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Plans while the orchestra is off stage include free performance broadcasts.

New dates June 13-14, 2020

If we receive the recommendation to cancel events, we will prioritize the health of our audience, musicians, and staff by implementing and communicating appropriate changes that ensure a safe environment.

Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron charm their way through post-war Paris in this iconic film directed by Vincente Minelli and featuring guest Constantine Kitsopoulos leading the Symphony through a live orchestral performance of George Gershwin’s Oscar-winning sc

Guest conductor Christian Reif will lead the orchestra in a performance of Mozart’s Overture to “La Clemenza di Tito,” Symphony No. 39 and Michael Gilbertson’s “Graffiti,” while rising-star cellist Thomas Mesa will thrill with his rendition of Tchaikovsky’

Critically acclaimed Israeli pianists Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg will present a unique arrangement of Johannes Brahms’ G minor Piano Quartet, Op. 25 while the orchestra performs a truly heroic rendition of Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony.

With leading Broadway music director and conductor Andy Einhorn, UCSB Choirs and Broadway star Christiane Noll

Mozart, Mahler, Pulitzer Prize winner Julia Wolfe and thrilling American soprano Anya Matanovič

Santa Barbara’s favorite New Year’s Eve tradition returns with “Women Rock,” a rousing program featuring the music of Carole King, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, and more!

(October 14, 2019) – Santa Barbara, CA. – The Santa Barbara Symphony has added seven new board members since January,