Music Academy of the West FanFare Magazine 2022

S P RIN G 2022

FANFARE MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA

Speranza Scappucci

75th Anniversary Summer Festival Shines 2022 IS A BIG YEAR FOR THE MUSIC ACADEMY.

After a busy spring featuring the momentous residency of the London Symphony Orchestra and the launch of a new Winners Recital Series, it’s finally time to look ahead to the pinnacle of the Academy’s annual offerings: the Summer School and Festival.

136 fellows, 60 faculty and teaching artists, and an audience of more than 20,000 will converge in Santa Barbara to celebrate the 2022 Summer Festival. This summer will feature a reimagined Chamber Music Series, beloved masterclasses, and a new spin on the fan-favorite Picnic Concerts, with all the repertoire selected by Academy fellows. As a gift to audiences, the Festival will open with a Community Concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl, with all tickets priced at only $10.

The 75th Anniversary Signature Benefit Event will feature superstar alums, Metropolitan Opera favorite Isabel Leonard and faculty artist pianist Nino Sanikidze, who will be joining forces for an unforgettable performance under the stars on Saturday, June 18.

The Innovation Institute will continue to challenge Academy artists with cutting-edge curriculum that addresses the changes needed for classical music to thrive. This includes the Fast Pitch Awards competition, which nurtures experimentation and risk-

taking. Access to technology, media training, and dynamics advisors from the Stanford d. school who fuel the future disruptors of our industry and society round out the Innovation Institute’s offerings.

For decades the Academy has prided Isabel Leonard itself on introducing the world’s leading conductors to the next generation of artists. The Academy Festival Orchestra will be led this summer by Teddy Abrams, Stéphane Denève, Hannu Lintu, and Larry Rachleff, and Academy alum Speranza Scappucci has been selected to lead the final Festival concert. Scappucci is making her Met debut next season following an acclaimed debut at La Scala as their first female Italian conductor.

There is no better way to celebrate an anniversary than to bring new music to life. The Academy’s commitment to empowering diverse perspectives exhibits itself best in the commissioning of composers of our time, many of whom will be in residence.

Christopher Cerrone, Tom Cipullo, Stewart Goodyear, Robyn

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75th Anniversary CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Cee Kay Jacob, Molly Joyce, Jessie Montgomery, and Nico Muhly are all composing works to be premiered in Robyn Cee Kay Jacob Jessie Montgomery 2022 and 2023.

Artists premiering works during the 2022 Summer Festival include alum Sasha Cooke, faculty artist pianist Conor Hanick, Mosher guest artists Sō Percussion, and Academy fellows.

the Lehrer Studios and provided the lead gift to name the Marilyn Horne Main House. They were also part of the inaugural Compeer group and as Compeers and scholarship funders have supported many singers. Lehrer Family members supporting this significant gift include Board member Tom Orlando and his wife Ellen Lehrer Orlando, and Karen Lehrer and her husband Steve Sherwin.

This summer marks the return of fully-staged opera to the Granada Theatre in a new production of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin conducted by Principal Opera Conductor Daniela Candillari, and directed by Peter Kazaras.

Other highlights include a staging of works by The Sing! children’s choral program has forged a transformative Sasha Cooke exchange with YPC National. Young People’s Chorus of New York composer Tom Cipullo, and performances City’s founder and artistic director, Francisco Nuñez, together with and fellow training from guest artist alum Sasha YPC leaders, will bring choristers and conductors from all over the Cooke and Mosher guest artist alum Susanna country in their YPC National Studio and Lab Programs with Sing! Phillips. To cap off many masterclasses and performances, Lehrer Vocal Institute fellows this summer in Santa Barbara.

America Martin has been named the Festival Visual Artist, and she will will perform in a daring new presentation by create a work inspired by music to be revealed later this spring. During phenom director James Darrah, the Lehrer Vocal Institute’s Creative Producer of Special Susanna Phillips the Summer Festival, a contemporary visual brand identity for the Academy will be launched, and a Digital Commemorative about the Projects. The event will showcase the $1.65 million dollar technology upgrades made to Hahn Hall’s video and Academy’s history will be shared throughout the Festival. lighting capabilities, generously funded by the Hind Foundation.

