2026 Program Guide | Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

CABRILLO MUSIC.ORG 67 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It truly takes a village! The Festival depends upon a myriad of supporters from throughout our community for a vast array of resources. We’d like to express our appreciation to the community as a whole, to area businesses, and to individuals for helping make what we do possible! We offer particular thanks to the following: PUBLICATIONSUPPORT Program Book Project Management: Steph C. Sherwood Season & Program Book Graphic Design: Amanda Harris Altice & Steph C. Sherwood Program Book Ad Sales: Sam Barrow with the help of the Festival Hospitality Committee and interns — Winnie Cook & Alison Abravanel Print Production: Community Printers—Charles Gulledge and crew S.C. CIVICAUDITORIUM Administration: Special thanks to Shannon Toombs and the entire Civic Auditorium staff for their kindness and support in this ongoing partnership. Box Office: To Cameron Snider, and everyone involved with SantaCruzTickets.com for their dedication! Maintenance: To Jason Reiter, Dominic Gullo and all the hardworking crew who make the Civic “home” to the Festival—we couldn’t do it without you! PRODUCTIONSUPPORT Special thanks to members of I.A.T.S.E. Local 611 Audio Recording Support: Josephson Engineering—David & Deirdre Josephson Stage and Orchestra Equipment: We owe a debt of gratitude to Galen Lemmon for generously providing the incredible collection of percussion instruments used by the Festival each season; and our special thanks to our colleagues at Santa Cruz Symphony for their kind support. Piano Tuning and Maintenance: John Bauer Flowers: Ferrari Florist Lobby: Bay Photo Lab HOSPITALITYSUPPORT Thanks to the following purveyors for keeping our artists and crew healthy, happy, and nourished! Costco Driscoll’s Marianne’s Ice Cream Pacific Cookie Company Safeway—Mission St, Morrissey Blvd, and 41st Martinelli’s Company Store The Bagelry The Buttery Trader Joe’s—Downtown & Capitola Upper Crust Verve Coffee Whale City Bakery Woodhouse Brewing & Blending Thanks to our local businesses for supporting our musicians and patrons with special treats and discounts, and to the Board Hospitality Committee for making it all happen! Alley Oop Bargetto Winery Birichino Ibiza Lulu Carpenter's Mission Hill Coffee & Creamery Nicely Gallery Om Gallery Penny Ice Creamery Pizza My Heart Pretty Good Advice Salty Otter Storr's Winery Surf City Billiards Switch Bakery Tumbleweed Found Walnut Avenue Cafe Woodstock's Pizza Musicians’ Breakfasts lovingly prepared by Reeny Marquez with Larry Friedman, Janet Berry, Madeline Dean, Virginia Draper, and Catharina Marlow. Opening Night Picnic Partners: My Mother's Mole Food Truck In-Kind Support: Bad Animal Bargetto Winery Bloo Lagoon Resort Cabrillo Festival Board of Directors Carole & Henry Klyce Ciara Harraher & Mike McDonnell Dr. Dawn Motyka Dr. Jan Zeff Gabriella Café Jake Heggie Jim Petersen Josh Salesin Kathleen Shaeffer Design La Posta Lookout Santa Cruz Michèle & Laurence Corash Paradox Hotel Richard Fabrikant Samantha Robinson San Francisco Symphony Secret Gardens Aptos Soquel Vineyards Tatyana Rekow Travis Adams Vivian Fung PROMOTIONALSUPPORT Public Relations: DotDotDotMusic—Steven Swartz & Kacey Fassett Web Development: Team of Horses—Melissa Smith & George Gabrelian Photography: R.R. Jones Rose Calucchia Shmuel Thaler Crystal Burns Internet services: Cruzio Internet Materials Distribution: Clutch Couriers Grant Wilson Our incredible Board, Interns, and Youth Ensemble ADMINISTRATIVESUPPORT Special thanks to Ellen Primack for continued support and invaluable counsel! Financial accounting and reporting: Fran Fisher, C.P.A. Mailing, Printing, and Data Services: Complete Mailing Service IT Support: Jay Olson Legal Support: Sheppard Mullin—Employment Law Joe Kluger—Media & Music Rights Dina C. Hoffman—Estate Planning Advisor Additional Thanks to: Arts Council Santa Cruz County Downtown Santa Cruz Sabrina Eastwood The Humanities Institute—Irena Polic & Saskia Nauenberg Dunkell UCSC Humanities EXCEL Program—Kylie Rachwalski KALW—Sarah Cahill Santa Cruz County Bank—Alison Voorhees & Kim Luke Santa Cruz Symphony—Gary Reece Heartfelt thanks to the families of our administrative staff who continuously support the Festival in so many unseen ways!