Editor’s Pick: New York Philharmonic

Alan Gilbert, courtesy of Music Academy of the West.

Alan Gilbert, courtesy of Music Academy of the West.

Music Academy of the West’s annual summer classical music festival is always fabulous and will be even better this year with free tickets for young people ages 7 to 17 (with paid adults) and special $10 Community Access tickets for all events, including New York Philharmonic’s debut concert at Santa Barbara Bowl. The all-American program features music from Leonard Bernstein’s beloved West Side Story and Aaron Copland’s epic masterpiece Appalachian Spring. Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St. Aug. 3, 7 p.m. 805/962-7411, sbbowl.com.

Originally published in Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine, Summer 2015.

—Leslie Dinaberg