Final weekend of 2016 Summer Festival

            Now in its sixth season, the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival continues its mission of bringing live performances of world-class classical chamber music to communities across Northern California.
            Founded as a retreat for musicians in Trinity County, the home of the scenic Trinity Alps Wilderness, this organization quickly has become a must-see for its adventurous programming that brings professional musicians from around the world. It has presented over 160 public events in its five-plus years, and has hosted over 50 musicians from across the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
            Astonishingly, the organization is able to offer all of its concerts as “free and open to the public”. Thanks to sponsorship from many individuals and local businesses, the musicians are always able to invite audiences to donate what they can, rather than pay a fixed ticket price. Festival director Ian Scarfe is fully committed to this model, “We are able to welcome families and music lovers who have never heard live classical music before, and they are invited to contribute whatever amount is appropriate for them. What is particularly exciting for us is that revenues have increased since we switched from ticket-sales to a donation-based model. That means our audiences are really inspired!”
            The festival will offer four weekends of concerts across North-State California this year, for a total of 10 free public concerts.
            The opening weekend, June 24-26, will feature a return to Humboldt County, with performances at the Morris Graves Museum in Eureka and a special appearance in Redwood National Park at the National Park Service Centennial Celebration in the Redwoods, a full-day event featuring speakers, interactive exhibits, storytelling, and music, to celebrate the 100 years of the National Park Service.        The rest of the festival's concert offerings will be in the month of August, with August 5-7 concerts in Hyampom, Weaverville, and Redding featuring a program of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet and Brahms' Piano Quintet, two of the greatest masterpieces of chamber music ever written.
            August 12-14 will take a larger ensemble to several scenic outdoor venues in Hyampom, Willow Creek, and Coffee Creek. A small string orchestra will be joined by harpsichord and flute for Baroque concertos by Telemann and J.S. Bach, as well as two dramatic string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven and Bela Bartok.
            The final weekend, August 26-27, will feature a pair of concerts in Weaverville and Redding featuring the RossoRose violin/piano duo, Amy Zanrosso and Alisa Rose, joined by cellist Elizabeth Vandervennet. The ensemble will perform Russian works by Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich, Antonin Dvorak's elegaic and folksy “Dumky Trio”, and a world-premiere of “Piano Trio for Luisa”, a commission by Michael Cogan of Redding, one of the music festival's sponsors.
            As if the high level of performances were not enough of a draw, the festival has cultivated a special relationship with audiences through its storytelling. Musicians always speak from the stage,  sharing thoughts about the composers, the history of this music, and their own experiences playing it. Altogether this brings the true atmosphere of chamber music to each concert – true classical elegance and virtuosity, blended with friendly intimacy and beautiful California settings.

Festival Calendar

"Into the Redwoods – music of Beethoven, Dvorak, and Danny Clay”

Beethoven - String Trio in G, Op. 9, No. 1
Dvorak - Bagatelles for harmonium and strings, Op. 47
Clay - New Commission for harmonium and strings

June 24, 7:00pm - Eureka, CA
Morris Graves Museum of Art

June 26, 1:00pm - Orick, CA
National Park Service Centennial Celebration in the Redwoods

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"Quintets of Mozart and Brahms"

Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581
Brahms - Piano Quintet in Fm, Op. 34

Friday, August 5, 7:00pm
Hyampom Community Hall, Hyampom, CA

Saturday, August 6, 7:00pm
Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center, Weaverville, CA

Sunday, August 7, 2:00pm
Pilgrim Congregational Church, Redding, CA

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"Bach goes Outdoors – music of Bach, Telemann, Beethoven, and Bartok”

Telemann - Flute Concerto in G
Bach - Harpsichord Concerto in Dm
Villa-Lobos - String Quartet No. 1
Bartok - String Quartet No. 3


Friday, August 12, 7:00pm
Hyampom Community Hall, Hyampom, CA

Saturday, August 13, 7:00pm
China Creek Amphitheater, Willow Creek, CA

Sunday, August 14, 6:00pm
Trailhead Pizza Cafe, Coffee Creek, CA

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"East Meets West – music of Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Dvorak, and Alisa Rose”

Sergei Prokofiev - Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 80
Antonin Dvorak - Piano Trio No. 4 "Dumky", Op. 90
Alisa Rose - Piano Trio for Luisa

Friday, August 26, 7:00pm
Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center, Weaverville, CA

Saturday, August 27, 7:00pm
Pilgrim Congregational Church, Redding, CA