ON the Beat | Denk Thinks, Feels Ives
In Music Academy of the West News, pianist and affable thinker Jeremy Denk memorably unpacked Ives’ “Concord Sonata,” leans into duet with Joshua Bell on Monday.
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Heroic Birth of a Short-Lived Orchestra
Music Academy of the West’s Academy Festival Orchestra, led by Maestro Osmo Vänskä, kicked off the summer series with Wagner/Mahler/Sibelius power menu.
Latin Jazz Royalty Back in the House
Veteran conguero and Latin jazz bandleader Poncho Sanchez returns for some “Jazz at the Lobero.”
Slices of Latinx Life, Cali-Style
Latinx life in California, in all its variety, is the thematic core of Solvang’s Elverhøj Museum exhibition “Under the Same Sun: From Low Riders to Farm Workers.”
ON the Beat | Academy Update, in Name and Musical Deeds
The Music Academy of the West kicks up some serious music heels, Elvis and Daryl square off at the Bowl.
Review | Family Matters, Music Soars
Tedeschi Trucks Band wins over the Santa Barbara Bowl, in a family-friendly way, with Little Feat opening.
Orchestral Rites of Summer
The Music Academy of the West’s festival opens in earnest with next Saturday’s orchestral concert at the Granada, with an ambitious program to come.
ON the Beat | Live Oak Fest, S.L.O. Calling
KCBX fund-raiser Live Oak Festival kicks up rootsy heels in S.L.O. this weekend, UCSB A&L unveils season.
Review | Return to Ojai Festival Form, Mozart Riding Sidesaddle
The 78th annual Ojai Music Festival impresses with a new/old school agenda, directed by Mozartean specialist Mitsuko Uchida.
Personal Ends Toward an Expressive Middle Zone
Sculptor Joan Rosenberg-Dent Joins photographer Caroline Kapp in the collaboratively conceptual show “Timely.”
