This is what we did this past summer...

Sunday
August 7th
4:30 PM

Historic Great Hall
Sunriver Resort

Festival Faire

"Some Enchanted Evening"
Returns to the Historic Great Hall

Dinner & Auction

Something different is up our sleeves for the 2011 Music Festival Fundraiser supporting the Young Artist Scholarship Program and the 34th Season of the Sunriver Music Festival.

An elegantly enchanted evening of beautifully crafted dining the grand ambiance of the Great Hall.  Join your friends for dinner, silent and live auctions, and entertainment by 2011 Young Artist Scholarship winners. All are welcome at this lovely evening...not to be missed!

Please join us to help Sunriver Music Festival bring quality classical music to Central Oregon.

Sponsored by: Sunriver Resort
 

Wednesday
August 10th
1:00 - 4:00 PM

Cascade School of Music
Bend

String Workshop
with Paula Bird

Cascade School of Music
200 NW Pacific Park Lane
Bend, OR
 

Wednesday
August 10th
1:00 - 4:00 PM
Community Bible Church Sunriver

Dulcimer Workshop

Community Bible Church - Sunriver, OR

with Stephen Seifert

Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer
 

Our 2011 Conductors

Lawrence Leighton Smith Retiring Artistic Director & Conductor

George Hanson Guest Conductor

Pops Concert
Pops Concert with Thomas Lauderdale
Bend High School Auditorium

The Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra
Conducted by George Hanson

Bernstein: Candide Overture
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess “A Symphonic Picture”
By Robert Russell Bennett
Salute to Irving Berlin

Gershwin Piano Concerto in Ff Major
featuring
Thomas Lauderdale, piano


Thomas Lauderdale, piano

Sponsored by Karnopp Petersen LLP, Capstone Wealth Management Group, Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Bend, and Bend Broadband
 

Thursday
August 11
7:30 PM

Tower Theatre - Bend

Classical Concert I

Tower Theatre - Bend

The Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra
Conducted by George Hanson

Jay Ungar: Ashokan Farewell
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Conni Ellisor: Blackberry Winter (Dulcimer Concerto)
featuring: Stephen Seifert, dulcimer

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Op. 56 in A minor, (Scottish)

Stephen Seifert, dulcimer

Sponsored by Bank of America and KBND
 

Friday
August 12
7:30 PM
Tower Theatre - Bend

Classical Concert II

Tower Theatre - Bend

"Night at the Opera"
 

The Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra
Conducted by George Hanson

Verdi’s Aida, Carmen’s Habanera & Seguidilla,
Mozart’s Overture to “The Magic Flute”,
Prayer from Hansel & Gretel, and
Smetana Dance of the Comedians - “The Bartered Bride

    
Featuring: Sarah Mattox, mezzo-soprano (left)
and Courtney Huffman, soprano (right)

Sponsored by: Central Oregon Radiology and Awbrey Dental Group
 

Monday
August 15
7:30 PM

Historic Great Hall
Sunriver Resort
 

Sunriver Music Festival
Piano Recital

Great Hall - Sunriver Resort

Haochen Zhang,
Van Cliburn Gold Medalist winner

Once every four years, a select few young pianists emerge victorious from the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: “the most prestigious classical piano contest in the world.”

Sponsored by: Bennington Properties and Bob & Jean Maina
Van Cliburn Sponsor: Sherman Clay Pianos and Bill & Gila Taylor
 

Tuesday
August 16
7:30 PM

Historic Great Hall
Sunriver Resort
 

Classical Concert III

Great Hall - Sunriver Resort

The Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra

Conducted by George Hanson

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050
Schumann: Sinfonietta (Overture, Scherzo, Andante, Finale) Op. 52
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major (The Great) D. 944

Featuring: Phillip Ruder, violin
Paul Nagem, flute
Ellen Deffner, harpsichord
 

Wednesday
August 17
 7:30 PM

Historic Great Hall
Sunriver Resort

Classical Concert IV

Great Hall - Sunriver Resort

"Mozart Night"

The Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra

Conducted by George Hanson

Mozart: Ein Musikalischerer Spass (A Musical Joke) K. 522
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Major (Prague) K. 504

Featuring: 2009 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist, Haochen Zhang

Sponsored by Bill & Jan Starks and Bank of the Cascades
Van Cliburn Sponsor: Sherman Clay Pianos and Bill & Gila Taylor