Student Opportunities & Outreach
Thanks to generous support from the City of Newport Beach, the Baroque Music Festival was once again able to offer the following opportunities to NMUSD families and other Orange County-based middle school, high school and college students, during Festival week, June 2025:
- $10 Student “Go for Baroque” Rush Tickets at the door for all Festival performances (subject to space availability) for young people aged 12 to 29 with valid full-time student card and photo ID. (NMUSD students! Bring an adult along for the same $10 rush price. Proof of NMUSD enrollment is required.)
- Behind-the-scenes access to afternoon dress rehearsals—sitting close up to the musicians—on Saturday June 21 (The Four Seasons) and Saturday June 28 (Vivaldi Gloria).
College, high school and middle school students! If you are interested in attending next year’s dress rehearsals and concerts, or in getting involved as a volunteer during The Fall Preview (Sunday, October 5, 2025) or Festival week 2026 (June 21-28), please contact us.
For many years Omicron Pi CSUF have served as key volunteer team members during Festival week. You will see their brothers welcoming you at concert venues, assisting with check-in, and more. Omicron Pi is a chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. It was founded on May 1, 1966, at Cal State University, Fullerton, as the 249th chartered chapter of the Fraternity. Dr. Burton Karson (Baroque Music Festival, Corona del Mar’s founding artistic director and then AD Emeritus 2011-2025), who at the time was a Professor of Music at Cal State Fullerton, was the Faculty Advisor, and Richard Polley was the Chapter President. By the end of the day, the Chapter stood 19 members strong. Since then, many notable brothers have been initiated into the Omicron Pi chapter and have gone into many fields, including music.