Archive for 2007
Encore Performance
October 30th, 2007 | Press Releases
Local radio station KDB (93.7 FM) will be feature American Double on Santa Barbara in Concert, Sunday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. in a performance recorded Oct. 19 at Montecito Covenant Church.
The violin-piano duo is on a national CD-release tour, performing the complete works of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom for violin and piano. “The [...]
Local Writer Puts Words to Paintings
October 25th, 2007 | Press Releases
Westmont professor and Santa Barbara author Marilyn Chandler McEntyre has recently released the third of three volumes of poems on the work of Dutch artists, Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Van Gogh. “In Quiet Light,” “Drawn to the Light,” and “The Color of Light,” offer readers reflections on their paintings.
She will be reading and signing her [...]
Talk to Sing the Praises of Music Education
October 23rd, 2007 | Press Releases
Santa Barbara school board members axed many music programs this year due to budget constraints, following a nationwide trend of focusing on academics while neglecting the arts. Michael Shasberger, Westmont’s Adams professor of music and worship, will speak on “Reading, Writing and Music: Why Music Belongs at the Center of the Curriculum,” Thursday, Nov. 8, [...]
Orchestra Premieres Redford Arrangement
October 22nd, 2007 | Press Releases
Hollywood composer J.A.C. Redford has arranged a piece for Westmont ’s
Chamber Orchestra to be premiered Friday, Nov. 2, 8 p. m. at First Presbyterian
Church, Constance and State Street. The orchestra will also perform Sunday, Nov. 4,
7 p.m. at El Montecito Presbyterian Church, 1455 East Valley Road. These
performances are made possible in part by the generous [...]
Gallery Draws Top Children’s Illustrators
October 22nd, 2007 | Press Releases
Acclaimed children’s book artists C.F. Payne, Lisbeth Zwerger, and Gregory
Manchess will exhibit work in Reynolds Gallery’s "Storytellers: Children’s
Book Illustrators," Nov. 3 through Dec. 13. The artists will be available to
sign books at the family-friendly opening reception Saturday, Nov. 3, from 2
to 5 p.m.
Payne is one of [...]