Hot Jazz harkens back to the 30’s and 40’s in Europe where Django Reinhardt teamed with top jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli to create The Hot Club Quintette of France–the greatest musical partnership in European history Jazz history. The Django Festival All-Stars follow in their footsteps taking the music beyond with original compositions, hip improvisations and more.
This hot-swing form of jazz has its roots in American popular music in the reverence for Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and other top American jazz figures of the time. Each of the All-Stars are composers in their own right and while this music can harken back to the great music of the past, their interpretations, arrangements, virtuosity, and original compositions bring a newness to Django’s style and take it beyond.
The Django Festival All-Stars are the best players to come out of the Django Reinhardt Festival and are led by legendary gypsy guitarist/violinist Dorado Schmitt. These world-class musicians hail mostly from France, and frequently headline The Django Reinhardt Festival at the legendary music club Birdland in New York City, and tours prestigious halls across the country such as Rose Hall/Jazz at Lincoln Center, Disney Hall, The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, The San Francisco Festival, and many more.
“The hardest swinging band at the Newport Jazz Festival.” – Downbeat Magazine
The Christmas Revels: An Irish Celebration of the Winter Solstice is a joyous theatrical production celebrating the spirit and strength of the Irish emigrants who came to America in the early 1900’s to build new lives in a new land. At sea over the holidays, these strangers bond over spinning stories, singing songs, and sharing seasonal traditions; friendships are formed, romance blossoms.
Our Revels company is joined by accomplished guest artists, including award-winning actors and Irish dancers as well as vocal soloists, a brass ensemble and a string and wind quintet. The Christmas Revels is an exciting and heartwarming entertainment experience for every age and a favorite Santa Barbara holiday tradition created by and for our community for the past 11 years.
Sing with us! Dance with us! Join us and be joyous!
“Revels creates just the kind of holiday spirit that bypasses the commercial and heads straight to the heart of the season.” – Santa Barbara Independent
Legendary artist Graham Nash is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee – with Crosby, Stills, and Nash and with the Hollies. He was also inducted twice into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, as a solo artist and with CSN, and he is a GRAMMY Award winner.
Towering above virtually everything that Graham Nash has accomplished in his long and multi-faceted career, stands the litany of songs that he has written and introduced to the soundtrack of the past half-century. His remarkable body of work, beginning with his contributions to the Hollies opus from 1964 to ’68, including “Stop Stop Stop,” “Pay You Back With Interest,” “On A Carousel,” “Carrie Anne,” “King Midas In Reverse,” and “Jennifer Eccles,” continues all the way to This Path Tonight (2016), his most recent solo album.
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Gustafson Jr. Intensive
by Genevieve Rhiger
July 5, 2018
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SSB – Ballroom
by Genevieve Rhiger
July 3, 2018
State Street Ballet’s stylish, crowd-pleasing Ballroom program gets revisited and updated just in time for spring!
Celebrating the iconic music of Gershwin, Ellington, Piazzolla, Sinatra, and more, this romantic and elegant mixed repertory program will have you tapping your feet and swaying in your seat. Featuring choreography by William Soleau, Robert Sund, and others!
“Inventiveness and charm…. casting a spell no one wants to awaken from.” – Santa Barbara News-Press
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An Evening with Mike Garson
by Genevieve Rhiger
July 2, 2018
When a full concert, performed by David Bowie’s long-time composer and pianist, Mike Garson, combines with the expertise of healthcare advocate, Candy Hammeras, the result is an evening of education, entertainment and emotion. Enjoy an eclectic mix of Bowie classics and Mike Garson originals along with the incredible Grammy award-winning singer Gaby Moreno and Joe Sumner. A journey not to be missed as this unique event; “Cancer: The Urgency of Now” comes to Santa Barbara.
MIKE GARSON
Perhaps best known as Bowie’s piano man, Mike performed with David for dozens of albums and 1,000 concerts around the globe as his longest and most frequent band member. Mike’s solid reputation for creativity and quality has brought about collaborations with others including Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins, No Doubt, and many more.