Thanks to the generosity of a multi-million dollar endowment gift With so much to offer both our fellows and our community, this from Shirley and Seymour Lehrer and the Lehrer family to the summer promises to be the most exciting and transformative in the Innovation and Sustainability Campaign, the Academy’s Vocal Institute will now be named the Lehrer Vocal Institute. Shirley and Academy’s 75 year history. We are so ready to welcome you back.

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ADMINISTRATION NEWS JODI BARNARD joined the Advancement Department this April as the Director of Major Gifts. She has more than 30 years of fundraising executive experience, serving performing arts organizations, higher education institutions, and healthcare foundations.

Fun fact: Jodi is also the proud parent of three-year cello alum Chas Barnard.

JANEY K. CAMPBELL has retired from her position as Director of Individual Giving and Donor Relations after 5 years of connecting the community to the Music Academy. We wish her the best and look forward to seeing her in the audience this summer.

BRENDON TOMPKINS joined the facilities team as the Buildings and Grounds Technician. His past experiences span business ownership, management, and art.

TRAVIS WELLS was brought on in March as the new Director of Artistic Operations. Travis spent over a decade in operations at the Philadelphia Orchestra before moving west to work at the Pacific Symphony in Orange County. He also plays tuba!

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Sat, May 21 at 4 pm, the Sing! Children’s Chorus will perform their spring concert in Hahn Hall. Over 120 participants from 33 Santa Barbara County elementary schools will come together for a fun performance. You won’t want to miss the chorus that wowed Sir Simon Rattle when they joined the LSO for How to Build an Orchestra on March 26!

Erin McKibben has been named the new program director of the Sing! Children’s Chorus. The team has also grown by four new members; choral director Marta Hovhannisyan, collaborative pianist Ching-Yun Chen, apprentice collaborative pianist Holly Hadsall, and site coordinator Mari Flores.

Choristers rehearsing for their London Symphony Orchestra debut this past March.

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Meet the 2022 Alumni Enterprise Awardees

THE ACADEMY’S INNOVATION INSTITUTE has awarded a total of $75,000 to four exceptional alums as part of its 75th

anniversary initiatives. These ventures have the potential to spark change in the field of classical music and beyond. In addition to this financial investment, industry advisors have been paired with the winners to propel the projects to success. The awardees – based in Miami, Bangkok, Austin, and Seattle/Reykjavík – are now poised to provoke new thinking about the arts and their reflection of society.

AMANDA CRIDER

STEVE PARKER

PROJECT: IlluminArts presents: To Reach the Light – Six commissioned works for vocal sextet and new dance choreography all sharing the theme “Transform” will be premiered in Miami. Industry Advisor: Ashley Wheater, Artistic Director, Joffrey Ballet

PROJECT: FIGHT SONG – a marching band performance and gallery exhibition examining themes of virtuosity, spectacle, labor, inequities, and traumatic injury in Texas football. Industry Advisor: Jon Rubin, Professor of Art, Carnegie Mellon University

mezzo-soprano and IlluminArts Founder and Artistic Director, Miami, Florida

CHRISTOPHER JANWONG MCKIGGAN

visual artist, musician/trombonist, and curator, faculty member at University of Texas, San Antonio

SAEUNN THORSTEINSDÓTTIR cellist, Chair, Strings and Associate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle

pianist, founder, Piano Academy of Bangkok, and video documentarian, Bangkok, Thailand

PROJECT: Pain of Silence – a feature length documentary in Thai focused on the struggles endured by traditional artists of Thailand and how the pandemic has magnified their challenges. Industry Advisor: Jamila Wignot, documentary filmmaker and PBS series director

PROJECT: The NOW Concerto – In a reimagined concerto experience, this format will feature an improvised solo line and improvisational components for the orchestral score. Industry Advisor: Teddy Abrams, Music Director, Louisville Orchestra and The Britt Festival

Learn more about these and past awardees projects at musicacademy.org/aea

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7 New Members Welcomed to the Board of Directors

THIS JANUARY, THE MUSIC ACADEMY BROUGHT ON a dynamic group of Santa Barbarians to join its Board. These

community leaders encompass a broad profile and represent well-known corporations and nonprofit entities nationwide.

