
A Friendly Update on 2026 Changes to Charitable Giving
We always want to keep our donor community in the loop, so we’re sharing some helpful guidance from our friends and Investment Advisors at Traveka

We always want to keep our donor community in the loop, so we’re sharing some helpful guidance from our friends and Investment Advisors at Traveka

Santa Cruz poet and longtime Festival friend Joan Zimmerman created a living collection of verse inspired by our season’s sounds. Her original poems and curated

In response to The Violins of Hope, Guest Blogger Kendall Grady asks: How can we heal a wound without reducing its significance or ceding power to its source? How can we protect the future from a repetition of the past without falling backwards?

Guest Blogger Kendall Grady considers the intertextuality of Moonlight: Second Oboe Concerto, composed by Kevin Puts and the film ‘Moonlight,’ directed by Barry Jenkins.

Guest Blogger Kendall Grady speaks with Valerie Joi ahead of her Cabrillo Festival debut as narrator in The Battle for the Ballot.

Guest Blogger Kendall Grady reflects on Cabrillo Festival’s 2022 In the Works composers, drawing connections between their respective world premiere works.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We’re just one day away from the first Open Rehearsal, meaning, the Festival season is upon us!
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