Hunter Bauman has built his life around music, starting when he began piano lessons in first grade. Now a home-schooled high school junior, he plays advanced flute and piano and is a five-time Santa Cruz Symphony Mueller Scholarship recipient.

In addition to performing classical and pops concerts, the Santa Cruz Symphony has an extensive collection of music education programs. Here is a look at our Music Education By The Numbers.

(March 15, 2019 - Register-Pajaronian)

WATSONVILLE — Children gasped and called out excitedly as the Santa Cruz Symphony played the first notes of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5  at the Henry J. Mello Center on Tuesday morning.