The new directors comprise Music Academy Women’s Auxiliary Chair Judy Astbury, attorney and entrepreneur Mally Chakola, arts curator and non-profit executive Ashley Woods Hollister, UC Santa Barbara professor Heejung Kim, Luria Company and Foundation president Kandy Luria-Budgor, former Aspen Art Museum National Council Chair Danner Mahood Schefler, and Sonos CEO Patrick Spence. They have joined the ranks of 18 returning board members, led by Chair Eileen Sheridan, to support the Music Academy’s core values and guide the organization forward locally and globally. Learn more about each director at musicacademy.org/board

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such a broad set of talents. It will be invigorating to have so many new voices join our already remarkable group.

EILEEN SHERIDAN Music Academy of the West Board Chair

Ashley Woods Hollister

Heejung Kim

Kandy Luria-Budgor

Judy Astbury

Mally Chakola

Danner Mahood Schefler

Patrick Spence

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All-New Competition Winners Recital Series Launched

featuring world premieres by today’s most-celebrated composers THE STAND-OUT WINNERS OF THE Music Academy’s 2021 Summer Festival competitions in song, solo piano, and duo performance returned to Santa Barbara in April for an exciting new series of recitals. These uniquely curated programs included commissioned works written specifically for them by Conrad Tao, Tyshawn Sorey, and Carlos Simon. Plus, innovative elements including lighting, 3D projections, and keepsakes were added to the recital presentations, making these concerts even more memorable.

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Roth’s voice soared with each note, highlighting his range while Soloway’s ardent accompaniment added emotional depth.

Duo Competition Winners Keoni Bolding viola and Melivia Raharjo piano with Conrad Tao pre-concert (above) before the world premiere of Tao’s Churn.

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Solo Piano Competition Winner Hsin-Hao Yang played the premiere of Tyshawn Sorey’s For James Primosch, in memoriam.

Lehrer Vocal Institute Marilyn Horne Song – DAISY SCOTT, Competition Winners Shawn Roth tenor VOICE MAGAZINE and Alexander Soloway piano in the series finale recital, performing the premiere of Carlos Simon’s Vocalise.

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SBCC Symphony Orchestra conductor James Mooy is an honored Music Academy 75th Anniversary alum

London Symphony Orchestra Residency Launches 75th Anniversary Celebrations

WHAT BETTER WAY TO RING IN A milestone year than with a world-

renowned orchestra, all-star alumni, and a wide array of concerts for the community to enjoy? March 24-27, the LSO appeared in the Granada Theatre for three sold-out programs, offering $10 community access and free admission for children.

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It ended with a joyous, stupendous community event in a real concert hall celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Music Academy. This had to be the best bargain in concertgoing anywhere since the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s free Hollywood Bowl concert that welcomed Gustavo Dudamel in 2009. – MARK SWED, LA TIMES

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In what was undisputedly the orchestral highlight of Santa Barbara’s concert season, the London Symphony Orchestra transformed the Granada Theatre into a gilded room of worldly proportions on Thursday night.

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MARCH 24: LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The Music Academy partnered with CAMA for a special opening night performance.

The LSO and Sir Simon Rattle wowed the sold-out crowd with “a masterfully realized symphonic evening” (SF Classical Voice) of Béla Bartók, Hector Berlioz, Hannah Kendall, Maurice Ravel, and Jean Sibelius.

100 members of the Music Academy’s Sing! Children’s Chorus joined the LSO for How to Build an Orchestra – a fun and educational concert for all ages to enjoy. They performed two songs composed by LSO Host Rachel Leach led by Sir Simon Rattle, which they rehearsed with her in a special workshop.

