- Anna has accepted a new position with the Festival as Director of the Libbey Bowl campaign. It's a monumental job, and we are so glad to have Anna at the helm.
- The Festival is hiring a new Director of Development! So far we have met with some truly excellent candidates, and we are most excited to welcome someone new into the Festival family.
- Meanwhile, the staff is hurrying to make room for another person. Shelves have to be moved, files rearranged, and walls built. It's making for lots of positive yet sweaty activity in the office.
- Plans are starting to come together for the 2010 season. We're excited to see that the 2010 Music Director, George Benjamin, is in San Francisco with MTT this January. Look for more information on George, and how to get to know his work coming soon.
And, to our great delight, orders are starting to pour in for the 2010 season. To add your name to the list of folks committed to joining us for another musical adventure, call me, Christiana, at 805 646 2094, x.106. I'd love to hear all about your experience of 2009. We're still talking about last season in the office, about what moved us, and what we found perplexing. As our outgoing board president says, "We don't do beige." How true. Let me know what you thought of our colorful 2009 season!
- Christiana
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( 2.9 / 483 )Festival favorite, composer of Ayre, and Ainadamar, has just signed on with Boosey and Hawkes. One of the most frequently performed living composers, Golijov has many exciting projects in the works, including a piece for Emmanuel Ax and Dawn Upshaw, as well as an opera commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera.
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( 2.9 / 417 )Festival Intern Kayla Bailey has just won the title of Miss Moorpark! You may have seen her in the Box Office during Festival weekend, handing out will call tickets, and generally being helpful and wonderful. Kayla, we are porud of you! On to Miss CA next!
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( 3 / 489 )We know that the Festival really is just around the corner when the artists start coming into town. The birds arrived in Montecito on May 30th, and are now comfortably set up at the fabulous Music Academy of the West. They are in rehearsals all day. Look for video of the latest developments soon.
In other news, we're always interested to see national media attention for Ojai's favorite composers. Here's a great article on Ives and why you should listen to him. To hear Ives in Ojai, join us for teh Saturday Morning Concert, June 13th, 11am.
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( 3 / 497 )So we suspect the Goldbergs are very much on his mind because he's rehearsing them. Regardless, this is a very clever entry, with lovely musical examples. Enjoy! Read the blog here!
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