2026 Program Guide | Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

Defiant Dreams 7pm SAT AUG 1 Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium Tonight’s performance is made possible by DONORS TO OUR ARTISTIC INITIATIVE RESERVE (AIR) FUND and is dedicated to the MEMORY OF GABRIELLE STOCKER . Cabrillo Festival Orchestra conducted by CRISTIAN MĂCELARU of light and stone (2025) LEILEHUA LANZILOTTI (B. 1983) [West Coast Premiere] I. to compose II. core, as in stone III. to rise up, as the moon IV. to braid, as a lei Shades of Unbroken Dreams (2023) JAMES LEE III (B. 1975) [West Coast Premiere] Alexandra Dariescu, piano I. Voice Merging II. Prophetic Voice III. Dynamic Spectacle INTERMISSION The Grain House (2026) SARAH HENNIES (B. 1979) [World Premiere | Creative Lab Festival Commission] Commissioned by the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music with generous support from Robert & Carolyn Levering and Cherrill Spencer Production support, Neal Shorstein & Christopher Doane Media Sponsor: This concert will be broadcast on Sunday, September 6 at 6pm on KALW 91.7 San Francisco, and webcast on KALW.org CABRILLO MUSIC.ORG 41