If you’re looking for something free, fun and family-friendly to do on Thursdays, check out the Teton Village Association’s Alive@5 concert.
The ongoing concert series runs from 5 to 6 p.m. and features chamber ensembles of musicians from the Grand Teton Music Festival’s orchestra. This week’s program showcases a brass quintet, which will be playing Dixieland jazz, some works from Italian composer Giovanni Gabrieli, and Edvard Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King.” The event takes place outside on the Teton Village Commons, located beneath the aerial tram and around the corner from the Mangy Moose.
Meagan Heinrich, who has been the Grand Teton Music Festival’s education curator since 2021, will be hosting the event. A longtime music educator from Milwaukee, she will be previewing each of the orchestral pieces with a brief discussion of the lives of the composers as well as some of the musical concepts in their works.
The brass quintet features a wealth of talent. Trumpet player Charles Daval has held positions in some of the most prestigious orchestras in the country, including the Boston Symphony, the Cincinnati Symphony and the Seattle Symphony.
Fellow trumpet player Conrad Jones is the principal trumpet in the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
French horn player Shelby Nugent, a protegee of Tod Bowermaster of the St. Louis Symphony, plays in the Dallas Opera Orchestra.
Jay Evans is the principal trombonist of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 2000.
Dr. John DiCesare is the principal tubist in the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and the Artist in Residence of Tuba/Euphonium at the University of Washington.
The concert series is free to the public and will continue on subsequent Thursdays throughout the summer.
Upcoming Alive@5 events include a string quartet on Aug. 3, a flute and harp duet on Aug. 10 and a woodwind quintet on Aug. 17.
Pro tip: remember to bring your own blanket or chair.
