Arts & Lectures is pleased to travel to unique and significant architectural environments to celebrate the experience of music. We will present world-class artists in three distinguished Santa Barbara buildings.

Sunday, November 3
Perlman/Schmidt/Bailey

Reginald Johnson, architect

Reginald Johnson, who was also the architect for Lotusland, designed this venerable Spanish style hotel. Its grand Loggia Ballroom, which features an 18-foot ceiling, crystal chandeliers, a fireplace and French doors opening onto an outdoor patio, is sure to be an inspiring setting for dazzling chamber music. »

Sunday, April 6
Ellen Hargis & Paul O’Dette

Julia Morgan, architect

The large Georgian style music room of The Peppers, one of Montecito’s oldest estates, was designed by Julia Morgan, the architect of Hearst Castle. With its oak flooring, mahogany surrounds and redwood heartwood paneling, this is a charming venue in which to listen to Renaissance love songs. »

Saturday, May 10
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

J. Wilmer Hershey, William Mooser & Co., architects

The County Courthouse is the best example of Santa Barbara’s Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style. The Mural Room, with the epic sweep of its historical murals, painted by Dan Sayre Groesbeck, a scenic designer for director Cecil B. DeMille, is a dramatic setting for a concert by the LAGQ. »

UCSB Arts & Lectures’ Chamber Music in Historic Sites series is licensed in Santa Barbara by agreement with Chamber Music in Historic Sites®—a nationally licensed series, Dr. MaryAnn Bonino, founder and president. Warm thanks to Edward Cella and members of the board of the Pearl Chase Society for their support and guidance in this new undertaking and to Santa Barbara Magazine for its sponsorship.