Chamber Music Events
Friday, 24 June
PianoFest
7:30 pm, Hahn Hall
Jerome Lowenthal introduces the marvelous 2011 Solo Piano Fellows in a
delightful recital that promises surprises and pianistic fireworks.
Reserved seating: $29
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
Tickets
Tuesday, 28 June
Tuesdays @ 8 Recital
8 pm, Hahn Hall
The Music
Academy's faculty artists and special guests perform beloved favorites and
lesser-known treasures of the chamber repertoire.
Mozart: Quintet for Piano and
Winds in E-flat Major, K.452 (Weiss, Hawley, Michel,
Jolley, Jones)
Schubert: Trio fro Piano, Violin, and Cello No. 2
in E-flat Major, D. 929, op. 100
(Winkler, Stepansky, Lowenthal)
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
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Friday, 1 July
Mosher Guest Artist Piano Recital8 pm, Hahn Hall
Valentina Lisitsa
"A gigantic talent" – Baltimore Sun
Critics have extolled pianist Valentina Lisitsa's unusual technical mastery and profound musical understanding. An electrifying performer, she has spellbound audiences the world over with her stunning virtuosity and unequaled sense of lyricism. Her Hahn Hall program will include works by Mozart, Chopin, Schubert, and Liszt.
Generously supported by the Samuel B. and Margaret C. Mosher Foundation
Reserved seating: $40
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
Tickets
Saturday, 2 July
Academy Chamber Players
8 pm, Hahn Hall
Larry Rachleff, conductor
Varèse: Ionisation
Webern: Fünf Stücke, op. 10
Stravinsky: Concertino for Twelve Instruments
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551
Reserved seating: $37
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
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Tuesday, 5 July
Tuesdays @ 8 Recital
8 pm, Hahn Hall
The Music
Academy's faculty artists and special guests perform beloved favorites and
lesser-known treasures of the chamber repertoire.
Copland: Quiet
City (Merkelo, DeAlmeida, Winkler, Salaff, Stepansky, Abondolo)
Copland: As it fell upon a Day (Day, Hawley, soprano TBD)
Wilder: Sonata No. 3 for Horn and Piano (Jolley,
McDonald)
Krol: Capriccio
da Camera, op. 35 (Lawrence, Merkelo, Jolley, BC TBA, Day, Michel,
Abondolo, Feldman)
Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto in G Minor, RV 104,
"La Notte" (Day, Thayer, Michel,
Abondolo, Kislenko)
Schoenfield: Café
Music (Kelly, Thayer, Stepansky)
Reserved seating: $37
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
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Friday, 8 July
Picnic Concert
7:30 pm, Hahn Hall
Preceded
by al fresco dining in the beautiful
Miraflores gardens (tables and chairs are provided), Picnic Concerts serve up a
lavish and diverse array of performances by Academy Fellows.
Reserved seating: $27
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
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Monday, 11 July
Mosher Guest Artist Piano Recital
8 pm, Hahn Hall
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
"Seductively beautiful – and
very French" – The New York Times
Hailed as "one of the best pianists
in the world," Jean-Yves Thibaudet routinely captivates audiences with his profound
artistry, poetic musicality, and dazzling technical prowess. Highlights of his
2010-11 season included a tour of China with the London Symphony
Orchestra, numerous appearances with international orchestras, and many solo
recitals. His Hahn Hall program will include works by Ravel.
Generously supported by the Samuel B. and Margaret C.
Mosher Foundation
Reserved seating: $40
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
Tickets
Tuesday, 12 July
Tuesdays @ 8 Recital
8 pm, hAHN hALL
The Music
Academy's faculty artists and special guest Ursula Oppens perform beloved favorites and
lesser-known treasures of the chamber repertoire.
(Kelly, Churchwell, Kislenko, McDonald)
Poulenc: Sonata for Two Pianos, FP156 (McDonald, Kislenko)
Messiaen: Visions de L'Amen (Lowenthal, Oppens)
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
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Thursday, 14 July
Community Concert
2 pm, Craig Auditorium, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Academy
Fellows perform varied programs as soloists and members of ensembles in a
lovely, intimate downtown venue.
Free/open seating
Friday, 15 July
MERIT Recital
1 pm, Hahn Hall
The
MERIT Program provides musicians ages 12 to 18 with a two-week immersion in the
Academy's Summer School and Festival. Mentored by Music Academy Fellows, these
young artists take part in masterclasses, personalized training, and chamber
music ensembles. This recital culminates their Festival experience.
Free/open seating
Picnic Concert
7:30 pm, Hahn Hall
Preceded
by al fresco dining in the beautiful
Miraflores gardens (tables and chairs are provided), Picnic Concerts serve up a
lavish and diverse array of performances by Academy Fellows.
Reserved seating: $27
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
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Tuesday, 19 July
Tuesdays @ 8 Recital
8 pm, hAHN hALL
Featuring Academy faculty artists and Mosher Guest Artist Christine Brewer.
