2012 Slideshow

August 31, 2012

Music Director/Conductor Marin Alsop bids a sweet farewell to the Cabrillo Festival’s groundbreaking 50th anniversary season. Photo: rr jones

Composer John Mackey, trombonist Joseph Alessi, and Marin Alsop triumphantly close the 2012 Cabrillo Festival at Mission San Juan Bautista. Photo: rr jones

Composer Behzad Ranjbaran at Mission San Juan Bautista, following the performance of his work, Seven Passages. Photo: rr jones

The Cabrillo Festival’s fearless all-volunteer usher brigade, led by House Manager Jennifah Chard. Photo: rr jones

Cabrillo Festival production crew members gently configure a lighting rig aat historic Mission San Juan Bautista, home to the Festival’s Grand Finale concerts each year. Photo: rr jones

Trombonist Joseph Alessi, Marin Alsop, and the Festival Orchestra rehearse John Mackey’s Trombone Concerto, Harvest. Photo: rr jones

Composer John Mackey and trombonist Joseph Alessi in rehearsal. Photo: rr jones

Guest conductor Carolyn Kuan hails composer Dylan Mattingly following the world premiere of his work, I Was A Stranger. Photo: rr jones

Associate Conductor Carolyn Kuan works closely with Music Director/Conductor Marin Alsop. Photo: rr jones

Conductor Carolyn Kuan leads the Festival Orchestra. Photo: rr jones

Marin Alsop congratulates the Festival Orchestra and Rose of the Winds soloists Cristina Pato, Kayhan Kalhor, Michael Ward-Bergeman and David Krakauer. Photo: rr jones

Rose of the Winds soloists Michael Ward-Bergeman and David Krakauer. Photo: rr jones

Rose of the Winds featured soloists David Krakauer and Cristina Pato share a laugh during rehearsal. Photo: rr jones

Galician bagpiper Cristina Pato, featured in Osvaldo Golijov’s Rose of the Winds. Photo: rr jones

Marin Alsop and the Festival Orchestra rehearse with Rose of the Winds soloists Cristina Pato, Kayhan Kalhor, Michael Ward-Bergeman and David Krakauer. Photo: rr jones

Festival trombonists Ava Ordman and Dan Mattson play shofar for Osvaldo Golijov’s Rose of the Winds. Photo rr jones

Marin and her eight-violin ensemble, reflected in the “pool” of a lacquered piano lid. Photo: rr jones

Marin Alsop leads an ensemble of eight Festival violins in Andrew Norman’s Gran Turismo. Photo: rr jones

2012 Student Staff program members, age 16-24, following a performance of all original compositions. Photo: rr jones

Student Staffer Robert Marshall leads Ensemble members in his own choral composition. Photo: rr jones

Student Staff Co-Director Luffy Bailey conducts the Student Staff Ensemble. Photo: rr jones

Young performers of the Student Staff Ensemble take the stage in an ambitious program at the Civic Auditorium. Photo: rr jones

Clarinetist David Krakauer transfixes the crowd with his own work, Synagogue Wail, in the intimate setting of Nestldown, home to the Festival’s Music in the Mountains event. Photo: rr jones

Staff photographer steals a moment in front of the lens with Galician bagpiper Cristina Pato, at Music in the Mountains. Photo: jess frye

Nestldown, a private retreat hidden in the Santa Cruz redwoods, provides an idyllic setting for Music in the Mountains. Photo: rr jones

Composer Mason Bates, following the world premiere of Bagatelles for Amplified String Quartet and Electronica, performed by the Del Sol String Quartet. Photo: rr jones

Del Sol String Quartet takes bows following their “In the Blue Room” appearance. Photo: rr jones

Orquesta Gitano brings an electric salsa fusion sound to the Church Street Stage. Photo: rr jones

Mohamed Aoualou performs on the outdoor stage with the Desert Dream Dancers. Photo: rr jones

Young artists get busy in the Creativity Tent for Kids. Photo: rr jones

Desert Dream Dance enchants Church Street Fair audiences. Photo: rr jones

Domu Africa drummer on the Church Street Stage. Photo: rr jones

Domu Africa represents Senegal on the outdoor stage. Photo: rr jones

Watsonville Taiko on the outdoor stage of the Church Street Fair. Photo: rr jones

Composer Greg Smith gets the audience up on its feet during the Free Family Concert. Photo: rr jones

Composer/narrator Greg Smith creates possibly the world’s first-ever orchestra “wave” during the premiere of his work, The Animated Orchestra. Photo: rr jones

Youngsters enjoy a string demonstration outdoors during the Tour of the Orchestra. Photo: rr jones

Violinist Ben Tomkins gets in touch with the Festival’s youngest audience members during the Free Family Concert string demonstration. Photo: rr jones

A full house of Free Family Concert audience members enjoy a percussion demo, led by principal Galen Lemmon. Photo: rr jones

Principal percussionist Galen Lemmon prepares his students for their demonstration in the Free Family Concert. Photo: rr jones

Percussionist Svet Stoyanov warms up with a young colleague before the Free Family Concert. Photo: rr jones

Two Festival ushers enjoy a quiet moment before the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium fills to the rafters for the Free Family Concert. Photo: rr jones

Composer James MacMillan congratulates the Festival Orchestra following the world premiere of his Woman of the Apocalypse. Photo: rr jones

Composer Huang Ruo takes a bow following the Cabrillo Festival performance of his Shattered Steps. Photo: rr jones

