season highlights

Mark Adamo's Opera Little Women
Friday & Saturday, August 2 & 3, 8:00pm
Sunday matinee, August 4, 2:00pm

Northern California Premiere. As seen on Television – PBS’s “Great Performances.” Based on the classic by Louisa May Alcott.
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium

Guest Artists
Evelyn Glennie
Saturday, August 10, 8:00pm:
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium

Sunday, August 11, 4:00pm & 8:00pm:
San Juan Bautista Mission
Grammy Award-winning percussionist Evelyn Glennie makes her Festival debut in an unforgettable weekend including the West Coast Premieres of Michael Daugherty’s U.F.O. and Thea Musgrave’s Journey Through A Japanese Landscape.

Kronos Quartet
Wednesday, August 7, 8:00pm
A special gala concert; solo recital
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium

Valdine Anderson
Sunday, August 4, 8:00pm
In the West Coast Premiere of Rouse's Kabir Padavali
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium

Featured Composers
Mark Adamo*
John Corigliano*
Michael Daugherty*
Thea Musgrave*
Steve Reich
Christopher Rouse*
Greg Smith*

*Participation is confirmed

West Coast Premieres
John Corigliano: Symphony No. 2
(winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Music)

Christopher Rouse: Envoi

Christopher Rouse: Kabir Padavali
(Valdine Anderson, soprano)

Michael Daugherty: U.F.O.
(Evelyn Glennie, percussion)

Michael Daugherty: Bells for Stokowski

Thea Musgrave: Journey Through a Japanese Landscape
(Evelyn Glennie, percussion)