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Chin’s ‘Meru’ to screen for 10th anniversary – JH News&Guide
Sundance Film Festival’s 2015 audience award-winning documentary “Meru” will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a special screening at Walk Festival Hall followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker this week. The event marks a joining of two arts forces in the Tetons — Grand Teton Music Festival and Jackson Hole International Film Festival.
Chamber program in tune with prodigy Shaw – JH News&Guide
Four weeks into its 64th season, the Grand Teton Music Festival has presented thrilling and thought-provoking works by living composers, including the world premieres of Lynne Plowman’s “Life Cycles” and Kevin Puts’ “Contact.” This week’s chamber music program will start with a work by another...
Laramie violinist 1st in Runnicles competition – JH News&Guide
After a good 45 minutes of deliberations Sunday afternoon, the three-judge panel awarded violinist Shelby Kay Cox, of Laramie, Wyoming, the $25,000 first-place prize.
6 teen musicians to perform in Grand Teton Music Festival scholarship competition – JH News&Guide
Six teenage music students looking to continue their studies in college will vie for $50,000 in scholarships this weekend in the eighth annual Donald Runnicles Musical Arts Scholarship Competition. During the semifinal round, which starts at 10 a.m. Saturday in Walk Festival Hall, the six...
Kids embark on ‘Musical Adventures’ with GTMF – JH News&Guide
In Jackson Hole, you can adventure in the mountains, you can adventure on the rivers and lakes, or you can adventure downtown, where Meaghan Heinrich, the Grand Teton Music Festival’s education curator, leads youngsters into the vast and varied landscapes of music.
Orchestra, guitarist to transport Walk Hall audiences – JH News&Guide
One of the wonders of music is how it can bypass the brain and go straight to the heart, evoking deep and complex emotions or memories and transporting us to another time and place. This weekend, the Grand Teton Music Festival will take audiences to a city in the center of Spain, the streets of Rome, and the Greek isle of Naxos.
‘Clear-singing’ Chanticleer treks through history of vocal music – JH News&Guide
One of the many strengths of Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer is its diversity.
“We’re from all over the U.S.,” said Matthew Mazzola, assistant music director of the nonprofit out of San Francisco and a tenor in his eighth season with the group. “I think we’re aged from mid 20s to mid 40s. … One of our favorite branding points is we come from so many different backgrounds.”
At Teton Raptor Center, Birds Are Encouraged To Chime In During Concerts – Cowboy State Daily
At the Teton Raptor Center in Wilson, Wyoming, visitors on Saturday were part of a unique marriage of music and wildlife. An avian-inspired concert of chamber music by the Grand Teton Music Festival encouraged birds to chime in.
Chamber music program runs the gamut – JH News&Guide
Chamber music nights at the Grand Teton Music Festival are all about festival friends presenting a wide variety of music in a close and intimate setting. The July 23 concert checks all of those boxes with works from four centuries for trios to sextets and, as a bonus, next week’s guest soloist getting in on the fun.
Runnicles dives into Mahler’s 7th – JH News&Guide
Sir Donald Runnicles, music director of the Grand Teton Music Festival, is well known for his penetrating interpretations of the work of the Austro-Bohemian conductor-composer, in particular his symphonies. And yet, over his decades guiding orchestras and audiences through his musical treks, he has never conducted Mahler’s Symphony No. 7.