Unmask the night!
Get ready for a ballroom takeover fueled by Bourbon Street energy. We’re kicking things off with a signature cocktail, traditional appetizers, and a silent auction you won’t want to miss.
With the feathered and bead-laden BrazilDance troupe leading the way, follow the beat to a buffet of authentic New Orleans delicacies created by Epicurean Santa Barbara—King Cake included!
Join us as we honor Brooks and Kate Firestone and receive their personal gift of song and story. Then bid big with our celebrity auctioneer, Tina Ballue, and hit the dance floor as our intrepid accompanist, Kevin Su Fukagawa and his Santa Barbara Jazz Collective brings N’awlins jazz to life.
Let the good times roll!
Venue
Rockwood Woman’s Club
670 Mission Canyon Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Date
Saturday, February 21, 5:30 – 9:30PM
RSVP by February 10, 2026
American baritone, Ralph Cato has travelled the world extensively, telling stories in song with his warm, clarion baritone voice.
Tenor, Benjamin Brecher has performed over fifty operatic roles with many of the world’s most prestigious opera companies, specializing in the high lying lyric tenor repertoire. He has performed 16 roles with New York City Opera alone. Career highlights include performances with Opera Orchestra of New York, L’Opera de Nice, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, L’Opera de Montreal, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, among many others. His orchestral solo repertoire includes Mozart, Handel, Orff, Bach, Haydn, as well as many performances of Britten. In 2000 he began performing the great Irish Tenor songs in a concert produced for him entitled A Celtic Celebration, Twenty years later, the show has become a North American hit with performances with 45 Symphonies in North America. Ben continues his discography having added his twelfth recording in 2016 Forgotten Liszt, with pianist Robert Koenig, and will record a new release in 2022 entitled “Three Centuries of Thomas Moore” including the music of Britten, Berlioz, and Sarah Gibson on MSR Classics. He is a Professor of Voice at University of California Santa Barbara, where he has served as the Head of Voice.
Tracy Van Fleet is pleased to return to the Santa Barbara Choral Society. As a soloist, she has performed with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Lüneburg Symphony in Germany, Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río in Mexico, Pasadena Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Los Angeles Bach Festival, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Philharmonic, USC Symphony and Chorus, and others. She has had many appearances with the Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Opera Pacific, San Diego Opera and Opera Colorado.
Born and raised in Southern California, April Amante is a versatile soprano with expertise and facility in repertoire spanning from early music to contemporary musical theater.