![Music Director/Conductor Marin Alsop bids a sweet farewell to the Cabrillo Festival’s groundbreaking 50th anniversary season. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-80.jpg)
![Composer John Mackey, trombonist Joseph Alessi, and Marin Alsop triumphantly close the 2012 Cabrillo Festival at Mission San Juan Bautista. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-79.jpg)
![Composer Behzad Ranjbaran at Mission San Juan Bautista, following the performance of his work, Seven Passages. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-78.jpg)
![The Cabrillo Festival’s fearless all-volunteer usher brigade, led by House Manager Jennifah Chard. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-77.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-76.jpg)
![Trombonist Joseph Alessi, Marin Alsop, and the Festival Orchestra rehearse John Mackey’s Trombone Concerto, Harvest. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-75.jpg)
![Composer John Mackey and trombonist Joseph Alessi in rehearsal. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-74.jpg)
![Guest conductor Carolyn Kuan hails composer Dylan Mattingly following the world premiere of his work, I Was A Stranger. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-73.jpg)
![Associate Conductor Carolyn Kuan works closely with Music Director/Conductor Marin Alsop. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-72.jpg)
![Conductor Carolyn Kuan leads the Festival Orchestra. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-71.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-70.jpg)
![Rose of the Winds soloists Michael Ward-Bergeman and David Krakauer. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-69.jpg)
![Rose of the Winds featured soloists David Krakauer and Cristina Pato share a laugh during rehearsal. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-68.jpg)
![Galician bagpiper Cristina Pato, featured in Osvaldo Golijov’s Rose of the Winds. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-67.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-66.jpg)
![Festival trombonists Ava Ordman and Dan Mattson play shofar for Osvaldo Golijov’s Rose of the Winds. Photo rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-65.jpg)
![Marin and her eight-violin ensemble, reflected in the “pool” of a lacquered piano lid. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-64.jpg)
![Marin Alsop leads an ensemble of eight Festival violins in Andrew Norman’s Gran Turismo. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-63.jpg)
![Student Staffer Robert Marshall leads Ensemble members in his own choral composition. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-61.jpg)
![2012 Student Staff program members, age 16-24, following a performance of all original compositions. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-62.jpg)
![Student Staff Co-Director Luffy Bailey conducts the Student Staff Ensemble. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-60.jpg)
![Young performers of the Student Staff Ensemble take the stage in an ambitious program at the Civic Auditorium. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-59.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-58.jpg)
![Staff photographer steals a moment in front of the lens with Galician bagpiper Cristina Pato, at Music in the Mountains. Photo: jess frye](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-57.jpg)
![Nestldown, a private retreat hidden in the Santa Cruz redwoods, provides an idyllic setting for Music in the Mountains. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-56.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-55.jpg)
![Del Sol String Quartet takes bows following their “In the Blue Room” appearance. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-54.jpg)
![Orquesta Gitano brings an electric salsa fusion sound to the Church Street Stage. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-53.jpg)
![Mohamed Aoualou performs on the outdoor stage with the Desert Dream Dancers. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-52.jpg)
![Young artists get busy in the Creativity Tent for Kids. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-51.jpg)
![Desert Dream Dance enchants Church Street Fair audiences. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-50.jpg)
![Domu Africa drummer on the Church Street Stage. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-49.jpg)
![Domu Africa represents Senegal on the outdoor stage. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-48.jpg)
![Watsonville Taiko on the outdoor stage of the Church Street Fair. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-47.jpg)
![Composer Greg Smith gets the audience up on its feet during the Free Family Concert. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-46.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-45.jpg)
![Youngsters enjoy a string demonstration outdoors during the Tour of the Orchestra. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-44.jpg)
