The Santa Barbara Symphony will be among the line-up of A-list entertainers in support of the 2024 One805LIVE! benefit concert for Santa Barbara community first responders, Sept. 20 at Kevin Costner’s Summerland estate.

Violinists perform with the Santa Barbara Symphony. Twenty-five symphony members will perform with other entertainers at benefit concert. (Courtesy Photo)
Twenty five musicians from he Santa Barbara Symphony will perform with other entertainers at benefit concert. (Courtesy photo)

Twenty five of the symphony’s musicians will perform with selected One805LIVE! numbers, including Kenny Loggins and Alan Parsons under the musical direction of Grammy-award winning recording artist, musician and producer Alan Parsons O.B.E. and conductor Tom Brooks.

Parsons has been exploring ways to work with the Santa Barbara Symphony for some time. After years of conversations with Nir Kabaretti, the symphony’s music and artistic director, and after being “blown away” at a symphony concert last season, Parsons knew it was time.
“Partnerships and community collaborations like this are central to the symphony’s efforts to bring impact to the community we serve,” said Kathyrn R Martin, president/CEO of Santa Barbara Symphony.

“We thank One805 for honoring our first responders and creating what will be an extraordinary evening of music and celebration,” Martin said.

The symphony’s collaboration with One805LIVE! is one several “only-in-Santa Barbara” symphonic concert experiences planned for the coming months that patrons can attend outside the symphony’s regular season programming.

Thanks to One805, which offered to cover the onsite/performance costs; and a $30,000 donation from Peter Martin, the collaboration is possible at no financial risk to the symphony.

“We wanted to give our audience a great mix of entertainment across the musical spectrum, with rock ‘n’ roll at its core,” said Kirsten Cavendish Weston Smith, One805 co-founder/CEO.

“The Santa Barbara Symphony will be a spectacular addition to the evening, as they accompany selected artists with the depth of sound an orchestra brings, “Cavendish Weston Smith said, “Our audiences will see unique performances that have literally never been done before, nor are they likely to ever see again.”

Tickets are on sale at www.one805.org.

The symphony will open its 2024/25 Season at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 pm and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20 with “Tchaikovsky’s Fourth.” Pre-sale discount tickets are available until Aug. 30. Subscriptions are also still available and start at $28 per seat.

For tickets or more information, visit www.TheSymphony.org.