2009 Cabrillo Festival: August 2 - 16
NEWS: Top Honors for Cabrillo Festival! The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music/Music Director Marin Alsop
received the John S. Edwards Award for Strongest Commitment to New
American Music from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and
Publishers (ASCAP) and the League of American Orchestras during their
annual conference in Chicago on June 11. Cabrillo Festival takes the
top honor this year after winning the Award for Adventurous Programming
of Contemporary Music in the Festival category for 26 consecutive years
prior. Chosen from among all orchestra categories and entries
nationwide, the Award is recognition of Cabrillo Festival's
longstanding dedication to contemporary orchestral music.
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 2009 Season Maestra Marin Alsop
has charted a season with a global perspective that includes
composers-in-residence from south of our border, across the pond, down
under, from the very cradle of civilization, and right next door. This
summer in Santa Cruz, these fresh new voices and some familiar friends
will come together with audiences to hear the extraordinary Cabrillo
Festival Orchestra give voice to their latest works. One World Premiere, five U.S. Premieres, and three West Coast Premieres
distinguish our 47th anniversary season. Soloists of great virtuosity
and indomitable energy will bring their passion to the stage—cellist Alisa Weilerstein; hyper-accordionist Michael Ward-Bergeman; percussionists Jamey Haddad, Cyro Baptista, Galen Lemmon and Steve Hearn; and trumpet player Craig Morris.
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our online brochure!
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| Added to the mix is a special benefit concert that Santa Cruz audiences
are sure to relish, when the Maestra and her Orchestra give an orchestral tribute to the Grateful Dead. One world. One planet. United. It’s the gathering your heart has been waiting for!
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Marin Alsop photos by: Grant Leighton
Alisa Weilerstein photo by: Lucio Lecce
Additional images by: r.r. jones
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