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Jazz Festival Series: May 30 - June 1, 2008

Friday May 30 Performance 7 PM

Opening: The Pinot Noir Jazztet with Sherry Alves and Adam Bates. Standards and originals in the tradition of Ella Fitagerald, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, and Nancy Wilson.

Featured: The Midnight Serenaders with Doug Sammons and Dee Settlemier, Pete Lampe, Henry Bogden, Garner Pruitt, and David Evans. The Midnight Serenaders perform an infectious blend of old-time jazz and early swing, offering up a sweet collection of songs and tunes from the early 20th century. This Portland, Oregon-based sextet energizes audiences, and transports them on a melodic, swing-crazy journey to the dance-happy era known as “the Jazz Age,” where a catchy melody was queen and rhythm ruled the land.

Saturday May 31 Performance 7 PM
Whirled News led by Tom Bergeron and Keller Coker with Adam Bates, Will Amend, and Jason Palmer. WHIRLED NEWS plays a groove-oriented blend of original compositions influenced by rhythmic traditions from around the globe.

Sunday June 1 Free Public Matinee Encounter 4 PM
Jazz Musicians

Sunday June 1 Performancet 7 PM
Featured: The Steve Cannon Blow Hard Big Band 'a group of the finest jazz musicians in the Pacific Northwest United States who take you on an emotional journey through the many personalities of the modern day Big Band. Beautiful ballads, invigorating sambas, contemporary favorites, and screaming straight ahead jazz.' Tunes include: Teach Me Tonight, Willow Weep for Me, Killer Joe, Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, and more!

Classical Series Weekend: June 12 – June 15

Thursday June 12 Performance 7 PM
DeRosa Ensemble: Dunja Jennings, artistic director and clarinet, Susan Dewitt Smith, piano; and Justin Mackewich, violin. Joined by lyric soprano Misook Yun Boyd

Violin Sonata Op.24 in F major of Beethoven
Clarinet Sonata in f minor Op.120 of Brahms
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen for soprano, clarinet and piano of Franz Schubert.
Kegelstadt Trio arranged for violin, clarinet, and piano of Mozart

Tangos: arrranged for DeRosa Ensemble by Portland Composer Gavin Duffy
"Garua" - Composer: Anibal Troilo, Lyricist: Enrique Cadicamo (Tango)
"Romance de Barrio" - Composer: Anibal Troilo, Lyricist: Homero Manzi (Waltz)
"Campo Afuera"- Composer: Rodolfo Biagi, Lyricist: Homero Manzi (Milonga)
"Derecho Viejo" - Composer: Eduardo Arolas, Lyricist: Andres Baldessari (Tango)

Friday June 13 Performance 7 PM
Florestan Trio: Janet Guggenheim, piano; Carol Sindell, violin; Hamilton Cheifetz, cello

Ludwig van Beethoven Program
Piano Trio No. 7, in B-flat major, Op. 97
"Archduke" Trio for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49

Saturday June 14 Free Public Matinee Encounter 4PM
Classical Musicians

Sunday June 15 Performance 3PM
TonePoem: Diane Baxter, piano; Donna Henderson, spoken word; Jackie Morelli, piano.

Program includes works by Copland, Albright, Schumann, and Rollins, with poems by Henderson, Nye, Laux, Dickinson and Amichai. 

Copland:  Variations on a Shaker Melody
Schumann:  6 Etudes in the form of a Canon, Op. 56
Albright:  The Garden of Eden:  Four Rags for Two Pianos
       Old Adam, The Eternal Feminine, The Serpent's Kiss, Through Eden's Gates
Rollins:  Celebration Overture

Festival Tickets are available on-line, by writing to us at:
Cascade Head Music Festival, PO Box 605, Lincoln City, OR 97367,
Or you can call and leave a message for us on our answering machine at 541-994-5333.
Tickets may also be purchased at the door.