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In August, 2007 The
Festival at Sandpoint will celebrate its 25th season of
music in Sandpoint. What began in 1982 as a quest by a few
pioneering and visionary classical music lovers to bring
symphonic music to their town of 5,000, has expanded to
become one of the largest arts organizations in Idaho. As
The Festival has grown it has continued to honor its
original mission to bring classical music to the area,
however, it has expanded its vision to include quality jazz,
blues, folk, world, and popular music. The Festival now
draws audiences upwards of 20,000 per season throughout the
region to its diverse and eclectic summer concert series,
presented on the shores of Lake Pend Oreille.
The Festival at
Sandpoint, like Sandpoint, defies categorization. Audiences
have enjoyed everything from Alexander Toradze & The
Spokane Symphony to B.B. King, from Tony Bennett to Lyle
Lovett, from John Prine to George Benson, from Nancy
Griffith to The Blind Boys of Alabama, and from Brian Setzer
Orchestra to Wynton Marsalis. The Festival has endeavored to
bring great music of all genres to its hometown, making
Sandpoint a great place to live and a great place to
visit.
In addition to its summer concert series, The Festival at
Sandpoint offered a summer music institute from 1985-1996
under the guidance of Artistic Director Maestro Gunther
Schuller. Recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for Music, a
MacCarthur Foundation "Genius" Award, two Guggenheim
fellowships, the Darius Milhaud Award, the Rodgers and
Hammerstein Award, three Grammy Awards and many other
honors, Mr. Schuller developed, nurtured and expanded the
Schweitzer Institute of Music, offering advanced study to
young professional musicians in the areas of composition,
chamber, jazz and conducting.
The Festival at Sandpoint launched its
5th Grade Music Outreach Program in 1999, giving the
organization's educational mission a new, local focus. Now
going into its fifth year, this successful program serves
all 5th grade students in Bonner and Boundary County
schools, both public and private. Home schooled students are
invited to participate as well.
The school workshops are led by local
pianist Judy Heraper, who coordinates the program, and
Maestro Gary Sheldon who comes to Sandpoint as a special
guest narrator, assisted by Verne Windham of KPBX Spokane
fame. The workshops also featured performances of excerpts
from the Festival's classical concerts and a study guide is
sent home with each child to share the experience with their
family. The 2005 ensemble of musicians included: Aurora
Adamson, Hanna Beggs, Rhonda Bradetich, Diana Clemons,
Caytlin Driggars, Max Held, Judy Heraper, Traci Kutzleb,
Caitlin McSherry, Jan Morganstern, Jim Sanberg, Stephanie
Tintinger and Julie Wade.
As The Festival looks to
the future its hope is to continue to make great artists and
great performances accessible to the community and
surrounding region in an intimate setting which shares the
beauty and charm of Sandpoint, Idaho. The Festival at
Sandpoint offers music and nature at its finest. It is rare
for a town of 6,000 to host world-class music year after
year. Without a doubt, Sandpoint, Idaho is an arts town, and
one of the best for its size in America.
Call (208/265-4554), fax
(208/263-6858) or E-mail
us for more
information! Just leave your name and physical address (not
to be confused with your e-mail address) with your request
for information.
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1983
Richard Hayman, Conductor
Donald Thulean, Conductor
Rachel Worby, Conductor
The Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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1984
Ardyth Shapiro, Conductor
Murry Sidlin, Conductor
Verne Windham, Conductor
The Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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1985
Rafael Druian, Violin Soloist
Bruce Ferden, Conductor
Fabio Mechetti, Conductor
Mitch Miller, Conductor
Alexander Toradze, Piano Soloist
The Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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1986
David Amram, Conductor
Miguel Cortez, Tenor
Kelly Farris, Violinist
Bruce Ferden, Conductor
John Hendricks, Jazz Singer
David Morgan, Conductor
The Spokane Falls Brass Band
Spokane Jazz Orchestra
Alexander Toradze, Piano Soloist
Young Fiddlers
The Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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1987
Rafael Druian, Violinist
The Gaberlunzie Band
The Happy Hammers
Nicolette Larson
New England Ragtime Ensemble
Alyssa Park, Violinist
Benjamin Pasternack, Pianist
Doc Watson
The Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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1988
Robert Curnow, Conductor
Chris Knowles
New England Ragtime Ensemble
Alyssa Park, Violinist
Kevin Roth
Spokane Jazz Orchestra
Mason Williams and Friends
The Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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1989
Ray Brown Trio, The
Joe Scruggs
Carl Perkins
B.J. Thomas
Kelly Farris, Violinist
Walfrid Kujala, Flute Soloist
Bennett Lerner, Pianist
Harvey Phillips, Tuba Soloist
The Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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1990
Ethel Ennis
Young-Nam Kim, Violinist
John McCutcheon
