Music Academy Comes to Life in Santa Barbara, Orchestrally and Otherwise
With the upcoming launch of the Music Academy’s orchestra concerts at the Granada, the dense Academy summer kicks into high gear.
Author: Josef Woodard
Supreme Pop-Soul Legend at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Legendary Diana Ross returns to the Bowl, with a new-ish album in tow.
ON the Beat | Music Academy Going Gala
The annual Music Academy gala kicked off the new festival with music, festivity and a Scott Reed tribute.
Mixed Up Highlight Talents of Tri-County Artists
Westmont’s annual Tri-County juried exhibition offers a cross-section of regional art.
Old Blue Eyes Lore Goes Orchestral
The Santa Barbara Symphony ends its season with “An Evening with Sinatra.”
Going New Places, Orchestrally, with the L.A. Phil
Los Angeles Philharmonic’s recent Granada Theatre Concert, presented by CAMA, reveled in new sounds and ideas.
ON the Beat | When in Hamburg, Get Thee to the Elphi
The wandering columnist bows in the direction of a great young concert hall, in Hamburg.
Of Roots and Forward Motion at the Ojai Music Festival
Legendary Ojai Music Festival takes a different turn, with Rhiannon Giddens as Musical Director.
Post-Post-Modern Chaotic Funhouse
This year’s MFA Thesis Show at UCSB fulfills expectations of fresh conceptual energy.
ON the Beat | Ojai Calling, in the Greater 805
The Ojai Music Festival, coming soon to an area code near us, has tentacles in our town.
