Variety is.

Camerata Pacifica - Paul Huang, Richard O'Neill and Ani Aznivoorian 9/16/16 Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West

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Start off with Bach’s The Goldberg Variations, which is all about messing with a theme and add some spice; keep changing it in devilish ways. In this case, Paul Huang, Richard O’Neill and Ani Aznivoorian played the heck out of  Dimitri Sitkovetsky’s arrangement based on the iconic Glenn Gould recording. It’s a bit…

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Walkabout and leap a lot

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It’s almost here and now is the time to reveal some publicity photos for DANCEworks Santa Barbara’s World premiere  of Vim Vigor’s FUTURE/PERFECT, which has been incubating over the last 4 weeks on the Stage of the Lobero Theatre. Look for amazing feats of gravity defying flights and jumps as the 5 dancers…

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Jazz done right?

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What was billed as an “Evening with Pat Metheny” included some mighty fine players accompanying him and soloing with brio and intensity. After his usual atmospheric solo intro on the the band-in-one harp guitar, Pat and group plunged right into a hard swinging, more Jazz oriented program than some of his recent shows in Santa Barbara.…

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