Festival Mozaic

In May of 1970, a trio of music professors came together to brainstorm starting a summer music festival in San Luis Obispo, California. A year later, the inaugural season of the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival took place with three performances in venues on Cal Poly’s campus, as well as the historic Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa.  Fifty years later, the vision of Clifton Swanson, Ronald Ratcliffe, and John Russell lives on through Festival Mozaic. Over its five decades, the Festival has offered an ever-expanding range of programming, including early music, jazz, contemporary music, opera, world music, new commissions and world premieres.