Music From Angel Fire in Angel Fire, New Mexico

MUSIC FROM ANGEL FIRE

Music from Angel Fire Presents the 25th Anniversary Season!

In this special summer of 2008, join us in the spectacular mountain communities of Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas to celebrate the exciting power of music with the 25th Anniversary Season of Music from Angel Fire. The Festival will present exquisite, world-class chamber music concerts in the awe-inspiring beauty and serene seclusion of Northern New Mexico. The Festival begins on Friday, August 15th and continues through Monday, September 1st. International artists including the Miami String Quartet, violinists Ida and Ani Kavafian, pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, flutist Tara Helen O'Connor and Grammy Award winning fiddler/violinist Mark O'Connor, along with other talented artists, will again gather in the magnificent mountains of Northern New Mexico for fifteen concerts, featuring the great works of the Classical, Romantic, Baroque and Contemporary masters. Joan Tower, winner of three 2008 Grammy Awards, has been engaged as Music from Angel Fire's 2008 American Composer-in-Residence. The World Premiere of a new work, a composition for string quartet by Ms. Tower, will be presented during the Festival through the Bruce E. Howden, Jr. American Composers Project.

The Festival continues its 25-year tradition of musical excellence by presenting chamber music in the intimate settings of the Festival's concert venues in Angel Fire, Raton, Las Vegas and Taos. Festival Artistic Director Ida Kavafian will again host two special Musical Conversations at the United Church of Angel Fire on August 17th and August 28th, featuring J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerti. Other program highlights will include the favorite "Salon Concert" where artists will "strut their stuff" in an informal setting with unique repertoire in the afternoon of August 24th. The Festival's All Baroque Concert will be performed in Taos on August 27th. In addition, the Festival's "Closer Encounters" series will provide an informal and fun educational experience during two rehearsals on August 15th and 20th, which will also include artist talks and demonstrations. The annual Southwestern Art Auction Benefit will take place on August 24th. The always-fabulous Gala Dinner will illuminate the evening in Silver Anniversary Splendor on Sunday, August 31st. In addition to three weeks of glorious chamber music, the Festival will again present the Music from Angel Fire Young Artist Program. This ever-popular Educational Outreach Program, now in its tenth year, will feature performances by students from the famed Curtis Institute of Music of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. These gifted young artists will perform as a part of the Festival's "Music in Our Schools" rural residency program, presenting over thirty hands-on classroom programs in the public schools of Northern New Mexico.

For our 25th Anniversary Season, 25 prominent Southwestern artists will transform 25 violins into unique works of art for a special fundraising affair entitled, "The Painted Violins". A Raffle will be held for these one-of-a-kind violins during the Festival. Don't miss your opportunity to add one of these delightfully unusual pieces to your Art Collection! Watch for them on display in galleries and other locations! This project is sponsored by Robertson & Sons Violin Shop of Albuquerque, who very generously donated the violins to the Festival.

The 2008 25th Anniversary Season is presented in part by the Eugene V. & Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust of Santa Fe, the Albert I. Pierce Foundation of Albuquerque, the Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation of St. Paul, the Benton Family of Houston, the Anderson Family of Gail/Angel Fire, the Whited Foundation and United Chevrolet and Toyota of Raton, the Lenfest Foundation of Pennsylvania, the Samuels Foundation of New York, Angel Fire Resort, Valley Market of Angel Fire, Bank of America – Angel Fire, International Bank of Angel Fire and Raton, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation, the Angel Fire, Las Vegas and San Miguel County Lodgers' Tax, New Mexico Arts, a Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Join Music from Angel Fire in celebrating its 25th Anniversary Season with one great concert after another. The music will be dazzling and your experience exhilarating. Music from Angel Fire... a Higher Level of Performance.

WHAT: MUSIC FROM ANGEL FIRE'S 25th ANNIVERSARY SEASON
WHERE: ANGEL FIRE, TAOS, RATON & LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO
WHEN: AUGUST 15 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1, 2008
TICKETS: $20 TO $30 with all Family/Youth Concerts and Raton Community Concerts Complimentary
INFO: 575-377-3233/toll free 888-377-3300, www.musicfromangelfire.org, Music from Angel Fire, P.O. Box 502, Angel Fire, NM 87710

Schedule

The 25th Season, August 15 – September 1, 2008
(Programs subject to change)

Friday, August 15, 11:00 AM
CLOSER ENCOUNTERS I
Angel Fire Community Center, Angel Fire - FREE EVENT
In an Open Rehearsal setting, experience close encounters with artists and music. The Festival's "Closer Encounters" is fun and informal. Free and Open to the Public.

