Music Academy of the West

The LSO performs with Daniel Harding both at the Granada and side-by-side with the Academy Festival Orchestra at the Santa Barbara Bowl, and with Elim Chan at the Granada in a special Voyager Family Concert.

June 29 and July 1, experience a cutting-edge opera, song, and theater production based on the texts of Shakespeare. His words will come to life through music and speech in an entirely new format, using excerpts from Falstaff, Midsummer Night’s Dream, West Side Story, and Romeo and Juliet.

Based on Charles Frazier’s best-selling Civil War era novel, this West Coast premiere by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon is a new production created exclusively for the Academy. Directed by James Darrah and conducted by Daniela Candillari.

The highly-acclaimed roster of artists offering recitals and masterclasses this summer includes alumna mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard (’05), pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, flutist Claire Chase, and double bassist Edgar Meyer.

Five high energy Academy Festival Orchestra concerts will be led by top conductors in the field today, including Marin Alsop, Matthias Pintscher, Larry Rachleff, Daniel Harding, and Thomas Adès.

Our 72nd annual Festival takes place June 17 through August 10. Join our e-mail list for the latest updates, from on-sale dates to concert announcements.

Learn about the 2019 winners and their innovative projects.

The Academy’s first choral program performed it’s year-end concert at both Hahn Hall and Marjorie Luke Theatre this June.