![Violinist Ben Tomkins gets in touch with the Festival’s youngest audience members during the Free Family Concert string demonstration. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-43.jpg)
![A full house of Free Family Concert audience members enjoy a percussion demo, led by principal Galen Lemmon. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-42.jpg)
![Principal percussionist Galen Lemmon prepares his students for their demonstration in the Free Family Concert. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-41.jpg)
![Percussionist Svet Stoyanov warms up with a young colleague before the Free Family Concert. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-40.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-39.jpg)
![Composer James MacMillan congratulates the Festival Orchestra following the world premiere of his Woman of the Apocalypse. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-38.jpg)
![Composer Huang Ruo takes a bow following the Cabrillo Festival performance of his Shattered Steps. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-37.jpg)
![Composer John Wineglass, narrator Charles Holt, and Marin Alsop take bows following the premiere of Someone Else’s Child. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-36.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-35.jpg)
![Marin Alsop leads the award-winning Cabrillo Festival Orchestra. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-34.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-33.jpg)
![(L-R) Associate conductor Carolyn Kuan, composer Huang Ruo, concertmaster Justin Bruns, and Maestra Marin Alsop. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-32.jpg)
![Scottish composer James MacMillan and Marin Alsop prepare for the world premiere of his Woman of the Apocalypse. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-31-e1470375835843.jpg)
![Festival celli, all dressed up for their annual prank, this time in honor of the 50th anniversary season. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-30.jpg)
![The truly fearless Cabrillo Festival Scullery Crew, led by Captain Sandra Cohen, provides delicious breakfasts for our hard-working orchestra. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-29.jpg)
![Cabrillo Festival percussionists surround composer John Mackey. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-28.jpg)
![Festival winds during the Free Family Concert’s Tour of the Orchestra. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-27.jpg)
![Festival horn section warms up for an afternoon rehearsal. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-26.jpg)
![Percussionist Ward Spangler among the gongs. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-25.jpg)
![Percussionist Svet Stoyanov's chains provided dramatic texture for John Wineglass' Someone Else's Child. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-23.jpg)
![Percussionist Galen Lemmon plays a pair of crystal wineglasses in Someone Else's Child. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-24.jpg)
![Festival trumpets supply brilliant orchestral color. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-22.jpg)
![Concertmaster Justin Bruns. Photo by rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-21.jpg)
![Conductors/Composers Workshop participant Ankush Kumar Bahl with concertmaster Justin Bruns. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-20.jpg)
![Conductors/Composers Workshop participant Eric Garcia with Marin Alsop. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-19.jpg)
![Marin Alsop coaches Andres Franco, a participant in the Conductors/Composers Workshop, an annual collaboration with the Conductor’s Guild. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-18.jpg)
![Marin Alsop joins Legacy Donors at a special dinner in their honor at Laili Restaurant. Photo: jess frye](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-17.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-16.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-15.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-14.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-13.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-12.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-11.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-10.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-09.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-07.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-08.jpg)
![Young Bay Area percussionist Emily Liu rehearses her marimba solo for Hidden World of Girls: Stories for Orchestra. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-06.jpg)
![Brazilian composer/performer Clarice Assad rehearses her vocal solo for Hidden World of Girls: Stories for Orchestra. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-05.jpg)
