Cello-brate good times with this FREE virtual Second Saturdays video concert. Join 30 minutes ahead of the concert to hear Maestro Cabrera in conversation with the featured artists.

• “Rock Star Cellist” and composer Joshua Roman plus members of the California Symphony’s strings section perform an eclectic program that celebrates all things strings.
• Former TED fellow and returning favorite guest artist Joshua Roman demonstrates his range, performing a selection of solo pieces including Bach, Caroline Shaw, and an original composition by Roman himself.
• A quartet of California Symphony string musicians—Concertmaster Jennifer Cho, Philip Santos (violin), Marcel Gemperli (viola), and Leighton Fong (cello)—share a lesser known gem by 19th century English composer of color Coleridge-Taylor, and Jennifer Higdon’s arrangement of Amazing Grace.

This concert is made possible by California Symphony donors, with additional support from a CARES Act grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).