An overview of the 2008 season

July 27 - August 10, 2008

Maestra Marin Alsop conducts the award-winning Cabrillo Festival Orchestra in five World Premieres, three U.S. Premieres, and five West Coast Premieres!

COMPOSERS-IN-RESIDENCE
Mason Bates
Alla Borzova
Dorothy Chang
Chiayu
Matthew Cmiel
John Corigliano
Michael Daugherty
Avner Dorman
Eric Lindsay
Stephen McNeff
David Sanford
Christopher Rouse

GUEST ARTISTS
Mason Bates, electronica
Bharat Chandra, clarinet
Dame Evelyn Glennie, percussion
Matt Haimovitz, cello

WORLD PREMIERES
Christopher Rouse: Concerto for Orchestra (Festival Commission)
Eric Lindsay: Darkness Made Visible (rev. 2008)
Dorothy Chang: Strange Air (Women’s Philharmonic Fund Commission)
Chiayu: Feng Nian Ji (Harvest Festival)
Matthew Cmiel: Sneak in a Window

U.S. PREMIERES
Stephen McNeff: Sinfonia Conciso
Mark Anthony Turnage: Riffs and Refrains (Bharat Chandra, clarinet)
Alla Borzova: To the New World

WEST COAST PREMIERES
John Corigliano: Conjurer (Evelyn Glennie, percussion)
Mason Bates: Liquid Interface (Mason Bates, electronica)
Michael Daugherty: Troyjam
John Adams: Doctor Atomic Symphony
Avner Dorman: Variations Without a Theme


Single tickets available beginning June 16 at the Civic Auditorium Box Office. 831.420.5260 or online

Photo (L-R): Evelyn Glennie at Cabrillo (photo by r.r. jones); Matt Haimovitz, and John Adams.