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MARCH 26: LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FAMILY CONCERT

MARCH 27: 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMUNITY CONCERT

The final program featured Bruckner’s “Romantic” Symphony and works by Percy Grainger that Mark Swed (LA Times) called “joyous, but also, all of it musically a revelation.” 36 Music Academy alumni all-stars of the Keston MAX Program joined the LSO onstage. Swed continues, “The LSO, no doubt enhanced by the vivacity of young players, sounded fresh and young again, full of granitic energy. Maybe you could compare it with the sensation of going from a traditional gas guzzler to a gutsy electric car.”

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Keston MAX fellows capturing their time working with Sir Simon Rattle

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Women’s Auxiliary Embraces Connection

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Under her new leadership, the Music Academy’s Women’s Auxiliary has undergone a transformation, adding over 50 new members in the past 12 months, for a total membership of 115.

“The reason I took on the role,” she shared, “was that I wanted to cultivate that sense of connection and engagement within the membership. I firmly believe that when people are connected, they work better towards a common goal. Everyone needs to be part of the process and feel heard.”

The common goal in this case is the Music Academy, specifically supporting the Academy’s Sing! Children’s Chorus. This vibrant, intergenerational volunteer group and social network achieves this goal through their annual dues, fundraising events, vehicle donations, and a grand online auction.

“Plus, the Board is fantastic – it’s forward thinking, focused, and FUN – and they are revitalizing the membership. It’s an intergenerational group, including young, powerful women, and their perspective has been invaluable.”

“To increase involvement” she adds, “we’ve added six annual

Members are given the opportunity to shine

– JUDY ASTBURY

‘socials’ featuring world-class concerts by Academy alumni, a variety of microfundraisers conceived by our membership, bookclubs, group outings, and a newsletter (Take Note), to give the membership ample opportunity to engage and connect with each other. And we can feel the energy and momentum building!”

UPCOMING AUXILIARY EVENTS

Evening Socials: Jun 2, Sep 15, Oct 13, Dec 8 Mah Jongg Fundraiser: May 5 Sip ‘n’ Swap: Fall 2022 Online Auction: Fall 2022 Judy laughs: “No one can say under our leadership that nothing was happening – unless you weren’t paying attention!”

Learn more and join at musicacademy.org/auxiliary TOP LEFT: Acclaimed trio and past Alumni Enterprise Awardees Longleash performs at the February social.

RIGHT: 2021 member Kathy Thrash, Chair Judy Astbury and Music Academy President and CEO Scott Reed.

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AL UMNI NE WS STRINGS Violist Sean Juhl (‘20, ‘21) recently won a position with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

Violin alum Jung Eun Kang (’17) has joined the LA Phil.

Violinists Astrid Nakamura and Samuele Parrini (both attended in ‘20, ‘21) took second and third place (respectively) in the McGill Golden Violin Awards.

Violist Keoni Bolding (‘20, ‘21) has received the Transcription Prize in the 2021 Primrose International Viola Competition.

PIANO

Vocal Piano alum and guest conductor Speranza Scappucci (‘96), will be making her Met conducting debut and recently had her La Scala conducting debut as the first Italian woman to take the podium.

Solo Piano alum and guest artist Micah McLaurin (’14, ’16) released his new single “Rhapsody in Gaga” on March 15.

Pianist and Alumni Enterprise awardee Anna Petrova (’17) released her first solo album “Slavic Heart” on the German label Solo Musica in March.

WOODWINDS Oboe alum Titus Underwood (‘12) was recently named one of Musical America Worldwide’s Top 30 Professionals of 2021.

HARP Alyssa Katahara (‘17) started a new job as principal harpist of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

BRASS Horn alum Elyse Lauzon (‘10, ‘11, ‘15) has joined the LA Phil.

Trombone alum Carlos Jiménez Fernández (‘20, ‘21) won the audition for Principal Trombone of the New York City Ballet.

VOICE Soprano alum Michelle Bradley (‘14) will be starring in the title role of “Aida” during the 22-23 Met season, and eight alums will also be gracing the Met stage: Brandon Cedel bass-baritone (‘10, ‘11), Ben Bliss tenor (‘12), Kathryn Lewek soprano (‘09), Brenton Ryan tenor (‘12), Nadine Sierra soprano (‘07), Rodell Rosel tenor (‘03), Isabel Leonard mezzo-soprano (‘05), and Susanna Phillips soprano (‘02, ‘03).

