(Photo credit: Artist’s website) Baritone Zachary James gives the opening concert at the 2026 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. Music Director Cristian Măcelaru leads the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music’s 64th season. In the concert titled, “On Freedom,” Zachary James gives the West Coast premiere of Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 15. He is joined by the Festival Orchestra. Glass’ six-movement {…}
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music has announced its 2025 slate, which takes place between August 1-10 2025. This year’s slate features a total of five performances, with two featuring classical vocal showcases. The focus of this article will be on those two. First up is “Chasing Light,” which includes soprano Michelle Areyzaga and baritone Sidney Outlaw taking on the world {…}
(Photo credit: Shayne Gray) The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music has announced its 2024 programming. This article includes vocal performances only. The 62nd season kicks off with Cristian Măcelaru leading the world premiere of Karim Al-Zand’s “Al Hakawati,” an opera in progress –beginning at Cabrillo Festival and then move throughout the world. Soprano Miriam Khalil serves as soloist. Also on this {…}
D. Riley Nicholson has been appointed as the next Executive Director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, effective Oct. 1, 2023. Previously serving as the Executive Director of the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas (SoNA) since 2020, Nicholson led various initiatives to advance the organization, including the adoption of a new vision, diversity, equity, and inclusion action plan, and strategic {…}