Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra
The Santa Barbara Symphony is a professional symphony orchestra and register 5013 nonprofit organization based in Santa [Barbara, California].
The orchestra was founded in 1953. Music directors have included Erno Daniel, who also taught piano at the University of California, [Santa Barbara], Ronald Ondrejka, who taught conducting at UCSB, Frank Collura, Varujan Kojian, Gisele Ben-Dor, and Nir Kabaretti.
In the 1990s the orchestra began releasing recordings, including CDs of works by Silvestre Revueltas, Astor Piazzolla, Luis Bacalov and Heitor Villa-Lobos.
Typically the orchestra performs a series of about seven concerts during a season, plus additional concerts, for example, a Pops music and stage performance on New Year's Eve.
In 2008, the Santa Barbara Symphony moved from its long-time venue at the Arlington Theatre to the newly renovated Granada Theatre.