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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.
Shimabukuro shows what you can do with 4 strings – JH News&Guide
Jake Shimabukuro loves to play the ukulele. His mother gave him his first one when he was 4, and since 1999 he has released more than three dozen studio albums, most recently 2024’s “The Blues Experience” with drummer Mick Fleetwood.
Manis thrilled to be part of GTMF – JH News&Guide
A new conductor is occasionally taking up the baton for the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra. He isn’t replacing Sir Donald Runnices, but continuing to get his feet wet on the esteemed stage. Benjamin Manis is in his second year of a two-season stint as resident...
Harp concerto gets premiere at festival – JH News&Guide
Grand Teton Music Festival chamber programs are often opportunities to experience something new and out of the ordinary — for both musicians and audiences. That certainly will be the case this summer. The six-concert Benoliel Chamber Music Series gets underway at 7 p.m. Wednesday in...
Calling all ukulele players! – JH News&Guide
Wyoming will attempt to set a state record for the most ukuleles performing at once — at Teton Village’s, “Alive at Five” free community ukulele concert July 17 in the Village commons. “Even if you don’t have an ukulele, we will have extras that anyone...
GTMF offers canine-friendly version of ‘Peter and the Wolf’ – JH News&Guide
Wolves get a bad rap in stories like “The Three Little Pigs,” “Red Riding Hood,” “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” and countless others. So when Jeff Counts, general manager of the Grand Teton Music Festival, asked Meaghan Heinrich, the festival’s curator of education, if she...
‘Contact,’ Rachmaninoff on tap for weekend – JH News&Guide
The Grand Teton Festival Orchestra and the trio Time for Three — Nick Kendall and Charles Yang, violins, and Ranaan Meyer, bass — will gather Friday and Saturday evening at Walk Festival Hall in Teton Village to share their collective vision of the work. Guest...
25 Years at GTMF: Ikuko Takahashi
Violinist Ikuko Takahashi reflects on her 25 years with the Grand Teton Music Festival.
25 Years at GTMF: Rita Porfiris
Violist Rita Porfiris celebrates her 25th anniversary as a GTMF musician in 2025.