2017 GUIDE TO FESTIVALS
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Music Academy of the West Summer Festival |
WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS FESTIVAL
The Music Academy prizes and actively fosters community engagement. $10 Community Access tickets are available for all Summer Festival events, and free admission for young people ages 7 to 17 accompanied by ticketed adults.
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The 70th anniversary summer season offers 10 premieres, a leadership conference, and an inaugural Solo Piano Competition in partnership with Steinway & Sons. The NY Philharmonic partnership culminates in a Community Concert for 7,500 attendees overlooking the Pacific Ocean on July 31, in Alan Gilbert’s final performance as the Orchestra’s music director. Santa Barbara’s
largest-ever classical music event will also feature alumni soloists soprano Susanna Phillips and mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, joined by tenor Joe Kaiser and bass Morris Robinson with the Los Angeles Master Chorale in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
Other guest artists in 2017: Matthew Aucoin, Edo de Waart, Larry Rachleff, Stephen Hough, Renée Fleming, David Daniels, the JACK Quartet, violinists Nicolas Mann and Pamela Frank, composer/cellist Joshua Roman, composers Caroline Shaw and Jake Heggie, pianist Robert McDonald, and NY Philharmonic principals Frank Huang, Carter Brey, Joseph Alessi, Judith LeClair, and Daniel Druckman. A new production of The Elixir of Love will be conducted by alumna Speranza Scappucci and directed by James Darrah at the Granada Theater.
LOCATION
Santa Barbara, CA
WEBSITE
http://www.musicacademy.org/festival
DATES
June 12 - Aug 5, 2017
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Patrick Posey
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$10 to $120
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
http://www.musicacademy.org/festival
805-969-8787
BOOKING CONTACT
Patrick Posey
805-695-7922
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