Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz continues on 31 July with the concert On Freedom. The evening features the world premiere of a festival-commissioned work by Vivian Fung, Pedro Emanuel Pereira's clarinet concerto, and the West Coast premiere of Philip Glass's fifteenth symphony.
The festival, running from 26 July to 9 August, builds its full programme around new orchestral works, festival commissions, and American and world premieres. The event also offers free open rehearsals and online broadcasts.
On 7 August, a conversation titled "Creative Kontrol: AI and the Future of Music" will discuss how artificial intelligence may influence creativity, artistic decisions and the future of music.
Rehearsals, composer conversations, young-artist programmes and technology debates can also be broadcast and sponsored as standalone content.
Summary
The American Cabrillo Festival, dedicated to contemporary music, offers world premieres, free broadcasts and an industry conversation on AI's creative impact.
