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June 19, 2010
The Montecito Schedule has been finalized with a few important concert dates and masterclasses! Check out the schedule by downloading it here.
June 9, 2010
Yoga class sign-ups now available! Please e-mail us if you would like to sign up.
Please download a packing list here for items to bring to MSMF.
April 12, 2010
Acclaimed Grammy-winning cellist János Starker will be in residence at Montecito this summer giving master classes on August 4th and 5th.
January 12, 2010
Redesign and relaunch of Montecito Music Festival's website. Our new website will feature easy-access to information on the Montecito family, revamped and redesigned faculty biographies, and a new Twitter feed.

Summer Session: July 19 - August 7, 2010
Application Deadline: March 15, 2010
Scholarship Application Deadline: March 1, 2010
Notification of Acceptance : April 5, 2010
Deposit Due: April 15, 2010
Tuition Balance Due: May 15, 2010 Emanuel Borok Scholarship Recital: July 26, 2010, 8-9 PM
Ory Shihor Masterclass: July 27, 2010, 3-4PM
Daniel Shapiro Masterclass: July 28, 2010, 3-4PM
Leon Fleischer Tribute Concert: July 31, 2010, 8-9 PM
Cello Concert for Janos Starker: August 5, 2010, 8-9 PM
Finale Student Concert: August 6, 2010, 3-4 PM and 7:30-8:30 PM
Note: $15 General Admission, $7.50 Children/Seniors for Masterclass and Concert Events

2010 Season Application - Now Available!
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| Linda Wang - violin |

Linda Wang is among the premier violinists of our time, consistently praised for her artistry, warm, singing tone and charismatic performances.
Since her debut with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic at the age of nine, Linda Wang has a growing career with recital performances throughout the United States and concerti performances with orchestras in California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. She has also been guest soloist with Sir Georg Solti and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestra, Salzburg Chamber Orchestra, Paris Sinfonietta, Germany's Sächsische Kammerphilharmonie Dresden and Vogtland Philharmonic Orchestras, The Czech Republic's Southern Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom she toured. In Asia , her solo appearances have included an enthusiastically received debut with the Phillipines Philharmonic Orchestra. Professor Wang has won many awards, including first prizes at the International Markneukirchen Instrumental Competition in Germany , the National Federation of Music Club's Young Artists Auditions, the International Kingsville Competition, the scholarship award at the International Geneva Music Competition (CIEM), and the Waldo Mayo Award honoring New York 's best young performer.
Linda Wang's solo concerts have taken her to Carnegie Hall, Amsterdam 's Beurs van Berlage and the Berlin Schauspielhaus. Festivals where she has taught or performed include those of Aspen, Norfolk, Savannah, Rocky Ridge, Canada's Orford Centre d'Arts, Mexico's San Miguel de Allende, Italy's Festival of Two Worlds (Spoleto), Japan's Okhust, England's Aldeburgh Festival, the Holland Music Sessions and Austria's Salzburg Festival.
Domestic and international audiences have seen Linda Wang's televised performances on PBS, Arts and Entertainment, Germany's ZDF and Japan's NHK, while radio broadcasts include NPR's "Performance Today, WQXR (New York City), WFMT (Chicago), KMozart and KKGO (Los Angeles), MDR (Germany), Leipzig Rundfunk and Deutschland Radio, Berlin.
A native of New York City, now residing in Denver, Linda Wang holds the Bachelor of Music, Artist's Diploma, and Master of Music degrees from the University of Southern California, with pre-college studies at the Juilliard School and the Colburn School. She was also awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for advanced studies at the Salzburg Mozarteum.
Her principal teachers have been Dorothy DeLay (Juilliard), Alice
Schoenfeld (USC) and Ruggiero Ricci (Mozarteum). A dedicated teacher herself, Professor Wang currently serves on the faculty of University of Denver 's Lamont School of Music where she
teaches violin and coaches chamber music. She has also been assistant professor at University of the Pacific's Conservatory of Music and performed with the resident piano trio, the New Pacific Trio. She is a member of the National Federation of Music Clubs, Music Teachers Association, College Music Society, Chamber Music America, and the American String Teachers Association.
Linda Wang performs on a 1767 J.B. Guadagnini.
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