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Folk Orchestra Santa Barbara - Spanish!

  • Fri, Jun 217:30 PM
  • Sun, Jun 234 PM

El Presidio de Santa Barbara

Folk Orchestra Santa Barbara - Spanish!

Friday, June 21 at 7:30pm and Sunday, June 23 at 4pm

Santa Barbara’s LOCAL orchestra, founded and directed by Adam Phillips

Orchestrations of music from Galicia, Andalucia, Asturias, the Basque Region, and more - featuring flamenco guitarist, Chris Fossek!

A LOCAL orchestra of Santa Barbara's best musicians playing a rich amalgam of folk and classical music in exciting, unique arrangements!

Our second program of the Folk Orchestra's 2019 Season! Come and enjoy the gorgeous acoustics of the Presidio and join us for a tasty beer from Telegraph Brewing or some fabulous wine at intermission.


Founder/Music Director - Adam Phillips, vocals, Galician gaitas, guitar, and shruti box

Violins:
*Nicole McKenzie, concertmaster
DeeDee Nussmeier
Zela Goettler
Claude-Elise Lafranque
Cody Minnick Free
Laury Woods


Violas:
*Angela Miller
Esther Frankel
Lucy Kohansamad
Helena McGahagan
Jimmy Chen

Cello:
*Jackie Greenshields
Karen Spechler
Michael Burridge
Laura Mihalka
Gerrie Fausset

Bass:
*Rob Moreno
Todd Hartwig

Harp, gaita, accordion - *Laurie Rasmussen

Percussion - *Alan Wood

Acoustic Guitar/Mandolin:
*Michael Witt
Ian Martyn
Pat Hackney
Matthew Roy (hurdy gurdy)
Joshua Jenkins
Sio Tepper

Flamenco guitar - Chris Fossek

* denotes Principal players