Join us for an organ concert takeover in the Rodin galleries and the Court of Honor! Enjoy this special performance featuring principal organist Jonathan Dimmock, alongside members of the SF Ballet School Trainee Program. Performances will feature Vivaldi Concerto Grosso by Lew Christensen (1909–1984), and choreography by Pascal Molat, associate director of the trainee program.

Concert lineup

Celebrating Paris – Between the Wars

• Guy Weitz: Regina Pacis 
• Antonio Vivaldi: Largo e spiccato from Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 3, No. 11 (with members of the SF Ballet School Trainee Program)
• Philip Glass: Mad Rush (with members of the SF Ballet School Trainee Program)
• Jean Langlais: Te Deum 
• Maurice Duruflé: Prélude
• Olivier Messiaen: Apparition de l’Église Éternelle
• Jehan Alain: Litanies

About the SF Ballet School Trainee Program

The San Francisco Ballet School offers a challenging curriculum, taught by faculty members drawn from the ranks of San Francisco Ballet and companies around the world. The School is a fundamental part of San Francisco Ballet with over 70% of the Company’s dancers having trained at the School. Established in 2004, the San Francisco Ballet School Trainee Program provides the experience necessary to ease the transition from student to professional dancer, while offering personal attention in a close, nurturing environment.

About the organist

Jonathan Dimmock is principal organist at the Legion of Honor, organist for the San Francisco Symphony, director of music at Congregation Sherith Israel, and a freelance performer. He is cofounder of the highly acclaimed American Bach Soloists, founding director of Artists’ Vocal Ensemble, and founder and executive director of the Resonance Project. He was the first American to hold the prestigious position of organ scholar of Westminster Abbey, and has recorded more than 50 CDs including a Grammy winner with the San Francisco Symphony.

About the choreographers

Lew Christensen (1909–1984) was a pioneer of the extraordinary artistic vision that would become San Francisco Ballet. Born in Utah, Lew Christensen is widely considered as America’s first premier danseur (male ballet dancer). From 1949–1951, Lew made several visits to San Francisco to choreograph new works for San Francisco Ballet, and he served as San Francisco Ballet director from 1952–1984. As a choreographer, Christensen created over 50 ballets. Vivaldi Concerto Grosso was his 55th and final creation for San Francisco Ballet.

Pascal Molat is associate director of the San Francisco Ballet School Trainee Program. He trained at Paris Opera Ballet School and danced with Royal Ballet of Flanders and Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo before joining San Francisco Ballet as a soloist in 2002. Promoted to principal dancer in 2003, Molat performed principal and featured roles in Don Quixote, Sylvia, Romeo and Juliet, Onegin, Giselle, and The Little Mermaid. After retiring from the company in 2016, he joined the SF Ballet School faculty and returned as principal character dancer for the 2023–24 season.

Ticket info

Free program. Entry to the permanent collection galleries and the special exhibition Mary Cassatt at Work is free. Exhibition tickets are limited, first come, first served.