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2025 Summer Music Festival
Music Academy of the West

2025 Summer Music Festival

Lobero Nights Series

Join us in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara for unforgettable performances as our unrivaled teaching artists—from the world-renowned Takács Quartet to Grammy-winning soloists—bring chamber music treasures to life. Vibrant artistic conversations emerge as profound musical relationships unfold before your eyes and ears.

Fri, Jun 20, 7:30 PM • Takács Quartet @ 50

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet No. 59 in G Minor, “Rider”
LEOŠ JANÁCEK String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata”
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3

Thu, Jun 26, 7:30 PM • Teaching Artist Showcase: Mozart & Ravel

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516
Takács Quartet

MAURICE RAVEL Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano
Richie Hawley clarinet
Prometheus Quartet

Jeremy Denk piano

FRANCIS POULENC Sonata for Cello and Piano, FP 143
Julie Albers cello
Jeremy Denk piano

Sat, Jul 26, 7:30 PM • Teaching Artist Showcase: Brahms & Schubert

JOHANNES BRAHMS String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111
Sibbi Bernhardsson violin
Milan Milisavljević viola
Alan Stepansky cello

FRANZ SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114, “The Trout”
Martin Beaver violin
Scott Pingel double bass
Jeremy Denk piano

Fri, Aug 8, 7:30 PM • Duo & Song Winners Recital Finale

Celebrate with us as the summer’s prize-winning artists from the Marilyn Horne Song Competition and Duo Competition display their virtuosic artistry in three mini-recitals.

The Lobero Nights Series is generously supported by the Lobero’s Community Access Fund.

 

Special Event Add-On

Sat, Jul 19, 11 AM • Peter & the Wolf (Pedro y el Lobo)

Bring the whole family for this special bilingual production of Prokofiev’s symphonic tale for children at the Lobero Theatre, conducted by César Cañón, with acting and narration in both English (Michael Boudewyns) and Spanish from the vaudeville-inspired troop Really Inventive Stuff.

A young boy named Peter (strings) disobeys his grandfather (bassoon) and climbs over the garden wall. When he encounters a wolf (horn), with quick thinking and the help of his friends – a bird (flute), a duck (oboe), and a cat (clarinet) – will Peter save the day?

GINASTERA Four Dances from Estancia, Op. 8a
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf

Instrument Exploration Station @ 10 AM
Join us pre-concert on the Lobero patio and get to know the instruments of the orchestra!

In partnership with the Santa Barbara Symphony’s Music Van Program

 

Presented By

Ticket Information

SUBSCRIBE NOW for Lobero Nights Series or other Summer Festival series and to access Special Events

Single tickets go on sale May 1st

(Ticket prices include a per ticket Lobero Facility Fee)

Tickets purchased online or by phone are subject to a web/phone order fee of $3.00 per ticket. To avoid this fee, tickets can be purchased in person at the box office. 

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Music Academy of the West

2025 Summer Music Festival

Lobero Nights Series

Avoid Ticket Scams

Protect your purchase by identifying authorized ticket sellers. Learn More

Presented By

Join us in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara for unforgettable performances as our unrivaled teaching artists—from the world-renowned Takács Quartet to Grammy-winning soloists—bring chamber music treasures to life. Vibrant artistic conversations emerge as profound musical relationships unfold before your eyes and ears.

Fri, Jun 20, 7:30 PM • Takács Quartet @ 50

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet No. 59 in G Minor, “Rider”
LEOŠ JANÁCEK String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata”
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3

Thu, Jun 26, 7:30 PM • Teaching Artist Showcase: Mozart & Ravel

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516
Takács Quartet

MAURICE RAVEL Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano
Richie Hawley clarinet
Prometheus Quartet

Jeremy Denk piano

FRANCIS POULENC Sonata for Cello and Piano, FP 143
Julie Albers cello
Jeremy Denk piano

Sat, Jul 26, 7:30 PM • Teaching Artist Showcase: Brahms & Schubert

JOHANNES BRAHMS String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111
Sibbi Bernhardsson violin
Milan Milisavljević viola
Alan Stepansky cello

FRANZ SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114, “The Trout”
Martin Beaver violin
Scott Pingel double bass
Jeremy Denk piano

Fri, Aug 8, 7:30 PM • Duo & Song Winners Recital Finale

Celebrate with us as the summer’s prize-winning artists from the Marilyn Horne Song Competition and Duo Competition display their virtuosic artistry in three mini-recitals.

The Lobero Nights Series is generously supported by the Lobero’s Community Access Fund.

 

Special Event Add-On

Sat, Jul 19, 11 AM • Peter & the Wolf (Pedro y el Lobo)

Bring the whole family for this special bilingual production of Prokofiev’s symphonic tale for children at the Lobero Theatre, conducted by César Cañón, with acting and narration in both English (Michael Boudewyns) and Spanish from the vaudeville-inspired troop Really Inventive Stuff.

A young boy named Peter (strings) disobeys his grandfather (bassoon) and climbs over the garden wall. When he encounters a wolf (horn), with quick thinking and the help of his friends – a bird (flute), a duck (oboe), and a cat (clarinet) – will Peter save the day?

GINASTERA Four Dances from Estancia, Op. 8a
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf

Instrument Exploration Station @ 10 AM
Join us pre-concert on the Lobero patio and get to know the instruments of the orchestra!

In partnership with the Santa Barbara Symphony’s Music Van Program

 

SUBSCRIBE NOW for Lobero Nights Series or other Summer Festival series and to access Special Events

Single tickets go on sale May 1st

(Ticket prices include a per ticket Lobero Facility Fee)

Tickets purchased online or by phone are subject to a web/phone order fee of $3.00 per ticket. To avoid this fee, tickets can be purchased in person at the box office. 

Reserved Seating