Andrew
Radford, Music Director of the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony
since 2004, is also the Princpal Bassoonist of the Santa
Barbara Symphony and the California Philharmonic and is
the Education Coordinator for the Ojai Music Festival.
Radford was born in Berkely, CA and moved south to attend
the California Institute of the Arts. His musical education
continued with performances at the Music Academy of the
West, the Aspen and Spoleto Music Festivals and with the
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestral Training Program.
Radford played for two years in Germany as the Solo Bassoonist
of the Hofer Symphoniker, an orchestra in Bavaris. Click
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