Editing Stockton, California (section)

====Music====

* [[Stockton Symphony]] is the third-oldest professional orchestra in California (founded in 1926), after the [[San Francisco Symphony]] and the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stocktonsymphony.org/ |title=Stockton Symphony Association – Stockton, California |publisher=Stockton Symphony Association |access-date=February 4, 2010}}</ref>
* [[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]] is known for its music conservatory and for being the home of the Brubeck Institute, named after [[Dave Brubeck]], a [[University of the Pacific (United States)|Pacific]] alumnus and jazz piano legend. The institute maintains an archive of Brubeck's work and offers a fellowship program for young musicians. The Brubeck Institute Jazz Quartet is composed of Pacific students and tours widely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.pacific.edu/x19959.xml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420075638/http://web.pacific.edu/x19959.xml|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 20, 2008|title=The Brubeck Institute|publisher=University of the Pacific|access-date=February 4, 2010}}</ref>
* [[San Joaquin Delta College]] has a growing jazz program and is home to several official and unofficial jazz bands composed of [[San Joaquin Delta College|Delta]] and Pacific students and faculty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061019/ENT/610190343/0/A_ENTERTAIN04 |title=Delta instructor hopes to prove live jazz can draw Stockton fans |work=The Record |publisher=San Joaquin Media Group, a division of Dow Jones Local Media Group |date=October 19, 2006 |access-date=February 4, 2010}}</ref> 
* [[Christian Life College]] offers associate and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Christian music.

Stockton hosts several live-music venues, including:

* [[Stockton Arena]], which is home to several sports teams, and has hosted nationally known entertainers such as [[Gwen Stefani]], [[Rob Zombie]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Josh Groban]], Carrie Underwood and [[Bob Dylan]].
* The annual Apollo Night talent show draws about 1,500 people to the [[Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium]] (1925) to watch performances by aspiring Northern California musicians.<ref>{{cite news |author=Ian Hill |url=http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070628/A_ENTERTAIN/706280344/0/A_ENTERTAIN03 |title=Apollo Night marks decade of entertainment |work=The Record |publisher=San Joaquin Media Group, a division of Dow Jones Local Media Group |date=June 28, 2007 |access-date=February 4, 2010}}</ref>