The purpose of the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony is to
provide a framework in which the musical talent of the
youth of the Santa Barbara County and the South Coast
can be enhanced by offering a high quality orchestral
experience as training for later musical involvement.
It also provides musical enrichment for the community
through concerts and recitals.
Nov 22, 2009 - 3 pm
Mar 14, 2010 - 3 pm
May 30, 2010 - 7 pm
*Children's concert is on May 22, at
Hahn Hall
Tickets available at Lobero Box Office,
963-0761, 33 E. Canon Perdido
Adults, $15; students/seniors, $10; pre-school, free.
Andrew
Radford, Music Director of the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony
since 2004, is also the Princpal Bassoonist of the Santa
Barbara Symphony and the California Philharmonic and is
the Education Coordinator for the Ojai Music Festival.
Radford was born in Berkely, CA and moved south to attend
the California Institute of the Arts. His musical education
continued with performances at the Music Academy of the
West, the Aspen and Spoleto Music Festivals and with the
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestral Training Program.
Radford played for two years in Germany as the Solo Bassoonist
of the Hofer Symfoniker, an orchestra in Bavaris. Click
here to read more.