John Legend to Jason Mraz: San Diego Symphony pronounces summer time season

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park can be internet hosting a star-studded season of reveals this summer time with the San Diego Symphony.

San Diego’s premier orchestra can be joined on the Rady Shell stage by the likes of Grammy Award-winning artists John Legend and Jason Mraz, Broadway powerhouse Audra McDonald, reggae icon Ziggy Marley and extra throughout the 2024 summer time season, introduced on Monday.

It’ll mark fourth summer time of music on the bayside Jacobs Park because it opened to the general public in 2021.

“As we start our fourth summer time season at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, I mirror again on the guarantees we made at its opening,” mentioned San Diego Symphony CEO Martha Gilmer. “Chief amongst these is that The Rady Shell would turn into a spot the place all of San Diego, together with our guests, would really feel that they belonged.”

“In 2024 we hope that much more individuals will expertise the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park – for the primary time or the fiftieth time,” Gilmer continued. “We welcome you all and please know that The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park belongs to every of you!”

The San Diego Symphony will kick off the season with its annual open night time live performance on June 28 with visitor conductor Gemma New. This system will function Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Capriccio Espagnole,” Copland’s timeless “Rodeo” and John Adam’s “Brief Journey in a Quick Machine.”

From there San Diego audiences can be handled to a slew of distinctive live performance experiences, together with two world premieres and a number of debuts on the venue.

Audra McDonald will be part of forces with the San Diego Symphony for an evening of her prime classics on June 30.

On July 3, the orchestra will debut the efficiency, “An Night with Marc Shaiman and his Music” with Steven Reineke on the conducting podium, that includes the composer’s works from “Sleepless in Seattle,” “SMASH,” “Hairspray” and extra.

Up subsequent, eight-time Grammy Award-winner reggae artist Ziggy Marley will carry out his solely live performance alongside an orchestra this summer time on July 5 with a profession retrospective musical expertise supported by the San Diego Symphony.

Native legend Jason Mraz can be returning to the Rady Shell on Aug. 11 for a efficiency alongside San Diego Symphony.

“EGOT” winner John Legend will even be returning to Jacobs Park this summer time on Aug. 15 following a sold-out live performance final yr. He can be performing alongside the San Diego Symphony, that includes conductor Anthony Parnther.

Exterior this summer time’s collaborative occasions, the Rady Shell can be internet hosting a blinding array of solo expertise in the summertime season, together with Kool & the Gang with Sister Sledge, Harry Connick Jr., Jewel and Melissa Etheridge, The Seaside Boys, Trombone Shorty and extra.

The San Diego Symphony will even be bringing to life a collection of basic movies in live performance, together with “Subject of Desires,” “Disney in Live performance: The Sound of Magic” and “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.”

A full schedule for the season may be discovered on the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park web site.

“As we start to organize for our 2024 Rady Shell summer time season, I’m excited for the good promise and pleasure this yr will convey,” mentioned Rafael Payare, music director for the San Diego Symphony. “The Rady Shell has turn into a beloved venue with audiences in Southern California and past, and I’m very honored to be part of yet one more fantastic yr of music-making on the San Diego Bay, with our world-class orchestra, the San Diego Symphony Orchestra.”