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The Santa Barbara Symphony’s Final Performance at the Arlington
Grand Finales and New Beginnings
The stars still shine on the ceiling of the Arlington, but on Saturday, May 10, the Santa Barbara Symphony shone with them for the last time. Read story.
Santa Barbara Music Club
At Faulkner Gallery, Wednesday, May 7.
Sitting high in the ranks of cultural activities in our town’s free-of-charge category, the Santa Barbara Music Club has been going strong for nearly 40 years. Read story.
Turtle Island Quartet Plays Coltrane in Ventura
Beyond Category
The members of the Turtle Island String Quartet are coming off a second consecutive Grammy Award in the newly created category of “classical crossover artist.” Read story.
Numbers and Orchestral Maneuvers
Fringe Beat
When the L.A. Philharmonic broke in the Granada for orchestral music last Saturday, for some, it was just another symphonic night out, albeit to the tune of a world-class ensemble. Read story.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
At the Granada Theatre, Saturday, May 3.
Literally years in the making, the return of CAMA’s Los Angeles Philharmonic concerts to the newly renovated Granada stage was easily the most anticipated event of the 2008 concert season thus far, and it more than lived up to some very high expectations. Read story.
Henry Brant (1913-2008)
Space Music's Final Frontiersman
The Pulitzer Prize-winning king of spatial music poured forth intriguing pieces from his modest Westside home. Read story.
Robert Black
At the Contemporary Arts Forum, Friday, April 25.
When Robert Black, dressed in black himself, raises his fist to his bass in his composition “Swoosh” (2005), the bass knows he doesn’t mean it. Read story.
Philharmonic Convergence
Saturday’s L.A. Phil appearance, significant as a new beginning at the Granada, also has a bittersweet aspect, as it will be the final appearance here of the L.A. Phil under maestro Esa-Pekka Salonen, who ends his long tenure with the Philharmonic after next season. Read story.
Sacred Music with Snatam Kaur
Chanting to Change the World
There’s a certain mystique to songs in other languages. Read story.
Santa Barbara Symphony
At the Arlington Theatre, Saturday, April 12.
The unseasonably warm weather on Saturday brought out the symphony’s audience in their summer clothes, appropriate attire for the first piece of the evening — Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain. Read story.
Camerata Pacifica
At the Santa Barbara Woman’s Club – Rockwood, Friday, April 11.
In a season of flux, while their usual home at the Music Academy of the West is undergoing extensive renovation, Camerata Pacifica has gone a-roving, as a genteel squatter in various temporary homes. Read story.
Seattle Symphony, presented by CAMA
At the Arlington Theatre, Wednesday, April 9.
This final CAMA concert at the Arlington for this season attracted a large and enthusiastic audience for the orchestra and for internationally renowned violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. Read story.
Jonathan Biss
At the Marjorie Luke Theatre, Friday, April 4.
The trick to programming a successful piano recital is all in how the more demanding and traditional pieces are set up. Read story.
Midori Masters the Violin
Prodigy Plus Age Equals Genius
The role of child prodigy isn’t always kind to those who play it; Read story.
The Santa Barbara Master Chorale Presents Music of English Pageantry
Royal Voices
On April 5 and 6, the Santa Barbara Master Chorale will celebrate the birth and death of Queen Mary, although both events happened centuries ago. Read story.
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