Music festivals in America : classical, opera, jazz, pops, country, old-time fiddlers, folk, bluegrass, Cajun / Carol Price Rabin ; illustrated by Celia Elke.

Author/creator Rabin, Carol Price
Other author Elke, Celia, illustrator.
Format Book
Edition4th edition.
Publication InfoGreat Barrington, MA : Berkshire Traveller Press, ©1990.
Description271 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects

Variant title Complete guide to music festivals in America
Contents Classical. Alabama. Birmingham festival of the arts, Birmingham -- Alaska. Anchorage festival of music, Anchorage ; Sitka summer music festival, Sitka -- Arizona. Flagstaff festival of the arts, Flagstaff -- California. Beethoven festival, San Francisco ; Cabrillo music festival, Aptos ; Carmel Bach festival, Carmel ; Hollywood Bowl summer series, Hollywood ; Idyllwild music festival, Idyllwild ; Mendocino music festival, Mendocino ; Music academy of the West summer festival, Santa Barbara ; Music from Bear Valley, Bear Valley ; Music in the mountains, Nevada City ; Ojai festival, Ojai ; Paul Masson summer series, Saratoga ; Redlands bowl summer music festival, Redlands ; San Luis Obispo Mozart festival, San Luis Obispo -- Colorado. Aspen music festival, Aspen ; Colorado music festival, Boulder ; Telluride chamber music festival, Telluride -- Connecticut. Connecticut early music festival, New London ; Music Mountain, Falls Village ; Norfolk chamber music festival, Norfolk ; Silvermine chamber music series, New Canaan -- District of Columbia. American music festival, Washington -- Florida. Bach festival of Winter Park, Winter Park ; Music festival of Florida, Sarasota -- Georgia. Golden isles chamber music festival, Sea Islands -- Illinois. International carillon festival, Springfield ; Ravinia festival, Chicago -- Indiana. Great Lakes festival, Notre Dame -- Iowa. Cornell College music festival, Mount Vernon -- Kansas. Messiah festival, Lindsborg -- Louisiana. Louisiana State University festival of contemporary music, Baton Rouge -- Maine. Bar Harbor music festival, Bar Harbor ; Bay chamber concerts, Rockport ; Bowdoin summer music festival, Brunswick ; Kneisel hall, Blue Hill ; Monteux conducting school symphony concerts, Hancock ; Mt. Desert festival of chamber music, Northeast Harbor -- Massachusetts. Aston magna festival, Great Barrington ; Cape and islands chamber music festival, Yarmouth Port ; Castle hill festival, Ipswich ; Marblehead summer music festival, Marblehead ; Mohawk trail concerts, Charlemont ; Sevenars music festival, Worthington ; South Mountain concerts, Pittsfield ; Tanglewood (Tanglewood music festival), Lenox ; Worcester music festival, Worcester -- Michigan. Ann Arbor may festival, Ann Arbor ; Meadow Brook music festival, Rochester ; National music camp, Interlochen -- New Hampshire. Monadnock music festival, Peterborough ; New Hampshire music festival, Center Harbor -- New Jersey. Hollybush festival, Glassboro ; Waterloo summer music festival, Stanhope -- New Mexico. Santa Fe chamber music festival, Santa Fe -- New York. Artpark, Lewiston ; Binghamton festival, Binghamton ; Caramoor festival, Katonah ; Chautauqua summer music program, Chautauqua ; Maverick Sunday concerts, Woodstock ; Mostly Mozart festival, New York City ; Naumburg orchestral concerts, New York City ; New York Philharmonic free outdoor park concerts, New York City ; Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga ; Spring music festival, Potsdam ; Summergarden, New York City ; Wave hill performing arts series, Bronx -- North Carolina. Brevard Music Center, Brevard ; Eastern music festival, Greensboro ; Moravian music festival and seminar, Winston-Salem -- Ohio. Baldwin-Wallace Bach festival, Berea ; Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls ; Cincinnati May festival, Cincinnati -- Oregon. Britt festivals, Jacksonville ; Chamber music northwest, Portland ; Oregon Bach festival, Eugene -- Pennsylvania. Bethlehem Bach festival, Bethlehem ; Mann Music Center, Philadelphia ; Music at Gretna, Mount Gretna -- Rhode Island. Newport music festival, Newport -- South Carolina. Spoleto festival U.S.A., Charleston -- Tennessee. Sewanee Summer Music Center, Sewanee -- Texas. The festival-institute at Round Top, Round Top -- Utah. Utah arts festival, Salt Lake City -- Vermont. Marlboro music festival, Marlboro ; Vermont Mozart festival, Burlington ; Yellow Barn music festival, Putney -- Virginia. Shenandoah Valley music festival, Orkney Springs ; Wolf Trap farm, Vienna -- Wisconsin. Music under the stars, Milwaukee ; Peninsula music festival, Fish Creek -- Wyoming. Grand Teton music festival, Jackson -- Puerto Rico. Festival Casals, San Juan -- Bermuda. Bermuda festival, Hamilton -- Canada. Banff festival of the arts, Banff ; Guelph spring festival, Guelph ; Orford international music festival, Magog ; Stratford festival, Stratford ; Victoria international festival, Victoria --