Composer John Wineglass, narrator Charles Holt, and Marin Alsop take bows following the premiere of Someone Else’s Child. Photo: rr jones

Charles Holt narrates poetry by teens incarcerated in Santa Cruz County Juvenile Hall, which was the inspiration for John Wineglass’ Someone Else’s Child. Photo: rr jones

Marin Alsop leads the award-winning Cabrillo Festival Orchestra. Photo: rr jones

Meet the Composers panelists (L-R) Dylan Mattingly, John Wineglass, Greg Smith, James MacMillan, Behzad Ranjbaran and Huang Ruo flank Marin Alsop (center). Photo: rr jones

(L-R) Associate conductor Carolyn Kuan, composer Huang Ruo, concertmaster Justin Bruns, and Maestra Marin Alsop. Photo: rr jones

Scottish composer James MacMillan and Marin Alsop prepare for the world premiere of his Woman of the Apocalypse. Photo: rr jones

Festival celli, all dressed up for their annual prank, this time in honor of the 50th anniversary season. Photo: rr jones

The truly fearless Cabrillo Festival Scullery Crew, led by Captain Sandra Cohen, provides delicious breakfasts for our hard-working orchestra. Photo: rr jones

Cabrillo Festival percussionists surround composer John Mackey. Photo: rr jones

Festival winds during the Free Family Concert’s Tour of the Orchestra. Photo: rr jones

Festival horn section warms up for an afternoon rehearsal. Photo: rr jones

Percussionist Ward Spangler among the gongs. Photo: rr jones

Percussionist Galen Lemmon plays a pair of crystal wineglasses in Someone Else's Child. Photo: rr jones

Percussionist Svet Stoyanov's chains provided dramatic texture for John Wineglass' Someone Else's Child. Photo: rr jones

Festival trumpets supply brilliant orchestral color. Photo: rr jones

Concertmaster Justin Bruns. Photo by rr jones

Conductors/Composers Workshop participant Ankush Kumar Bahl with concertmaster Justin Bruns. Photo: rr jones

Conductors/Composers Workshop participant Eric Garcia with Marin Alsop. Photo: rr jones

Marin Alsop coaches Andres Franco, a participant in the Conductors/Composers Workshop, an annual collaboration with the Conductor’s Guild. Photo: rr jones

Marin Alsop joins Legacy Donors at a special dinner in their honor at Laili Restaurant. Photo: jess frye

Hidden World of Girls co-commissioners Paul Johnson, Gabrielle Stocker, and 50th anniversary commissioner Mary Solari with composer Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum at the HWG Commissioners’ Dinner, on the eve of Opening Night. Photo: jess frye

Photographer Deborah Luster, with composers Laura Karpman, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, and Alexandra du Bois at the Hidden World of Girls cast party. Photo: jess frye

Marin Alsop and Cabrillo Festival Orchestra members celebrate at the Hidden World of Girls cast party at Rosie McCann’s Irish Pub in downtown Santa Cruz. Photo: jess frye

Hidden World of Girls: Stories Behind the Stories Forum panelists (L-R) Claudia Bernardi, Nikki Silva, Faith Spotted Eagle, Deborah Luster, and Davia Nelson, joined by Marta Sales-Porras of Obscura Digital. Photo: rr jones

Marin Alsop is joined by Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva (a.k.a. The Kitchen Sisters) for a talk back session following the premiere of Hidden World of Girls. Photo: rr jones

Hidden World of Girls’ all-women composers and creative team join Marin Alsop and the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra to bask in applause from a capacity crowd following the world premiere on July 28, 2012. Photo: rr jones

Science fiction author Pat Cadigan’s other wordly “hidden story” inspired a work by Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum for Hidden World of Girls: Stories for Orchestra. Photo: rr jones

Faith Spotted Eagle, founder of the Braveheart Women’s Society, whose story was told in the Hidden World of Girls: Stories for Orchestra. Photo: rr jones

Iranian photographer Shadi Gahadrian’s images and life story inspired a composition by Alexandra du Bois, featured in Hidden World of Girls: Stories for Orchestra. Photo: rr jones

Santa Cruz’ own Jacklyn Partida (a.k.a. Jackie Rocks) performs her guitar solo during Hidden World of Girls: Stories for Orchestra. Photo: rr jones

Young Bay Area percussionist Emily Liu rehearses her marimba solo for Hidden World of Girls: Stories for Orchestra. Photo: rr jones

Brazilian composer/performer Clarice Assad rehearses her vocal solo for Hidden World of Girls: Stories for Orchestra. Photo: rr jones

Composers Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (standing) and Laura Karpman collaborate during a rehearsal for Hidden World of Girls: Stories for Orchestra. Photo: rr jones

Hidden World of Girls: Stories for Orchestra, a groundbreaking multi-media project, and the Festival’s largest commission to date, comes to fruition. Projected images are from the Braveheart Women’s Society of the Yankton Sioux/Ihanktonwan Oyate Reservation. Photo: rr jones

Opening Night pre-concert talk. Marin Alsop (at right) introduces Hidden World of Girls’ composers (L-R) Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, Clarice Assad and Alexandra du Bois. Photo: rr jones

Opening Night of the Cabrillo Festival’s 50th anniversary season featured a pre-concert dinner and talk with Marin Alsop and the composers and creative team of Hidden World of Girls: Stories for Orchestra. Photo: rr jones

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