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Festival at Sandpoint.htm
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In August, 2006 The Festival at Sandpoint will celebrate its 24th 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.
Contact
- THE FESTIVAL AT SANDPOINT
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- SANDPOINT ID
- US 86864
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- 208 265 4554
