A Taste of the Festival – Cabrillo Festival 2024 Preview and Benefit

Come join us for a delicious sneak peek at what the Cabrillo Festival has in store for 2024! This in-person event will be held at the Community Foundation Santa Cruz County on their Rooftop Terrace.

Friction Quartet will play works by featured 2024 Composers-in-Residence Vivian Fung and Gabriella Smith, and Vivian Fung will be in person for a special composer Q&A.

Entry includes:

• string quartet performance & conversation with composer Vivian Fung

• winetastings from Sones Cellars, Bargetto Winery, Inversion Winery, and Alfaro Vineyards

• specialty hors d'oeurvres from local tastemakers La Posta and Oswald

• great company with the Festival community

• access to a silent auction curated by the Festival Board, benefiting the 2024 Festival lineup

Get ready to indulge in delectable treats while supporting the musical mission of the Cabrillo Festival. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to get a taste of the Festival to come!

Proceeds from this event will help make our ambitious plans for Festival 2024, "Music as Movement" possible, including 15 Composers-in-Residence, 4 world premieres, 9 West Coast premieres, the return of our free Family Concert, and so much more! Thank you for supporting new music and our creative community!

3:30 - 4:00 PM doors open, mingling, bites, and libations!
4:00 - 4:30 PM performance by Friction Quartet
4:30 - 4:45 PM composer Q&A with Vivian Fung, moderated by D. Riley Nicholson
4:45 - 5:30 PM the party continues, silent auction ends
5:30 PM event end

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Join Alexander Shelley and three talented and prolific composers as they investigate the challenges and rewards of marrying music and lyrics. U.S. composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate (Chickasaw Nation), JUNO Award-winning Canadian composer Vivian Fung, and Ian Cusson (Canadian Métis and the NAC’s inaugural Carrefour Composer), explore how they create the magic that a perfect union of lyrics and music delivers.

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