SAN DIEGO — It’s a record: The 78 concerts the San Diego Symphony will present between the Sept. 28 reopening of its Jacobs Music Center and May 31 of next year are, by far, the most the orchestra has scheduled in any season of its 114-year history.

It is also the most ambitious season the orchestra has undertaken, the better to celebrate the results of its four-year, $125 million-plus renovation of its downtown concert hall.

The 95-year-old venue was most recently known as Jacobs Music Center’s Copley Symphony Hall (and, before that, the Fox Theatre). Under any name, it is set to be reborn next month as a state-of-the-art concert hall that retains its sense of history.

The concert lineup includes such esteemed guest artists as pianist Emanuel Ax, cellist Alisa Weilerstein and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.

“Everything we are doing is to develop the sound of the orchestra,” said San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare. “We are ready to celebrate our new hall with our audience.”

San Diego Symphony 2024-25 season

Season ticket packages are now on sale at sandiegosymphony.org and 619-235-0804. Prices for each concert may change because of dynamic pricing.

Saturday, Sept. 28, at 6 p.m.: Jacobs Music Center Opening Night: Texu Kim’s Welcome Home!! Fanfare for Brass, Paganini’s Caprice No. 24, Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, Rossini’s “Una Voce Poco Fa” from Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Villa-Lobos Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, and Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloë: Suite No. 2, featuring music director Rafael Payare, concertmaster Jeff Thayer, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, soprano Hera Hyesang-Park and pianist Inon Barnatan. $113-$211

Friday, Oct. 4, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 5, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 6, at 2 p.m.: Larcher’s Time, Three Movements for Orchestra (co-commissioned by the San Diego Symphony) and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection,” featuring music director Rafael Payare, soprano Angela Meade, mezzo-soprano Anna Larsson and the San Diego Symphony Festival Chorus, led by Andrew Megill. $39-$120

Saturday, Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 13, at 2 p.m.: Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D Major, Schoenberg’s Pelleas und Melisande, featuring music conductor Rafael Payare and violinist Sergey Khachatryan. $39-$120

Friday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 20, at 2 p.m.: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503, and Prokofiev’s Excerpts from Romeo & Juliet, featuring conductor Rafael Payare, pianist Emmanuel Ax; directed by Gerald McBurney, with projections by Mike Tutaj. $39-$120

Friday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m.: Mendelssohn’s Ruy Blas Overture, Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor, featuring conductor Antonio Méndez and violinist Paul Huang. $39-$120

Saturday, Nov. 2, at 11 a.m.: Because: A Symphony of Serendipity, featuring conductor Beatriz Fernández Aucejo. $29-$52

Saturday, Nov. 9, at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.: Symphony Kids: Meet the Strings. $22

Saturday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 10, at 2 p.m.: Mozart’s Overture to Die Zauberflöte, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Mozart’s Overture to La Clemenza di Tito and Haydn’s Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major, “Drumroll,” featuring conductor Bernard Labadie and pianist Jonathan Biss. $39-$120

Saturday, Nov. 16, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m.: Adam’s The Chairman Dances, Adès’ Violin Concert, “Concentric Paths” and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World,” featuring conductor Elena Schwarz and violinist Leila Josefowicz. $39-$120

Friday, Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m.: Currents: Tres Minutos, composer Nicolas Lell Benavides and libretto by Marella Martin Koch. $35

Saturday, Nov. 23, at 7:30 p.m.: Jazz @ The Jacobs: A Tribute to Ella, Billie and Sarah, featuring trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos, vocalist Mary Stallings, vocalist Sherry Williams, vocalist/pianist Champion Fulton, pianist Sam Hirsh, tenor saxophonist Rickey Woodard and drummer Jeff Hamilton. $39-$93

Saturday, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m.: Leslie Odom Jr. “The Christmas Tour.” $39 to $140

Friday, Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday Dec. 8 at 2 p.m.: Strauss’ Don Juan, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor and Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streich, featuring music director Rafael Payare and pianist Inon Barnatan. $39-$120

Friday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 14, at 2 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 14, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 15, at 2 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m.: “Noel Noel,” featuring conductor Christopher Dragon, director Jonathan Gilmer, San Diego Master Chorale and the San Diego Children’s Choir. $39-$93

Thursday, Dec. 19, at 7:30 p.m.: Voctave a cappella ensemble presents “It Feels like Christmas.” $39-$93

Saturday Dec. 21, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday Dec. 22, at 2 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 22, at 7:30 p.m.: “Elf in Concert,” featuring conductor Bruce Kiesling. $47-$109

Friday, Jan. 10, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 11, at 7:30 p.m.: Smith’s Bioluminescence Chaconne, Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Holmès’ “La nuit et l’amour” from Ludus pro patria and Saint Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 in C minor, “Organ Symphony,” featuring conductor Ludovic Morlot and violinist Jeff Thayer. $39-$120

Friday, Jan. 17, at 11 a.m.; Saturday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m.: Clyne’s Color Field, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in D Major, featuring conductor Eduardo Strausser and pianist Javier Perianes. $39-$120

Saturday, Jan. 18, at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.: Symphony Kids: Meet the Brass. $22

Friday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m.: Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture, Busoni’s Violin Concerto in D Major, Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini and Respighi’s Roman Festivals, featuring conductor Daniele Rustioni and violinist Francesa Dego. $39-$120

