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Peggy Dettwiler (shown) will be conducting the Festival Chorus and the EMMF Orchestra this Friday, July 28 at Mansfield University.

The Endless Mountain Music Festival continues with EMMF Orchestra concerts this Friday July 28 at Mansfield featuring Peggy Dettwiler and this Saturday July 29 at Corning with Stephen Gunzenhauser conducting and a free outdoor concert with the brass quintet at Cherry Springs State Park this Sunday July 30.

At 7 p.m. this Friday, July 28 in Mansfield University’s Steadman Theater, Festival Resident Conductor Teresa Cheung will direct the EMMF Orchestra in a performance of Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin’s “Carmen Suite for Strings.” “His daring and refreshing arrangement of Georges Bizet’s opera ‘Carmen’ gives the well-known melodies a decidedly different and contemporary feel,” said Cheung. “It is exciting to look at the music with fresh eyes and ears and to bring out new sentiments and extremes through the new combination of sounds.”

Mansfield University Choral Activities Director Peggy Dettwiler will then conduct the EMMF Orchestra and 39 Festival Chorus singers with four soloists in performing Mozart’s popular “Coronation Mass K.317” on July 28.

At 7 p.m. this Saturday, July 29, the EMMF Orchestra, under the baton of Maestro Gunzenhauser, will perform “Classic Gems,” including Piazzolia’s “Tangazo,” Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante” and Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 7” at 7 p.m. at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, N.Y. BOGO (buy one, get one free) tickets will be available at the door on July 29 for that night’s concert.

“Explore the Universe,” a free concert featuring the EMMF Brass Quintet and percussion is at 8 p.m. this Sunday, July 30 at Cherry Springs State Park at 4639 Cherry Springs Road, Coudersport. Judith Saxton and Brian Strawley on trumpet, Rebecca Dodson-Webster on French horn, Alexander Walden on trombone, Kevin Ladd on tuba and Jason Mathena on percussion will play musical arrangements under the stars in the Night Sky Viewing Area. Among the selections are: “El Capitan,” “Romanian Folk Dances,” “The Severn Suite,” “Beale Street Blues,” “Just a Closer Walk,” ”In a Sentimental Mood,” “Moonlight Serenade,” “Stayin’ Alive,” “We Are the Champions” and “Message in a Bottle.” A laser-guided Night Sky Tour and a Moon Watch using telescopes will follow. Bring lawn chairs, blankets and coats as it gets chilly after dark. To preregister for this free program, call 814-435-1037, online at http://events.dcnr.pa.gov/cherry_springs_state_park/calendar or email cherryspringsee@pa.gov.

From the Forests of La Plata to the Meadows of Bohemia” features Hua Jin and Phil Palermo on violin and Melanie Mashner on harp at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 31 in the Deane Center’s Grand Community Room at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro. To be played are: “Danse Macabre” in G Minor” for two violins, the “Café 1930” and “Night Club 1960” movements of Piazzolla’s “The History of the Tango” for violin and harp and “Capriccio No. 1 in D Minor” for violins.

Tuesday, Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. is “Under the Summer Sky” at the Gmeiner Art and Cultural Center at 134 Main Street in Wellsboro. The EMMF Brass Quintet and percussion will perform Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal,” Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Eye of the Tiger,” “The Final Countdown,” “Paranoid Android,” “Jump,” Neil Diamond’s “I’m a Believer,” Sting’s “Message in a Bottle,” and John Lennon’s “Imagine,” as well as Bach’s “Badinerie,” Ewald’s “Quintet No. 2 in E-Flat for Brass” and Piazzolla’s “Tango Suite.”

“Anyone Can Play The Drums,” a free concert, is at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug, 2 at the Knoxville Yoked Church at 110 Alba Street, in Knoxville. Featured will be Jason Mathena and David Wert, percussionists. There will be a traditional Afro-Cuban “hands-on” demonstration. Selections to be performed are: “Clapping Music,” “Nature Boy,” “The Girl from Ipanema,” “Double Take,”“Conversation for Two Tambourines,”” “Catching Shadows,” “Rhythmic Caprice” and “Surface Tension.”

“Big Band Sounds from Hollywood” featuring jazz pianist Bram Wijnands, saxophonist Rick Doganiero and Friends is at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 3 in the Deane Center’s Coolidge Theatre at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro. The music will be announced from the stage.

The 17th Season will end with three EMMF Orchestra concerts, on Friday, Aug. 4 at Mansfield University, Saturday, Aug. 5 at the Corning Museum of Glass and a free Pops concert at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 5 at the Nasser Ice Rink at the Corning Civic Center Plaza in Corning, N.Y.

Youth, 20 and under, are admitted free to all festival concerts.

A flex pass to attend any six festival concerts is $150 or $25 per concert.

To purchase tickets or a flex pass or for more information about the concerts, call the Endless Mountain Music Festival Box Office at (570) 787-7800 or visit www.endlessmountain.net.

Diane Eaton
dianetn@ptd.net
(570) 724-3800