Tenth Anniversary Deer Valley® Music Festival

Tenth Anniversary
Deer Valley® Music Festival

Tenth Anniversary Deer Valley® Music Festival to bring Steve Martin, Mandy Patinkin, Indigo Girls, Arturo Sandoval to Park City.

Utah Symphony | Utah Opera Vice President of Symphony Artistic Planning Toby Tolokan announced the concert lineup for the organization’s Tenth Anniversary Deer Valley® Music Festival, featuring Utah Symphony performances with high-profile artists such as actor and banjo player Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers and vocalist Edie Brickell, screen actor and Broadway star Mandy Patinkin, folk rock music duo Indigo Girls and jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.

The summer Festival will return to Park City June 29 through August 10.

This year, the Deer Valley® Music Festival, summer home of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, will celebrate its tenth official summer of bringing live symphonic performances to the picturesque mountains of Park City, including the best in bluegrass, folk rock, classic rock, show tunes, pop, classical, opera and chamber music.

Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater Programs
The upcoming Festival’s main stage highlights include Utah Symphony performances with screen actor and Broadway star Mandy Patinkin of “The Princess Bride,” “Evita” and “Homeland” fame, renowned jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, folk rock music duo Indigo Girls and Grammy-winning bluegrass band Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring vocalist Edie Brickell, all appearing at the Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater.

Other Festival performances at the amphitheater include a program of diva show tunes showstoppers featuring lead performers and music from the hit musical “Wicked,” a concert celebrating 50 years of 007 with memorable tunes from the James Bond franchise films and Tony Award-winner Debbie Gravitte, and special concert tributes to John Denver and the Rolling Stones.

Those who have enjoyed the Deer Valley® Music Festival’s traditions will appreciate the season-opener and annual outdoor favorite, “1812 Overture,” complete with a cannon fire finale from the Cannoneers of the Wasatch. Also returning to the Festival is another evening of opera hits in the open air with Utah Opera and an instrument petting zoo on the plaza prior to the John Denver tribute concert July 6, at which audience members can test play various musical instruments provided by Summerhays Music.

Chamber Programs
Three chamber orchestra concerts at St. Mary’s Church will feature Utah Symphony performances of the Schubert Symphony No. 5 conducted by Keith Lockhart, Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony and a program featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 and Utah Symphony Principal Cello, Ryan Selberg, on Dohnányi’s “Concert Piece for Cello.”

Three Chamber Ensemble performances will feature an evening of string chamber music with The Muir Quartet, the Festival’s resident string quartet; a program of varied solo and chamber works by Utah Symphony musicians including Jason Hardink (piano), Mercedes Smith (flute), Matt Johnson (cello), Ralph Matson (violin) and Jerry Steichen (piano); and a program with the Skyros String Quartet and Battery String Quartet performing world-premiere works by Utah composers Haruhito-Jace Miyagi and Devin Maxwell as part of the Festival’s Emerging Quartets and Composers program.

Concert Ticket Information
Discounted Design-A-Series packages and group tickets for all Deer Valley® Music Festival concerts are on sale now, and can be purchased at the Abravanel Hall Ticket Office by calling (801) 533-NOTE (6683). A single-ticket local sale for Summit County residents will take place on Saturday, March 23 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Park City Visitors Center. Single tickets will go on sale to the general public on Monday, March 25. At that time, ticket-buyers can also purchase online at deervalleymusicfestival.org and through ArtTix outlets by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787). Youth discounts will be available for select performances. Ticket prices will increase $5 when purchased the day of the performance.

Complete 2013 Deer Valley® Music Festival Schedule:

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
1812 Overture!
June 29 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor
The Cannoneers of the Wasatch

SPECIAL EVENT
10th Anniversary Gala Celebration
July 5, 2013 | 5:30 PM Montage Deer Valley
Jerry Steichen, Piano
Lisa Vroman, Soprano

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Take Me Home - The Music of John Denver
     featuring Jim Curry with the Utah Symphony
July 6 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Jim Curry, Vocalist

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Bravo Broadway: The Wicked Divas
July 12 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Nicole Parker, Vocalist

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Arturo Sandoval with the Utah Symphony
July 13 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Arturo Sandoval, Trumpet

CHAMBER
Haydn, Mozart & Schubert
July 17 | 8 PM Saint Mary's Church
Keith Lockhart, Conductor
Simone Porter, Violin

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers
     featuring Edie Brickell with the Utah Symphony
July 19 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Keith Lockhart, Conductor
Steve Martin, Banjo
Edie Brickell, Vocals
Steep Canyon Rangers

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Indigo Girls with the Utah Symphony
July 20 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Keith Lockhart, Conductor
Indigo Girls

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Muir String Quartet
July 23 | 8 PM St. Mary’s Church
Peter Zazofsky, Violin
Lucia Lin, Violin
Steven Ansell, Viola
Michael Reynolds, Cello

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
July 24 | 8 PM Temple Har Shalom
Ralph Matson, Violin
Matt Johnson, Cello
Mercedes Smith, Flute
Jason Hardink, Piano
Jerry Steichen, Piano

CHAMBER
Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony
July 31 | 8 PM St. Mary’s Church
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

EMERGING QUARTETS & COMPOSERS
Skyros & Battery String Quartets
August 1 | 8 PM St. Mary’s Church

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Bond and Beyond
August 2 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Michael Krajewski, Conductor
Debbie Gravitte, Vocalist

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Mandy Patinkin with the Utah Symphony
August 3 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Mandy Patinkin, Vocalist

CHAMBER
Beethoven Symphony No. 1
August 7 | 8 PM Saint Mary's Church
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor
J. Ryan Selberg, Cello

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Utah Opera in the Open Air
August 9 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Jerry Steichen, Conductor
Celena Shafer, Soprano
Leah Wool, Mezzo-soprano
Chad Shelton, Tenor
Daniel Belcher, Baritone

DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
The Music of the Rolling Stones with the Utah Symphony
August 10 | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Brent Havens, Conductor
Brody Dolyniuk, Vocalist


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