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m o r e O u r a t m o s p h e r i c l a t e - n i g h t c o n c e r t s i n c l u d e ‘ S i l k a n d S t r i n g s ’ o n A u g u s t 1 4 t h
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V a l e n t i a I s l a n d . W e l o o k f o r w a r d t o w e l c o m i n g y o u t h i s A u g u s t f o r o u r 1 2 t h F e s t i v a l .
A s e v e r a h u g e t h a n k y o u t o o u r s u p p o r t e r s , v e n u e s , v o l u n t e e r s a n d a u d i e n c e i n m a k i n g t h i s F e s t i v a l e x i s t i n s u c h a m a g i c a l p l a c e .
M a r y D u l l e a A r t i s t i c D i r e c t o r
LATE NIGHT SESSION: THE ARVO PÄRT & PHILIP GLASS HOUR
SATURDAY, 16 AUGUST 2025 | 9.30pm at Church of Immaculate Conception, Knightstown
Featuring | Cormac Henry flute Darragh Morgan violin Chase
Spruill violin Jane Atkins viola Peter Adams cello Mary Dullea piano
EVENT PROGRAMME
Arvo Pärt: Fratres for violin and piano
Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel for alto flute and piano
Arvo Pärt: Summa for String Quartet
Philip Glass: Elegy for the Present for violin and piano
Solo violin music by Philip Glass performed, and introduced, by Chase Spruill
LEAD ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Violinist Chase Spruill has gained an international reputation as a performer of contemporary music with a particular focus on minimalist masters. In 2020, BBC Music Magazine hailed his debut solo album of the music of British composer Michael Nyman, citing that,” Spruill plays with great spirit…and a great sense of presence…” as well as calling him “…an engaging and convincing advocate.” He has a long-standing relationship to the music of Philip Glass and was listed in Strings Magazine as being one of the noteworthy interpreters of his music. He appears multiple times on Glass’s own record label Orange Mountain Music and tours, records and performs as a duo alongside longtime music director of the Philip Glass Ensemble Michael Riesman. Spruill’s follow-up solo album A Common Time released in 2022 and was critically lauded by NPR, the French classical magazine DIAPASON, and Composer Magazine.
He’s collaborated with notable artists such as Kronos Quartet, pianist Emmanuel Ax, composers Nico Muhly, Jessie Montgomery, and BAFTA-nominated Brian Reitzell, releasing music from the acclaimed NBC television series Hannibal and more. He was a core faculty member with the Nationally celebrated not-for-profit organization Community MusicWorks in Providence, RI from 2012-
2017, as well as a Visiting Professor of Violin and Orchestral Studies at Wheaton College in MA from 2015-2017. Dedicated to exploring potential intersections between music, education and social justice with young people, Spruill returned to his hometown in Vacaville, CA in 2017 to develop and run the music program at Sierra Vista K-8 where he remains on faculty. He was Concertmaster of Camellia Symphony Orchestra from 2019-2024 and in 2022, was appointed permanent Concertmaster for Auburn Symphony under new music director Maestro Ryan Murray. He recently joined the faculty of Sacramento State University’s School of Music in the Fall of 2024.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
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SUNDAY, 17 AUGUST 2025
When Mozart met the Pipa
String Extravaganza Finale
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c o n t r i b u t i o n s W e a c k n o w l e d g e t h e a s s i s t a n c e o f A r t s C o u n c i l I r e l a n d / A n
C h o m h a i r l e E a l a í o n , R T É S u p p o r t i n g t h e A r t s , K e r r y C o u n t y C o u n c i l /
C o m h a i r l e C o n t a e C h i a r r a í , F e x c o , M u s i c G e n e r a t i o n K e r r y , a n d t h o s e
c o n t r i b u t o r s w h o w i s h t o r e m a i n a n o n y m o u s .
T h e F e s t i v a l w o u l d n o t b e p o s s i b l e w i t h o u t t h e h e l p o f s o m a n y v o l u n t e e r s o n
V a l e n t i a w h o a s s i s t w i t h v e n u e s , e q u i p m e n t , a d v e r t i s i n g , a c c o m m o d a t i o n a n d
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