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Experience a Mozart Marathon, performances by violinist Gil Shaham and Storm Large, and Brahms' Requiem at the Santa Barbara Symphony's 2024/25 season under Music and Artistic Director Nir Kabaretti. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Santa Barbara Symphony has revealed its 24/25 season. See the full lineup!

Experience a monumental performance of Beethoven 9: An Ode To Joy, Hope & Community as Santa Barbara Symphony opens their 2023/24 season with choral collaborations. Don't miss this celebration of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 on October 14 & 15.

 The Santa Barbara Symphony is inviting the community to a FREE Season Preview event on Thursday, September 7 at the Lobero Theatre. A welcome reception on the promenade will begin at 4:30 p.m. and the program will begin inside promptly at 5:00 p.m.

Santa Barbara Symphony presents Beethoven 9: An Ode to Joy, Hope & Community on October 14 & 15, 2023.

 The Santa Barbara Symphony has announced its 2023-24 season, continuing a musical legacy focused on the transformative power of music. Music & Artistic Director Nir Kabaretti, now in his 18th season with the Santa Barbara Symphony, has curated an expansive eight-month-long musical journey that spotlights local, national, and international talent, as well as community, collaboration, and classical traditions.  

The Santa Barbara Symphony announces its spring Youth Ensembles performances on May 6 & 7, featuring the talented young musicians of our community, and spotlighting the impact of Music Education. All Youth Ensembles performances are free and open to the public; seating is available on a first-come basis. 

The Westmont College Festival Theatre will bring Santa Barbara's treasured cinematic history to the stage in a world premiere.

The Santa Barbara Symphony has announced its fall youth ensemble performances on October 29 and 30. Under the artistic vision of Music & Artistic Director Maestro Nir Kabaretti and administered by Vice President of Community Education and Enrichment, Dr. Nick Fuentes, the youth ensembles boast the largest enrollment in years, a strong parent volunteer group and new, accessible rehearsal and performance spaces. 

Private Collection / Closed for Installation, a free immersive art experience created by award-winning designer David Korins and renowned hyperrealist artist Robin Eley, has officially opened to the public. The experience celebrates iconic lost, stolen, or privately-held works of art. See photos from the exhibition.

The Santa Barbara Symphony has announced that Dr. Daniel Gee will be joining the organization as the Music Director of the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony for the 2022/23 season. Gee is an Assistant Professor of Music at Westmont College, where he conducts the College Choir and Chamber Singers. The Symphony's strategic partnership with Westmont College and the appointment of Gee exemplifies the impact that comes when Santa Barbara institutions collaborate. 

Music Education plays a key role in the Santa Barbara Symphony's mission to inspire a passion for symphonic music in the next generation, and so despite the pandemic, the organization committed to continuing all music education programs, which in the case of the popular Music Van program and Concerts for Young People, meant producing virtual programs this year.

During a year when performing arts faced challenges beyond measure, the Santa Barbara Symphony not only committed to presenting its full season of concerts, but also to continuing its music education programs, including the long-standing tradition of the Youth Symphony Concerto Competition, featuring some of Santa Barbara County's finest young musicians, held virtually this year.

Celia attended the summer acting program at Berridge in 2016 and 2017, studying Shakespeare, On Camera, Movement and Scene Study with professional actors Duane Daniels and Greg Ainsworth among others. “If I weren’t spending my summers working, I’d be at Berridge. Falling in love with this craft over and over again, just like I did my first very first summer there. If you’re considering spending a summer at Berridge, I implore you to take that leap. Know that you’re joining a family of like-minded, warm-hearted, individuals that want you to succeed.”

With no in-person school or performance opportunities this year, young artists are looking towards summer theatre programs for the first opportunity to get back to doing what they love.