Subscriptions Available for the 2007 Season at the Music Academy of the West
For Immediate Release March 20, 2007
Contact:
Tim Dougherty
805.695.7908
Santa Barbara, CA-The Music Academy of the West has launched subscription ticket sales for its much-anticipated 2007 season, which will take place June 18 through August 11. The Academy will celebrate its 60th anniversary with an unprecedented summer program featuring numerous classical music luminaries, including composer John Williams, who will conduct the Academy Festival Orchestra and violin virtuoso Gil Shaham in a special community concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl on June 23.
The Academy will present more than 190 events over the course of this year's 8-week summer school and festival. Additional highlights will include performances by baritone Thomas Hampson, violinist Gilles Apap, pianist Orli Shaham, and the Takács Quartet, and conducting turns by Alexander Lazarev, Edwin Outwater, and David Robertson. Featuring the Academy's exceptionally talented young artists, together with illustrious guest performers, conductors, and faculty, the events will be presented at the Academy's scenic Miraflores campus and in venues throughout Santa Barbara.
Music
lovers can choose from among 8 compelling discounted series: Vocal
Masterclass Series (10 events, $140); Solo Piano Masterclass Series (8
events, $80); Instrumental Masterclass Series (more than 50 events,
tickets available in books of 25, 15, and 10 for $200, $135, and $100,
respectively); Orchestra Series (4 events, $162); Opera Plus Series (5
events, $154); Tuesdays @ 8 Series (7 events, $241); Visiting Artist
Series (4 events, $141); and the Picnic Series (7 events, $112). Or,
for the ultimate Festival experience - and the greatest savings - they
can select a Festival Series subscription that includes admission to
the entire season of masterclasses, orchestra concerts, chamber music
recitals, and a fully staged production of Puccini's La Bohème,for just $975.
"Subscribers can save up to 34 percent on Festival events, and they can
reserve the best seats. In fact, renewing subscribers have the option
of retaining the seats they held last year. Subscribers also will be
among the first to reserve seats for our fabulous 60th Anniversary
Concert," said Lynn Redmond, audience services manager at the Music
Academy of the West.
Phone 969-8787 to request a subscription brochure. The Academy's single-ticket brochure will be available in mid-April.
"This season will mark a major milestone for both the Academy and the classical-music-loving public," noted Academy President NancyBell Coe. "We have worked hard to assemble a program befitting the significance of a 60th anniversary. We are very excited about the caliber of the musicians coming to the Academy this summer. Audiences are sure to be delighted."
Founded in 1947, the Music Academy of the West is among the nation's preeminent summer schools and festivals for gifted young classical musicians. The Academy provides these promising musicians with the opportunity for advanced study and performance under the guidance of internationally renowned faculty artists, as well as guest conductors and soloists. Admission to the Academy is strictly merit based, and students receive full scholarships. Academy alumni are members of major symphony orchestras, chamber orchestras, ensembles, opera companies and university and conservatory faculties throughout the world. Many have established themselves as prominent solo artists. Based in Santa Barbara, the Music Academy of the West presents more than 175 public events annually, including student recitals, masterclasses, orchestra and chamber music concerts, and fully staged opera. For more information, visit www.musicacademy.org.
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