Frederick Moyer, Pianist
Michael Martin Murphey
New England Ragtime Ensemble
Allyssa Park, Violinist
The Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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1991
Alan Yamamoto, Conductor
Sandra Beech
Bruce Bodden, Flutist
Sawyer Brown
Buddy Greco
Pro Arte String Quartet
Robert Taub, Pianist
Joe Williams
The Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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1992
Wynton Marsalis
Tony Bennett
Jan & Dean & the Belair Bandits
Roscoe Orman Gordon from Sesame Street
The Seldom Scene
Emmy Lou Harris and the Nash Ramblers
Lorin Hollander, Pianist
Stefan Kozinski
Kelly Farris, Violinist
Sarah Rothenberg
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
The Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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1993
Linda Arnold
Johnny Cash & June Carter and the Carter
Family
David Clayton-Thomas Blood, Sweat & Tears
B.B. King
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band
Kathy Mattea
Archie Chen, Conductor
Archie Chen, Pianist
The Count Basie Orchestra
Dr. Frank Foster, Conductor
Stefan Kozinski
Richard Todd, Horn
Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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1994
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Riders in the Sky
The Robert Cray Band
Doug Stone
The Temptations
Nanci Griffith
Inner Circle
Maureen McGovern
Willie Nelson and Family
Aaron Neville
The Neville Brothers
D'Anna Fortunato, Mezzo-Soprano
Veronica Jochum, Pianist
Paul Austin Kelly, Tenor
Stefan Kozinski, Pianist
Jim Maddalena, Bass
Jeann Ommerle, Soprano
The Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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1995
The Beach Boys
The Bellamy Brothers
Natalie Cole
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Lucky Dube
Loretta Lynn
Susannah McCorkle
Riders in the Sky
Bill Wellington
Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band
Dave Ballou, Trumpet
Stefan Kozinski, Narrator
Joe Lavano, Tenor Sax
Eric Rasmussen, Alto Sax
Ed Schuller, Bass
Kenny Werner, Pianist
The Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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1996
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Kelly Farris, Violinist
Hal Ketchum
Kathy Mattea
Mid South
Maxim Mogelevsky, Pianist
On a Summer Night
Camille Peterson, Harp
Lou Rawls
Neil Sedaka
Alexander Toradze, Pianist
The Woody Herman Orchestra
The Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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1997
George Benson
The Doobie Brothers
Booker T. Jones
The Blind Boys of Alabama
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Martina McBride
Root Awakening
UMO Ensemble
Maestro Gunther Schuller
The Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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1998
John Hiatt
Al Jarreau
The Pretenders
Suzy Boggus
The Robert Cray Band
Mavis Staples & The Duke Robillard Band
Wylie and the Wild West Show
Maestro Gunther Schuller
The Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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1999
An Evening of Guitars & Saxes
Judy Collins
Peter Frampton
Hal Ketchum
Little Feat
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Maestro Gunther Schuller
Maestro Gary Sheldon
Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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2000
Manhattan Transfer
Maestro Gary Sheldon
Dwight Yoakam
Calobo
Johnny Nocturne Band w/ Kim Nalley
America
Leftover Salmon
Laura Love
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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2001
Warren Zevon
Lee Ann Womack
Scruj MacDuhk
The Beamer Family
Big Bad VooDoo Daddy
Yellowman
Blue Rodeo
Branford Marsalis
Maestro Gary Sheldon
Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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2002
Asleep at the Wheel
Cherry Poppin Daddies
Mumbo Gumbo
Keb Mo
Spokane Youth Symphony
Maestro Gary Sheldon
David Lindley & Wally Ingram
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Air Supply
Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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2003
The Lettermen
Tower of Power
Karla Bonoff
Shawn Colvin
Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent of the Zombies
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Jerry Jeff Walker
Los Lobos
Maestro Gary Sheldon
Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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2004
Lou Rawls
Jim Messina
Dierks Bentley
Delbert McClinton
Bruce Cockburn
Buddy Guy
BeauSoleil
Marcia Ball
Maestro Gary Sheldon
Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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2005
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals
Drew Emmitt of Leftover Salmon
Sam Bush
Natalie MacMaster
Ronnie Milsap
Rolando Morales
Poncho Sanchez
Maestro Gary Sheldon
Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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2006
Tanya Tucker
Los Straightjackets
Dick Dale
Nickel Creek
Jackie Greene
David Gray
Ruthie Foster
Susan Tedeschi
Etta James
Maestro Gary Sheldon
Spokane Symphony Orchestra
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