Summer Festival 2010 – Chaos, Color & Contrast July 11 to 24 Chaos, Color & Contrast marks the WCM's 17th summer in the Catskills, and in the rural New York countryside, this extraordinary music festival is an unexpected treasure. Our world-class musicians perform concerts, engage audiences in interactive, up-close rehearsals, and inspire the Festival high school interns with intensive hands-on coaching sessions at the idyllic Eddie Adams Farm. New this year are the artists' pre-concert talks an hour before each Saturday concert, and WCM's appearance at the beautifully restored The Old North Branch Inn.
Intimate. Lively. Passionate. These are just a few of the reasons the annual Festival has become a “must see” event for WCM’s audience every summer. Mark your calendar today — join us!
Sunday July 11 – 3 pm Opening Day Concert on the Lawn/Presbyterian Church, Main Street, Jeffersonville.
American vocal & instrumental music by Gershwin, Fine, Porter & Barber. Singing & performing are vocalists Annie Hat & David Trombley; flutist Judith Pearce; oboist Matt Sullivan; clarinetist Pavel Vinnitsky; hornist Daniel Grabois & bassoonist Leonard Hindell. Click here for program details. Free.
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Friday July 16 – 7 pm At Work & Play Behind the Notes / Eddie Adams Farm, North Branch Road, Jeffersonville.
Come behind the scenes for an open rehearsal with the WCM artists for Saturday’s concert. Free.
Saturday July 17 4 pm – Pre–concert talk with the artists. 5 pm – Tea Time Concert with music by Haydn, Bartók, de Falla, Haydn & Rebel. Click here for program details. / Adams Farm, Jeffersonville. Tickets $25; free 18 & under. Order tickets online. Sponsored by Starbucks of White Plains. Thursday July 22 – 7:30 pm MusicTalks! / North Branch Inn, North Branch
Virtuoso violinists Nurit Pacht and Yuval Waldman in conversation and performance about Bartók's "44 Duos" and more. Click for details.
Admission $15; free 18 & under. Refreshments for sale. Sponsored by Victoria Lesser & The Old North Branch Inn. Order tickets online
Friday July 23 – 7 pm At Work & Play Behind the Notes / Adams Farm, Jeffersonville
Come behind the scenes for an open rehearsal, & watch as 2010 Summer Festival High School Interns coach with the WCM artists & perform a short work. Read more about WCM's Festival Interns and Arts-in-Education work here. Donations welcome.
Saturday July 24 – 8 pm 7 pm – Pre–concert talk with the artists. 8 pm– Grand Finale Concert with music by Haydn, Bartók, Debussy, Dutilleux & Fauré. Click here for program details. Gala Meet–the–Artists reception follows on the barn porch. Sponsored by Janet & Peter White in Memory of Lois Burrill.
Adams Farm, Jeffersonville.
Tickets $30; free 18 & under. Order tickets online.
Chaos, Color & Contrast marks the WCM's 17th summer in the Catskills, and in the rural New York countryside, this extraordinary music festival is an unexpected treasure. Our world-class musicians perform concerts, engage audiences in interactive, up-close rehearsals, and inspire the Festival high school interns with intensive hands-on coaching sessions at the idyllic Eddie Adams Farm. New this year are the artists' pre-concert talks an hour before each Saturday concert, and WCM's appearance at the beautifully restored The Old North Branch Inn.
