Dr. Petra Peršolja and Adam Gravelle of Duo con Fuoco
UCSB Summer Music Festival “Under One Sky” Sixth-annual festival features dynamic virtual lineup The Department of Music presented the sixth annual UCSB Summer Music Festival, titled “Under One Sky,” on Saturday, August 28 and Sunday, August 29, 2021 as a virtual event. Sponsored by the UC Santa Barbara Office of Summer Sessions, the festival featured performances by UC Santa Barbara’s University Carillonist Wesley Arai; Daniel Ohara and Shashank Aswathanarayana; CRUSH Duo and dancer Ahna Lipchik; Duo con Fuoco; Professor Scott Marcus and Shashank Aswathanarayana; and Gamelan Sinar Surya. All events were streamed free of charge from the UC Santa Barbara Department of Music’s YouTube channel as YouTube Premieres or YouTube Live events. Founded in 2016 by Composition alumnus Federico Llach ‘17, the UCSB Summer Music Festival continues to thrive as a student-curated and managed event. This year’s event was coordinated by UC Santa Barbara graduate composition student Alexandra Jones, who served as Artistic Director. “If there was ever a word to sum up the UCSB music community, it would be resilient,” shared Jones in advance of the event. “These last few years have been hard for all of us; the music world had to stop practically overnight, but that could not stop us. We will always continue to create and produce and inspire. The UCSB community is now even more so spread out throughout the world, but we can’t forget that we are all under one sky. This year we are eager to celebrate with local artists and truly relish in the best of UCSB. The community is alive and well, and it is truly something to appreciate.” 14 | UC Santa Barbara Department of Music | Fall 2021 Newsletter
