Brought to you by the Auburn Symphony and Placer Land Trust
When: Sunday, April 13th, 2025, 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Where: Laursen Bear River Preserve, North Auburn. Directions will be provided upon registration.
Come experience the “Symphony Under the Sky!” This special event, a collaboration between the Auburn Symphony and Placer Land Trust, brings you the joy of music in the great outdoors! Wander the walking trail on the preserve and find musician ensembles tucked in the trees… hear Mozart in the meadow or Bach just around the bend…
Choose your own adventure! We will provide you with a trail map when you check in, and from there, you are free to walk the trail at your own pace, pausing at your leisure to enjoy the music. Release your inner musician and play in the interactive percussion area. Bring a picnic dinner or choose from a meal option provided by BriarPatch Food Coop (details below!) to enjoy at the meadow close to the parking area where we will have more musicians. Relax with friends and family and soak in the tunes!
Schedule:
- The event runs from 4:00 to 7:00 pm – Music, art, nature, and community!
- Please arrive by 5:00 pm to allow for enough time to walk the trails
- 4:00 to 6:00 pm – There will be three musical ensembles playing along the trail
- 6:30 pm – We will have a brief program in the main meadow
- 5:00 to 7:00 pm – A brass quintet will be playing in the main meadow close to the parking lot
What to bring:
- A picnic dinner or a BriarPatch Food Coop meal! (optional)
- Folding chairs and/or picnic blanket
- Dress for success! Wear weather appropriate clothes and closed-toe shoes
- Refillable water bottles
- Bug spray
Distance and difficulty: This will be an easy to moderate outing with about 1.5 miles of walking on dirt trails and uneven terrain. There are a couple of steeper slopes and two narrow canal crossings. We do not recommend carrying much with you. To get to the main meadow from the parking lot, guests must walk a short dirt trail of a couple hundred feet with a small slope and some uneven terrain. Please let us know if you will need assistance.
*Please note, the trails are unfortunately not ADA accessible, and we do not recommend strollers on the canal crossings
Cost: You choose your price! We want this event to be accessible to all, so there is no set ticket price. If you’re able, please consider donating at whatever level is meaningful to you. All donations will be shared between The Auburn Symphony and Placer Land Trust.
2025 Placer High School “Music in Nature” Contest Winners
Thanks to our generous sponsors, Bob & Stephanie Snyder and Emigrants Trails Greenway Trust, for supporting this event!
Please thoroughly read the PLT Safety Guidelines. If you are not comfortable or able to comply with the safety guidelines, we respectfully ask that you don’t sign up.
Registration:
- The deadline to sign up is the Monday prior to the event, but this event is likely to fill up fast! Once full, we will have a waitlist option available at the same registration button here.
- Space is limited! Please only register if you will be attending so that you don’t take a spot away from someone else.
- Registrant info will be shared with the Auburn Symphony as co-hosts of the event.
- By registering for this event, you are consenting to have your photograph taken and possibly used in publications including social media and newsletters
- If you signed up and can no longer attend, please contact Elia by email.
Participants must sign a release of liability. Please complete it by noon the Friday before the event. One form per adult. Parent signature is required for children under 18. Links to waivers:
Important Information will be emailed after registration. Check your spam folder if you do not receive the email within 15 minutes of registering.
About Laursen Bear River Preserve
This preserve includes a working cattle ranch, protects critical unfragmented oak woodlands in the Bear River watershed, and is part of one of the last relatively “wild” areas in western Placer County. Learn more about this beautiful preserve here.
Important Note: Laursen Bear River South Preserve, including the roads surrounding it, is not open to the public. Please help us respect the neighborhoods around this preserve by only visiting during scheduled guided activities that you are registered for. Trespassers will be prosecuted. Registrant info will be shared with the Auburn Symphony as co-hosts of the event.
