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Each program is designed to provide an optimal mix of individual training and collaborative music-making. The Academy program is particularly distinguished by the abundant and varied performance...
View ArticleAna Papakhian Named Music Academy Vice President
Santa Barbara, CA — Ana Papakhian, an orchestra executive who has helped pioneer a series of innovative community engagement and audience-building initiatives over the past decade, has been named vice...
View ArticleMay Madness at the Music Academy on
Santa Barbara, CA — It’s time to put on your shopping shoes and join the Madness – May Madness that is, at the Music Academy of the West. This year’s May Madness sale will take place from 9 am to 3 pm...
View ArticleMusic Academy of the West Announces 2014 Season
Santa Barbara, CA — The Music Academy of the West will inaugurate an unprecedented partnership with the world-renowned New York Philharmonic and present a new production of Georges Bizet’s popular...
View ArticleLeatrice Luria Named Honorary Chair of Annual Music Academy Gala
Santa Barbara, CA — Leatrice Luria will serve as honorary chair for this year’s CABARET gala fundraiser benefiting the Music Academy of the West. Featuring cocktails, a gourmet dinner, a live auction,...
View ArticleMusic Academy Issues Statement on the Passing of Acclaimed Oboist David Weiss
David Weiss was a man of formidable musical gifts who exuded magisterial charm on stage and off,” said Mr. Reed. “Ever the consummate professional, David reveled in all the details and challenges of...
View ArticleMusic Academy Featured in an Upcoming Episode of 'The Bachelorette'
Santa Barbara, CA — The Music Academy of the West, whose annual Summer School and Festival has become one of the nation’s most prestigious showcases for exceptional young classical musicians, will be...
View Article‘Carmen’ Celebration Honoring Marilyn Horne to Start with June 11 Film Screening
Santa Barbara, CA — The Music Academy of the West will kick off its summer-long celebration of Bizet’s timeless opera Carmen in honor of Marilyn Horne’s 80th birthday with a screening of the 1954...
View ArticleStrauss''Alpine Symphony' to Open Music Academy of the West's 2014 Orchestra...
Santa Barbara, CA — Chicago Symphony Orchestra Principal Trombonist Jay Friedman will conduct his unique brass arrangement of Richard Strauss’ landmark tone poem An Alpine Symphony to open the Music...
View ArticleRachleff to Conduct Beethoven's Fifth at The Granada
Santa Barbara, CA — Celebrated conductor Larry Rachleff will lead the Academy Festival Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven’s iconic Fifth Symphony as well as Richard Strauss’ rousing Vienna...
View ArticleMusic Academy Masterclass Samplers Feature Distinguished Artists
Santa Barbara, CA — Pioneered by legendary soprano Lotte Lehmann in the early years of the Music Academy of the West, the masterclass is widely considered the quintessential Academy experience. Music...
View ArticleMusic Academy Will Present Opera Scenes at The Lobero
Santa Barbara, CA — Music Academy Voice and Vocal Piano Fellows, under the supervision of Academy faculty artists and noted stage directors Gregory Fortner and John Fisher, will perform best-loved...
View ArticleMontecito Bank & Trust, Music Academy Host Special Performance for Area Children
Santa Barbara, CA — Montecito Bank & Trust and the Music Academy of the West will host some 300 area children for a unique musical demonstration at 9:30 am on Wednesday, July 2, at the Music...
View ArticleViolinist Extraordinaire Daniel Hope in Hahn Hall Performance
Santa Barbara, CA — Virtuoso violinist Daniel Hope – described as “adventurous and brilliant” by The New York Times and “a force to be reckoned with” by Gramophone – will lead a chamber orchestra of...
View ArticleLocal Students to Present Free Recital
Santa Barbara, CA — Eighteen accomplished students from the Santa Barbara community and beyond will present a free chamber music recital at the Music Academy of the West on Friday, July 11. The recital...
View ArticlePianist Jeremy Denk to Perform Beethoven with the Academy Festival Orchestra
Santa Barbara, CA — Gifted pianist Jeremy Denk – the recipient of a 2013 MacArthur “Genius” Grant and this year’s Avery Fisher Prize – will perform Beethoven’s elegant and soulful First Piano Concerto...
View ArticleAcademy Festival Orchestra to Perform Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony
Santa Barbara, CA — Having bested the field at this year’s Concerto Competition Finals, three accomplished instrumentalists will take featured turns as soloists with the Academy Festival Orchestra...
View ArticleMarilyn Horne Song Competition Winners Announced
Santa Barbara, CA — Soprano Michelle Bradley and pianist Michael Gaertner have been named winners of the 2014 Music Academy of the West Marilyn Horne Song Competition, which took place July 19 at the...
View ArticleMusic Academy to Present ‘Carmen’ in Honor of Opera Great Marilyn Horne
Santa Barbara, CA — The Music Academy of the West will present a new, fully staged production of Georges Bizet’s timeless opera Carmen in honor of celebrated mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne’s 80th birthday...
View ArticleCarol Burnett and Marilyn Horne Team up Again for Annual Music Academy Gala
Santa Barbara, CA — Iconic television star Carol Burnett is once again lending her unique gifts to the Music Academy of the West’s Cabaret gala, serving as creative director of the annual fundraiser...
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