The Siletz Bay Music Festival is coming to town once again this year with it’s special brand of high quality music paired with education. We look forward to almost 2 weeks of fantastic performances!
Peruse the 2015 Season Program below and Reserve tickets online at the Siletz Bay Music Festival website.
Curtain Up!
Wednesday, June 24, 7:30pm
Lincoln City Cultural Center
Mei-Ting Sun (Photo: Bob Gibson)
Pianist Mei-Ting Sun plays a concert entirely devoted to encores by Chopin, Schumann, Schubert, Debussy, Brahms, and others, including Mei-Ting’s own arrangement of Strauss’s Rosenkavalier Waltzes.
Isn’t It Romantic?!
Thursday, June 25, 7:30pm
Lincoln City Cultural Center
Festival Chamber Musicians Haroutune Bedelian, Lorna Griffitt, Armen Ksajikian, Gerald Robbins and Katherine Schultz perform romantic works by Schubert, Strauss and Brahms.
A Sharing
Friday, June 26, 7:00pm
Lincoln City Cultural Center
Free Community Concert #1
Opening by the Taft High School Jazz Band Directed by Andy Hordichok, Music Director, Taft High School with Mark Goodenberger, percussionist
A Saturday Soiree
June 27, 2015, Saturday, 7:30 pm
Lincoln City Cultural Center
Gabriel Fauré’s Piano Quartet, Claude Bolling’s Suite for Violin and Jazz Trio and the Piano Quintet in C minor by Vaughan Williams are performed by the Festival Chamber Musicians.
Musical Tapas
Sunday, June 28, 4:00pm
Eden Hall
Enjoy performances by Festival Chamber Musicians in the inviting informal setting of Eden Hall with hors d’oeuvres prepared by Side Door Cafe.
Simple Gifts
Monday June 29, 7:30pm
First Congregational Church
Free Community Concert #2
Piano Personalities
Tuesday, June 30, 7:30pm
Salishan Spa & Golf Resort
Works by Bartók, Debussy and
Classics and Improvs
July 1, 2015, Wednesday, 7:30 pm
Salishan Spa and Golf Resort
Ken Peplowski, Ronald Arron and Gerald Robbins open with a Mozart Trio. Dick Hyman performs his arrangement of Mozart and is joined by Rebecca Kilgore for more improvisations.
The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Thursday, July 2, 7:30pm
Eden Hall
The irreverent comedy by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield traverses all 37 Shakespeare plays and all 154 sonnets in 97 minutes – or maybe 120 minutes. The actors aren’t sure. Call it chaos, irreverent, impious, a sacrilege and an audience favorite!
Classical Connections
Friday, July 3, 7:30pm
Salishan Spa & Golf Resort
This Festival Orchestra Concert features 11-year old pianist Adam Jackson performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1 in C major. Following the orchestra’s performance of Symphony No. 1 Op. 25 “Classical” by Prokoviev, Mei-Ting Sun and Gerald Robbins come together for Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos in E-Flat Major.
Sweet Land Of Liberty
Saturday, July 4, 4:00pm
Salishan Spa & Golf Resort
The Festival Orchestra opens this celebration of Independence Day with Quiet City by Aaron Copland and tribute to the anniversaries of Lincoln City and Salishan. Soprano, Nicole Greenidge Joseph and baritone, Ron Spivak join in a duet from Carousel and Dick Hyman premieres his piano concerto, Independence Day.
The Family Concert
Sunday, July 5, 11:00am
Salishan Spa & Golf Resort
Free Community Concert #3,
Artist Showcase / Benefit Concert
Sunday, July 5, 11:00am
Salishan Spa & Golf Resort
Dick Hyman, Rebecca Kilgore and Ken Peplowski pay tribute to the legendary Frank Sinatra with inspired arrangements of Sinatra favorites. A celebration of the Jazz Age follows while patrons enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres prepared by Salishan.
