Community Concert: Notes on the Program
Scholarships and Ice Cream in Santa Barbara
For the past 75 years, the Music Academy of the West has had a powerful influence on the lives of the young musicians it serves—educating them, inspiring them, and preparing them for brilliant musical careers. In honor of the 75th Anniversary this year, we’ll be collecting and sharing stories from alums of all generations, celebrating […]
An Inspired Premiere
Percussion Xtravaganza
Academy Alumnus Pays it Forward
There is a certain everyman quality to the story of alumnus John Chisholm’s (’88, ’89, ’90, ’91) life and career. Now a second violinist with the San Francisco Symphony, the beginning of John’s musical life started a bit later than many other professional musicians. His first contact with the violin came in 5th grade when […]
Opera’s Past, Present, and Future
Program Note – Alberto Ginastera’s Variaciones concertantes
Program Note – Joan Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
x2 Program Notes – Poulenc, Bernstein, Higdon, Barber, & Bridge
Beethoven’s Seventh, a “companion piece?”
Program Notes: Conrad Tao Recital
The World of Yesterday and Fantasy
x2 Program Notes – French Focus
x2 Program Notes – Muhly, Cerrone & Mendelssohn
“A Legend of American Living”
To sleep, perchance to dream
x2 Program Notes: Renaissance to the 20th Century
Program Notes: Takács Quartet with Academy Fellows
Program Notes: Sasha Cooke Recital
x2 Program Notes – Mozart & Dvořák
x2 Program Notes – Carlos Simon, Wolfgang Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven
Program Note: William Grant Still’s Patterns
Composing Bach, Remembering Bloch, Defining Dvořák
Program Note: Gabriel Fauré Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 15
A Family Affair
x2 Program Notes – Jessie Montgomery, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Wolfgang Mozart
The Diverging Musical Journeys of Stravinsky and his Firebird Suite(s)
Building an Orchestra with Larry Rachleff
Laughter Through Tears
Returning to the Concert Hall with Katy Abbott’s Punch
The Ripple Effect of Philanthropy
Same, Same but Different
Auxiliary Infusion Cocktail Party
Spektral Quartet Update and Playlist
A Lifetime of Achievement
Weekly Playlist – “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Weekly Playlist: Thanks, Teach!
Weekly Playlists Are Back!
What’s Next?: Part Three
Weekly Playlist – 2020 Notable Albums and Nominations
When Involvement Comes Naturally
Weekly Playlist – Potpourri
Weekly Playlist – Musicians Wrestle Everywhere
Priceless
Weekly Playlist – Playing Homage
Hail to a Chief
What’s Next?: Part Two
Weekly Playlist – Happy October 31!!
The Haunting of Horne House
Weekly Playlist – The Elephant in the Room
Discerning, Appreciative, Adventurous #6
What’s Next?: Part One
Discerning, Appreciative, Adventurous (and still spooky!) #5
Discerning, Appreciative, Adventurous (and a little spooky!) #4
Discerning, Appreciative, Adventurous #3
Discerning, Appreciative, Adventurous #2
An Immeasurable Impact
Discerning, Appreciative, Adventurous
New Music at the Academy
Trivial Pursuit
Time to Recognize
A Transformational Moment
MARLI Week Six In Review
A Timely Idea: Part Eight
A Digital Competition for a Digital Age
Snippets from the Repertoire
The Fellows’ Fan Club
Myths and Revelations
Opera By Children, For Children
MARLI Week 5 in Review
A Timely Idea: Part Seven
Distant
Notes Before a Recital
A Modest Proposal
A Very Special Nexus
MARLI Plus
MARLI Week Four In Review
A Timely Idea: Part Six
Against All Odds
What’s in a (Nick)name?
Expanded Reach
A Distinguished, Enterprising Bunch
A Community United Through Singing
MARLI Week Three In Review
Driven into Paradise
Mr. Copland Goes to Washington
The Big Picture
The Academy’s Greatest Asset
All “Together” Now
Play Like Nobody’s Dancing
