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It’s a time when we start to look past the regular performance season Schools & and toward greener, pleasanter climes. Welcome to festival season, when performers and audiences gather in bucolic surroundings to celebrate both nature and music. Workshops You’ll find chamber music festivals across the country and in Canada and Europe as well. There are festivals where students and teachers can immerse themselves in music, and those where audiences can gaze at the summer sky. Whatever the occasion, and whatever the locale, you’ll find a different kind of music making—ever- so-subtly tempered by the world surrounding us. Note: The vast majority of the seasonal programs listed below will take place in SUMMER, defined here as June, July, August and early September. Festivals that fall outside of this period are specially designated as taking place in SPRING, FALL, or WINTER. United States Gospel, Jewish and Native American choirs, and more. ALASKA Juneau Jazz & Classics SPRING May 15–24 Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Juneau July 19–August 2 Jeanne Pedersen University of Alaska, Fairbanks P.O. Box 22152 Jo Ryman Scott Juneau, AK 99802 P.O. Box 82510 (907) 463-3378 Fairbanks AK 99708-2510 Fax 907-463-3385 (907) 474-8869 [email protected] Fax (907) 479-4329 www.jazzandclassics.org [email protected] The 23rd annual festival will resonate to www.fsf.org the beat of the finest jazz, blues, and Study in Alaska this summer under the classical music. Nationally recognized for midnight Sun! Ours is a festival involving our diverse lineup of world-class artists, many workshops, masterclasses, and per- this one-of-a-kind 10-day festival offers a formance opportunities for strings. The spectacular mix of concerts, blues cruises, festival is multi-disicplinary; students also workshops, and family entertainment all take classes in visual arts, creative writing, in the most beautiful setting on earth! D5 Sitka Summer Music Festival 7-9 chamber music concerts (classical, Central Coast Harp Workshop La Jolla Music Society June 5–26 contemporary, jazz, popular) on the South July 10–12 SummerFest 2009 Harrigan Centennial Hall, Sitka Rim , and educational programs to Grand Morro Bay July 31–August 23 Roberta B. Rinehart Canyon and Navajo and Hopi Reservation Diana Steiner Christopher Beach, President and P.O. Box 3333 schools, including the Native American CCHW, 223 S. Bundy Dr., Ste. 201 Artistic Director Sitka, AK 99835 Composer Apprentice Project, with string Los Angeles, CA 90049 La Jolla Music Society (907) 747-6774 band ETHEL and composer Raven Chacon (310) 472-9740 7946 Ivanhoe Ave. Fax (907) 277-4842 in residence. Fax (310) 472-2911 La Jolla CA 92037 [email protected] [email protected] 858-459-3724 www.sitkamusicfestival.org Sedona Chamber Music Festival www.debussytrio.com Fax 858-459-3727 and Workshops [email protected] Since 1972 international artists have Marcia Dickstein, harpist of The Debussy St. John Vianney Church www.ljms.org gathered in picturesque seaside Sitka Trio and artistic director/teacher of CCHW, Bert Harclerode for chamber music, showcasing classics invites harpists to perform on concert or SummerFest features nearly one hundred 1487 West Highway 89A, Ste. 9 of the 18th and 19th centuries. folk harp in solos, chamber ensembles of the world’s finest classical artists, Sedona, AZ 86336-5773 Paul Rosenthal, artistic director. with guest instrumentalists, or by bringing performing world-class chamber music in (928) 204-2415 colleagues to perform in pre-rehearsed an intimate setting. Premieres, free open (928) 282-0893 ensembles. Participants enjoy exploring rehearsals, masterclasses, and artist ARIZONA [email protected] familiar and unusual repertoire. encounters enhance audience experiences. www.chambermusicsedona.org Scholarship aid is available. Chamber Music Camp with Set amid Sedona’s Red Rocks, Chamber Lake Tahoe Music Festival and Quartet Sabaku Music Sedona presents a diverse array Global Fusion Music Workshop Educational Outreach Program June 15–19 of genres, from traditional chamber music San Francisco Bay Area July 23–August 8 Litchfield Park to brass and bluegrass. 