News Years Eve with The Symphony
New Years Eve with The Symphony
Tuesday, December 31, 2024 | 8:30 - 10 pm
The Granada Theatre.
Concert Duration: Approximately 100 minutes
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Listen to the guest artist interview of Andrew Lipke on Santa Barbara’s 99.7 KTYD on December 17th, 2024.
Experience Santa Barbara’s biggest and best New Year’s Eve celebration! Conductor and host Andrew Lipke returns to lead the orchestra in an energetic mix of pop, rock, and surprise hits—complete with his electric guitar!
Adding to the excitement, local American Idol star Micaela McCall brings her soulful voice and dynamic stage presence to this festive evening. A heartwarming sing-along to Auld Lang Syne will round out this festive evening. With complimentary champagne, party favors, and an early showtime, you can celebrate before and after the concert.
The Artists
Andrew Lipke, Guest Conductor & Host
Micaela McCall, Vocalist
Andrew Lipke is a Philadelphia-based, South African-born composer and multi-instrumentalist active in many different styles of music. In 1996, Lipke moved to Philadelphia to pursue a degree in composition at The University of the Arts and has since gone on to become a critically acclaimed and sought-after arranger, producer, composer, performer, and educator.
Andrew is driven by a passion for finding common ground between disparate styles of music, and his career reflects this. He has been featured as a composer, arranger, and/or vocalist with such prominent American symphonies as the Nashville, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Indianapolis, Colorado, Columbus, Charlotte, and North Carolina symphonies and the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra.
Lipke has produced dozens of records for local and regional artists, and released six solo albums. In 2010, Andrew formed the Azrael String Quartet to perform music he had written for his album The Plague which upon release was named one of the “50 best albums of the year” by Philadelphia Weekly.
His 2012 work “Siddiqah” was choreographed by The Columbus Dance Theatre for their production Rock Out!, which also included several string quartet arrangements of classic rock songs Lipke completed for the Carpe Diem String Quartet. In 2013, Andrew wrote a punk rock score for the internationally released Epix film Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story, and in 2014 he had the privilege of completing orchestral arrangements for Blue Note Records artist Amos Lee’s sold-out show with the Colorado Symphony at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater. This concert was subsequently released as Amos Lee Live from Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony and prominently features several of Lipke’s symphonic arrangements.
In 2015, Andrew released his sixth studio record called Siddhartha. The first in an album cycle based on the Herman Hesse novel of the same name, Siddhartha has been praised for its “smartly constructed lyrics and gorgeously orchestrated melodies” (A.D. Amorosi, Philadelphia City Paper). The album features collaborations with members of Choral Arts Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Bach Collegium, and other prominent classical and non-classical musicians from the region.
Upon an invitation from esteemed maestro Dirk Brossè, Andrew is currently involved in an ongoing residency with The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, creating, curating, and hosting an innovative, cross-genre concert series entitled “Intersect.” In addition to his composition, production, and arranging work, Andrew also tours the country with the critically acclaimed Led Zeppelin tribute band Get The Led Out.
Micaela McCall is a singer-songwriter and voice teacher with music in her blood. Her parents met at music school in Studio City and raised her in a house full of instruments, improvisation, and musical instruction.
Micaela attended Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and Thomas Aquinas College. Since graduation, she has taught music at Cate School and the Detar Music Studios in Santa Barbara, where she has written and produced her original songs. Her training in classical opera underpins her writing process, which draws on folk, soul, and indie rock. This past year, Micaela was recruited to be a contestant on the most recent season of American Idol, where she sang three times for the Judges, including Santa Barbara native Katy Perry, who described her voice as timeless and free. You can find her recent singles “Milk and Honey” and “Puppy Eyes” on Spotify and all other streaming platforms.
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Conducted by The Santa Barbara Symphony’s
World Renowned Conductor
Nir Kabaretti
Nir Kabaretti has worked with some of the world’s most sought-after musicians. Some of his most well-known collaborators include Lang Lang, Placido Domingo, Joyce Di Donato, Angel Joy Blue, Vadim Repin, Gilles Apap, Hélène Grimaud, and André Watts.
Conducted by The Santa Barbara Symphony's World Renowned Conductor
Nir Kabaretti
Nir Kabaretti has worked with some of the world’s most sought-after musicians. Some of his most well-known collaborators include Lang Lang, Placido Domingo, Joyce Di Donato, Angel Joy Blue, Vadim Repin, Gilles Apap, Hélène Grimaud, and André Watts.
A very warm and special thank you
to our 2024/25 season donors and the sponsors making
this event possible!
Sponsors
Principal Concert Sponsor
Samuel M. & Alene S. Hedgpeth
Honorary Conductor
Dr. Bob Weinman
Artist Sponsor
Bob & Mary Gates
Champagne Sponsors
Marilynn Sullivan & Lois Duncan
2024/25 Concert Season Sponsor
Sarah & Roger Chrisman
Corporate Season Sponsor
Grand Venue Sponsor
