CABRILLO MUSIC: THE MOUSE THAT ROARS
SANTA CRUZ, CA—–The biggest little festival of all might just be the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, which for years has featured living composers’ output exclusively while garnering dozens of ASCAP awards for adventurous programming. Now 62 years old, this cutting-edge orchestral package of national impact performs over two midsummer weekends in music that is complex, audacious and often brand new, with most of the composers present to witness their music from start to finish. This year, there were 16,…