2009 artists Ian Dogole 425 N. Lake Blvd., Suite #6 Claire Gordon include the Juilliard, Turtle Island and Biava 315 Durant Way Tahoe City, CA 96145 The Church at Litchfield Park string quartets; Trio da Salò; Valentina Mill Valley, CA 94941 Lisa Krueger 300 N. Old Litchfield Rd. Lisitsa; Rod Gifry; and Tim O’Brien. (415) 383-7120 P.O. Box 62 Litchfield Park, AZ 85340 Fax (415) 383-7120 Tahoe City, CA 96145 (623) 547-0373 Tucson Winter Chamber Music [email protected] (530) 583-3101 [email protected] Festival www.iandogole.com Fax (530) 583-3180 www.quartetsabaku.com SPRING March 8–15 [email protected] Experience our rich jazz tradition as it Leo Rich Theatre www.tahoemusic.org A week-long intensive chamber music intersects with the musical styles and Tucson camp for students 9–19 with moderate instruments of diverse cultures in a program Diverse, high quality musical experiences Cathy Diaz to advanced proficiency on violin, viola, for students of any age. Lecture/demon- in the classic tradition from Bach to blues P.O. Box 40845 cello, bass or woodwinds. Additional strations, workshops and music appreciation and beyond, creating educational and Tucson, AZ 85717 activities include orchestra, theory, classes culminate in a concert performance performance opportunities for aspiring (520) 577-3769 listening skills, and special topics. For with students joining the group Hemispheres young musicians. FAX (520) 881-2009 registration, tuition, and audition informa- on-stage. [email protected] tion, see www.aztecfreenet.org/wvyo. Music@Menlo www.arizonachambermusic.org Heritage Music Festival July 17–August 8 Chaparral MusicFest 2009 Five concerts, youth concerts, Gala Dinner, SPRING April Menlo School June 10–19 open dress rehearsals, masterclasses, CSU Monterey Bay, Music and Patrick Castillo Elk’s Opera House pre-concert commentaries, “A Jewel of a Performing Arts 50 Valparaiso Ave and other Prescott venues Festival” (WFMT) Nicole Mendoza or Richard Bains Atherton, CA 94027 Maria Vomlehn Flurry, artistic director 100 Campus Center 30 (650) 330-2030 406 Arena Drive Seaside, CA 93955 Fax (650) 330-2016 Prescott, AZ 86301 (831) 582-4085 [email protected] (928) 777-8663 Fax (831) 582-4086 www.musicatmenlo.org [email protected] [email protected] Music@Menlo, the Bay Area’s premier www.chaparralmusicfest.org music.csumb.edu chamber music festival, is now in its 7th year. Founded by David Finckel and Wu Music hot-off-the-presses from Arizona A celebration of music composers of national stature in a festive CALIFORNIA Han, it attracts capacity audiences and atmosphere at the New Music Arizona Laguna Beach Music Festival international recognition through its Areon Summer Flute Institute unique immersive programming, roster of Concert, Friday June 12. Two youth WINTER January 18–25 July 12–17 in Los Altos world-class artists, Chamber Music Institute camps—String Academy and Percussion Throughout Laguna Beach August 3–7 in Rancho Palos Verdes for emerging and pre-professional musicians, Academy—as well as family concerts; Lucinda Prewitt Amelia Vitarelli and signature offerings such as AudioNotes masterclasses, recitals. A production of P.O. Box 9336 557 Leland Ave. CDs, Café Conversations, and Encounter Chaparral Arts, Inc., a 501(c)(3) Arizona Laguna Beach, CA 92652 nonprofit. San Jose, CA 94087 lecture series. (408) 394-9264 (949) 715-9713 Fax (949) 499-0377 Grand Canyon Music Festival [email protected] Music in the Vineyards [email protected] www.areonflutes.com August 5–23 September 11–26 www.lagunabeachmusicfestival.com Shrine of the Ages, South Rim; The fifth annual Institute is a progressive Napa Valley Grand Canyon National Park music camp designed to motivate and This world-class festival, a blend of per- Evie Ayers Clare Hoffman inspire elementary school through college- formances, workshops and special events P.O. Box 6297 P.O. Box 1332 level flutists. Divided into two distinct in the charming seaside community of Napa, CA 94581 Grand Canyon, AZ 86023 classes, grouping students with like-minded Laguna Beach, presents traditional and (707) 258-5559 (928) 638-9215 peers.
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