What did your summer sound like?

What did your summer sound like?

Photos by Gabe Palacio unless otherwise noted

70th Annual Summer Music Festival June 20 - August 2, 2015

Noah Baetge, tenor

“This summer’s festival... promises to rank with the best.”

– Phil Lutz, The New York Times

Opening Night Gala

The Summer Festival begins.

Volunteers enjoy Friends’ Garden Party

Peter Oundjian conducts Orchestra of St. Luke’s

Gala After Dark

Giuseppe Fusco, flute & Lynette Wardle, harp at Friends’ Garden Party

Ridgefield Guild of Artists paints Friends’ Garden Party

All-audience Afterglow

A Bel Canto bow

Week 2: Bel Canto Young Artists / Edward Arron & Friends

Edward Arron & Friends

Kristin Andreassen

Lucinda Williams

Parker Millsap

American Roots Music Festival

Aaron Jay Kernis, Composer

Jasper String Quartet

PROJECT Trio

Week 3: Jasper String Quartet / PROJECT Trio

Pops, Patriots & Fireworks / July 4th Spectacular

“Caramoor, it’s hard to stay away.”

– Kathy & Marc Pucci Members, New Jersey

Cedar Walk

Ariel String Quartet

Week 4: Ariel String Quartet & Dover String Quartet / Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan – I’m With Her

Dover’s Milena Pajaro-Van de Stadt

I’m With Her packs the Spanish Courtyard

Alexi Kenney & Renana Gutman

“My breaking heart will go cold before it utters that fatal farewell.”

– La Favorite

William Berger, pre-opera lecturer

Clémentine Margaine as Leonore

“…under the direction of Will Crutchfield, with the captivating French mezzo Clémentine Margaine in the title role, Saturday’s performance afforded moments of real beauty.”– The New York Times

Week 4: La Favorite

Bel Canto Young Artists warm up the crowd

Music from Copeland House

Experimenting with the Theremin

Carolina Eyck, theremin

The Swingaroos

Week 5: Out of Thin Air / The Swingaroos

Calidore String Quartet

Musicians wander through the Sunken Garden

Jazz for Young People on Tour

Week 5: Calidore String Quartet / Jazz Festival

Ibanda Ruhumbika

Joey Alexander

“Like a mini-Newport Jazz Fest, @Caramoor

Jazz Fest music spills over from numerous stages simultaneously: Orrin Evans, Joey Alexander, etc.”

– @NYCJazzRecord

Cécile McLorin Salvant

“Some of our best gigs have been at Caramoor.”

– Wynton Marsalis

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

Kaeshi Chai

Week 6: Dancing at Dusk

The Sunken Garden

All-audience Afterglow

Jon Batiste & Stay Human

Week 6: Guitar in the Garden / Jon Batiste & Stay Human

A good night for Social Music!

Bel Canto Young Artists backstage

“The success of this

Carmélites seems to open a whole new chapter for Bel Canto at Caramoor.”

– Observer

Jennifer Check as Blanche

Dialogues des Carmélites

A packed house with Orchestra of St. Luke’s

Week 7: Gabriel Kahane & Rob Moose / Festival Finale

Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor & Hélène Grimaud, piano

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Thanks for an incredible 70th Summer!

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