Keith Clark and Ruth Dobson, Co-Directors
Astoria Music Festival - June 19-29, 2008
held in the Clatsop Community College
Performing Arts Center and
the Liberty Theater
in Astoria, Oregon
FESTIVAL CALENDAR
Thursday, June 19 - 7:30 p.m. - CCC Performing Arts Center - 16th & Franklin
Young Artists Showcase: THE STARS OF TOMORROW!
Astoria Academy Apprentice Artists, selected from leading American schools of music, perform vocal and instrumental chamber music and exciting fully staged opera scenes. Their names will soon be in the lights, so see them now! Ruth Dobson, director - Dorothy Danner, stage director
General admission $10; Students $5 available at the door - FREE to Festival Subscribers
Friday, June 20 - 6:30 Prelude - 7:30 Concert - Liberty Theater - 12th & Commercial
Festival Orchestra Gala Opening: BERNSTEIN, LISZT & BEETHOVEN
Come early for a Concert Prelude with the North Coast Chorale, then:
Bernstein's rollicking overture kicks off our Celebration. Prize-winning pianist Alexandre Dossin returns following last summer's standing ovations, and the North Coast Chorale makes its Festival debut. Plus Beethoven's dancing 7th Symphony.
Conductor
Piano
Director, North Coast Chorale
Keith Clark
Alexandre Dossin
Denise Reed-Hinds
Candide Overture
Piano Concerto no. 1
Symphony no. 7
Fantasia for Piano, Orchestra and Chorus
Leonard Bernstein
Franz Liszt
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Saturday, June 21 - 10:00 a.m. - CCC Performing Arts Center - 16th & Franklin
CLASSICS FOR KIDS: A Special Family Concert
Introduce your family to the joys of classical music at an informal one-hour concert featuring Festival Artists and Friends in Poulenc's BABAR THE ELEPHANT.
Free admission with a contribution of canned goods to the Clatsop Community Food Bank.
Classics for Kids Concerts presented in collaboration with the Astoria Conservatory of Music.
Saturday, June 21 - 6:30 Preview - 7:30 Opera - Liberty Theater - 12th & Commercial
Festival Opera: VERDI'S RIGOLETTO! Concert Version
Come early for an Opera Preview with Ruth Dobson, then:
The Met comes to Astoria! An All-Star Cast stars in Verdi's tragic masterpiece, filled with some of the most popular arias in all opera. Concert version of highlights, in Italian with English commentary.
A Reception for Performers and Donors follows the opera in the Banker's Suite.
Conductor
Rigoletto
Gilda
Duke
Sparafucile
Keith Clark
Richard Zeller,
Metropolitan Opera
Amy Hansen,
New York City Opera
Jon Garrison,
Metropolitan Opera
Konstantin Kvach,
Oregon Symphony
Sunday, June 22 - 4:00 p.m. - Liberty Theater - 12th & Commercial
Festival Chamber Players: SUNDAY SERENADE - THE 3 B's
Hear these great players up close in brilliant chamber music with entertaining commentary by pianist Cary Lewis. Program includes Bernstein's flashy flute concerto. Join the musicians for coffee, conversation and post-concert Q&A.
Director, Pianist & Host
Violin, Oregon Symphony
Viola Principal, Oregon Symphony
Cello, Lanier Trio
Flute, Grammy Award Winner
Cary Lewis
Inés Voglar
Joël Belgíque
Dorothy Lewis
Molly Barth
Short Pieces for Violin and Viola
Halil for Flute, Piano and two Percussionists
Quartet no. 2 in A for Piano and Strings, Op. 26
Johann Sebastian Bach
Leonard Bernstein
Johannes Brahms
Tuesday, June 24 - 7:30 p.m. - CCC Performing Arts Center - 16th & Franklin
THE ARTS COLLIDE: Contemporary Multi-Media Extravaganza
Excite your senses as Astoria painter ROGER HAYES joins MOLLY BARTH and Oregon's modern music sensation BETA COLLIDE for a night of interactive experimental music and visual art. Hear the newest music and watch the simultaneous creation of unique large-format painting.
General admission $10; Students $5 available at the door - FREE to Festival Subscribers
Thursday, June 26 - 7:30 p.m. - CCC Performing Arts Center - 16th & Franklin
Young Artists Showcase: THE STARS OF TOMORROW!