Soprano Magdalena Kuźma (‘19) took First Prize at the Pasadena Vocal Competition.

Soprano Rose Taylor (‘18) took first prize at the Concorso Internazionale Maria Amadini.

Mezzo-soprano Briana Hunter (‘14) received accolades for her Carnegie Hall performance highlighting American classical music.

Baritone alum Derrell Acon (’09) was appointed as Opera Philadelphia’s first Vice President of Inclusion in December.

Tenor Joshua Blue (’17) jumped in last minute in December with the Philadelphia Orchestra as a soloist in Handel’s Messiah.

Please send alumni updates to alumni@musicacademy.org

ALUMNI & DONOR SPOTLIGHT

Scholarships and Ice Cream in Santa Barbara FOR THE PAST 75 YEARS, the Music

been one to practice regularly, but it wasn’t until that summer of 1958 that she became a total devotee, sometimes practicing as Academy of the West has had a powerful influence on the lives of the young musicians it many as eight hours per day! serves—educating them, inspiring them, and It wasn’t all hard work, though. There were friendships, trips to the preparing them for brilliant musical careers. local ice cream shop, and one memorable experience of playing in

Multi-year violin alum Sandy Seymour’s first experience with the Music Academy was something of a surprise. It was at the Coleman Chamber Music Competition in 1958 and Sandy’s string quartet had just finished performing, when she was approached on stage by two people: Ruth Cowan, president of the Music Academy at that time, and Sascha Jacobson, who taught violin at the Academy. They were there to offer her a scholarship.

the orchestra for Richard Strauss’s opera Der Rosenkavalier while sporting a wicked sunburn. Above all, there was for Sandy a powerful feeling of belonging while at the Music Academy:

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“My first summer at the Academy was a wakeup call for me. It was like the inspiration that really just set things going.” Sandy had always

It was wonderful being amongst people who were so enthusiastic and so outgoing. It felt like at the Academy I had a wonderful, warm family. Outside of the music, even, there was a warmth and an environment and a love that to me was very inspirational.

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Scholarships CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 The more things change, the more they stay the same. 63 years have passed since Sandy first set foot on the Academy’s grounds and much is different.

But the overall experience?

The friendships, the feeling of family, the transformative education? None of that has changed. More important than any one person, program, or concert, these ideals have been a constant with the Academy for the last 75 years and will remain so far into the future.

– Henry Michaels Project Resonance Blog editor, Director of Audience Experience & Engagement, Music Academy of the West

After college, Sandy’s professional musical career took her lots of places. She participated in concert tours throughout North America, performed at Carnegie Hall twice, and as a studio musician she played for movies, TV shows, and recorded with, among others, the likes of Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, and Earth, Wind & Fire. In 1967, she met her husband, Phil, himself a musician who once performed at the White House with Sammy Davis Jr. They were married in 1968 and recently celebrated their 54th Anniversary!

Sandy and Phil tired of the touring musician life in 1977. They took what Sandy describes as a “left-turn,” becoming real estate agents who specialized in court-ordered fiduciary sales. They are fortunate to have had great success in their careers, and, as such, they want to give back. “Our mutual love of music has always been our bond and has been a transformative influence in both our lives,” Sandy says. “In recognition of the priceless education the Academy gave me, that propelled me into a long and rewarding career, we are pleased to become members of the Encore Society.”

MAKE YOUR LEGACY GIFT

To learn more about how to make a legacy gift to the Music Academy or join the Encore Society, please contact Director of Legacy Giving Jill Rode at jrode@musicacademy.org or 805-695-7911.

Music Academy hosts NYC classical music Hackathon

ON MARCH 9, A COHORT OF NEW YORK based Music Academy alums met in midtown Manhattan for an evening of fast-paced brainstorming and data collection, all focused on innovation, facilitated by Columbia University’s Designer-inResidence Adam Royalty. The Hackathon sessions generated 413 ideas to help inform this summer’s innovation curriculum and provide essential tools for fellows to thrive in today’s industry. Learn more at musicacademy.org/innovation.

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