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Grand Canyon
Music Festival presents its 25th Season
with weekend and mid-week concerts at the Shrine of the Ages, Grand
Canyon.
This
year's
Silver Anniversary series includes concerts on Sept. 5,
6, 12, 13, 17, 19, & 20 -- with the
NACAP Fair on Sept. 14, and the fun, popular, and
FREE Tusayan
Shindig on Sept. 21!
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7:30 p.m.
ETHEL
Cornelius Dufallo, violin; Ralph
Farris, viola; Dorothy
Lawson, cello; Mary Rowell,
violin
Join us as these four "extraordinarily skilled,
passionate musicians" (New York Times) perform
their most popular pieces.
"Remember
in Charlie Daniels’s ‘The Devil Went Down to
Georgia’ how, to be honest, the devil’s fiddle
sounded a lot cooler than his opponents? Well, ETHEL is that
devil.” — murphguide.com
7:30
p.m.
ETHEL
Cornelius Dufallo, violin; Ralph Farris,
viola; Dorothy Lawson, cello; Mary Rowell,
violin
Members of ETHEL have performed and recorded with some of today's
most compelling artists, including Sheryl Crow, Roger Daltrey,
Joe Jackson, Todd Rundgren, Ornette Coleman, and Yo-Yo Ma's Silk
Road Project.
Hear for yourself what critics across the country are raving about!
"ETHEL… created a world
in which classical music had never gown distant, a world in which
it was as fresh and direct as crowds dancing in the street.”
— Greg
Sandow, The Wall Street Journal
7:30 p.m.
Joel Fan, piano
The Enso String Quartet
Maureen Nelson, violin; John Marcus, violin; Melissa
Reardon, viola;
Richard Belcher, cello
JANACEK
String Quartet No. 1, “The Kreutzer Sonata”
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Opus 110
BOLCOM
Bagatelle
CORIGLIANO
"Shapshot circa 1909"
MOZART
Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 414
"Joel Fan is an energetic kind of guy. Whether playing
a recital or as a concert soloist, working in Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk
Road Ensemble, or giving a cell phone interview from a plane stuck
on a runway... (he) exudes vim, vigor and musical brains."
— Craig Smith, The New Mexican
7:30 p.m.
Joel Fan, piano
The Enso String Quartet
Maureen Nelson, violin; John Marcus, violin; Melissa
Reardon, viola; Richard Belcher, cello
HAYDN
String Quartet in D Major, Opus 20, No.4
VILLA-LOBOS
“Alma Brasiliera”
CARMARGO GUARNIERI
“Dansa Negra”
MORAVEC
“Vince and Jan”
SCHUMANN
Piano Quintet in Eb Major, Opus 44
"Cutting to the chase, these kids are dynamite."
— The Charleston
Daily Mirror
FREE community concert at 4 p.m.
at Grand Canyon Unified School
Native American Composer Apprentice Project
The GCMF’s seminal education outreach project, Native American Composer
Apprentice Project, culminates in a day long fair for students, families and
the community with the new music ensemble ETHEL and composer-in-residence Raven
Chacon. Concert at 4 p.m. at Grand Canyon Unified School of works by the Grand
Canyon Music Festival’s Native American Composer Apprentice Project (NACAP)
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7:30 p.m.
The Bonfiglio Group and “Bach Porch”
Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica;
Joe Deninzon, violin, guitar, mandolin; Chris Milletari, guitar
Heralded by the Boston Globe as the “Master of the Harmonica, (whose) playing
is something you have to hear to believe”, Grand Canyon Music Festival
founder Robert Bonfiglio returns with his group “Bach Porch”, featuring
Joe Deninzon - called by critics the “Jimi Hendrix of the violin” -
and composer/vocalist/guitarist Chris Milletari. This year they will tie in with
our “American Masterpieces” theme (see 9/19 and 20), performing songs
by Bob Dylan and others.
7:30
p.m.
We celebrate our 25th season with the music of former Grand Canyon Music Festival
composers-in-residence John Corigliano and Paul Moravec
"American Masterpieces"
Amy Burton, soprano, Maria Bachmann, violin, Jon
Klibonoff, piano, Robert Bonfiglio,
harmonica, Clare Hoffman, flute
CORIGLIANO
Three Irish Song Settings
CORIGLIANO
The Red Violin: Chaconne for Violin and Piano
HOVANESS
Greek Folk Songs for Harmonica and Piano
MUSTO
Songs TBA
MORAVEC
Sonata for Violin and Piano
GERSHWIN
Porgy & Bess songs & Rialto Ripples Rag for Violin and Piano
"Musical in everything she touches...wonderfully
evocative, beautifully executed, and filled with energy.” — Washington
Post
Maria Bachmann’s recording of John
Corigliano’s “The Red Violin” was BBC Magazine's "North
American CD of the Month" and NPR Music’s Classical Gold
WGBH Top Ten CDs of 2007" “...electric
performances..." — Dec.
2007
7:30 p.m.7:30
p.m.
We celebrate our 25th season with
the music of former Grand Canyon Music Festival composers-in-residence
John Corigliano and Paul Moravec
"
American Masterpieces"
Amy Burton, soprano, Maria Bachmann, violin, Jon
Klibonoff and Kamal
Khan, piano
CORIGLIANO
"Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan"
MORAVEC
Ariel Fantasy, Double Action, Evermore
GERSHWIN
Three Preludes for Piano
BOLCOM
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2
COPLAND
Ukelele Serenade
John Corigliano’s “Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan” is
a bold refashioning of texts by the iconic songwriter, a compelling drama,
by turns savage, yearning, and hallucinatory.
"Corigliano's deconstruction pays homage to the iconic singer-songwriter,
making his verses wonderfully strange and strangely wonderful."
— Minneapolis Star Tribune
3:00 p.m.
This FREE community concert features the BONFIGLIO GROUP at Tusayan’s
Canyon Plaza Quality Inn. Join us for this fun, informal event!
Canyon
Plaza Quality Inn and Suites, Tusayan
Presents
A TUSAYAN SHINDIG
with The Bonfiglio Group
Robert Bonfiglio,
harmonica; Joe Deninzon, violin, guitar, and mandolin; Chris
Milletari, guitar
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