Friday, August 15, 7:00 PM
Chamber Music Concert
Angel Fire Community Center, Angel Fire - $25.00

Saturday, August 16, 7:00 PM
Chamber Music Concert
Location To Be Announced - $25.00

Sunday, August 17, 7:00 PM
MUSICAL CONVERSATIONS I Chamber Music Concert
Featuring all six of J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerti
United Church of Angel Fire, Angel Fire - $30.00

Wednesday, August 20, 11:00 AM
CLOSER ENCOUNTERS II
Angel Fire Community Center, Angel Fire - FREE EVENT
In an Open Rehearsal setting, experience close encounters with artists and music. The Festival's "Closer Encounters" is fun and informal, Free and Open to the Public.

Wednesday, August 20, 7:00 PM
Chamber Music Concert
Angel Fire Community Center, Angel Fire - $25.00

Friday, August 22, 7:00 PM
Chamber Music Concert
Ilfeld Auditorium, Las Vegas - $20.00

Saturday, August 23, 7:00 PM
Taos: Chamber Music Concert
Location To Be Announced - $25.00

Sunday, August 24, 2:00 PM
THE SALON CONCERT Angel Fire Community Center, Angel Fire - $25.00
The atmosphere is informal and fun, but the music-making is still the best!
Followed by the 2008 Southwestern Art Benefit Auction, at the Garden Court, Angel Fire Resort Hotel

Sunday, August 24
2008 BENEFIT AUCTION - Southwestern Art
Garden Court, Angel Fire Resort Hotel - $30.00
Silent Auction: Doors open at 3:00 PM; Closes at 6:00 PM
Auction Dinner: 5:45 - 6:30 PM
Live Auction: 6:30 PM

Monday, August 25, 7:00 PM
Chamber Music Concert
Shuler Theater, Raton - FREE EVENT
Special Complimentary Community Concert

Wednesday, August 27, 1:00 PM
FAMILY/YOUTH CONCERT
Taos: Location To Be Announced - FREE EVENT

Wednesday, August 27, 7:00 PM
ALL BAROQUE CONCERT
Taos: Location To Be Announced - $25.00

Thursday, August 28, 10:00 AM
THE TURNER FAMILY/YOUTH CONCERT
Eagle Nest School, Eagle Nest - FREE EVENT

Thursday, August 28, 7:00 PM
MUSICAL CONVERSATIONS II Chamber Music Concert
United Church of Angel Fire, Angel Fire - $30.00

Saturday, August 30, 7:00 PM
Chamber Music Concert
Taos: Location To Be Announced - $25.00

Sunday, August 31, 2:00 PM
Chamber Music Concert
Angel Fire Community Center, Angel Fire - $25.00

Sunday, August 31, 5:30 PM
Gala Dinner and Dance
Angel Fire Resort Hotel, Angel Fire - $65.00
Gala Benefit Dinner and Dance

Monday, September 1, 7:00 PM
Chamber Music Concert
Immaculate Conception Parish, Las Vegas - $20.00

Artist Roster *

Piano

Melvin Chen
Anne-Marie McDermott
Jeffrey Swann

Harpsichord

Robert Wolinsky

Violin

Theodore Arm
Melvin Chen
Guillermo Figueroa
Ani Kavafian
Ida Kavafian
Benny Kim
Mark O’Connor
Daniel Phillips

Viola

Toby Appel
Guillermo Figueroa
Ida Kavafian
Paul Neubauer
Steven Tenenbom

Cello

Matt Haimovitz
Sophie Shao
Peter Wiley

Double Bass

Peter Lloyd

Quartet-in-Residence

Miami String Quartet

Ivan Chan, Violin
Yu Jin, Viola
Cathy Meng Robinson, Violin
Keith Robinson, Cello

Flute

Tara Helen O’Connor
Ransom Wilson

Native American Flute

Robert Mirabal

Oboe

Kevin Vigneau

Clarinet

David Shifrin

Bassoon

Peter Kolkay

French Horn

William Purvis

Fiddler

Mark O'Connor

American Composer-in-Residence

Joan Tower

Angel Fire Young Artist Program
Students from the Curtis Institute, Philadelphia

Christopher Weiss, Young Composer-in-Residence
10 Young Artists TBA

* Artists subject to change May 30, 2007