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Santa Barbara Symphony’s Beginning

TICKET PRICES IN 1953: $2.00-2.50-3.00-3.75 Students $1.25

The Santa Barbara Symphony began as a group of community musicians combined with music students from UCSB. It was known as the Santa Barbara Orchestra under the direction of Maurice Faulkner. For about five years, it was an annual event for the orchestra to perform at the Lobero Theatre.

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Did you know...Stefan Krayk and Clayton Wilson were co-founders of the Santa Barbara Symphony?

The Santa Barbara Orchestra’s budget the first year was just $10,000.

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ANDRÉ WATTS

Symphony Venues

OCTOBER 20-21, 2012SEASON OPENING WITHANDRÉ WATTS, PIANONIR KABARETTI, MUSIC DIRECTOREmma Lou Diemer: Santa Barbara OvertureBeethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pmTHE GRANADA THEATRESingle Tickets: 805.899.2222Subscriptions: 805.898.9386 or Online at WWW.THESYMPHONY.ORG

Throughout the years, the musicians have called three of Santa Barbara’s historic theaters their home.

Lobero Theatre, 1953-1960

Arlington Theatre, 1976-2007

Granada Theatre, 1961-1975 And 2008-Present

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Fast Footnotes...The “Santa Barbara Overture” was written by Emma Lou Diemer expressly for the Santa Barbara Symphony and premiered on March 23, 1996.

Pianist Andre Watts was awarded the National Medal of the Arts by President Obama in 2012.

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Halloween

Season OpeningGranada Theatre 3pmOpening Post Concert Celebration 5pm – tickets required

Season OpeningGranada Theatre 8pmOpening Night Post Concert Celebration 10pm – tickets required

Columbus Day Observed

DEMARRE MCGILL

Community EngagementThe Santa Barbara Symphony is dedicated to being an integral part of the community. One of our most exciting events is “Music Behind the Music,” a dynamic presentation by Ramón Araïza that brings classical works to life and takes place at The Granada Theatre one hour before each concert.

NOVEMBER 10-11, 2012“FRENCH CONNECTIONS”DEMARRE MCGILL, FLUTENIR KABARETTI, MUSIC DIRECTORDebussy: SyrinxDebussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a FaunIbert: Concerto for Flute and OrchestraSaint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony)

Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pmTHE GRANADA THEATRESingle Tickets: 805.899.2222Subscriptions: 805.898.9386 or Online at WWW.THESYMPHONY.ORG

Children’s Concert at The Santa Barbara Zoo

July 4th at the Courthouse Sunken Gardens

Ramón Araîza

Music Van

Guitar Festival performance at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art

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Fast Footnotes...The final majestic movement of the Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 was used in the movie “Babe.”

Flute soloist Demarre McGill appeared on an episode of “Mr. Rogers” with his brother Anthony, a clarinetist, when they were students.

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ThanksgivingYouth Symphony Concert Hahn Hall 3pm

Junior Strings Concert Location TBA 3pmVeterans’ Day Observed

French ConnectionsGranada Theatre 3pm

French Connections Granada Theatre 8pm Election DayDaylight Savings Time Ends

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