Artists Announced and Early Bird Passes on Sale!

Posted on Aug 6, 2014

11th Annual Carlsbad Music Festival
Artists Announced and Tickets on Sale!

Carlsbad Music Festival is thrilled to make our first round of artist announcements for our 11th annual Festival September 19-21, 2014! They are:

David Lang, Dawn of Midi, Steven Schick conducts Renga,
Art of Elan with Susan Narucki, Sacra/Profana,
Donald Crocket conducts USC Thornton Edge, Matt McBane,
and many many more TBA.

Early bird discounted Festival Passes
on sale now for $80 through August 18.
Purchase now!

The Carlsbad Music Festival is an annual festival of “adventurous music by the beach” that features over 50 performances in 3 days in the seaside Village of Carlsbad.

The complete line-up, program information and schedule of events will be announced in the coming weeks. Running from Friday-Sunday, September 19-21, the Festival will include ticketed Mainstage Concerts all 3 days, a free Village Walk on Saturday, and free Concerts in the Parkin Magee Park on Sunday.

Highlights of this year’s Festival include:

• Pulitzer-prize winning composer and Bang on a Can co-founder, David Lang will be in residence and his music will be performed throughout the Festival.
• Brooklyn-based piano trio Dawn of Midi will perform their genre-defying album “Dysnomia.”
• Steven Schick will conduct Renga, the new San Diego-based chamber orchestra he co-founded with Kate Hatmaker, in the US premiere of David Lang’s “darker” an hour-long piece for 12 solo strings.
 • Art of Elan will be joined by soprano Susan Narucki for a concert of music by David Lang, his influences and his students, including the US premiere of “ark luggage” for soprano and string quartet.
 • Sacra/Profana will give a performance of new music for choir including a world premiere by Festival Director Matt McBane and music by David Lang.
• USC Thornton Edge led by Donald Crockett will give a concert of new music for chamber orchestra by composers Crockett, Andrew Norman, Ted Hearne, and Sean Friar.

Click here for more information about this year’s artists.