Trueblood Retires

Mark E. Trueblood, who has guided Community Arts Music Association (CAMA) of Santa Barbara to new programming heights over the course of his 27-year tenure as executive director and later president, will retire once the current concert season concludes.

Elizabeth Alvarez, currently CAMA’s director of development, will succeed him as managing director of the venerable classical music presenting organization.

“It has been extremely rewarding to present many of the world’s greatest orchestras, soloists, and chamber ensembles in concerts that have truly enriched the cultural life of this community, as CAMA has been doing so well for the last 106 seasons,”
says Trueblood.

“I don’t have an exact count, but together we’ve put on something on the order of 250 immensely enjoyable concerts at the Arlington, Granada and other theaters over these past years.”