![Composers Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (standing) and Laura Karpman collaborate during a rehearsal for Hidden World of Girls: Stories for Orchestra. Photo: rr jones](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-04.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-03.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-02.jpg)
![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](http://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-01.jpg)
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
Student Staffer Robert Marshall leads Ensemble members in his own choral composition. Photo: rr jones
2012 Student Staff program members, age 16-24, following a performance of all original compositions. 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
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 Svet Stoyanov's chains provided dramatic texture for John Wineglass' Someone Else's Child. Photo: rr jones
Percussionist Galen Lemmon plays a pair of crystal wineglasses in 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
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
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 Orchestr
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
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
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
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 and Laura Karpman
Hidden World of Girls Stories for Orchestra
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 Festivals 50th anniversary season
![Music Director/Conductor Marin Alsop bids a sweet farewell to the Cabrillo Festival’s groundbreaking 50th anniversary season. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/76b7f001d89a1dc2821a6dc3286b7407/2012-80.jpg)
![Composer John Mackey, trombonist Joseph Alessi, and Marin Alsop triumphantly close the 2012 Cabrillo Festival at Mission San Juan Bautista. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/6644f0f233e7e6ed0d06240968f0cbeb/2012-79.jpg)
![Composer Behzad Ranjbaran at Mission San Juan Bautista, following the performance of his work, Seven Passages. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/b3b98ada096c08d20baaf0baea6e4abb/2012-78.jpg)
![The Cabrillo Festival’s fearless all-volunteer usher brigade, led by House Manager Jennifah Chard. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/5fd428865c11d6c094ced11b34a95445/2012-77.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/417ddf40688c57e593d2a9fa95685d54/2012-76.jpg)
![Trombonist Joseph Alessi, Marin Alsop, and the Festival Orchestra rehearse John Mackey’s Trombone Concerto, Harvest. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/817c064a3be6e254753ab06ac4563e58/2012-75.jpg)
![Composer John Mackey and trombonist Joseph Alessi in rehearsal. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/9b5539b00993e42eee835c47ac6df89c/2012-74.jpg)
![Guest conductor Carolyn Kuan hails composer Dylan Mattingly following the world premiere of his work, I Was A Stranger. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/0a6abd3b76b2990661208731a2febddf/2012-73.jpg)
![Associate Conductor Carolyn Kuan works closely with Music Director/Conductor Marin Alsop. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/7afc2a77d1ff5af5f09c577e663971db/2012-72.jpg)
![Conductor Carolyn Kuan leads the Festival Orchestra. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/4228d0762af747f132c4aa2bbd2c224a/2012-71.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/a743efbac0bf430ac896651481e3d605/2012-70.jpg)
![Rose of the Winds soloists Michael Ward-Bergeman and David Krakauer. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/3f8a68ae981147deaa9c8d06e1273bfb/2012-69.jpg)
![Rose of the Winds featured soloists David Krakauer and Cristina Pato share a laugh during rehearsal. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/85438098c94e2346c18786b22c6d8252/2012-68.jpg)
![Galician bagpiper Cristina Pato, featured in Osvaldo Golijov’s Rose of the Winds. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/c0b18a876f429843ed6643327a0e7aa3/2012-67.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/37647c546d02bcbaa9dfc9bf529d87bd/2012-66.jpg)
![Festival trombonists Ava Ordman and Dan Mattson play shofar for Osvaldo Golijov’s Rose of the Winds. Photo rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/2e92930c23be99da173df8fe731575f1/2012-65.jpg)
![Marin and her eight-violin ensemble, reflected in the “pool” of a lacquered piano lid. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/0c450c89f1fd642ffc8fcb7ea2e5abd8/2012-64.jpg)
![Marin Alsop leads an ensemble of eight Festival violins in Andrew Norman’s Gran Turismo. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/508348921aa4adfee0639d8054b83161/2012-63.jpg)
![Student Staffer Robert Marshall leads Ensemble members in his own choral composition. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/9330459564064abba9fda7e0d6776a76/2012-61.jpg)
![2012 Student Staff program members, age 16-24, following a performance of all original compositions. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/b1d017097c5d6dd2a82e7fde2deb37ae/2012-62.jpg)
