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Location Scouting for Gabriela Lena Frank’s New Work

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.

Composers in Conversation Vol. 2 – Video

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

Composers in Conversation Vol. 1 – Video

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

Support the Businesses that Support the Festival!

The wonderful businesses listed on this page have supported Cabrillo Festival through advertising, in-kind or financial contributions, some over many decades.

Collage of violin, female singer and male violinist

Violins of Hope SF Bay Area Begins

Cabrillo Festival is honored to introduce you to the Violins of Hope San Francisco Bay Area, and to be a collaborator in this profound series of events.

The Muse Visits Santa Cruz

This essay is part of Marilyn DuHamel’s Wayfinder Series about people, art works, and events that can help us find our way in these lost times.

Maya Miro Johnson and conductor Toby Thatcher

The Festival Through My Eyes: An Interview with In the Works Composer Maya Miro Johnson

It was a great treat to sit down with Maya and get an idea of where her work sprung from, as well as how the concepts she explained before the performance of her work manifested within the composition.

The Festival Through My Eyes: The Student Staff Program

If you attended any of the concerts this season, you likely received a program book from a person wearing a blue Cabrillo shirt. Chances are, this person was a member of the Festival’s Student Staff Program.

photo by r.r.jones~Cristi and Wynton in open rehearsal

The Festival Through My Eyes: Expressions of Community

In the 21st century, we often become aware of the universality of our experience and feelings through artistic conversations happening online and in the media.

The Festival Through My Eyes: Works in Process

From Open Rehearsals to Student Staff projects, Megan Levad’s poetry workshop, and the astounding In the Works concert, this Festival is brimming with personal and collective creative growth.