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Wintergreen Summer Music Festival in Virginia
housing. Filling up fast, apply online today! Artistic Direction: Peter Bay Festival Conductor: Peter Bay Festival Artists: Rick Robinson, bass; Michael Gurt, piano Featured Groups: Cassatt String Quartet For Information: Todd Cranson, general director 468 Prospect Ave Hot Springs, AR 71901 501 623 4763 festival@hotmusic.org hotmusic.org
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Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Fairbanks, AK July 15 to 29 Workshops in music, dance, and visual, literary, theater, culinary, and healing arts with dozens of performances. Study-performance opportunities encourage both personal growth and arts appreciation regardless of level of accomplishment. Festival Conductors: Robert Franz Festival Artists: David Muller, bassoon; Jun Watabe, clarinet/saxophone; John Barcellona, Dorli McWayne, flute; Fritz Foss, horn; Mark Fink, oboe; John Damberg, percussion; Greg Harper, trombone; Patrick Tillery, trumpet; Stephen Dombrowski, tuba; Alvaro Gomez, Routa Kroumovitch Gomez, violin Featured Groups: Redshift, Sweet Plantain For Information: Terese Kaptur, director P.O. Box 82510 Fairbanks, AK 99708 907 474 8869 festival@alaska.net fsaf.org Sitka Summer Music Festival Sitka, AK
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June 8 to July 6 June 2012 will be cellist Zuill Bailey’s first year as artistic director and he has a great summer planned. Music-lovers from across the world will come to Sitka for five weeks of concerts and special events. Artistic Direction: Zuill Bailey Festival Artists: Zuill Bailey, Kevin Hekmatpanah, Jennifer Kloetzel, Armen Ksajikian, Andrew Yee, cello; Ethan Filner, Luke Fleming, Pamela Goldsmith, Roland Kato, viola; Agnes Gottschewski, Kurt Nikkanen, Paul Rosenthal, Amy Schroeder, Tom Stone, Keiko Tokunaga, Cecily Ward, violin For Information: Roberta B. Rinehart, executive director P.O. Box 3333 Sitka, AK 99835 907 747 6774 director@sitkamusicfestival.org sitkamusicfestival.org
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Hot Springs Music Festival Hot Springs, AR June 3 to 16 Orchestra under the baton of Peter Bay, and chamber music with the Cassatt String Quartet. All apprentices receive full scholarship plus
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Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Santa Cruz, CA July 28 to August 12 Marin Alsop leads the award-winning festival orchestra, joined each summer by renowned composers and artists in a spectacular coastal town. 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of this “new music mecca” (The New York Times). Artistic Direction: Marin Alsop Festival Conductors: Marin Alsop, Carolyn Kuan Festival Artists: Thomas Adès, Clarice Assad, Mason Bates, Carlos Chavez, Alexandra du Bois, Osvaldo Golijov, Lou Harrison, Laura Karpman, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, John Mackey, James MacMillan, Dylan Mattingly, Alexander Norman, Behzad Ranjbaran, Huang Ruo, John Wineglass, and Greg Smith, composers; Cristina Pato, Galician bagpipes; Michael Ward-Bergeman, hyperaccordion; Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh; David Krakauer, klezmer clarinet; Joseph Alessi, trombone Featured Groups: Del Sol String Quartet; Kitchen Sisters of National Public Radio For Information: Ellen M. Primack, executive director 147 South River Street Suite 232 Santa Cruz, CA 95060 831 426 6966 831 426 6968 (fax) info@cabrillomusic.org cabrillomusic.org See our ad on page 52
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