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Pandemic Forces Santa Barbara's Oldest Performing Arts Organization To Cancel Upcoming Season

The South Coast’s oldest performing arts organization is cancelling its 2020/2021 season due to the pandemic.

Santa Barbara’s Community Arts Music Association has been bringing orchestras from around the world to the community for more than 100 years.

CAMA’s planned season at the Granada Theater had included the LA Philharmonic, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and the China Philharmonic Orchestra.

Officials with the organization say they are now focused on planning a 2021/2022 season.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.