June 1, 2, 3, 22, 24 | Chamber Music concerts in La Jolla, Rancho Santa Fe and Carlsbad open and close the 2018 Festival.

June 3, 5:00 PM |Mainly Mozart’s 200-member Youth Orchestra in their year-end performance, featuring violin soloists Alexander Kerr and Nathan Olson.

June 8-10, The fourth annual Genius Weekend is an intense three days of concerts, lectures, and parties celebrating genius in the spirit of Mozart. In 2018 this event honors Nobel Laureate and Salk Institute CEO Elizabeth Blackburn, and celebrates “genius in unexpected places” with a focus on autism spectrum in partnership with TERI, Inc. and Autism Society of San Diego.

June 9, 10, 14, 16, 21, 23 | The all-star Festival Orchestra, featuring the concertmaster and principal players from North America’s leading orchestras, performs under the baton of Maestro Michael Francis. Concerts start at 7:30 PM, preceded at 6:30 PM with Overture mini-concerts. (Note: June 10 start time is 7:00, with 6:00 keynote presentation.)

June 10, The Festival Orchestra and Mainly Mozart’s Youth Orchestra of the Californias perform with members of Tijuana’s Youth Orchestra and 1,000-voice children’s choir at the Palenque, Tijuana.

Fathers’ Day, June 17, 4:00 PM | Michael Francis conducts the all-star Festival Orchestra in a program featuring cellist Johannes Moser, followed by a party with the Festival Orchestra for all concertgoers, celebrating Mainly Mozart’s 30th Anniversary, at Rancho Santa Fe Village Church.

New in 2018, Salon Experiences feature members of the Festival Orchestra in experiential concerts and dinners in private homes. Salon Experiences are limited to twenty guests.