Dear Friends of Cabrillo Festival, I am pleased to announce that D. Riley Nicholson has assumed his role as our new Executive Director, beginning this

Introduction by Farnaz Fatemi, 2023 Cabrillo Festival Poet-In-Residence It was a thrill and honor to serve as Poet-in-Residence for this year’s Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary

Poet-in-Residence FARNAZ FATEMI An Iranian American poet and writer, Farnaz Fatemi is Santa Cruz County Poet Laureate for 2023 and 2024. She is a founding

To my beloved community, After a profoundly rewarding career stewarding the Cabrillo Festival for more than three decades, I have decided now to step down

Maestro Cristi Macelaru continues our new monthly series LIVE on Saturday, July 3 at 11am PDT when he moderates this conversation between composers Karim Al-Zand, Missy Mazzoli, and Carlos Simon.

Maestro Cristi Macelaru continues our monthly series when he moderates this conversation between composers John Corigliano, Peter Shin, and Gabriella Smith.

Maestro Cristi Măcelaru continues our monthly Composers in Conversation series—this time one-on-one and back-to-back with Wynton Marsalis and Tan Dun.

Choreographer/dancer Molly Katzman and film crew Swan Dive Media went location scouting in preparation for the world premiere of composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s new work, Contested Eden.

Maestro Cristi Măcelaru continues our monthly Composers in Conversation series—this time between Clarice Assad, Anna Clyne, and Kevin Puts.

Cristian Măcelaru in conversation with composers Jennifer Higdon, Huang Ruo, and Iván Enrique Rodríguez.

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