Summer’s Serious Music Bounty Heads-Up
Music Academy of the West unveils its schedule for another dense summer of classical musical action.
Josef Woodard
Recent Stories
Band Outta East L.A. and Latinx Culture Far and Wide
Las Cafeteras, a favorite of the ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! series, returns as part of its milestone 20th season.
A King’s Life, Stripped
Baz Luhrmann’s “EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert” is a thrilling revelation of a music doc, and a persuasive reappraisal of Elvis’s Vegas years.
ON the Beat | Tale of Two Premieres, Folk Orchestral Maneuvers Return
East-meets-West meets–New Orleans in a busy, busy week.
Review | Royal Passing, Formal Manners
Opera Santa Barbara revisits the world of Handel operas, with a stirring production of ‘Caesar & Cleopatra’ at the Lobero Theatre.
ON the Beat | Inclusive Chamber Music Manners, Mardi Gras Appetizer
Sphinx Virtuosi, with black and Latinx Focus, brings its vibrant sound back to the Lobero, Jon Cleary kicked up serious N’Awlins jams at Campbell Hall.
Fabric as Form, Content, and Context
Veteran fabric artist Julia Ford presents a small 50-year survey of work in the Atkinson Gallery pop-up show.
Cello Sweets, Old and Very New
Master cellist and human Yo-Yo Ma returns to town, this time with fresh musical produce to present.
Trumpet in the House, No Chucho
Afro-Cuban jazz legend Chucho Valdés cancels, but co-headliner Arturo Sandoval is still headed for Campbell Hall.
ON the Beat | On the Plugged/Unplugged Trail
The Meet-up of Third Coast Percussion and Jlin artfully grooved up Campbell Hall; David Starkey peers into the navel of public access TV.