Contents Opera. Arkansas. Inspiration point fine arts colony, Eureka Springs -- Colorado. Central City summer festival, Central City ; Colorado opera festival, Colorado Springs -- Iowa. Des Moines metro summer festival of opera, Indianola -- Missouri. Opera theatre of Saint Louis, Saint Louis -- New Mexico. Santa Fe opera festival, Santa Fe -- New York. Glimmerglass opera, Cooperstown ; Lake George opera festival, Glens Falls -- Ohio. Cincinnati summer opera festival, Cincinnati -- Texas. Spring opera festival, Houston -- Washington. Pacific Northwest festival, Seattle -- Jazz, ragtime, Dixieland. California. Concord jazz festival, Concord ; Monterey jazz festival, Monterey ; Playboy jazz festival, Hollywood ; Sacramento Dixieland jazz jubilee, Sacramento ; Summer jazz festival, Oakville -- Colorado. Telluride jazz festival, Telluride -- Illinois. Chicago jazz festival -- Iowa. Bix Beiderbecke memorial jazz festival, Davenport -- Louisiana. New Orleans jazz and heritage festival, New Orleans -- Massachusetts. Boston Globe jazz festival, Boston -- Missouri. Annual national ragtime and traditional jazz festival, Saint Louis -- Pennsylvania. Mellon jazz festival, Philadelphia -- Rhode Island. JVC jazz festival, Newport -- Pops, light classical. California. San Francisco Symphony pops, San Francisco ; Stern Grove midsummer music festival, San Francisco -- Florida. Palm Beach festival, Palm Beach -- Illinois. Grant Park concerts, Chicago -- Massachusetts. Boston pops, Boston ; Esplanade concerts, Boston -- Missouri. The Muny, Saint Louis -- New York. Summerscape, Huntington summer arts festival, Huntington -- Folk, traditional. Arkansas. Ozark folk festival, Eureka Springs -- District of Columbia. Festival of American folklife, Washington -- Florida. Florida folk festival, White Springs -- Idaho. McCall summer music festival, McCall -- Massachusetts. Eisteddfod festival of traditional music and crafts, North Dartmouth ; New England folk festival, Natick -- North Carolina. Asheville Mountain dance and folk festival, Asheville -- Pennsylvania. Philadelphia folk festival, Philadelphia (Schwenksville) -- Tennessee. Dulcimer and harp convention, Cosby -- Texas. Texas folklife festival, San Antonio -- Washington. Northwest folklife festival, Seattle -- Canada. Mariposa, the festival of roots music, Toronto ; Winnipeg folk festival, Winnipeg -- Bluegrass, old-time fiddlers, country, Cajun. Arizona. Old-time fiddler's contest and festival, Payson -- Colorado. Telluride bluegrass and country music festival, Telluride -- Idaho. National oldtime fiddler's contest, Weiser -- Indiana. Bean Blossom bluegrass festival, Bean Blossom -- New York. Winterhawk bluegrass festival, Hillsdale -- North Carolina. Old time fiddler's and bluegrass festival, Union Grove -- Oklahoma. Grant's annual bluegrass and old-time musical festival, Hugo -- Rhode Island. Cajun-bluegrass festival, Escoheag -- Tennessee. International country music fan fair, Nashville -- Virginia. Old fiddlers' convention, Galax.
Abstract Chamber music on a New Hampshire mountain; free symphonic concerts under the stars in Wisconsin; opera atop a New Mexico mesa; jazz on the banks of the Mississippi; bluegrass and fiddlin' on a rodeo grounds in Arizona; folk music on the Toronto lakefront; the Casal Festival under the palms in Puerto Rico; and a winter festival in sunny Bermuda--all these can be found in this book. What's more, if you're a music lover in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, San Francisco or any of several other cities, this guide is for you. Divided conveniently into the categories of classical; opera; jazz; ragtime and Dixieland; pops and light classical; folk and traditional; and bluegrass, old-time fiddlers, Cajun, and country music, the 4th edition of this informative guidebook also lists festivals by state to help in your travel planning.
General noteCover title: The complete guide to music festivals in America.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 264-266) and index.
LCCN 90000901
ISBN0930145011
ISBN9780930145019

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