Astoria Academy Apprentice Artists, selected from leading American schools of music, perform vocal and instrumental chamber music and exciting fully staged opera scenes. Their names will soon be in the lights, so see them now! Ruth Dobson, director - Dorothy Danner, stage director
General admission $10; Students $5 available at the door - FREE to Festival Subscribers
Friday, June 27 - 6:30 Prelude - 7:30 Concert - Liberty Theater - 12th & Commercial
Jazz Night: NANCY KING Sings Bernstein's Blues
Come early for a Concert Prelude by String of Pearls, Astoria, then:
The Rainbow Room comes to Astoria! Called "the greatest jazz singer alive", NANCY KING
joins renowned bassist GLEN MOORE for a classy night of virtuosity. Festival clarinetist IGOR SHAKMAN plays Bernstein's Prelude, Fugue and Riffs, a jazzy showpiece for Woody Herman and Benny Goodman.
Saturday, June 28 - 10:00 a.m. - CCC Performing Arts Center - 16th & Franklin
CLASSICS FOR KIDS: A Special Family Concert
Introduce your family to the joys of classical music at an informal one-hour concert featuring Festival Artists and Friends in opera scenes and excerpts from Leonard Bernstein's historic Young People's Concerts.
Free admission with a contribution of canned goods to the Clatsop Community Food Bank.
Saturday, June 28 - 6:30 Preview - 7:30 Concert - Liberty Theater - 12th & Commercial
American Classics: WEST SIDE STORY and APPALACHIAN SPRING
Come early for a Concert Preview, then:
Just back from conducting the Russian premiere of
West Side Story, Keith Clark leads favorite songs and dances from Bernstein's masterpiece, plus Copland's
Appalachian Spring, played live to the classic film of Martha Graham's original choreography.
Conductor
Maria
Tony
Anita
Riff
Keith Clark
Jennifer Baldwin Peden,
Minnesota Opera
Douglas Carpenter,
Opera Los Vegas
Christina Baldwin,
Guthrie Theater
Deac Guidi,
Willamette Concert Opera
Appalachian Spring
West Side Story
Aaron Copland
Leonard Bernstein
Sunday, June 29 - 4:00 p.m. - Liberty Theater - 12th & Commercial
Festival Grand Finale: MIDSUMMER MATINEE
"Give us your hands" and join your friends for this Shakespeare-inspired Midsummer Matinee. Former Oregon Symphony Concertmaster blazes through Vivaldi's familiar musical year, and popular actor David Ogden Stiers brings down the curtain with the Bard's poetic verses set to Mendelssohn's youthful masterpiece.
Conductor
Violin Soloist
Narrator
Keith Clark
Amy Schwartz Moretti
David Ogden Stiers
The Fairy Queen ActIV: The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons for Violin and Orchestra
A Midsummer Night's Dream
For Narrator, Soloists, Chorus and Orchesta
Henry Purcell
Antonio Vivaldi
Felix Mendelssohn
Sunday, June 29 - 6:00 p.m. - the Loft in the Red Building - 20 Basin Street, Astoria
FESTIVAL AWARDS DINNER honoring MICHAEL FOSTER
Join in honoring MICHAEL FOSTER, life-long Astorian, educator, music-lover and Patron of the Arts. Post-concert Gourmet Dinner, Special Entertainment and "Growing Up With Michael"... Reminiscences by his Friends. Wine tasting by Mike Wallis and The Cellar on 10th at 6:00 p.m. followed by dinner by Astoria Celebrity Chefs at 6:45 p.m. Buy your tickets early! -- SOLD OUT - Sorry - SOLD OUT --
TICKETS
Ticket prices and summer passes are detailed on the Ticket Order Form.
Completed order forms may be mailed to:
Astoria Music Festival, PO Box 113, Astoria, OR 97103.
Orders may also be placed by calling 503-325-9896.
Tickets and passes may also be purchased in person at the
Astoria Music Festival office at 339 Twelfth Street, Astoria.
Tickets may be purchased from the Liberty Theater Box Office in person or
by calling 503-325-5922 x55, Wednesday through Saturday from 2:00 until 5:30 p.m.
To purchase summer passes ask for Mary Ritter.
Single tickets are available on-line at www.ticketswest.com; type "Liberty Theater" into the venue search box.
Tickets are available at TicketsWest Outlets across the Northwest, to find one click on
"Ticket Outlets" on the above website or call 1-800-992-8499
for information please contact
the Astoria Music Festival Center
339 Twelfth Street, Astoria
503-325-9896
Liberty Theater, 1203 Commercial Street, Astoria
Clatsop Community College Performing Arts Center, 588 Sixteenth Street, Astoria
the Loft in the Red Building, 20 Basin Street, Astoria