GABY MORENO
Since moving to Los Angeles from her native Guatemala, singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno has achieved remarkable success as a musician. She has been nominated for an Emmy and won a Latin Grammy for Best New Artist. She has released four albums, toured with singers Tracy Chapman, Ani DiFranco, Punch Brothers, Hugh Laurie and Calexico, and has shared the international stage with pop music luminaries such as Bono, Andrea Boccelli and Van Dyke Parks.
In 2006, her song, “Escondidos,” took the top prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, the first contestant in the Latin category to win Song of the Year. Moreno’s career started moving quickly. She co-wrote the theme song of the television series “Parks and Recreation,” which was nominated for an Emmy in 2010. That same year, she recorded the classic song “Smile,” by Charlie Chaplin, for the Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove.” And she performed “Toast to Freedom,” a song commemorating the 50th anniversary of Amnesty International, first with Kris Kristofferson on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, then in Dublin where she shared the stage with Angelique Kidjo and Bono.
JOE SUMNER
Joe Sumner is a singer-songwriter and bassist for the rock band Fiction Plane. Sumner learned to play guitar and drums when he was a teenager, and was inspired to write songs when he heard Nirvana’s album Nevermind. An accomplished musician, Sumner toured with his father Sting on the massively successful 57th and 9th world tour.
MAYSSA KARAA
With her captivating multi-octave voice and persuasive cross-cultural message, vocalist and songwriter Mayssa Karaa defines a new era of musical inclusion. Her songs tell of a journey connecting her origins in the ancient land of Lebanon to her adopted home of Los Angeles, California. Cinema audiences might identify the classically-trained singer’s voice from the hit film American Hustle, where her Arabic version of the Sixties classic “White Rabbit” was a standout track on the Grammy-nominated soundtrack album; MAYSSA is at currently putting the finishing touches on her full-length English solo debut. The songs range from piano based simplicity to epic electronic orchestration with a unique blend of American pop and middle eastern influences.
With music as her passport, she says that it was never an intention to come to the U.S. and live inside of a bubble. “I came here to expand, to tell others about my culture and learn about theirs. I was born and raised in Lebanon, but I am very much an American too. I’m like you.
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Opera SB – The Crucible
by Genevieve Rhiger
July 2, 2018
The Crucible is one of the most gripping works of American opera. Based on Arthur Miller’s play centered on the Salem witch trials, Robert Ward’s eerily topical opera is sure to make your pulse race. Wayne Tigges and Audrey Babcock – both standout singing actors – debut as John and Elizabeth Proctor; Anya Matanovic portrays the malicious Abigail Williams. Kostis Protopapas leads the large cast and orchestra; Rising star Stephanie Havey directs.
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Opera SB – Eugene Onegin
by Genevieve Rhiger
July 2, 2018
Set in the grand ballrooms and country estates of Imperial Russia, Eugene Onegin tells the tale of a young aristocrat who allows his arrogance to cost him everything. Tchaikovsky’s lush music propels Alexander Pushkin’s compelling story. Maestro Valéry Ryvkin returns to conduct and Ensemble Theatre’s Jonathan Fox directs. Company favorites Karin Wolverton and Lee Poulis return as Tatiana and Onegin. Kevin Lanagan sings Prince Gremin.
Join us for an evening of live music, featuring L.A. based hit songwriter Sophie Rose, silent auction, live screen printing and a chance to learn more about Girls Rock Santa Barbara.
Girls Rock Santa Barbara is an after-school program, accredited summer day camp, and accredited summer sleep-away camp that empowers girls and women through music education, creative expression, and performance. We promote self-confidence, creativity, and teamwork.
Outdoor activities will begin at 6pm so get there early to have some fun!
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Bryan Tari 2018
by Genevieve Rhiger
June 29, 2018
Join Bryan Tari for an afternoon concert of classical piano showpieces, original compositions, jazz standards and his own stunning arrangements of John Williams’ Star Wars and Superman soundtracks. This concert is a joint fundraising effort between the Boy Scouts of America, Los Padres Council and Santa Barbara Music Events to benefit the reconstruction of Rancho Alegre which was destroyed in the recent fires near Lake Cachuma.
