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GREEN LAKE FESTIVAL OPENS 25TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON THIS FRIDAY !!! |
| Advance tickets $18 adults, $10 students; at the door $20, $12. For tickets call 920-748-9398 or 1-800- 662-7097, order online at www.greenlakefestival.org, or visit our ticket outlets: Knowledge Emporium in Green Lake, Green Lake State Bank, Ripon Drug, Windhover Center in Fond du Lac, and Bull Moose Mercantile in Princeton. |
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KILBOURNE PIANO CONCERT: CHU-FANG HUANG, PIANIST
Friday, June 25
Pre-concert conversation at 6:45 PM
Concert at 7:30 PM
Thrasher Opera House, Green Lake |
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The Green Lake Festival of Music proudly launches its 25th anniversary season this Friday, June 25 with 22-year old pianist Chu-Fang Huang. A native of China, Huang’s talents were evident at an early age when she won first prize in the Chinese Prodigy Piano Competition. After moving to the US in 1998, she made her recital debut at the La Jolla Chamber Music Society series and soon thereafter won first prize in the California International Young Artists Competition. She has since had solo appearances across the country.
Her concert on Friday will include sonatas by Haydn, Beethoven and Prokofiev, a Debussy prelude and the well-loved “La Valse” by Ravel.
This is the Festival’s annual Kilbourne Piano Concert, in memory of Festival founder, long time board member, and dedicated amateur pianist Burt Kilbourne and his wife “Bunny”. The concert is co-sponsored by Drs. Helen Hansen and Robert Collier. A complimentary meet-the-artist reception follows the concert at Norton’s Marine Dining Room. |
Chu-Fang Huang |
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MONAPACATACA:
“The Home We Love So Much”
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Saturday, June 26
10:00 AM
Caestecker Public Library, Green Lake
Free! |
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| In words, music and pictures, composer Janika Vandervelde and local naturalist Tom Eddy describe the natural beauty of Mitchell’s Glen and how it inspired the composition of Vandedvelde’s new string quartet, Monapacataca. Enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the composer’s art and the birth of a new composition by attending this session; then attend the world premiere on July 15 and be part of the audience for this live Wisconsin Public Radio broadcast! |
Janika Vandervelde |
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AIR NATIONAL GUARD BAND OF THE MIDWEST
Wednesday, July 7, 6:30 PM
Deacon Mills Park, Green Lake
Free! |
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As its thank you to the community for 25 years of support, the Green Lake Festival presents an inspiring evening of patriotic and big band classics in Deacon Mills Park by Green Lake. The concert will open with a color guard provided by the McCullen-Kimpel Marine Corps League, Detachment 552, Fond du Lac. |
The Air National Guard Band
Commander/Conductor of the 566th Air Force Band is First Lieutenant Bryan Miller. Miller has performed for millions of people throughout much of the US, including citizens, troops, congressional representatives, governors, and the President of the United States.
This concert is co-sponsored by Ripon Community Printers in memory of Doug Lyke. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and a picnic if you wish. |
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| THE AMELIA PIANO TRIO WITH COMPOSER JOHN HARBISON |
Saturday, July 10
6:45 PM: Preconcert conversation with Mr. Harbison
7:30 PM Concert
Thrasher Opera House, Green Lake |
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Festival favorites the Amelia Piano Trio return to Green Lake to present the Midwest Premiere of John Harbison’s Trio (2003) which was commissioned for the trio. The piece will have had its world premiere on July 1 at the Caramoor Festival in New York. World-renowned composer John Harbison won a Pulitzer Prize for his cantata “The Flight Into Egypt” in 1987. His opera “The Great Gatsby” was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in 1999, and his motet, “Abraham”, was commissioned by the Vatican and broadcast worldwide in the Papal Concert of Reconciliation this past January. |
Harbison and his wife Rose Mary are co-artistic directors of the Token Creek Chamber Music Festival which they present on their family farm near Madison each August.
The Amelia Piano Trio’s fast-rising international career includes winning an ASCAP award in 2003, being featured live on NPR as Young Artists in Residence on “Performance Today”, and a concert tour to Central Asia with Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble.
They are pleased to introduce pianist Rieko Aizawa, who joined the trio last fall. The 28-year old Aizawa has been heard as a soloist throughout the US, Europe and Asia, including Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall and Chicago’s Orchestra Hall.
This concert is supported by the Heartland Arts fund, a program of Arts Midwest. A complimentary post-concert reception will be held in the Opera House. | |
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