The Santa Barbara Symphony – Beethoven 9

THE ARTISTS:
Nir Kabaretti, Conductor
Santa Barbara Choral Society, Jo Anne Wasserman, Music Director
Quire of Voyces, Nathan Kreitzer, Music Director,
Westmont College Choir, Daniel Gee, Director of Choral Activities
Members of the Santa Barbara Gay Men’s Chorus, Timothy Accurso, Artistic Director

REPERTOIRE:
Aaron Copland | “The Promise of Living”, from The Tender Land
Franz Liszt | Les Préludes
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”

Beethoven 9: An Ode to Joy, Hope & Community

Our 2023/24 Season opens with a celebration of the 200-year anniversary of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. In an impressive collaboration of four choral groups and a quartet of soloists, Nir Kabaretti conducts more than 200 performers—all with ties to Santa Barbara. Combined with Copland’s stirring orchestral composition “The Promise of Living”, capturing the essence of 1930s rural America, and Franz Liszt’s Les Préludes, a symphonic poem of sweeping melodies and dramatic mood shifts, this concert is sure to be an Ode to Joy.

2023 Genealogy Seminar featuring Gena Philibert-Ortega

Join the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society's 2023 Seminar titled "From Birth to Death and All In Between" featuring presenter Gena Philibert-Ortega. The full day seminar will take place on Saturday, October 14 from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at Saint Raphael Catholic Church at 5544 Hollister Avenue in Santa Barbara.

Housing Santa Barbara Day 2023

Housing Santa Barbara Day, is an annual free public event for community members to connect with local non-profit agencies and service providers, and participate in housing related workshops.

Housing Santa Barbara Day

Housing Santa Barbara Day is an annual free public event for community members to connect with local non-profit agencies and service providers, and participate in housing related workshops. Housing affordability is vital for our homeless population, low-income residents, and for all workers in all industries that support our community.   Join us for a day

Free

39th Annual Santa Barbara Vintner’s Festival

Join us for the Vintners Festival Grand Tasting!
Fall in Santa Barbara Wine Country is a spectacularly gorgeous time of year and is quintessentially beautiful California. This year's festival will be held at the historic Vega Vineyard & Farm. Don't miss over 70 wineries, local restaurants and a whole lot of fun!

Beethoven 9: An Ode to Joy, Hope & Community

Our 2023/24 Season opens with a celebration of the 200-year anniversary of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. In an impressive collaboration of four choral groups and a quartet of soloists, Nir Kabaretti conducts more than 200 performers—all with ties to Santa Barbara. Combined with Copland’s stirring composition “The Promise of Living”, capturing the essence of 1930s

$35

Monthly Public Star Party

Monthly Public Star Party at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History See the wonders of the night sky through telescopes set up by the Astronomical Unit, the amateur astronomy club sponsored by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Star parties are held on the second Saturday of every month, weather permitting, next to

Free

Beethoven 9: An Ode to Joy, Hope & Community

Our 2023/24 Season opens with a celebration of the 200-year anniversary of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. In an impressive collaboration of four choral groups and a quartet of soloists, Nir Kabaretti conducts more than 200 performers—all with ties to Santa Barbara. Combined with Copland’s stirring orchestral composition “The Promise of Living”, capturing the essence of 1930s rural America, and Franz Liszt’s Les Préludes, a symphonic poem of sweeping melodies and dramatic mood shifts, this concert is sure to be an Ode to Joy.

The Santa Barbara Symphony – Beethoven 9

THE ARTISTS:
Nir Kabaretti, Conductor
Santa Barbara Choral Society, Jo Anne Wasserman, Music Director
Quire of Voyces, Nathan Kreitzer, Music Director,
Westmont College Choir, Daniel Gee, Director of Choral Activities
Members of the Santa Barbara Gay Men’s Chorus, Timothy Accurso, Artistic Director

REPERTOIRE:
Aaron Copland | “The Promise of Living”, from The Tender Land
Franz Liszt | Les Préludes
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”

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