Friday, Jan. 31, at 11 a.m.; Saturday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m.: Billy Childs’ Concerto for Orchestra (world premiere, commissioned by the San Diego Symphony), Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, featuring music director Rafael Payare and pianist Alexander Malofeev. $39-$120

Saturday, Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m.: Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration, Walton’s Viola Concerto and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 in D Major, featuring music director Rafael Payare and violist Chi-Yuan Chen. $39-$120

Friday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m.: “What the World Needs Now,” featuring director and pianist Rob Fisher, and vocalists Ross Lekites and Bianca Marroquín. $39-$93

Saturday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday Feb. 1, at 2 p.m.: Michael Tilson Thomas’ Street Song for Symphonic Brass, Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1 in G minor, “Winter Daydreams,” featuring conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and pianist Parker van Ostrand. $39-$120

Friday, Feb. 28, at 11 a.m.; Saturday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m.: Sibelius’ Tapiola, Op. 112, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, “Emperor” and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, featuring conductor Osmo Vänskä and pianist Paavali Jumppanen. $39-$120

Saturday, March 1, at 10 and 11 a.m.: Symphony Kids: “Meet the Winds.” $22

Sunday, March 2, at 6:30 p.m.: Michael Feinstein in “Because of You My Tribute to Tony Bennett,” featuring the Carnegie Hall Big Band. $39-$140

Friday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 9, at 2 p.m.: Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, Bartok’s Violin Concerto No. 2 and Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, featuring conductor Matthias Pintscher and violinist Alexi Kenney. $39-$120

Saturday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m.: Steve Hackman’s Brahms X Radiohead. $39-$113

Saturday, March 15, at 11 a.m.: Family Concert: Philharmonia Fantastique, featuring conductor Conner Gray Covington. $29-$52

Sunday, March 16, at 6:30 p.m.: Rock ‘n Radio, featuring vocalists Jessica Hendy, Alex Getlin and Scott Coulter, with pianist John Boswell, bassist Mark Vanderpoel and drummer Mike Holguin. $39-$93

Thursday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m.: Currents: “The Wonders We Carry Inside In Support Of Women, Life, Freedom.” $35

Friday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m.: Pianist Jan Lisiecki in Recital: Chopin’s Prelude for Piano, Op. 28, No. 15 (“Raindrop Prelude”), J.S. Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Bk. 1), Rachmaninoff’s Selected Preludes for Piano, Op. 23, Szymanowski’s Nine Preludes, Op. 1, Messiaen’s Eight Preludes for Piano (1928/29), Chopin’s Prelude in C# minor, Op. 45, Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5 and Chopin’s Selected Preludes for Piano, Op. 28. $39-$93

Saturday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m.: Jazz at The Jacobs: “Piano Paragons — The Music of Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Art Tatum and Chick Corea,” featuring jazz pianists Eric Reed and Helen Sung, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Carl Allen. $39-$93

Saturday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 30, at 2 p.m.: Farr’s From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs: The Invocation of the Sea, Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F minor, featuring conductor Tianyi Lu and pianist Paul Lewis. $39-$120

Tuesday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m.: Cellist Alisa Weilerstein — Fragments III. $39-$93

Saturday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m.: “When The Saints Go Marching In,” featuring trumpeter and vocalist Byron Stripling. $39-$93

Saturday April 26, at 7:30 p.m.: Jazz @ The Jacobs: “Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn,” featuring trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos, vocalist Johnaye Kendrick and tenor saxophonist Billy Pierce. $39-$93

Saturday, April 26, at 11 a.m.: Family Concert: The Mountain that Loved a Bird, featuring conductor Tristan Rais-Sherman. $29-$52

Saturday, May 3, at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.: Symphony Kids: Meet the Percussion. $22

Saturday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, May 4, at 2 p.m.: Smetana’s Overture and Three Dances from The Bartered Bride, Yoshimatsu’s Soprano Saxophone Concerto “Albireo Mode” and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 in G Major, featuring conductor Ruth Reinhardt and saxophonist Steven Banks. $39-$120

Saturday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, May 11, at 2 p.m.: Chin’s Cello Concerto and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 in E Major, featuring music director Rafael Payare and cellist Alisa Weilerstein. $39-$120

Friday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m.: Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 in C Major, “Leningrad,” featuring music director Rafael Payare and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. $39-$120

Friday, May 23, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, May 24, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, May 25, at 2 p.m.: Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 in D minor, featuring music director Rafael Payare and mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill. $39-$120

Saturday, May 31, at 7:30 p.m.: Difficult Grace, featuring cellist Seth Parker Woods and dancer/choreographer Roderick George. $35

2024-25 season packages (Prices include subscription fees)

Jacobs Masterworks

(full series, 1% off singles)

Friday A (9 concerts) $241-$826

Friday M (3 concerts) $97-$292

Saturday A (18 concerts) $457-$1,627

Sunday A (14 concerts) $361-$1,271

Jacobs Masterworks (partial series, 1% off single tickets)

Friday B (5 concerts) $155-$495

Friday C (4 concerts) $129-$401

Saturday B (9 concerts) $259-$871

Saturday C (9 concerts) $259-$871

Sunday B (7 concerts) $207-$683

Sunday C (7 concerts) $207-$683

Jazz @ The Jacobs (3 concerts, 1% off single tickets) $103-$238

Family Concerts (3 concerts, $5 off single tickets) $70-$130

Currents (3 concerts, 10% off single tickets) $91

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