Cabrillo New Music Festival

https://cabrillomusic.org/conductors-composers-workshops/

The Cabrillo Conductors/Composers Workshop brings together leading faculty, the award-winning Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, and early career conductors and composers for a professional training program that focuses on the creation and performance of new music.

Each summer for the last twenty two years, twenty conductors and three young composers have been selected to participate in this internationally recognized professional development program. Held in downtown Santa Cruz, California, in the context of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music’s annual rehearsal and performance season, the Conductors/Composers Workshop gives participating conductors and composers five full days of intensive training with some of the world’s most respected contemporary music professionals. 2023 in-person workshop dates are: July 29-August 2.

Conducting Faculty members will include Cabrillo Festival Music Director Cristian Măcelaru and Octavio Mas-Arocas; Composition Faculty member will be Jennifer Higdon.