August Scene - Flipbook - Page 9
World-class orchestral music in Sunriver
Sunriver Music Festival
opens its 49th summer concert
series Aug. 10-20 with concerts
in Bend and Sunriver.
Festival highlights include:
• A celebration of American
orchestral music as part of the
nationwide commemoration of
the country’s 250th anniversary
• Four classical concerts with
the Festival Orchestra conducted by Brett Mitchell
• Distinguished guests: pianist Michelle Cann, violinists William Hagen and Tessa
Lark, bass-baritone Timothy
Jones, and the Central Oregon
Mastersingers
• Pops Concert: “ John Williams & the American Journey”
• Family Concert: “Harry
Potter & the Instruments of
the Orchestra” at Benham Hall
at SHARC
The festival presents its 49th
season in two spectacular and
historic Central Oregon venues – the Sunriver Resort Great
Hall and the Tower Theatre in
downtown Bend. Performances
feature world-class orchestra
musicians and renowned soloists, led by artistic director
and conductor Brett Mitchell.
This summer’s concert series includes a celebration of
American orchestral music as
part of the nationwide commemoration of the country’s
250th anniversary.
“This summer, America celebrates the 250th anniversary
of its independence, and we're
so pleased to mark the occasion
with at least one work by an
American composer on every
program,” Mitchell said. “We'll
feature American classics like
Aaron Copland's Appalachian
Spring and Samuel Barber's
Violin Concerto, plus we’ll
introduce new favorites by
Pulitzer Prize winner Kevin
Puts and GRAMMY® winners
Edgar Meyer and Joan Tower.
We'll also bring to life many of
the great European classics we
all know and love, including
works by Beethoven, Haydn,
Mendelssohn, Bach, Mozart
and Schumann.”
in D Major, “Clock”
The festival season opens
with variations on America the
Beautiful by one of today’s foremost composers, Joan Tower, in
her GRAMMY-winning work,
Made in America. Tower says
that Beethoven is one of her
biggest compositional influences, so his exquisite Piano
Concerto No. 4 will be performed by GRAMMY-winner
Michelle Cann. The evening
closes with Haydn's masterful
101st Symphony, also known
as the "Clock."
Classical Concert II: America Meets Scotland
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 7:30
p.m. Sunriver Resort Great
Hall
Festival Orchestra
Brett Mitchell, conductor
William Hagen, violin
Still: Darker America
Barber: Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn: Symphony
No. 3 in A minor, “Scottish”
This program celebrates the
100th anniversary of William
Grant Still's jazzy tone poem,
Darker America, premiered
in 1926. Barber's Violin Concerto follows with William
Hagen joining the Festival
Orchestra for the third time,
after his performances of the
Brahms Concerto in 2022 and
the Bruch Concerto in 2023.
The concert culminates with
T SRMF,
2026 summer festival
concert schedule
Opening Classical Concert:
Beethoven, Haydn & Made in
America
Monday, Aug. 10, 7:30 p.m.
Sunriver Resort Great Hall
Festival Orchestra
Brett Mitchell, conductor
Michelle Cann, piano
Joan Tower: Made in
America
Beethoven: Piano Concerto
No. 4 in G Major
Haydn: Symphony No. 101
VOLUNTEER
WITH HABITAT
FOR HUMANITY!
Good to Know
Help build homes,
strengthen community, and
support local families.
No Experiance
Necessary
Flexible
Scheduling
Where we need help
Construction Support
Put your heart and hands to work on one of
our home builds! Volunteers help with tasks
like finish work, painting, landscaping, and
more.
Retail Support — ReStore
Join us at the ReStore to sort donations,
assist customers, and help keep the store
stocked.
Minimum
16 Years Old
Gain Skills
Opportunities for
businesses, groups
and individuals
Group & Team Builds
Bring friends, coworkers, faith groups,
school clubs, or neighbors for a shared
volunteer experience that builds community
and homes.
Special build
days: Faith
Builds, Veterans
Builds and
Womens Builds
CONTACT US OR SIGN UP ONLINE
ricci@habitatlapinesunriver.org
habitatlapinesunriver.org/volunteer
AUGUST 2026 SUNRIVER SCENE
Page 9
