It's summer, of course, and time for all the various music festivals around the country. One of the more interesting that has come across my desk recently is the Crested Butte Music Festival in Colorado, which gets underway today.
There will be plenty of classical music, to be sure. The Boston Brass are there--and by the way, they'll be presenting a patriotic concert on July 4. Benjamin Wallfisch is at the festival to lead the Festival Symphony Orchestra. He'll be presenting a talk, "Everything you Wanted to Know About Tchaikovsky but Were Afraid to Ask" on the 7th, and will lead the orchestra in a Russian program on July 10. Guest pianist Alexander Schimpf will solo with the orchestra. There's also a track called "Opera in Paradise", with 14 performances, master classes, free talks and more.
In addition to the classical music, though, there are two other tracks: Bluegrass in Paradise, and Gypsy Jazz in Paradise. Both will feature prominent performers, and this should provide an interesting contrast to the straight classical music (which I highly favor, of course--but I'm not averse to a little variety on occasion).
Should music festivals be more diverse, or should they focus primarily on one genre? I'm open to comments.
There will be plenty of classical music, to be sure. The Boston Brass are there--and by the way, they'll be presenting a patriotic concert on July 4. Benjamin Wallfisch is at the festival to lead the Festival Symphony Orchestra. He'll be presenting a talk, "Everything you Wanted to Know About Tchaikovsky but Were Afraid to Ask" on the 7th, and will lead the orchestra in a Russian program on July 10. Guest pianist Alexander Schimpf will solo with the orchestra. There's also a track called "Opera in Paradise", with 14 performances, master classes, free talks and more.
In addition to the classical music, though, there are two other tracks: Bluegrass in Paradise, and Gypsy Jazz in Paradise. Both will feature prominent performers, and this should provide an interesting contrast to the straight classical music (which I highly favor, of course--but I'm not averse to a little variety on occasion).
Should music festivals be more diverse, or should they focus primarily on one genre? I'm open to comments.
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