting our prize winners among Bay Area’s finest young classical musicians! We can’t wait to hear our judges’ picks! Hope to see you there tonight!