Cactus Pear Music Festival

This year's Cactus Pear Music Festival promised spontaneity and surprise, and delivered with unique arrangements and brilliant performances! Hear music by Fanny Mendelssohn and a percussion+piano arrangement of Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story" at the link!

KPAC's summer intern, Abraham Gomez, attended a concert last week by the Cactus Pear Music Festival. How electrifying can classical music be? "Very!" he says.

"They're all incredibly talented and charming and engaging young people... and we're having a great time learning this music together and putting it all together for our audiences." — Craig Sorgi, Education Director at Cactus Pear Music Festival

"Spontaneity is what audiences love," says Cactus Pear Music Festival's artistic director, Jeffrey Sykes. Their programs in the Hill Country and San Antonio this month promise plenty of off-the-cuff musical moments, plus something new this year, free admission! Learn more at the link.

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More concerts and outreach events are on tap for the Cactus Pear Music Festival's 17th annual season this week. Three young people's concerts are free and…