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
- Maurice Abravanel
- Otto Klemperer
- Gwendolyn Koldofsky
- Lotte Lehmann
- Yehudi Menuhin
- Darius Milhaud
- Pierre Monteux
- Gregor Piatigorsky
- Artur Rubinstein
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Robert Shaw
- Martial Singher
- Igor Stravinsky
- Bruno Walter
[edit] Notable alumni
- Burt Bacharach
- Grace Bumbry
- Barry Carl
- Juan Diego Florez
- Pamela Frank
- Thomas Hampson
- Marilyn Horne
- James Newton Howard
- Martin Katz
- Lotfi Mansouri
- Cynthia Phelps
- Anthony Plog
- Paul Schenly
- David Shifrin
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