Enter a world where dreaming takes flight in this collaborative dance exploration featuring guest performances by Santa Barbara Centre for Aerial Dance, Santa Barbara Dance Theater, alongside new Nebula works by Meredith Cabaniss & Indy award-winning choreographer Shelby Lynn Joyce. Alice’s wondrous world will return to the Lobero stage in Nebula’s evening-length work Through the Looking Glass with choreography by Meredith Cabaniss, featuring Devyn Duex, and Karyn Laver. Live musical accompaniment composed and directed by Adam Phillips of the Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara, and compelling visual artistry.
Join us as we celebrate unconditional curiosities and limitless dreams.
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JD Souther
by Genevieve Rhiger
June 8, 2018
NEW DATE! – January 27, 2019 at 7pm
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Grammy-nominated JD Souther has penned countless hits for the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Roy Orbison, James Taylor, Don Henley, George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Brooks and Dunn and found success as a solo artist. This led him to being inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 2013 and becoming one of the most celebrated songwriters of his generation. On his latest studio album, Tenderness (Sony Music Masterworks), Souther creates a perfect balance of understated Jazz with the ineffable pop narratives that have been the backbone of much of his greatest work. His classic albums John David Souther, Black Rose and Home by Dawn have been released as expanded reissues (Omnivore Recordings).
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CAMA 1819 – Garrick Ohlsson, piano 3/30
by Gina Graham
June 5, 2018
Since his triumph at the 1970 Chopin Piano Competition, Garrick Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as one of the great American piano masters of the past 50 years, a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. Though long regarded as a leading exponent of the music of Frédéric Chopin, he commands an enormous repertoire, including more than 80 concertos ranging from Haydn and Mozart to works of the 21st Century. He returns to the Lobero for an all-Brahms recital on the heels of his virtuosic March 2017 performance for CAMA of the Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic.
ALL-BRAHMS PROGRAM:
6 Klavierstücke, Op.118
PIano Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op.2
3 Intermezzi, Op.117
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Händel, Op.24
“… no histrionics, no flailing or thumping or grandstanding, just an incredible technique with razor-sharp accuracy, producing a sound so lush it almost glistens.” – The Seattle Times
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CAMA 1819 – Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra 3/9
by Gina Graham
June 5, 2018
Elisa Citterio, Director Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House
Conceived, programmed, and scripted by Alison Mackay
It’s 1740, and coffee houses are the places to listen to music and share stories, in both the famous trading center of Leipzig and one of the oldest cities in the world, Damascus. The latest Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra multi-media musical offering Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee Houseilluminates each city’s striking features in common: both enjoyed a lively tradition of coffee houses in which the finest musicians of the city performed and both were also famous centers of scholarship and learning. Anyone who has attended one of Tafelmusik’s three previous multi-media concert projects at the Lobero in the past decade (The Galileo Project, House of Dreams or J.S Bach: The Circle of Creation) can attest to the incredible originality and conception of their insightful musical stage creations that combine live music, text and stunning projections transporting the audience back in time and place. Not to be missed!
“One of the world’s top baroque orchestras.” – Gramophone
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CAMA 1819 – Richard Goode, piano 11/9
by Gina Graham
June 5, 2018
Over the past five decades, Richard Goode has been hailed for music-making of tremendous emotional power, depth, and expressiveness and acknowledged as one of the world’s leading interpreters of Classical and Romantic piano music. In regular performances with the major orchestras, recitals in the world’s music capitals and through his extensive and acclaimed Nonesuch recordings, he has won a large and devoted following. His Lobero recital will be his 4th CAMA appearance and will traverse more than a century of keyboard music from Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin to Janáček’s ravishing early 20th Century piano cycle In the Mists.
PROGRAM:
Franz Joseph Haydn: Variations in F minor, Hob.XVII:6 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: March in C Major, K.408 Mozart: Allemande in C minor, K.399ii Mozart: Courante in E-flat Major, K.399iii Mozart: Menuet in D Major, K.355 Mozart: Gigue in G Major, K.574 Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No.26 in E-flat Major, Op.81a, “Das Lebewohl” Leoš Janáček: (In the Mists) (1912) Frédéric Chopin: Impromptu in G-flat Major, Op.51, No.3 Chopin: Four Mazurkas Chopin: Fantaisie in F minor, Op.49
“It is virtually impossible to walk away from one of Mr. Goode’s recitals without the sense of having gained some new insight, subtle or otherwise, into the works he played or about pianism itself.” – The New York Times
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