![Student Staff Co-Director Luffy Bailey conducts the Student Staff Ensemble. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/d27653177fb07e7d6e1cf817287d0050/2012-60.jpg)
![Young performers of the Student Staff Ensemble take the stage in an ambitious program at the Civic Auditorium. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/b8a5f6c84341b3f0194ca19cce396ec5/2012-59.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/b2eee2d83ff3371e6c88cd44a280a97a/2012-58.jpg)
![Staff photographer steals a moment in front of the lens with Galician bagpiper Cristina Pato, at Music in the Mountains. Photo: jess frye](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/9f20650ff7baa8443dcc5ad255aae420/2012-57.jpg)
![Nestldown](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/12432d498e3d22d61b648fc120232e80/2012-56.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/b321e913d403cd954aeb5de5aeb718f1/2012-55.jpg)
![Del Sol String Quartet takes bows following their “In the Blue Room” appearance. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/5dbdd84a9983aedb0daa17b3e2895ce0/2012-54.jpg)
![Orquesta Gitano brings an electric salsa fusion sound to the Church Street Stage. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/22449c5cffe1f59d23c65e24b8ed0fa8/2012-53.jpg)
![Mohamed Aoualou performs on the outdoor stage with the Desert Dream Dancers. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/342143fcbb006cb652b8d2d207ec8256/2012-52.jpg)
![Young artists get busy in the Creativity Tent for Kids. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/6d6ea13f5f1aa8157a15766d2475c7e0/2012-51.jpg)
![Desert Dream Dance enchants Church Street Fair audiences. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/59855acdcfcae6f759cd29beb1cece6b/2012-50.jpg)
![Domu Africa drummer on the Church Street Stage. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/b32325b0a25adf901c961e2eb7bdeaa7/2012-49.jpg)
![Domu Africa represents Senegal on the outdoor stage. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/b5bf220e0a57daeadca2c61724800dcc/2012-48.jpg)
![Watsonville Taiko on the outdoor stage of the Church Street Fair. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/1fddd96a87f110f7f4f29e40c7e0ef62/2012-47.jpg)
![Composer Greg Smith gets the audience up on its feet during the Free Family Concert. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/b2f9867d10ca529a55599700fd1c7e20/2012-46.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/1e56b5a446f072704c3566b401f70800/2012-45.jpg)
![Youngsters enjoy a string demonstration outdoors during the Tour of the Orchestra. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/ff85638d670f478f966aab88dc85c648/2012-44.jpg)
![Violinist Ben Tomkins gets in touch with the Festival’s youngest audience members during the Free Family Concert string demonstration. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/375281b40e88e4ff123edbeb232698b4/2012-43.jpg)
![A full house of Free Family Concert audience members enjoy a percussion demo, led by principal Galen Lemmon. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/a8c2e080785ca64f2c3997ffbe912657/2012-42.jpg)
![Principal percussionist Galen Lemmon prepares his students for their demonstration in the Free Family Concert. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/f98b939cbbbe3847a37396d9c1f7cca9/2012-41.jpg)
![Percussionist Svet Stoyanov warms up with a young colleague before the Free Family Concert. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/8045590346d2008815d89caa6311e482/2012-40.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/d3b3ece70cd03af1c6328b472e6aa567/2012-39.jpg)
![Composer James MacMillan congratulates the Festival Orchestra following the world premiere of his Woman of the Apocalypse. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/3d602865f5f8f0916dedfe561f2aaa4b/2012-38.jpg)
![Composer Huang Ruo takes a bow following the Cabrillo Festival performance of his Shattered Steps. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/9153dbac1e2027d53cd353e0e53a2ee5/2012-37.jpg)
![Composer John Wineglass, narrator Charles Holt, and Marin Alsop take bows following the premiere of Someone Else’s Child. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/894575feb7e1792a2c8066e1526a5ab3/2012-36.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/a5b50249a87914c12fac6efe53414c41/2012-35.jpg)
![Marin Alsop leads the award-winning Cabrillo Festival Orchestra. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/68be15239a0f6dbccc76c5b2b6289458/2012-34.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/b8516b1448e033a4b643f55d6ca23a66/2012-33.jpg)
![(L-R) Associate conductor Carolyn Kuan, composer Huang Ruo, concertmaster Justin Bruns, and Maestra Marin Alsop. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/286ea2b1f34ea1534e6b230fa4c3d42e/2012-32.jpg)
![Scottish composer James MacMillan and Marin Alsop prepare for the world premiere of his Woman of the Apocalypse. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/6e39989ccbb20f58eeba3b2cf8fa4852/2012-31-e1470375835843.jpg)
