Hosted by the Keystone Center for the 11th summer, the Snake River Chamber Festival will perform this weekend on August 29, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at The Pavilion at Keystone. Presenting sought-after players from festivals and orchestras throughout the world, the Snake River Chamber Festival offers cultural balance to the recreational activities and vacation real estate at the Keystone CO Ski Resort. The Walsh Group is on hand to show you Keystone CO real estate along the Snake River from West Keystone through River Run Condominiums and into East Keystone neighborhoods at Ski Tip Ranch close to golfing, fishing, and skiing.
Friday night, the Snake River Chamber Players and the Keystone Neighbourhood Company will present an evening of beautiful chamber music entitled, “Snake River Pops,” featuring award-winning musicians led by Artistic Director Charles Wetherbee. If you are here for the weekend, Scenes from Romeo and Juliet will be performed on Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. The Farewell Concert is scheduled for Friday, September 5, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. These final two performances will be held at the Keystone Center.
With extensive musical backgrounds, the players in the Snake River Chamber Concerts are too distinctive to list in this article but here is a sprinkling. Violinist Charles Wetherbee began performing at age six. His “beautiful sound kept the audience spellbound,” remarked a recent review after a performance with the Columbus Symphony. He has played in the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Symphony, Alexandria Symphony, the Minnesota Symphonia, the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, the National Repertory Orchestra, and more.
Pianist Cameron Bennett, Executive Director of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, Ohio has had an active and carried career as a performing musician, teacher, and music administrator. Leading keyboard artist Lisa Emenheiser of the National Symphony Orchestra graduated from Julliard School, has been recognized by several prestigious awards including The Young Artist in Recital, and has played in major U.S. productions.
Korine Fujiwara graduated from Julliard and Northwestern is a member of the Duvall Trio, the ensemble-in-residence at Ohio Wesleyan University where she is also Instructor of Violin and Viola and is married to Cameron Bennett. Principal cellist for the National Symphony Orchestra, David Hardy is well-known for his recital performances, broadcasts and appearances. Hardy, Wetherbee, and Emenheiser founded the Opus 3 Trio.
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