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Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music 2026 — "We the Dreamers"
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music·Santa Cruz, US 🇺🇸
Deadline
Conductors Workshop applications close earlier in the year; see cabrillomusic.org/conductors-workshop
The 64th Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music runs 26 July – 9 August 2026 at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. "We the Dreamers" features four world-premiere Festival Commissions, eight West Coast premieres, and two U.S. premieres, plus the Cabrillo Conductors Workshop for emerging conductors. Cabrillo has commissioned more than 110 new orchestral works in its history and is one of the only U.S. festivals dedicated exclusively to living composers and contemporary orchestral music.