2014 Summer Festival

Announcing the 2014 Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival

June 20-22

Chamber Music of Brahms

Friday, June 20 – 8:00pm
Hyampom Community Hall (6:00pm potluck)

Saturday, June 21 – 8:00pm
Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center, Weaverville

*Sunday, June 22 – 2:00pm
Pilgrim Congregational Church, Redding
*please note change of time and venue*

June 27-29

Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring

Friday, June 27 – 8:00pm
Hyampom Community Hall(6:00pm potluck)

Saturday, June 28 – 8:00pm
Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center, Weaverville

Sunday, June 29 – 6:00pm
Trailhead Pizza Cafe, Coffee Creek

ALL CONCERTS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

            This year's Festival features six concerts, all free and open to the public.
       
Please note the change to June 22 - it has been moved from Trinity Alps Resort to Pilgrim Congregational Church in Redding!

            The first weekend (June 20-22) will focus on the Chamber Music of Johannes Brahms, one of classical music's great masters, whose music is always a favorite of musicians and audiences alike. Featured works include his gentle and lyrical Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 78, played by Scarfe at the piano and visiting violinist Edwin Huizinga, who comes all the way from his home in Toronto, Ontario. The duo will be joined by violist Stephen Fine (Gainesville, Florida) and cellist Hannah Addario-Berry (Vancouver, British Columbia) for Brahms' dark and dramatic Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60. The program will finish with all the string players, including festival co-founder Ellen McGehee on violin, in Brahms' String Quintet in F Major, Op. 88, a work rich in melodies that weaves the five parts together in a beautiful web of complexity.

            The second weekend (June 27-29) will feature a special presentation of Aaron Copland's Pulitzer Prize winning ballet suite, Appalachian Spring. The musicians will present the music in its original scoring – for 13 instruments. Four violins, two violas two cellos, double bass, piano, flute, clarinet, and bassoon. This incredible piece of music is one of the greatest ever written by an American composer, and conjures images of rural Appalachian scenes of country songs, folk dances, and a memorable set of variations on the Shaker tune “Simple Gifts”. Other works by Bach, Beethoven, Villa-Lobos, and contemporary composers will be presented as well.

Featured Musicians:

June 20-22:
Edwin Huizinga, violin
Petr Masek, violin
Ellen McGehee, violin
Ellen Flanagan, viola
Stephen Fine, viola
Hannah Addario-Berry, cello
Ian Scarfe, piano

June 27-29:
Daniel Rouslin, violin
Ellen McGehee, violin
Petr Masek, violin
James Keene, violin
Ellen Flanagan, viola
Paul Karolak, viola
Courtney Kelly, cello
Natalie Raney, cello
Jacob Johnson, double-bass
Gina Gulyas, flute
Karla Avila, clarinet
Alexis Luque, bassoon
Gabrielle Castriotta, oboe
Ian Scarfe, piano