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The UC Santa Barbara Department of Music will present the fourth annual UCSB Summer Music Festival on Saturday, August 10, and Sunday, August 11, 2019, on the UCSB campus. Admission to all events is free. Reservations are not available. Seating is first-come, first-served. Read on for more info!

By Daina Tagavi, Professional Development Peer
Monday, July 29th, 2019 - 7:45am


The UC Santa Barbara Department of Music will present the fourth annual UCSB Summer Music Festival on Saturday, August 10, and Sunday, August 11, 2019, on the UCSB campus. Sponsored by the UCSB Office of Summer Sessions, the festival will feature performances by the Los Angeles-based Isaura String Quartet, violist and UCSB Music alumnus Jonathan Morgan, Adelfos Ensemble, Sahlala Band, UCSB University Carillonist Wesley Arai, dancers from the Santa Barbara community, and UCSB Music graduate students and alumni.

Additional festival highlights include an Interactive Multimedia Exhibition presented by graduate students from the Media Arts and Technology program and the Department of Music, a Children's Concert featuring the folk music ensemble Kalinka, a concert highlighting plucked string instruments from around the world, a concert and discussion focusing on the challenges facing women artists, and world premiere performances of works by UCSB composers.

All events will be presented free of charge at several venues across the UCSB campus including the MultiCultural Center Theater, Storke Tower, the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts' Digital Arts and Humanities Commons, the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, and the Music Department's Karl Geiringer Hall, Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, and Music Bowl.

Reservations are not available. Seating is first-come, first-served. For more information and the full event schedule, please click here or email adrianehill@ucsb.edu.