San Francisco Chamber Orchestra encourages audiences to get up and dance in Very First Concerts, a classical series designed with the youngest listeners in mind. Each concert features a central theme, short selections, and hands-on musical activities geared toward families with young children (infants to 7 year-olds).


Very First Concerts
Mixed Nuts: Winds, Brass & Strings

October 07, 2023 @ 11:00 and 11:45
San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch
100 Larkin St, SF

October 07, 2023 @ 2:00pm
Menlo Park Library
800 Alma Street
Menlo Park, CA, 94025

These concerts have it all! Flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, violin and cello. To be sure, you’ll love hearing how different (and how much the same) these instruments are. Try it for yourself!


Mixed Nuts at
Community Music Day at
Crowden Music Center

October 08, 2023 @ 10:30, 11:15, 12:00
A Very First Concert Production
Crowden Music Center
1475 Rose St, Berkeley



Meet the Brass!

Feb 03, 2024 @ 11:00 and 11:45am
San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch
100 Larkin St, SF

April 27, 2024 @ 11:30am
Berkeley Public Library, Main Branch
2090 Kittredge St, Berkeley

April 27, 2024 @ 2:15 and 3:00
Menlo Park Library
800 Alma St, Menlo Park

Instruments are really just tubes, sticks, blocks and strings….and it’s all vibration. Hear some funny sounds and figure out how it turns into music!