For the Santa Barbara Symphony, the 2023-24 season expresses a number of the outreach efforts in its mission: to enrich […more…]

Like all arts organizations, the Santa Barbara Symphony was hit hard by the Covid pandemic, as theaters everywhere were forced […more…]

Santa Barbara Symphony held the final fundraiser in celebration of our 70th year. An Evening With Sinatra: The After Party! […more…]

The programming for the Santa Barbara Symphony’s milestone 70th anniversary has resulted in a sensational and supremely successful season, a […more…]

The Santa Barbara hosted its fifth of seven Concert Aperitifs at Seaside Gardens, generously hosted by Drs. Fred & Linda […more…]

Community Arts Music Association of Santa Barbara, aka CAMA, is deservedly well-known and cherished for its commitment and ability to […more…]

The stage is set, the curtain has been raised, and live performances are back for UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) […more…]

Music is the soundtrack of our lives. From the morning radio alarm, to the headphones fueling your run, to your […more…]

Considering the caliber of classical music concerts they attract every year to the Granada Theatre and Lobero Theatre, you might […more…]

The Santa Barbara Symphony is proud of its upcoming 2022-23 season, which marks the organization’s milestone 70th anniversary. Understandably so, […more…]

Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) has been well-known for the opportunities it provides Santa Barbara Unified students throughout the school […more…]

Last month, 99.9 KTYD dedicated all of February to the Santa Barbara Education Foundation’s Keep the Beat Instrument Drive. The […more…]

For Palmer Jackson Jr., philanthropy and supporting the community he loves, Santa Barbara, is a family tradition. When his father […more…]

Since 2003, the Santa Barbara Education Foundation has kept the beat for school music programs by raising funds to pay […more…]

To many, the 2021 Music Academy of the West Summer School and Festival was nothing short of a miracle. Despite […more…]

If you had told Celesta M. Billeci, UCSB Arts & Lectures’ Miller McCune Executive Director, in March of 2020 that […more…]

Over the last two years, Santa Barbara Symphony President & CEO Kathryn R. Martin has noticed a marked change in […more…]

The ringing of school bells isn’t the only sound that reminds us that Santa Barbara schools are back in session. […more…]

Saturday, May 22 will be a very exciting evening for Montecito Union kids, parents, and the greater community, as Montecito […more…]

You are sitting up front in the ornate Granada Theatre. It has been too long since you have had an […more…]

In 2017, the Music Academy of the West and its uniquely capable leader, Scott Reed, were the subject of a […more…]