Daniel Kepl interviews Metropolitan Opera soprano Jennifer Black as she prepares, together with mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford, to sing Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection) with the Santa Barbara Symphony, Santa Barbara Choral Society, and Quire of Voyces conducted by Nir Kabaretti, this Saturday and Sunday, May 18/19 in the Granada Theatre, Santa Barbara.
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Daniel Kepl interviews Ojai-based plein air landscape artist Jeff Sojka (pronounced Soyka) whose work is on permanent display at Ojai’s Trowbridge Gallery, on the eve of his Excellent Adventure to trace the European painting journey of American landscape master Edgar Alwin Payne (1883-1947). Later this summer, and in the company of his seven year-old daughter, Jeff plans to re-visit the locales of Payne’s European painting adventures in the 1920s and re-paint some of Payne’s greatest scenes. Want to help? Go to www.indiegogo.com and type in Sojka.
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Daniel Kepl interviews pianist Alessio Bax as his fourth appearance with the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, Heiichiro Ohyama conducting, approaches. We discuss his relationship with Ohyama and the orchestra over these several years, and the majesty of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor which he will play on TUESDAY, MAY 14TH at the historic Lobero Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara. Also on the program: Rossini’s Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers and the Symphony No. 5 of Schubert.
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Daniel Kepl chats with playwright Rod Lathim about his most recent play Unfinished Business which premiered in Santa Barbara a year ago, and will have a second run from May 9-12 in the historic Lobero Theatre.
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Daniel Kepl chats with New York City-based choreographer Peter Pucci about his new ballet Dream On By set to the iconic music of Paul Simon, which will be premiered by Santa Barbara’s State Street Ballet on Saturday, April 27th at the historic Lobero Theatre.
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Daniel Kepl chats with conductor Francesco Milioto between rehearsals for Opera Santa Barbara’s production of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale on Friday, April 26th at 7:30pm and Sunday, April 28th at 2:30pm in the Granada Theatre in Santa Barbara.
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Daniel Kepl reviews the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra‘s performance Tuesday evening, April 16, 2013 in the historic Lobero Theatre. Heiichiro Ohyama conducted a program of German romantic music: Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 “Scottish” and the Violin Concerto of Brahms, with violin soloist Kyoko Takezawa.
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Daniel Kepl speaks with Gregory Vajda on the eve of his guest conducting debut with the Santa Barbara Symphony April 13 and 14.
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Daniel Kepl interviews Julie McLeod, longtime dancer (original Broadway cast of West Side Story) and Santa Barbara choreographer/businesswoman, now Executive Director of Art Without Limits, about the day-long Art Career Day Conference at Santa Barbara City College on Saturday, April 6th from 11-5pm. The conference is FREE to any junior high, high school and college student interested in having a look at the arts as a viable career choice. Over 40 professional artists from varied disciplines will be on hand to answer the question “I always wanted to be, but nobody encouraged me, or told me how.”
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Daniel Kepl interviews Nir Kabaretti, Music and Artistic Director of the Santa Barbara Symphony, on the eve of the orchestra’s upcoming concert pair at the Granada Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara on Saturday, March 16th (8pm) and Sunday, March 17th (3pm). The program of American music will include the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff‘s Concerto Grosso (2012) commissioned to celebrate the orchestra’s 60th anniversary. Also on the program: Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F with pianist Xiayin Wang. Tickets: (805) 899-2222. Read Daniel Kepl’s interview with Nir Kabaretti in CASA magazine‘s 3/15/13 issue. Feel free to download this video by clicking “Download All” below.