Free Family Concert

Sunday, August 3, 1:00pm Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Tickets: Free
Concert begins with the popular petting zoo-style Tour of the Orchestra.

Jennifer Higdon: Machine (Conducted by Carolyn Kuan,
Cabrillo Festival Assistant Conductor)
Michael Daugherty: Troyjam (Marco Barricelli , narrator) (West Coast Premiere)

The Cabrillo Festival’s Free Family Concerts have become legendary—a staple in the musical education and upbringing of area youngsters, and a no less entertaining and engaging experience for their parents. Kids start with an up-close-and-personal chance to meet the orchestra players, then return to the theatre for a grand concert experience with Maestra Marin Alsop and the full Cabrillo Festival Orchestra. This year the Festival Orchestra presents the West Coast Premiere of Michael Daugherty’s Troyjam, a work commissioned by the National Symphony with a text by Anne Carlson retelling Homer’s epic tale The Iliad. Kids will be transported to Ancient Greece when the orchestra recreates the battle between brave warrior Achillles and his arch-nemesis Hektor during the Trojan War. It’s a must-see family experience! (Tickets are free and available at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium Box Office beginning June 16.)

Photos (clockwise from L): Family Concert audience (r.r jones), Orchestra Petting Zoo (r.r. jones), 'Pluck' Petting Zoo assistant (Nancy Bertossa), Michael Daugherty (Dorothy Gottlieb)