![Festival celli, all dressed up for their annual prank, this time in honor of the 50th anniversary season. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/20261c7918b8878d5a4f55466cc1f4f0/2012-30.jpg)
![The truly fearless Cabrillo Festival Scullery Crew, led by Captain Sandra Cohen, provides delicious breakfasts for our hard-working orchestra. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/d615324202be530e208ac7aeebefa0a8/2012-29.jpg)
![Cabrillo Festival percussionists surround composer John Mackey. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/04eb164f895692175ba5db1ab0942df5/2012-28.jpg)
![Festival winds during the Free Family Concert’s Tour of the Orchestra. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/d6a5141599183507f7e9822d576c80fe/2012-27.jpg)
![Festival horn section warms up for an afternoon rehearsal. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/ee20a9bb7b582f8e3ef920048cbc5969/2012-26.jpg)
![Percussionist Ward Spangler among the gongs. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/ffb8c8beeb73b5101878ecb14f507227/2012-25.jpg)
![Percussionist Svet Stoyanov's chains provided dramatic texture for John Wineglass' Someone Else's Child. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/63ff1ea4dffad205458dde950ef4d248/2012-23.jpg)
![Percussionist Galen Lemmon plays a pair of crystal wineglasses in Someone Else's Child. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/ab9e5285b967f4bf7c1b5ae4e22f02be/2012-24.jpg)
![Festival trumpets supply brilliant orchestral color. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/05c5342c9bab1fccc6c14cc00113dbe6/2012-22.jpg)
![Concertmaster Justin Bruns. Photo by rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/a781ddcbb260f80c0588424a813ac03c/2012-21.jpg)
![Conductors/Composers Workshop participant Ankush Kumar Bahl with concertmaster Justin Bruns. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/22b4bd6c399553e9fbc5a6cd56e48267/2012-20.jpg)
![Conductors/Composers Workshop participant Eric Garcia with Marin Alsop. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/1aebc3360177969050bcb0a5f6cfa4db/2012-19.jpg)
![Marin Alsop coaches Andres Franco, a participant in the Conductors/Composers Workshop, an annual collaboration with the Conductor’s Guild. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/32b8f7f58f5e0a7898f024f22f991fae/2012-18.jpg)
![Marin Alsop joins Legacy Donors at a special dinner in their honor at Laili Restaurant. Photo: jess frye](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/99f6a28cf1694608f36b2e44a50601a0/2012-17.jpg)
![Hidden World of Girls co-commissioners Paul Johnson, Gabrielle Stocker, and 50th anniversary commissioner Mary Solari with composer Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/31b91bce2f4b1d6630b897e5cf0beab4/2012-16.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/927ba11ec30eabde54308d20c6ef90d7/2012-15.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/6f2d9a05e29e5184e22c2f7c5a208e2e/2012-14.jpg)
![Hidden World of Girls: Stories Behind the Stories Forum panelists](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/f49737640ccd7e62bfb6d6b2f8bd04b9/2012-13.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/28aec5819f63c3b99978344ca82f9886/2012-12.jpg)
![Hidden World of Girls all-women composers and creative team join Marin Alsop and the Cabrillo Festival Orchestr](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/d2da3b96baee72a13e2013786324855b/2012-11.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/017a3ae47d8c6c3597942bb2e838ebd4/2012-10.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/30a54b0ddc1e731dfb571619f7485b2d/2012-09.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/0238f64b017778646a8216d5f99c517c/2012-07.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/9b501ee5c5171499413db6dae0327efb/2012-08.jpg)
![Young Bay Area percussionist Emily Liu rehearses her marimba solo for Hidden World of Girls: Stories for Orchestra. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/6361a70ac33aae459c55c1630b7a78f3/2012-06.jpg)
![Brazilian composer/performer Clarice Assad rehearses her vocal solo for Hidden World of Girls: Stories for Orchestra. Photo: rr jones](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/57d0451a579a9e5260493754c9ecb9ad/2012-05.jpg)
![Composers Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum and Laura Karpman](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/763c194fa1fcbbcbef6ec779c1a9ff50/2012-04.jpg)
![Hidden World of Girls Stories for Orchestra](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/442c6b6236e710870c164937fdfece8a/2012-03.jpg)
![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](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/6ceca73babb350e465902f44aac167ba/2012-02.jpg)
![Opening Night of the Cabrillo Festivals 50th anniversary season](https://cabrillomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/slider/cache/14afbd67b4bd5d9d7d72f4ab6a53b2d8/2012-01.jpg)