Saturday, May 10 2025 2-5pm

Join Awesome Orchestra at Uptown Body & Fender in Oakland for another musical adventure in one of our favorite unconventional venues! This time, we’re exploring movement 2 of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, honoring the genius of Lauryn Hill with "Ex-Factor" arranged and conducted by Minna Choi, and performing Refuge, a personal and contemplative new work by composer Katherine Ayres.

Saturday, April 5 2025

It’s another orchestra and big band extravaganza - this time with the Peer Gynt Suite!

Thursday, March 6 2025 6:30-9:30pm

It's time for a second encore of our most popular session ever - Jurassic NightLife! For the first hour, we'll read through a long requested piece, the Berceuse and Finale from Stravinsky's The Firebird! Then we'll hop into two movements from Erika Svanoe's deliriously fun Steampunk Suite, and for the final piece, we'll jump into some of the most epic themes written for film: Highlights from Jurassic Park by John Williams. It's gonna be Dino-Mite.

Join Awesöme Orchestra at the Paramount Theatre, Oakland on Saturday, January 18, 2025 for a night of pure magic. 

We're bringing the artistry of Aretha Franklin to life in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for Oakland’s biggest MLK Weekend event presented by Living Jazz and SFJAZZ. We’re honored to participate in five pieces in the program for this amazing Tribute.