California Symphony and Postmodern Jukebox Team Up for "Speakeasy Symphony" in June

The California Symphony will perform with Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox in a special event titled “Speakeasy Symphony” this coming June.

Postmodern Jukebox is the brainchild of arranger and pianist, Bradlee. The group transports audiences through history by taking familiar lyrics and melodies of today’s pop songs and rearranging them into a variety of vintage genres from the 20’s-60’s. This event will mark the first time Postmodern Jukebox’s arrangements have been performed with an orchestra.

To complete the prohibition era theme, the performance will take place outdoors on the 3-acre roof garden atop the Kaiser Center in Oakland. Guests are instructed to wear their “roaring 20s finest” and come early for pre-show activities, including a Model T display, photo booth, champagne fountain, and raffle.

According to a press release, the California Symphony has been the only all-professional symphony orchestra in Contra Costa County since its inception in 1986 under founding Music Director, Barry Jekowsky. The orchestra is passionately committed to youth music education through its Sound Minds and Music in the Schools programs and to cultivating the next generation of professional composers through its renowned Young American Composer In Residence program. The mission of the California Symphony, led by Music Director Donato Cabrera, is to perform the full range of music from the orchestral repertoire at the highest artistic standard.

The Speakeasy Symphony performance will be on June 20 at 7 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the California Symphony. Click here to learn more or to purchase tickets for this event.