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The 2010 Deer Valley® Music Festival Returns July 17 – August 14, 2010

February 3, 2010 | By Jana Cunningham
Public Relations Manager
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Symphony | Utah Opera’s Seventh annual Deer Valley® Music Festival (DVMF) will return in 2010 with five weeks of performances in the picturesque setting of Park City, Utah, July 17 through August 14. For the past six years, DVMF has brought the best Pops, Classical, and Chamber performances to the mountains of Park City. Multiple performances each week give patrons a wide variety of events to choose from.

Highlights of the 2010 Deer Valley® Music Festival include performances with Ben Folds, Randy Travis, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, a concert featuring the music of Led Zeppelin and a performance of Disney® favorites. Friday Classical concerts and Saturday Pops concerts will be held at the Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater where audience members are invited to picnic under the stars after a day of shopping, hiking or golfing. Chamber concerts will be held on Wednesdays and Thursdays in the more intimate setting of Park City’s St. Mary’s Church and Temple Har Shalom.

Tickets for all Festival concerts go on sale Wednesday, February 17, 2010. At that time, ticket-buyers can call (801) 355-ARTS (2787), buy in person at the Abravanel Hall box office, or visit deervalleymusicfestival.org. Subscribers and those desiring group or student discounts should call (801) 533-NOTE (6683). Ticket prices will increase $5 the day of the performances.

Pops and Classical at Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater

Saturday Pops concerts at the Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater will include a little bit of everything; rock, country, swing and Broadway show tunes. The series will open with singer-songwriter Ben Folds joining the orchestra to perform some of his best hits. Country legend Randy Travis will also perform with the orchestra as well as the Utah Symphony’s own Tad Calcara (principal clarinet) with his band, New Deal Swing. Audience favorite, Bravo Broadway will also return to the Festival and the series will conclude with the music of Led Zeppelin.

Friday Classical series, also at the Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater will open with a performance perfect for families featuring some of the Disney’s® most loved songs. Other classical performances will include An American Salute with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture and a performance with renowned violinist Mark O’Conner.

Wednesday and Thursday Chamber Series at St. Mary’s Church

Wednesday Chamber Series at St. Mary’s Church will feature Utah Symphony performances of Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 1 for Violin, Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony. Temple Har Shalom will host a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings.

The serene setting of St. Mary’s will also host the Guest Chamber Series on Thursdays. Audiences will enjoy performances by Imani Winds (wind quintet), SO Percussion (percussion quartet) and the always popular Muir String Quartet (string quartet).

Other Events

VIP packages prior to both Friday and Saturday performances will continue at this year’s Festival and include VIP parking, pre-concert gourmet dinner at the resort, premium reserved seating and access to the intermission reception. Our VIP package pricing includes a charitable contribution built into the various package options. Salon Events will also continue, featuring intimate performances in luxurious private residences by Festival artists. Cost will be $125 per person. For, more information regarding VIP packages and our Salon Events schedule please call (801) 869-9010 or email vipevents@usuo.org .

Volunteer Information

Volunteers for the festival are needed in multiple positions: ushers, ticket takers, backstage, etc. Benefits include complimentary tickets for the night the person volunteers, plus optional discounted tickets. Contact Ashley Albertson at volunteers@usuo.org or (801) 869-9050 for more information.

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2010 Summer Calendar

July 17 (Saturday) | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater Ben Folds with the Utah Symphony David Cho, Conductor Ben Folds, Guest Artist

July 21 (Wednesday) | 8 PM St. Mary’s Church Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 David Cho, Conductor Yoonshin Song, Violin Stradivarius Competition Winner

Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess Prokofiev Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, op. 19 Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, op. 38 (“Spring”)

July 22 (Thursday) | 8 PM St. Mary’s Church Imani Winds Imani Winds, Guest Artists

July 23 (Friday) | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater Disney in Concert Jerry Steichen, Conductor

Disney® Classics Overture

Selections from The Little Mermaid “Colors of the Wind” from Pocahontas Orchestral Suite from Beauty And The Beast “I Wanna Be Like You” from The Jungle Book Mary Poppins Medley Sing along Hunchback of Notre Dame Medley Aladdin Medley Pirates of the Caribbean The Lion King Song Suite

July 24 (Saturday) | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater Tad Calcara and New Deal Swing TBD, Conductor Tad Calcara and New Deal Swing, Guest Artists

July 28 (Wednesday) | 8 PM St. Mary’s Church Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Barlow Bradford, Conductor Utah Chamber Artists

Tarik O'Regan Triptych Herbert Howells Requiem Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 Four Traditional Folk Songs Danny Boy Sakura Drunken Sailor The Water is Wide

July 29 (Thursday) | 8 PM St. Mary’s Church Muir String Quartet Muir String Quartet Muir String Quartet, Guest Artists

July 30 (Friday) | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater An American Salute with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Mack Wilberg, Conductor Mormon Tabernacle Choir

July 31 (Saturday) | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater Bravo Broadway: Broadway Divas! Jerry Steichen, Conductor Lisa Vroman, Guest Artist Debbie Gravitte, Guest Artist

August 4 (Wednesday) | 8 PM Temple Har Shalom Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings David Lockington, Conductor Robert Stephenson, Oboe

Rossini Overture to Italian Girl in Algiers Mozart Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314 Tchaikovsky Serenade in C Major, op. 48

August 5 (Thursday) | 8 PM St. Mary’s Church SO Percussion SO Percussion

August 6 (Friday) | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater 1812 Overture! David Lockington, Conductor

Rossini Overture to William Tell Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Allegro Gershwin Selections from Porgy & Bess Saint-Saens “Bacchanale” from Samson and Delila Dvorak Overture to Carnival Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67 - Allegro con brio Sibelius Finlandia Tchaikovsky Overture to 1812

August 7 (Saturday) | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater Randy Travis with the Utah Symphony David Cho, Conductor Randy Travis, Guest Artist

August 11 (Wednesday) | 8 PM St. Mary’s Church Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony David Lockington, Conductor Brant Bayless, Viola

Elgar Serenade in E Minor, op. 20 Max Bruch Romanze for Viola and Orchestra, op. 85 Carl Maria von Weber Andanta and Hungarian Rondo for Viola and Orchestra, op. 35 Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, op. 56 ("Scottish")

August 13 (Friday) | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater Mark O’Connor with the Utah Symphony David Lockington, Conductor Mark O ‘Conner, Violin

Copland Buckaroo Holiday from Rodeo O'Connor Surrender the Sword O'Connor The Call of the Mockingbird Glinka Overture to Ruslan und Ludmilla Bernstein West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

August 14 (Saturday) | 7:30 PM Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater Music of Led Zeppelin with the Utah Symphony

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