2025 Program Guide | Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

32 CABRILLO FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC 2025 CONDUCTORS/COMPOSERS WORKSHOP The Cabrillo Festival Conductors/Composers Workshop takes place July 26 through July 30 this season at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. Participating conductors and composers experience five full days of intensive training with some of the world’s  foremost contemporary music professionals, including conducting faculty Cristi Măcelaru and Octavio Más-Arocas. Their activities include a schedule of seminars and critiqued conducting sessions — first with quintet and piano, then with chamber orchestra, and finally podium time with the full Cabrillo Festival Orchestra.   Under the guidance of 2025 composing faculty, Stacy Garrop, the participating composers will work with the Festival’s composers-in-residence and with the conductors on subjects including modern score analysis and practical guides for the rehearsal, interpretation, and performance of contemporary works. The program is highlighted by an inspirational concert titled In the Works , on Tuesday, July 29 at the Civic Auditorium . In a performance that is free and open to the public, the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra is led by six conducting fellows performing short symphonic works by each of the composers— Leigha Amick, Ethan Soledad, and Sam Wu. A PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM There are fewopportunities for conductors tohone their conducting skills, let alone acquire the added expertise needed to champion new music. Because conductors are the stewards of our symphonic heritage, investment in their professional development is essential. And what better place than Cabrillo Festival to provide workshops which serve conductors interested in performing contemporary music at the highest level and to engage emerging composers in the process? The Conductors/Composers Workshop is supported in part by Joan Zimmerman, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music and The Amphion Foundation. The Composers Workshop is generously supported by Kathryn Lawhun & Mark Shinbrot. 2025 COMPOSER FELLOWS Leigha Amick–Philadelphia, PA (USA) Ethan Soledad–Ann Arbor, MI (USA) Sam Wu–Walla Walla, WA (Australia) 2025 CONDUCTOR FELLOWS Sara Aldana–Ann Arbor, MI (Bogota, Columbia) Xiao Geng–Cincinnati, OH (Shanghai, China) Mauro Mariani–Weimar, Germany (Italy) Megan Maddaleno–Tampa, FL (USA) Valentina Paolucci–New York, NY (Argentina/USA) Shah Sadikov–Kansas City, KS/Saskatoon, SK, Canada (Uzbekistan/Canada) 2025 CONDUCTOR ASSOCIATES Yonatan Dvir–Rochester, NY (Israel/USA) Gabriela Mora-Fallas–Austin, TX (Costa Rica) Alison Norris–Brooklyn, NY (USA/UK) Jesus Parra–Baltimore, MD (Venezuela/USA) Alan Truong–Monterey, CA (USA) Trevor Wilson–Toronto, Canada (Canada) 2025 CONDUCTOR AUDITORS Nicholas Bromilow–Ann Arbor, MI (UK) Michael Gabriel–East Lansing, MI (USA) E. Yuji Jones–East Lansing, MI (USA) Claire Lewis–New York, NY (USA) Will Rand–Seattle, WA (USA) Andrei Stănculescu–Bucharest, Romania (Romania) Eric Stewart–New York, NY (USA) Peiwen Zou–Rochester, NY (China) SPECIAL THANKS TO: Audrey Kwong, Conductors Workshop Director  Robert Greer, Festival Music Librarian  Members of the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra  Michael Sheppard, Workshop Pianist Conducting Faculty CRISTIAN MĂCELARU  See bio on p. 9 OCTAVIO MÁS-AROCAS  See bio on p. 24 Composing Faculty  STACY GARROP See bio on p. 16