This year we are inspired by our theme, The Spark Within… and even more thrilled to present TEDx 2011 at the world famous Music Academy of the West.
For six decades, a single, elemental proposition has animated the Music Academy of the West: Intensive mentoring produces superior classical musicians. Accordingly, the Academy has dedicated itself to the development of gifted young musicians through advanced study with accomplished faculty and guest artists.
The results speak for themselves: Academy alumni are members of major symphony orchestras, chamber orchestras, ensembles, opera companies, and university and conservatory faculties worldwide. Many enjoy careers as prominent solo artists. What’s more, the Academy enjoys an unrivaled regional reputation as a cultural treasure, annually presenting an array of topflight classical music events.
Each June the Music Academy welcomes exceptionally talented musicians from around the world for eight weeks of study and performance in one of five programs: Instrumental, Solo Piano, Collaborative Piano, Vocal Piano, and Voice. Selected through a competitive, merit-based admission process, each Academy Fellow receives full tuition, room, and board. The Music Academy’s intimacy, elite faculty, and idyllic beauty make for a truly transformative experience.
As part of its school program, the Music Academy presents a festival of more than 175 classical music events featuring Fellows, faculty, and acclaimed guest artists and conductors. Summer days are filled with public masterclasses, where audiences observe the Academy’s instructional process firsthand. In addition to this core experience, the Academy presents chamber music concerts, recitals, orchestral concerts, a fully staged opera, public dress rehearsals, and vocal and concerto competitions – all to the delight of music-lovers from across the nation.
We hope you are as inspired by this amazing venue as we are.
Music Academy of the West
1070 Fairway Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93108-2899
Phone: 805.969.4726
DRIVING DIRECTIONS:
We ask that you park on Music Academy grounds and not on neighborhood streets.
From the North or South:
- Take Highway 101 to the Olive Mill Road exit.
- Turn toward the ocean (right if from the North, left if from the South).
- Cross the railroad tracks and continue as Channel Drive curves to the right.
- Follow Channel Drive as it passes Butterfly Beach on your left.
- At the stop sign, continue up the hill and follow the road as it curves to the right and becomes Fairway Road.
- Turn Right into the Music Academy of the West. Follow the signs for parking.
ACCESSIBILITY AT THE MUSIC ACADEMY
Parking spaces for patrons with disabilities are available in front of Hahn Hall and directly in front of the main building. Hahn Hall and Lehmann Hall are both wheelchair accessible. Accessible restrooms are located at Hahn Hall.
