Music Academy of the West
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The Music Academy of the West is a music conservatory located in Montecito, California near Santa Barbara, California. Every year, it hosts a summer music festival for the community highlighted by concerts and workshops directed by famous composers, conductors, and artists.
A yearly maximum of 135 students may be enrolled in its program for an eight-week summer course.
[edit] Famous Sponsors
- Lotte Lehmann
- Otto Klemperer
- Yehudi Menuhin
- Pierre Monteux
- Artur Rubinstein
- Robert Shaw
- Bruno Walter
- Darius Milhaud
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Gregor Piatigorsky
- Martial Singher
- Igor Stravinsky
- Maurice Abravanel
- Gwendolyn Koldofsky
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Thomas Hampson
- Marilyn Horne
- Pamela Frank
- David Shifrin
- Martin Katz
- Lotfi Mansouri
- Cynthia Phelps
- Paul Schenly
- Anthony Plog
- Grace Bumbry
- Burt Bacharach
- Donald Weilerstein
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