Ojai makes a connection in Berkeley 
Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 11:05 PM
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Tom Morris and I spent a few days together last week. Yes, Tom made it out of the historic winter storms on the East Coast last week--only delayed by a day! We spent time in Ojai refining the Festival schedule (you'll see that we will be moving the Friday symposium a little earlier than originally planned to accommodate the artists' schedules). Tom and I then flew up to Oakland to meet with a friend of ours, Matias Tarnopolsky, who recently assumed the responsibility of running Cal Performances from the legendary Robert Cole. Tom and I have always been interested in the idea of collaborating with another organization on our programs and giving these programs another performance outside of Ojai; we thought that we might want to explore this idea with him. In short, the three of us are all very enthusiastic about the idea and are now in the process of seeing if this works for the artists that we have booked starting in 2011. More to come as details unfold!

While I was in Berkeley, I also enjoyed meeting with board member, Russ Irwin, at the famous landmark Cafe Strada. We talked about the recent San Francisco Contemporary Players concert featuring Brad Lubman, who will of course will be in Ojai this summer! He also talked about his excitement about talking with George Benjamin while he was in residence at the SF Symphony. I also enjoyed catching up with former board member Sara Sackner, who is now Director of Development for the Berkeley Art Museum and the Pacific Film Archive. While at the museum she shared with me the exhibit by James Castle -- well worth seeing .

We then enjoyed a nice lunch at Adagai across the street. I had a few extra minutes to explore the area and was pleased to find one classical CD store/cafe that still exists, The Musical Offering. Of course, I had to support them and buy some CDs!

- Jeff Haydon

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