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June 4, 2025
Musical Mischief
Virtuoso guitarist Peppino D’Agostino brings his blazing acoustic guitar back to Santa Cruz for a concert of Italian music on Saturday, June 14
May 14, 2025
Well-Composed Pride
New Music Works’ final concert of the season, 50 Years of LGBTQ+ Pride in Santa Cruz, is special for several reasons.
May 7, 2025
Aloha with a Twist
With characteristic spunk, veteran mystery ace Leslie Karst has dashed off the second book in her new Hawai’ian Island-based series, Waters of Destruction. Natural...
May 7, 2025
Musical Treasures
Figaro “simply has the best music, the most charm, the best written characters. It has drama, comedy, romance—it is the full package.”
May 2, 2025
A Musical Legend Leaves the Podium
On the eve of her farewell concert this weekend with the Symphony. Cheryl Anderson, leading lady of the Cabrillo College Music Program, looks ahead to new odysseys.
April 2, 2025
Spring Sounds: Small Ensembles, and Santa Cruz Opera Project
In her monthly roundup, Christina Waters listens in on choral fireworks, a world premiere—and ahead for April, a caffeinated evening of Bach.
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March 4, 2025
Swept Away
Rock-shock percussion, ferocious sonic complexity, luminous vocals. The third concert in the New Music Works season, with Caroline Shaw’s Narrow Sea as the finale,...
February 25, 2025
Small But Mighty
Santa Cruz is a full house of musical riches. The seasons are often short and sweet, but the programming is always ferocious. Often transformative.