OJAI FESTIVALS LTD
PO BOX 185, OJAI, CA 93024 www.ojaifestival.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL SERVES AS A CREATIVE MUSIC LABORATORY FOR PIONEERING NEW WORKS,CHAMPIONING ADVENTUROUS PROGRAMMING, AND WORKING WITH TODAY'S EMERGING ARTISTS WITH EVENTS DURING THE YEAR AND CULMINATING WITH A FOUR-DAY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE IN JUNE IN OJAI, CALIFORNIA. THE FESTIVAL IS KNOWN FOR ITS UNIQUE STRUCTURE OF HAVING THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR APPOINT A NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR EACH YEAR, GIVING AUDIENCES THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER A MULTITUDE OF MUSIC FORMS. AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE FESTIVAL IS ITS BRAVO MUSIC EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS WHICH OFFER FREE WORKSHIPS,RESIDENCIES, AND CONCERTS FOR OJAL'S PUBLIC-SCHOOL STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS.

HAILED AS A CREATIVE MUSIC LABORATORY, THE OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL HAS NURTURED MANY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTS AND COMPOSERS TO INTERNATIONAL PROMINENCE FOR OVER 70 YEARS.

THE 74TH OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL, JUNE 6 TO 9, 2019, FEATURED GRAMMY-WINNING SOPRANO AND CONDUCTOR BARBARA HANNIGAN AS MUSIC DIRECTOR, BRINGING HER UNIQUE ARTISTIC VISION TO THE FESTIVAL. MS. HANNIGAN'S PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON VOCAL ARTS. GUEST ARTISTS INCLUDED SINGERS FROM HER EQUILIBRIUM YOUNG ARTIST INITIATIVE, A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR PROFESSIONAL OPERA SINGERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR CAREERS, THE LUDWIG ORCHESTRA FROM EUROPE, PIANIST STEPHEN GOSLING, AND THE RETURN OF THE JACK QUARTET AND PERCUSSIONIST STEVEN SCHICK.2019 HIGHLIGHTS:THE 2019 FESTIVAL FEATURED WORKS BY COMPOSERS CENTRAL TO THE FESTIVAL'S HISTORY AND FUTURE INCLUDING JOHN LUTHER ADAMS, JAMES DILLON, GERARD GRISEY, CLARA LANNOTTA, OLIVER KNUSSEN, CATHERINE LAMB, OLIVIER MESSIAEN, TERRY RILEY, ARNOLD SCHOENBERG, TYSHAWN SOREY, IGOR STRAVINSKY, MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE,CLAUDE VIVIER, SIR WILLIAM WALTON, AND JOHN ZORN.FULLY- STAGED PRODUCTION OF ACCLAIMED COMPOSER AND FORMER MUSIC DIRECTOR IGOR STRAVINSKY'S THE RAKE'S PROGRESS WITH BARBARA HANNIGAN CONDUCTING HER EQUILIBRIUM YOUNG ARTISTS IN THEIR FESTIVAL DEBUTS.HANNIGAN WAS THE LEAD SINGER IN GERARD GRISEY'S QUATRE CHANTS POUR FRANCHIR LE SEUIL, SCHOENBERG'S STRING QUARTET NO. 2 FOR SOPRANO AND STRING QUARTET, AND GIRL CRAZY SUITE, A SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT BY BILL ELLIOTT OF MUSIC FROM GERSHWIN'S BROADWAY MUSICAL GIRL CRAZY. HANNIGAN ALSO NARRATED WALTON'S WHIMSICAL FACADE: AN ENTERTAINMENT.HANNIGAN NOT ONLY WAS FEATURED AS A SINGER BUT ALSO AS A CONDUCTOR WITH HER LEADING LUDWIG ORCHESTRA IN VIVIER'S LONELY CHILD, SCHOENBERG'S VERKLARTE NACHT AND STRAVINSKY'S COMPLETE BALLET PULCINELLA.THE FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTED CHAMBER WORKS BY AMERICAN COMPOSER JOHN ZORN WITH PIANIST STEPHEN GOSLING AND THE JACK QUARTET, INCLUDING HEXENTAROT, GHOSTS, AND THE ARISTOS FOR PIANO TRIO, PLUS THE UNSEEN AND THE ALCHEMIST FOR STRING QUARTET, AND OUROBOROS FOR TWO CELLI.A SPECIAL CONCERT IN MEMORIAM TO 2005 MUSIC DIRECTOR OLIVER KNUSSEN.US PREMIERES OF STRING QUARTET BY CATHERINE LAMB AND DEAD WASPS IN THE JAM-JAR (III) BY CLARA LANOTTA, AND WEST COAST PREMIERE OF TYSHAWN SOREY'S EVERYTHING CHANGES, NOTHING CHANGES.IN ADDITION TO TICKETED CONCERTS, THE FESTIVAL OFFERED THREE FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS AT LIBBEY PARK FEATURING THE WORK OF JOHN LUTHER ADAMS' THE MATHEMATICS OF RESONANT BODIES WITH PERCUSSIONIST STEVEN SCHICK.THE FESTIVAL FEATURED TWO DOCUMENTARY FILMS ON BARBARA HANNIGAN HELD AT THE OJAI PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FOR SERIES SUBSCRIBERS, AND THERE WAS A LATE-NIGHT BALLROOM DANCING PARTY WITH BARBARA HANNIGAN AND MEMBERS OF THE LUDWIG ORCHESTRA.WITH THE 2019 OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL, LONG-TIME ARTISTIC DIRECTOR THOMAS W. MORRIS CONCLUDED HIS 15-YEAR CELEBRATED TENURE.THE 2019 OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL HAD A PAID AUDIENCE OF 6,282, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 902 ATTENDING FREE EVENTS, FOR A TOTAL AUDIENCE OF 7,184.CONTINUING THE SUCCESS OF THE FESTIVAL'S FIVE-YEAR LIVE STREAM BROADCAST OF CONCERTS, THE OJAI LIVEHAD 13,055 VIEWS FROM 40 COUNTRIES.THE BRAVO SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS REACHED CLOSE TO 2,200 CHILDREN, WHICH REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS OF THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE OJAI VALLEY. 57% OF THE CHILDREN WERE FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND WOULD LIKELY NOT OTHERWISE HAVE HAD ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL MUSIC INSTRUCTION. 31% WERE ENGLISH LEARNERS AND 9% WERE CLASSIFIED AS HAVING A DISABILITY. FIVE OF THE SEVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SERVED BY BRAVO RECEIVED TITLE 1 FUNDING. 50% OF STUDENTS WERE WHITE; 46% LATINO; 2% ASIAN; 1% AFRICAN-AMERICAN; AND 1% NATIVE AMERICAN.A RECENT ADDITION TO THE BRAVO PROGRAM WAS THE BRAVO ARTS & MUSIC CAMP HELD IN JUNE FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN THROUGH THE OJAI DISTRICT PARK DEPARTMENT SUMMER SERIES.

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