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Listening Then & Now

  • Mon, Nov 2910:30 AM
  • Wed, Dec 110:30 AM
  • Mon, Dec 610:30 AM
  • Wed, Dec 810:30 AM

Hahn Hall - Music Academy of the WestSanta Barbara

Listening Then & Now

An all-new delightfully surprising and in-depth multi-media presentation in Hahn Hall curated by the Music Academy’s Director of Audience Experience & Engagement Henry Michaels.

This four-part series brings you inside music and history to provoke your curiosity. Each 75-minute session visits specific moments in time, giving you context for listening and insight about the culture.

Enjoy discussion over coffee in the lobby after each event!

I Hear Dead People: The Cult of Genius & the Musical Museum

Is the concert hall…haunted? Find out how and why voices of the past came to dominate concert life.

MON, NOV 29, 1:30 PM: PART ONE of this series delves into the complex story behind the emergence of a canon of musical masterworks.

WED, DEC 1, 1:30 PM: PART TWO traces its development from a revolutionary concept to an entrenched tradition.

– TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW FOR THE ENTIRE SERIES –

$20 General, $10 Community Access, 7-17s Free

Limited Community Access Tickets sold at the door prior to the event