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Add a VIP Experience Box Seat for The Bartered Bride for a total of $205*

VIP Box Seat Experience for The Bartered Bride includes complimentary valet parking, pre-performance champagne and chocolates.

ALL 4 EVENTS $165

VOCAL MASTERCLASSThomas Hampson Mosher guest artistFRI, JUN 24, 3:15 PM, HAHN HALL

OPERAFESTJohn Churchwell conductor, Giuseppe Mentuccia conductorBruce Donnell director, Academy fellows

Fellows will perform arias and scenes from operas, including Puccini’s La boheme, Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, and Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, staged, and with costumes.

SERIES A / SAT, JUN 25, 2:30 PM, HAHN HALLSERIES B / MON, JUN 27, 7:30 PM , HAHN HALL

VOCAL MASTERCLASSMarilyn Horne voice program directorVoice Program fellows

SAT, JUL 9, 2:30 PM, UCSB LOTTE LEHMANN CONCERT HALL

SMETANA’S THE BARTERED BRIDEAcademy Festival Orchestra, Academy fellowsMatthew Aucoin conductor, David Paul directorCharles Corcoran scenic designer, Peiyi Wong costume designerFrançois-Pierre Couture lighting designerMarilyn Horne voice program director

SERIES A / FRI, JUL 29, 7:30 PM, GRANADA THEATRESERIES B / SUN, JUL 31, 2:30 PM, GRANADA THEATRE

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ALL 7 CONCERTS $273 / Tuesdays, 7:30 pm at the Lobero Theatre

ACADEMY FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA SERIES

Saturday nights at 7:30 pm at the Granada Theatre

AFTERNOON OF A FAUN & PINES OF ROME Jun 25Larry Rachleff conductor

DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a FaunBERLIOZ Roman Carnival OvertureBRAHMS Variations on a Theme by HaydnRESPIGHI The Pines of Rome

CONCERTO CELEBRATION & STRAVINSKY’S FIREBIRD Jul 9Case Scaglione conductorConcerto Competition Winners

WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger von NurnbergCONCERTO EXCERPTS (to be announced)STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite (1919)

GILBERT CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN Jul 16Alan Gilbert conductor

HAYDN “The Representation of Chaos” from The CreationBERG Three Pieces for OrchestraBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV’S SCHEHERAZADE Aug 6James Gaffigan conductorConcerto Competition Winner

SEAN SHEPHERD MagiyaPIANO CONCERTO (to be announced)RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade

The Orchestra Series is generously supported by Robert W. Weinman

Larry Rachleff

James Gaffigan

Alan Gilbert

Case Scaglione

BRAHMS SERENADE Jun 21SCHUMAN American HymnBarbara Butler trumpet, Charles Geyer trumpet, Mark Lawrence trombone, Academy fellowsMOZART Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478Jeremy Denk piano, Academy fellowsBRAHMS Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11Jim Walker flute, Richie Hawley clarinet, Dennis Michel bassoon, Julie Landsman horn, Jorja Fleezanis violin, Karen Dreyfus viola, Alan Stepansky cello, Nico Abondolo double bass

MATTHEW AUCOIN OPERA PREMIERE SECOND NATURE Jun 28LOEFFLER Two RhapsodiesCynthia Koledo DeAlmeida oboe, Cynthia Phelps viola, Warren Jones pianoMATTHEW AUCOIN Second Nature [West Coast Premiere]Matthew Aucoin conductorVictoria Crutchfield directorFrançois-Pierre Couture designerAcademy Voice and Instrumental fellows

SCHUBERT PIANO TRIO Jul 5PAUL CHIHARA Duo Lyrico [World Premiere]Glenn Dicterow violin, Karen Dreyfus violaADAM SCHOENBERG Winter MusicTimothy Day flute, Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida oboe, Richie Hawley clarinet, Dennis Michel bassoon, Julie Landsman hornBARBER Summer MusicTimothy Day flute, Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida oboe, Richie Hawley clarinet, Dennis Michel bassoon, Julie Landsman hornSCHUBERT Piano Trio in B-flat Major, D. 898Kathleen Winkler violin, Alan Stepansky cello, Warren Jones piano

BACH AND HANDEL Jul 12HANDEL “Let the Bright Seraphim” from SamsonPaul Merkelo trumpet, Benjamin Kamins bassoon, Nico Abondolo double bass, Giuseppe Mentuccia harpsichord, Academy fellowsCASEY CONGOLESI Tap OratoryMichael Werner percussion and electronics J.S. BACH Wedding Cantata, BWV 202Eugene Izotov oboe, Benjamin Kamins bassoon, Nico Abondolo double bass, Giuseppe Mentuccia harpsichord, Academy fellowsGOETZ Piano QuartetGlenn Dicterow violin, Karen Dreyfus viola, Alan Stepansky cello,

TAKÁCS QUARTET Jul 19FOOTE Trio No. 2 Kathleen Winkler violin, David Geber cello, Martin Katz pianoJUSTIN MERRITT Ithaka [West Coast Premiere]Jorja Fleezanis violin, Conor Hanick piano, Academy fellowsELGAR Piano QuintetTakács Quartet - Edward Dusinberre violin, Károly Schranz violin, Geraldine Walther viola, András Fejér cello; Margaret McDonald piano

SHOSTAKOVICH PIANO QUINTET Jul 26INGRAM MARSHALL Fog TropesPaul Merkelo trumpet, Ralph Sauer trombone, Academy fellowsCAROLINE SHAW Limestone and FeltRichard O’Neill viola, Robert deMaine celloENESCU Dixtuor for WindsTimothy Day flute, Eugene Izotov oboe, Richie Hawley clarinet, Benjamin Kamins bassoon, Julie Landsman horn, Academy fellowsSHOSTAKOVICH Piano QuintetGlenn Dicterow violin, Jorja Fleezanis violin, Karen Dreyfus viola, David Geber cello, Natasha Kislenko piano

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC VISITING ARTISTS & ACADEMY FACULTY ARTISTS Aug 2WAGNER Siegfried IdyllTimothy Day flute, Sherry Sylar oboe, Richie Hawley clarinet, Benjamin Kamins bassoon, Julie Landsman horn, Paul Merkelo trumpet, Kathleen Winkler violin, Jorja Fleezanis violin, Richard O’Neill viola, David Geber cello, Timothy Cobb double bass, Academy fellowsGORDON LANGFORD Rhapsody for TromboneJoseph Alessi trombone, Margaret McDonald pianoTCHAIKOVSKY Souvenir de FlorenceFrank Huang violin, Kathleen Winkler violin, Cynthia Phelps viola, Richard O’Neill viola, Robert deMaine cello, David Geber cello

M U S I C A C A D E M Y F E S T I V A L A R T I S T S S E R I E S

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Festival Artists Series generously supported by Linda and Michael Keston

ALL 4 CONCERTSReserved Loge or Orchestra Seats $196

Reserved VIP Experience Box Seats $236*

Corporate support provided byVIP Box Seat Experience for Academy Festival Orchestra concerts includes complimentary valet parking, pre-performance champagne and chocolates.

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