2025 Program Guide | Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

CABRILLO MUSIC.ORG 53 This performance is made possible through the generous support of concert sponsor: JERRY VUREK-MARTYN SUN AUG 10 7PM SANTA CRUZ CIVIC AUDITORIUM RISING This concert will be broadcast on Sunday, September 28 at 6pm on KALW 91.7 San Francisco, and webcast on KALW.org Cabrillo Festival Orchestra conducted by CRISTIAN MĂCELARU Saxophone Concerto (2024) for alto saxophone and string orchestra Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941) [West Coast Premiere] Timothy McAllister, saxophone I. Allegro II. Lento III. Molto Vivace Cold Mountain Suite (2022) Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962) INTERMISSION As Juniper Storms (2025) Tyson Gholston Davis (b. 2000) [World Premiere | Festival Commission] Commissioned as the winner of the Cabrillo Festival Emerging Black Composers Prize with generous support from Michèle & Laurence Corash. Good Morning, Beauty (2025) Jake Heggie (b. 1961) [Festival Co-commission] Gabrielle Beteag, mezzo-soprano Co-commissioned by the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and London Classical Pride, with the generous support of Joe & Bette Hirsch, Liza Culick & Geri Migielicz, and Deborah & Jeffrey Pierce. I. Good Morning, Beauty II. Rising III. Or am I in a rut? IV. Dearly, Queerly GRAND FINALE THE AFTERPARTY Join us for a colorful street party with projections by Josh Salesin and Jay Capela, live DJ set by dj ari b, a flash mob by Melissa Wiley of Motion Pacific, and cake & bubbles – co- presented by Santa Cruz Pride and The Diversity Center!