Music Academy of the West

240 STUDIO welcomes the Music Academy of the West!

We recently had the pleasure of photographing two insanely talented musicians.  Our new friends, John Brancy (Baritone) and Mario Antonio Marra (pianist), were the winners of the MAW’s Marilyn Horne annual song competition 2013 and came to 240 STUDIO to document their amazing accomplishment. 




If you caught the The Magic Flute at the Granada Theater in August, then you saw Brancy in all his glory.  He was the fantastic Papageno in the Music Academy’s performance of The Magic Flute!



The Santa Barbara Independent raved about the production.  “As performed by the fellows of the Music Academy of the West last Friday at the Granada Theatre, the Flute cast its spell and demonstrated that for sheer musical invention, Mozart has never been surpassed.”


We had a great time in the Studio with John and Mario!  Both guys were fantastic and fun to work with.   We congratulate them on all of their hard work and hope they come back and visit us at 240 STUDIO soon!


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Joshua Roman at 240

240 STUDIO is proud to host the Music Academy of the West's inaugural Academy Alumnus in Residence, Joshua Roman.

The San Francisco Chronicle writes about Joshua Roman- “A cellist of extraordinary technical and musical gifts"...and we couldn't have said it better ourselves. In addition to being an exquisite cellist, Joshua is about as warm and friendly as they come and we were honored to have his music and wonderful energy fill the studio.

We caught him as he warmed up before his performance...


And again as he played to a sold out crowd...


The Music Academy did a fantastic job of creating the perfect intimate environment for Joshua's solo concert at 240 STUDIO and Bella Vista Designs created the perfect ambiance with their lighting expertise. Thank you Joshua, you are welcome back anytime! Thank you to the Music Academy for making this happen- you folks are wonderful!

Check out Joshua at www.joshuaroman.com

To find out what's happening at the Music Academy of the West at www.musicacademy.org


Here's to life, love and the pursuit of beautiful music!!