John Luther Adams: The Farthest Place (Thayer, Abondolo, Kislenko, Atkatz)
Ravel:
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in G Major (Thayer, Churchwell)
Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano, FP 164 (Day,
Feldman)
"Echoes of Nightingales: Selections from the American Songbook" (Jones, Brewer)
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
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Thursday, 21 July
Community Concert
2 pm, Craig Auditorium, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Academy
Fellows perform varied programs as soloists and members of ensembles in a
lovely, intimate downtown venue.
Free/open seating
Visiting Artists Recital: Takács Quartet
8 pm, Lobero Theatre
Widely recognized as one of the world's premier string
ensembles, the brilliant Takács Quartet returns to the Music Academy
for its annual residency. Founded in 1975 in Budapest, the ensemble continues
to perform with incomparable vitality and immediacy.
Schubert: Quartettsatz in C Minor, op. posth., D.
703
Bartók: String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, op. 7
Sz. 40
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp
Minor, op. 131
(Price includes Lobero facility fee.)
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Friday, 22 July
Picnic Concert
7:30 pm, Hahn Hall
Preceded
by al fresco dining in the beautiful
Miraflores gardens (tables and chairs are provided), Picnic Concerts serve up a
lavish and diverse array of performances by Academy Fellows.
Reserved seating: $27
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
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Tuesday, 26 July
Tuesdays @ 8 Recital
8 pm, Hahn Hall
Academy faculty artists and the Takács Quartet perform beloved favorites
and lesser-known treasures of the chamber repertoire.
Rossini: Duet for Cello and Double Bass in D Major (Abondolo,
Stepansky)
Spohr: Quintet for Piano and Winds in C Minor,
op. 52 (Day, Hawley, Kamins,
Epstein, Feldman)
Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, op. 163, D.
956 (Takács Quartet, Stepansky)
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
TICKETS
Thursday, 28 July
Community Concert
2 pm, Craig Auditorium, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Academy
Fellows perform varied programs as soloists and members of ensembles in a
lovely, intimate downtown venue.
Free/open seating
Vocal Chamber Music
7:30 pm, Hahn Hall
This concert brings together the Academy's wonderful Voice and
Instrumental Fellows for an evening of intimate music-making on the Hahn
Hall stage. John Churchwell directs a unique program of art songs and
chamber works for multiple instruments and voice.
Reserved seating: $27
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
TICKETS
Friday, 29 July
Picnic Concert
7:30 pm, Hahn Hall
Preceded
by al fresco dining in the beautiful
Miraflores gardens (tables and chairs are provided), Picnic Concerts serve up a
lavish and diverse array of performances by Academy Fellows.
Reserved seating: $27
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
TICKETS
Saturday, 30 July
Chamber Music Marathon
10 am, Hahn Hall
Academy Fellows, performing in ensembles of all sizes and
configurations, showcase the glories of chamber music. Spend the entire
day at Miraflores and enjoy your own picnic in our gardens during the
lunch break.
Reserved seating:
Morning ticket, 10 am to noon: $9
Afternoon ticket, 1 to 5 pm: $13
(Prices include Miraflores facility fee.)
Morning Tickets
Afternoon Tickets
Tuesday, 2 August
Tuesdays @ 8 Recital
8 pm, Hahn Hall
Academy faculty artists perform beloved favorites
and lesser-known treasures of the chamber repertoire.
Berg: Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, op. 5 (Hawley,
Kislenko)
Grieg: Sonata for Violin and Piano No.3 in C Minor,
op. 45 (Winkler, Feldman)
Arensky:
Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello No.1 in
D Minor, op. 32 (Winkler, Geber,
Feldman)
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
TICKETS
Thursday, 4 August
Community Concert
2 pm, Craig Auditorium, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Academy
Fellows perform varied programs as soloists and members of ensembles in a
lovely, intimate downtown venue.
Free/open seating
Picnic Concert
7:30 pm, Hahn Hall
Preceded
by al fresco dining in the beautiful
Miraflores gardens (tables and chairs are provided), Picnic Concerts serve up a
lavish and diverse array of performances by Academy Fellows.
Reserved seating: $27
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
TICKETS
Tuesday, 9 August
Tuesdays @ 8 Recital
8 pm, Hahn Hall
Featuring Academy faculty artists, Mosher Guest Artist Glenn Dicterow, and visiting artist Karen Dreyfus.
Martinů: Madrigals for Violin and Viola, H 313 (Dicterow, Dreyfus)
Prokofiev: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D,
op. 94A (Dicterow, Feldman)
Dvorak: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Major, op. 81
(Dicterow, Salaff, Dreyfus,
Geber, Feldman)
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
TICKETS
Thursday, 11 August
Community Concert
2 pm, Craig Auditorium, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Academy
Fellows perform varied programs as soloists and members of ensembles in a
lovely, intimate downtown venue.
Free/open seating
Friday, 12 August
Picnic Concert
7:30 pm, Hahn Hall
Preceded
by al fresco dining in the beautiful
Miraflores gardens (tables and chairs are provided), Picnic Concerts serve up a
lavish and diverse array of performances by Academy Fellows.
Reserved Seating: $27
(Price includes Miraflores facility fee.)
TICKETS
