Uncategorized | August 2, 2007
Hundreds of locals have been turning out at the Grand Teton Music Festival this summer to purchase $10 tickets one half-hour prior to performance for Festival concerts – join them! Our new Local’s Rush program is easy, affordable, and an incredible opportunity to hear some of the best classical music happening in the country today, right here in your back yard. How does it work? Half-hour prior to performance, $10 tickets are made available to locals – simply stand in line at the Walk Festival Hall ticket office day-of-concert to get your ticket. Proof of local residence required. Rush tickets will be offered throughout the summer season (through August 25, 2007). Please note, there are no advance sales and Rush Tickets are subject to availability.
How do I know if Local’s Rush is available? Call our ticket office the day of any performance to find out if Rush is offered. What is Proof of Local Residence? Pretty much anything that proves you live and work here! Show us your driver’s license, pay stub, employee badge, checkbook, etc., and you’re good to go. Questions? Give us a call: 307-733-1128
JOIN US AT UPCOMING FESTIVAL PROGRAMS!
2007 Grand Teton Music Festival Season runs from July 11 – August 25, 2007
Tuesday evenings – “Inside the Music” Interactive Chamber Music Concerts; regular admission $20.
Wednesday evenings – Chamber Classics Picnic Concerts (picnic not included with rush ticket); regular admission $25.
Thursday evenings – Spotlight Concerts featuring jazz, big band, crossover, and more; regular admission $40-55.
Friday & Saturday evenings – Festival Orchestra Concerts; regular admission $50.
Orchestra Highlights:
CONCERTO FOR FOUR
On Friday, August 3 & Saturday, August 4 at 8 p.m. in the Walk Festival Hall, Teton Village, The Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, with Roberto Abbado conducting the Festival Orchestra Horn Section, perform LISZT’s Les Préludes; SCHUMANN’s Conzertstück for horns and orchestra; and TCHAIKOVSKY’s Symphony No. 5. If you’ve never tried a Festival Orchestra concert, this is the one! With four of the best horn players in the country and one of the most romantic symphonies of all time, you can’t go wrong.
FIRE & ICE
On Friday, August 10 & Saturday, August 11 at 8 p.m. in the Walk Festival Hall, Teton Village, The Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra with Rosen Milanov conducting Valeriy Sokolov, violinist, perform TAN DUN’s Overture: Dragon and Phoenix – from Heaven Earth Mankind; BARTÓK’s Violin Concerto No. 2; and SIBELIUS’ Symphony No. 2. Don’t miss the music of Tan Dun (composer of the film score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) or the “Natural Born Fiddler,” young Russian violinist Valeriy Sokolov, in the fiery violin concerto of Bela Bartók.
AN EVENING AT THE OPERA
Friday, August 17 & Saturday, August 18, 8 p.m. in the Walk Festival Hall, Teton Village, The
Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Music Director Donald Runnicles, conductor along with Christine Brewer, soprano, perform an all Wagner program highlighting the most thrilling scenes from Wagner’s operas – a once in a lifetime opportunity to hear the world’s leading operatic soprano in this intimate setting.
FMI contact Amanda Flosbach, Director of Marketing, GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL
4015 W Lake Creek Drive #1 Wilson, WY 83014 or call 307.733.3050 x107, fax at 307.739.9043, e-mail at amanda@gtmf.org or http://www.gtmf.org/
We’re open for the 2007 Summer Season, July 11-August 25, celebrating the completion of a $4.85 million renovation to recapture the legendary acoustics of Walk Festival Hall.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW! FMI: 307-733-1128.
The Wyoming Arts Council believes that experiencing the arts should be accessible for all, including people with mental and/or physical disabilities, older adults, military/veterans, people living in institutions and those who lack access to the arts due to geographic isolation, cultural difference and economic hardship.
