Jubilant Music : Frank Salazar, retiring conductor of the Ventura County Symphony, looks forward to the life that awaits him.

At age 64, Frank Salazar is a man twice blessed. For more than four decades he has been able to work at what he loves most--making music. And after officially retiring this June from the music department of Ventura Community College and as music director and conductor of the Ventura County Symphony, he will continue his love affair with music.

“I’m retiring from teaching at the college,” Salazar said during an interview in his home atop the Ventura hills. “But I’m not retiring from life.

“If you speak Spanish, you know that jubilarse means ‘to retire.’ And for me it is a jubilation.”

Salazar said he is giving up headaches commonly associated with the administrative duties of a symphony music director. But as founding music director and conductor emeritus, he will maintain contact with the Ventura County Symphony, which he established 30 years ago.

He also intends to travel, do some guest conducting and lecture abroad on American music.

“I want to sit in a cafe in Burgos, sip Pepsi-Cola, and watch Spaniards go through their life,” he said.

“I have a 6-2-2-2 plan. My son lives in Spain. So I’d like to spend a couple months in Madrid. And a couple months with my daughter, who has a house in Switzerland. Then two months with my extended family in New Mexico. And six months in Ventura, where I’ll conduct, adjudicate, read. And do some serious loafing.”

Salazar also plans to write a book about Hispanic music.

“I’ve studied Renaissance and Baroque music. And even the folk music of Hungary. But I have a special love--a duende --for the music of the Hispanic countries.”

To demonstrate, he played a few bars from a Spanish zarzuela (operetta) on the piano.

“I also have a giant collection of Mexican corridos or ballads,” he said. For him, “classical music is the flower of the tree, but folk music is the root.”

Since 1971 Salazar and his wife, Judith, have lived in a rambling 1940s-vintage house where they raised four children. Indirect light from a picture window facing the central garden patio illuminates musical scores poised on the stand of Salazar’s black grand piano.

His collection of paintings, the fresh-cut flowers, and Oriental rugs scattered on blond hardwood floors create a serene atmosphere. And a telescope in the rear porch suggests the view of the ocean and Ventura Pier is not wasted.

The affable conductor has been honored over the years for his dedication to the education and cultural growth of the community. His influence extends to the thousands of students who have flourished under his musical tutelage.

But Salazar is passionate about not segregating music from the fabric of life.

“I’m a great believer in the liberal arts,” he said. “I teach ideas, not facts. My specialty happens to be music. But it is part of a greater picture.”

Workshops for women: “Fabulous at 40 and Sensational at 60,” a skin care and makeup session geared for the maturing woman, is one of many workshops on a variety of topics to be offered during Camarillo Women’s Day on Saturday 8 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. at Camarillo High School. The makeup session lasts from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The $25 fee includes breakfast, lunch, keynote speaker and workshops. Tickets are available at the door. For more information, call the Oxnard College Re-Entry Center at (805) 986-5833.

Grant available: The Ventura County Area Agency on Aging is seeking grant applications from public and private nonprofit organizations to hire low-income county residents 55 and older to work in senior community service positions.

The California Department of Aging has allocated $5,821 under Title V of the federal Older Americans Act to fund one countywide position from July 1, 1992, until June 30, 1993. Application materials are available from Sue Tatangelo, Title V coordinator, Area Agency on Aging, 505 Poli St., 3rd Floor, Ventura; 652-7560. The deadline for filing applications is 4 p.m. Monday.

Update: Lois Lieberman, 71, of Simi Valley thought she ran second in her age division in the Los Angeles Marathon last month. But she recently received a plaque and notification that the winner had been part of a relay team and had not completed the 26.2-mile race. So Lieberman holds the first-place title for ages 70 to 74 for the second year with a time of 6 hours, 11 minutes, 59 seconds.