December 14, 2024 - Pacific Standard Jazz Orchestra

Please Join us for a very special holiday performance by the Pacific Standard Jazz Orchestra. PSJO is a mixed jazz ensemble under the direction of award-winning composer, arranger, and saxophonist Levi Saelua and Downbeat Award-Winning jazz vocalist and music educator Elizabeth Lowe Unpingco. Levi and Elizabeth have assembled some of the area’s finest musicians to help realize their vision of a jazz orchestra that incorporates strings and big band instrumentation in contemporary and sometimes unique arrangements of the Great American Songbook, including works by George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and more. On this night, we’ll also be treated to PSJO’s new arrangements of timeless holiday classics. This show is guaranteed to be a highlight of your holiday season and is not to be missed!

Doors open at 7 pm and the music starts at 8. 100% of proceeds from ticket sales go to the performers. We'll have some complimentary food and drinks while they last and we always love it when guests bring food and drinks for all to share. We ask that you get here with plenty of time to spare so you have time to get something to eat and drink and we won't have to seat anyone during the set. We can't wait! Tickets are $35 per person and you can get them right here. See you then!

For several years, we’ve wanted to host Citywater at Theater 5150 and we finally have that opportunity January 11th! Citywater is Sacramento’s only ensemble dedicated to contemporary classical music. They strive to charm and challenge their audiences with the newest music written and to “fold Sacramento into the fabric of new American music history writ large.” Their music can be lovely and accessible, genre-defiant and challenging. It is always fascinating and rewarding. Made up of Ben Prima on all things percussion, Jennifer Reason on piano, Amy Lindsey on violin, Timothy Stanley on cello, Milun Doskovic on clarinets of all sizes, and Cathie Apple on flutes of varying lengths and pitches, Citywater is the Sacramento State School of Music's Ensemble-in-Residence and has collaborated with student composers, featured guest composers at the long-running Festival of New American Music, and soloists from musical realms as far-reaching as blues guitar, jazz vocals, and a Capella choir. This will be an evening to remember!

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It’s always extra special when we’re joined by Jessica Malone and her band, and she’ll make her annual visit to Theater 5150 February 15, 2025! Jessica is an award-winning singer, songwriter and composer whose genre-fluid music ranges from songbird confessional to rambunctious & rollicking full-band efforts and incorporates elements of Americana, Bluegrass, Folk, Rock, and even some hints of Jazz in a sometimes smooth, sometimes gritty, brew. Her band is as good as they get. Jessica is right up there with the best NorCal music has to offer and is one of our all-time favorites! Her shows here ALWAYS sell out, so don’t sleep on this one.

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As soon as the last notes faded away the first time Solabel performed at Theater 5150, we’ve wanted to get them back for more, and we’re lucky to do just that May 2nd! Solabel is a collective of some of area’s the top jazz, folk, bluegrass and gospel musicians, including members of local heroes Dear Darling, and we are excited to hear what they have in store for us this go around. They’ve released two full-length albums, Solabel and City of Trees, and are working on their third. They describe their music as “folk meets rock, with jazz, spiritual and masterful improvisation bundled into one.” I would add to that “Goose-bump inducing vocals and formidable instrumental chops.” Individually, these are some of the best musicians we’ve ever heard. Together, they are truly something special. This will sell out quickly, so be on top of things when tickets go on sale about a month before the show.

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