2025 Program Guide | Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music 147 South River Street, Suite 232 Santa Cruz, CA 95060 831.426.6966 info@cabrillomusic.org WWW.CABRILLOMUSIC.ORG 1 Music Director’s Welcome 2 Calendar of Events 3 Livestreaming & Broadcast Schedule 6 Board of Directors & Hall of Fame 7 Staff, Vision & Mission, and DEIB Statements 9 President & Executive Director Messages 10 Festival History 11 Queer Trailblazers 13 Music Director Cristian Măcelaru 14 Guest Composer 15 Featured Composers 23 Guest Artists 27 New Works in the Works 28 Cabrillo Festival Orchestra 30 Leadership Support 31 Donors Concert 33 Conductors/Composers Workshop 34 In the Works Concert 35 Youth Ensemble Program & Concert 37 Lumina Concert 41 Chasing Light Concert 45 Family Concert 48 Host Family Appreciation 49 Becoming Concert 53 Rising Concert 55 Grantmakers 56 In Memoriam 57 New Music Forever Endeavor 58 Donors Make the Difference! 61 Artistic Initiative Reserve (AIR) Fund 62 Community Partners 63 Acknowledgements 64 Index to Advertisers CONTENTS THE LAND WE'RE ON Cabrillo Festival takes place on the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PRACTICE We understand land acknowledgements are a small but necessary first step to acknowledge the history and legacy of colonialism. They commemorate and help us recognize and respect indigenous peoples’ principal kinship to the land. Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music is committed to making our land acknowledgements authentic and meaningful. A printed acknowledgement is included here, on our website, and at the opening of each performance. As with all we do, our goal is to present an opportunity for celebration, reflection, and conversation with the hopes of creating change and understanding to increase everyone’s sense of belonging in community. Land acknowledgments are merely a starting point. We invite you to explore these next steps, turning your awareness into action: • Donate your time and/or money to Indigenous organizations • Learn about and support Indigenous-led grassroots movements and campaigns • Support the Land Trust work of the local Amah Mutsun Tribal Band at amahmutsunlandtrust.org or via the QR code. SAVE THE DATES! 2026 : JUL 26-AUG 9 Printed locally on recycled paper using plant-based inks Digital Spanish & English Program Guides are available at: cabrillomusic.org/programguides