Ojai Music Festival

The Ojai Music Festival represents an ideal of adventurous, open-minded and open-hearted programming in the most beautiful and welcoming of settings, with audiences and artists to match its aspirations. As its 75th anniversary approaches, the Festival remains a hallmark for groundbreaking musical experiences with a narrative thread guided by a different music director. These annual directors are more than conductors, composers, soloists, or musicians. They are musical thinkers who approach their craft with creativity and responsibility to the present day.

Schedule:
8:00am: Morning Meditation
Seckou Keita kora

Location: Chaparral Auditorium

Ticket: Free. Open to the public.

10:00am: Early Music
Francesco Turrisi curator/host and piano/organ
Rhiannon Giddens vocals
Wu Man pipa
Kayhan Kalhor kamancheh
Attacca Quartet  

A program imagined specifically for the magical atmosphere of Sunday morning in Libbey Bowl, playing on the two ideas of very old music and music for the first hours of the day. Francesco Turrisi curates and introduces music ranging from thousand-year-old works for solo pipa, to Renaissance consort music, from ancient Persian melodies to modal jazz improvisations.

Location: Libbey Bowl

1:00pm: Flowerpot Music - Interactive Event
Elliot COLE  Flowerpot Music  

Make music with us! Everyone is invited to bring your own flowerpots to join in on this interactive community performance of Elliot Cole’s Flowerpot Music led by Steven Schick.

Location: Libbey Park

Ticket: Free. Open to the public.

2:30pm: Between Worlds
Mazz Swift violin
Mario Gotoh viola
Karen Ouzounian cello
Shawn Conley bass
Ross Karre projection  

Carlos SIMON  Between Worlds  

A complete performance of Carlos Simon’s cycle Between Worlds, four solo string works placed in visual context by their source of inspiration: the remarkable paintings of Bill Traylor (ca. 1853-1949), chronicling nearly a century of Black American life.

Location: Greenberg Center, Ojai Valley School lower campus

4:00pm: Build A House
A special Ticket: Free family event - Rhiannon Giddens does a reading and special musical performance based on her new children’s book, Build A House.

Location: Libbey Park

Ticket: Free. Open to the public.

5:30pm: Finale: Strings Attached
Mazz Swift violin
Rhiannon Giddens singer/instrumentalist
Wu Man pipa
Seckou Keita kora
Kayhan Kalhor kamancheh
Justin Robinson fiddle
Francesco Turrisi multi-instrumentalist
Members of the Silkroad Ensemble

A musical summit of Festival artists and a jam session featuring solos and collaborations bringing together bowed and plucked string instruments from the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. An exuberant finale celebrating the many musical stories featured at this year’s Festival!

Location: Libbey Bowl

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