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CAMA 🎶Presenting the world's finest classical artists in historic downtown Santa Barbara 🎶 2025-2026 tickets available at www.granadasb.org and www.lobero.org

The history of CAMA begins in the fall of 1919 when a group of community-minded Santa Barbarans came together in the optimistic years following World War I to create the Civic Music Committee. Their intention was to present the finest in musical performances, including the new Los Angeles Philharmonic, founded by philanthropist William Andrews Clark, Jr. that same year. The group's work was taken over by the Community Arts Association’s Music Branch in 1926, which in time evolved into today's Community Arts Music Association (CAMA). Since the 1920s, CAMA has presented such legendary artists as Pablo Casals, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Vladimir Horowitz, Jascha Heifetz, Igor Stravinsky, Artur Schnabel, Isaac Stern and Marian Anderson, with yearly performances from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Since the 1950s the orchestra series has expanded and the concert annals now include virtually every great orchestra of the world, from the New York Philharmonic to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

🎵 CAMA INTERNATIONAL SERIES AT THE GRANADA THEATRE 🎵 Tickets start at $20, including fees. Find your ticket for the conc...
10/05/2026

🎵 CAMA INTERNATIONAL SERIES AT THE GRANADA THEATRE 🎵

Tickets start at $20, including fees. Find your ticket for the concert experience of your choice at granadasb.org.

• ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Isata Kannel-Mason, Piano
Wednesday, November 11, 7:30 PM

• MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA
Thomas Søndergård, Music Director
Augustin Hadelich violin
Sunday, February 7, 7:30 PM

• ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS
Conrad Tao, Piano
Sunday, March 14, 7:30 PM

• SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
Sir Donald Runnicles, Conductor
Francesco Piemontesi, Piano
Saturday, April 17, 7:30 PM

• LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
Paavo Järvi, Conductor
Vilde Frang, Violin
Friday, April 30, 7:30 PM

Photo credits: Karolina Wielocha, Suxiao Yang, Martin Bubandt, Kevin Condon, Simon Pauly, Camille Blake, Kaupo Kikkas, Marco Borggreve.


https://www.granadasb.org

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09/29/2026

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09/26/2026

Tickets start at $20. Single tickets are now available at the Lobero Theatre (both online and at the box office) for CAMA's 2026-2027 season presentations of Juilliard String Quartet and Simone Dinnerstein; Hélène Grimaud; Nikolai Lugansky; and James Ehnes with Orion Weiss.

Check out NPR’s latest article featuring the appointment of Elim Chan to San Francisco Symphony and Daniel Harding to LA...
09/23/2026

Check out NPR’s latest article featuring the appointment of Elim Chan to San Francisco Symphony and Daniel Harding to LA Phil. Congratulations in selecting such visionary maestros to lead each organization into a bright future for classical music.

As the classical concert season ramps up, two of America's finest orchestras will soon be led by new conductors when Daniel Harding takes over in Los Angeles and Elim Chan leads in San Francisco.

Thank you to the Santa Barbara Independent for including CAMA’s presentation of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Isata Kan...
09/22/2026

Thank you to the Santa Barbara Independent for including CAMA’s presentation of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Isata Kanneh-Mason, Simone Dinnerstein with the Juilliard String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, and The Granada Theatre Santa Barbara on November 11 in their Fall Arts Preview!

https://www.facebook.com/sbindependent/posts/like-clockwork-fall-brings-on-the-harvest-of-concert-action-in-town-of-the-class/1735275711938021/

Like clockwork, fall brings on the harvest of concert action in town, of the classical and more serious institutional kind. This is the time of year when we can look forward to offerings from the Santa Barbara Symphony, CAMA(Community Arts Music Association), Opera Santa Barbara, Camerata Pacifica, choral groups, and other contenders, alongside the fertile calendar of UCSB Arts and Lectures’ fall-to-late-spring programming. Music Academy of the West, whose programming turns our summers into a classical music wonderland, has also joined the regular concert season sweepstakes, with its Mariposa concert series.

Some of that musical harvest takes advantage of the primary theaters in town — the grand Granada, and the various more intimate splendors of the Lobero and Hahn Hall. As usual, there is much to look forward to and mark calendars for this autumn.

📸: Hilary Hahn | Photo: Chris Lee

Read more: https://www.independent.com/2026/09/16/fall-arts-preview-a-serious-musical-feast-in-store/

Anne Akiko Meyers from CAMA's presentation of Ms. Meyers, Lobero Theatre on November 11, 2024, is included in today's br...
09/16/2026

Anne Akiko Meyers from CAMA's presentation of Ms. Meyers, Lobero Theatre on November 11, 2024, is included in today's broadcast of "Performance Today." - Enjoy! Find this broadcast at Performance Today ‘s
profile.🌟 photo: David Zentz

https://www.yourclassical.org/performance-today

🌟Single tickets available TODAY! 🌟 Contact Lobero for Masterseries (www.lobero.org) or The Granada for International Ser...
09/10/2026

🌟Single tickets available TODAY! 🌟 Contact Lobero for Masterseries (www.lobero.org) or The Granada for International Series (www.Granadasb.org). 🎶 Secure seats for your perfect musical adventure -- artists include Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Isata Kanneh-Mason; Juilliard Spring Quartet with Simone Dinnerstein; Hélène Grimaud; Nikolai Lugansky; Minnesota Orchestra with Thomas Søndergård and Augustin Hadelich; Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Conrad Tao; San Francisco Symphony with Sir Donald Runnicles and Francesco Piemontesi; Los Angeles Philharmonic with Paavo Järvi and Vilde Frang; James Ehnes and Orion Weiss.

It's back to school time, and we've selected some choice pieces for when you need to hit the books.  Extra credit: Share...
08/31/2026

It's back to school time, and we've selected some choice pieces for when you need to hit the books. Extra credit: Share your favorite songs to study by in the comments. 📚

08/24/2026

How can we possibly contain the excitement of seeing CAMA's 2026-2027 season annoucement in large poster format outside of Santa Barbara's Granada Theatre?!

You say tomato, I say tomah-to! You say recital, I say concert? Hmmm? After this, you'll know the difference! Have quest...
08/19/2026

You say tomato, I say tomah-to! You say recital, I say concert? Hmmm? After this, you'll know the difference! Have questions for our CAMA team? Leave them here in the comments!

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93103

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
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