Cactus Pear Music Festival's successful Season 13 is now a memory of great music, world-class musicians and four memorable and diverse programs. Thank you for your support and enthusiasm, both of which keep us looking to the future. We look forward to seeing y'all once again for Season 14, which will be . . .
JULY 8 - 18, 2010
WITH A NEW VENUE TO UNVEIL
CPMF is pleased to announce that the festival will be relocating to COKER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH in summer 2010 for its San Antonio concerts. With ample free parking and a wonderful intimate space for performances, we are looking forward to welcoming you to a new season of great music. More information to come!
CACTUS PEAR is chamber music that cools the fevered brow of summer! LISTEN ALONG to some incredible Brahms as you read about CPMF! This is the kind of music you'll hear at a CPMF concert. You can even order digitally online the full performance from our LIVE! From the First Five 2-CD collection. Go to our CDs & More link for additional musical options!
THE FOUNDING OF CACTUS PEAR
Cactus Pear Music Festival was founded in 1996 by Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, former concertmaster of the San Antonio Symphony for 13 years. Stephanie's musical lineage is one of performers and pedagogues: her grandmother Isabelle Schiebler Sant'Ambrogio was a concert pianist and teacher; her grandfather Anthony Sant'Ambrogio was a violinist and violist, once a member of the St. Louis Symphony. John Sant'Ambrogio, her father, retired recently as Principal Cello with the St. Louis Symphony, and her sister Sara is the cellist in the award-winning Eroica Trio. Music is definitely in the genes!
Looking to fill the summer void of classical music in South Texas as the SA Symphony went on its 3-month hiatus and symphony musicians left for music festivals far and wide, Stephanie's brainstorm came one sultry evening on the cafe banks of the River Walk as she sipped a signature Zuni Grill cactus pear margarita. ¡Caramba!, she exclaimed, and a music festival was born … a festival with all the refreshing COOL and vibrancy of the color
of its namesake drink.
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