We're just entering the richest part of the Festival summer season! You can experience a wealth of chamber music for the next eight days, starting this Friday, July 6. You'll find something every day!		Green Lake Festival of Music 2007 Season Widen Your Horizons
The Burt & Bunny Piano Concert: Dmitri Levkovich, winner of the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, on the Festival's Steinway concert grand Fri., July 6 7:30 p.m. Historic Thrasher Opera House Preconcert conversation with the artists – 6:45 p.m. Meet-the-artists reception follows the concert, sponsored by the Friends of the Festival. *** The Lucile Grams Young Artist Concert: Biava String Quartet with composer Stacy Garrop** Award-winning quartet and composer Sat., July 7 7:30 p.m. Historic Thrasher Opera House Preconcert conversation with the artists – 6:45 p.m. Meet-the-artists reception follows the concert, sponsored by the Friends of the Festival. *** Beethoven Triple Concerto and More!** Amelia Piano Trio performs the famed concerto with an orchestra of students Tues., July 10 7:30 p.m. Rodman Center for the Arts, Ripon College Preconcert conversation with the artists – 6:45 p.m. Meet-the-artists reception follows the concert, sponsored by the Ripon College President and Mrs. David Joyce	Dmitri Levkovich (July 6-7), pianist and composer, won first prize in the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, as well as the Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition. He performed the Third Piano Concerto by Rachmaninoff with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra in the spring of 2004. Levkovich was awarded the Canada Council Grant for Professional Musicians to support his studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he already obtained the Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance Degree and is currently pursuing his Master's Degree under the renowned pianist Sergei Babayan. The Biava String Quartet with composer Stacy Garrop (July 7-9) The July 7 program by the Biava Quartet, winners of the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music Competition, includes Haydn’s famed quartet The Joke and a Quartet in C minor by Brahms. The concert’s centerpiece will be the area premiere of Stacy Garrop’s String Quartet No. 2 Demons and Angels. “It’s hard to miss the anguished story inside Stacy Garrop’s [String Quartet]. The slashes of the first few chords rip at the ear with the can’t-change-the-channel-now effectiveness of a CSI episode opener, but as the 30-minute work unspools, it quickly takes on a character more closely aligned with the timbres of a fairy tale.” – Molly Sheridan, Time Out Chicago. The Beethoven Triple Concerto and More! (July 10) This concert will feature the outstanding faculty of our chamber music workshop, highlighted by a performance of the Beethoven Triple Concerto for piano, violin and cello played by the Amelia Trio accompanied by an orchestra composed of the students in the workshop. Faculty members Cathy Kautsky, Desiree Ruhstrat, and David Cunliffe will perform solo and chamber works. MORE UPCOMING EVENTS: Sat., 7/7 Master Class with Dmitri Levkovich – FREE Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh, 10 am Sun., 7/8 Master Class w/ Stacy Garrop and the Arensky Piano Trio – FREE Rodman Center for the Arts, Ripon College, 7 pm Mon., 7/9 Thomas E. Caestecker Family Series – FREE "A Day in the Life of a Bumblebee" with Stacy Garrop and the Biava String Quartet Thrasher Opera House, 1:30 pm Tues., 7/10 Children’s Musical Storytime Children's librarian Linda DeCramer & the "Circle of Sound" strings – FREE Ripon Public Library, 120 Jefferson St., Ripon, 920-748-6160, 2:30 pm Wed., 7/11 Lunch & Learn The Amelia Piano Trio discuss their tours with Yo Yo Ma and other interesting experiences, at Rita’s Restaurant, 333 Watson St., Ripon, noon (call 920-748-7728 for reservations) followed by: FREE Chamber Music Master Class with the Amelia at the Rodman Center for the Arts, less than ľ mile away Thur., 7/12 Two Family Barn Concerts "Circle of Sound" with guest soloist Samantha George, associate concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and the Amelia Piano Trio leading the talented student/faculty orchestra, 5 pm Russian al fresco dinner available, reserve with Festival office, 6:30 pm "An Evening in Old Russia" with classical artists Stas Venglevski, bayan, and Mikhail Litvin, domra, 8 pm Boston Farm, Green Lake Fri., 7/13 Thomas E. Caestecker Family Series* – FREE "Music from Old Russia" with Stas Venglevski and Mikhail Litvin Boston Farm, Green Lake, 1:30 pm *Events associated with the Green Lake Festival Chamber Music Workshop Watch for events related to our Choral Institute with special ensemble-in-residence Cantus, which runs July 19-22!	Dmitri Levkovich, July 6-7 Biava String Quartet, July 7-8 Stacy Garrop, July 7-9 Arensky Piano Trio, July 9 Amelia Piano Trio performs June 28, 30 and July 10 The Festival's Steinway grand in historic, intimate Thrasher Opera House, Green Lake, WI
Our first concert in the Thomas E. Caestecker Family Series met with GREAT SUCCESS! Linda DeCramer, Director of Children's Services at Ripon Public Library, joyously declared that A Hair Affair "was the most fun classical show I've ever seen in my life – ever!" Please join us for our next two concerts in the family series – July 9 at Thrasher for a "bumblebee" composition by you and an award-winning composer and at the Boston Farm July 13 for a Russian accordion and mandolin duo. "A Hair Affair" at Thrasher Opera House, June 28, 2007	Click Tickets to order tickets for Green Lake Festival concerts ! NOTE: Full-season subscriptions are good for concerts only. Special events such as the Russian dinner or the Cabaret are not included and must be purchased separately. Call the office for details: 800-662-7097. RESERVED SEATING The Green Lake Festival of Music would like to remind all season subscribers that we have special reserved seating at our concerts which will be held until 10 minutes before concert time when we'll open this seating to the general audience. Please make sure to take advantage of the special seating if you have purchased season tickets. There will be signs at all venues denoting the reserved seating area. If you have questions, Festival staff can assist you. We hope you have an enjoyable time at all of our concerts! www.greenlakefestival.org	Fantastic talent in Chamber Music Workshop! The Green Lake Festival's Chamber Music Workshop started last Saturday, June 30. The workshop, led by the Amelia Piano Trio, features some of the most talented strings and piano high school through graduate school students from coast to coast. The Festival's schedule revolves around a number of great workshop events, most free and open to the public. The events in the "More Upcoming Events" schedule, above left, with the asterisk are included as a part of our Chamber Music Workshop. Barn Concerts, July 12 The barn seating for both of our July 12 concerts is sold out and reservations for the Russian dinner at 6:30 pm are closed, but lawn seating is still available. Concerts are at 5 pm (Samantha George, featured soloist) and 8 pm (Russian accordion and mandolin). Advance lawn tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students; $10 and $7 at the door. Bring your own blanket or lawn chair. The setting is lovely and the sound is spectacular!