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String quartets new and old this week at GTMF – JH News&Guide
Composing a string quartet is a daunting undertaking. Even Beethoven found them intimidating, wrestling with the puzzle of writing for four independent voices until he finally finished one to his satisfaction, just shy of age 30. After that, he wrote another 15 that have served...
Krechkovsky, McFadden to make beautiful music together – JH News&Guide
This past week, the Grand Teton Music Festival added an instrument to its orchestra: wedding bells. Joe McFadden, principal bassist for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and Marta Krechkovsky, assistant concertmaster for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, met here at the Festival in 2021. “I saw her...
Celebrating 25 years with Craig Mulcahy
In celebration of her 25th anniversary, Craig authored the following passage, which is also included in the 2026 summer program book. Craig Mulcahy Trombone Ever since I first set foot in this region more than 25 years ago, I knew it was a special place....
GTMF, pianist Einhorn tip hats to Broadway – JH News&Guide
When making a list of great American composers — Copland, Bernstein, Barber, etc. — Andy Einhorn begs you to remember the legends of Broadway. Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers and Lin-Manuel Miranda, he says, are equally deserving of a niche in the pantheon. “As...
World premiere joins musical fantasies in latest GTMF Chamber Music concert – JH News&Guide
“Hojoki” in Japanese refers to a 10-square-foot hut. It is also the title of an important work of early 13th-century Buddhist literature, written by a poet-musician who retreated to such a shelter in the mountains. Now “Hojoki” is a piece of music by clarinetist-composer José...
Violinist Ioudenitch joins GTMF on musical trip to Britain – JH News&Guide
Aside from soothing savage beasts and giving love something to feed upon, music has a special knack for transporting listeners to a time or a place, and triggering moods and feelings. This weekend at the Grand Teton Music Festival, the Festival Orchestra and Music Director...
Grand Teton Music Festival | Walk Festival Hall – HGA
Modernizing a Cultural Icon Walk Festival Hall has anchored the Grand Teton Music Festival for over fifty years, drawing world-class performers and audiences to one of the most breathtaking natural settings in the American West. HGA was engaged to expand and modernize the hall while...
Casper student places in prestigious Grand Teton Music Festival scholarship competition – Oil City News
Young Casper pianist Oliver Soulek has extended his long list of awards after finishing in second place at the 2026 Donald Runnicles Musical Arts Scholarship Competition at the Grant Teton Music Festival on Sunday in Jackson. Soulek, who graduated from KWHS in May, was the...
Celebrating 25 years with Wiley A. Sykes
In celebration of his 25th anniversary, Wiley authored the following passage, which is also included in the 2026 summer program book. Wiley A. Sykes Percussion It’s hard to believe that I’ve been at GTMF for 25 years, but funnily enough, until recently, I was still...
Punch Brothers’ adventures continue at Center Theater – JH News&Guide
Punch Brothers has a new album with a track titled “New Bike” spotlighting the quintet’s newest member, Brittany Haas. “It’s the first track on the album, to introduce our new fiddler,” Paul Kowert, the band’s bassist since 2008, said from Terrytown, New York, where all...