The iPalpiti Festival, which brings classical music to multiple venues throughout the region, will discontinue its annual performances in Encinitas due to a conflict with the city’s arts administrator, the festival’s director announced in a letter to the mayor. iPalpiti Director Laura Schmieder said in the letter, dated Sept. 1, that the 10th season in Encinitas over the summer had been “nothing but a struggle from the start.”
Classical music festival's director, Laura Schmieder, says in letter to the city that iPalpiti's 10th season in Encinitas over the summer had been 'nothing but a struggle from the start'