Moab Music Festival Newsletter

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Festival Honored By Utah Governor

58 East 300 South Moab UT 84532(435) 259-7003 fax(435) 259-7044

Non Profit OrgUS Postage

PAIDPermit 44Moab Utah

84532

16th Season Aug 28 -Sep 13

Michael Barret t Music DirectorLesl ie Tomkins Art is t ic Director

On Wednesday September 19 the Festival received a Utah Governorrsquos Mansion Artist Award Three times each year Governor Jon and First Lady Mary Kaye Huntsman honor a performing artist or group together with a visual artist and a culinary artist taking the opportunity to celebrate Utahrsquos diversity of artistic expression and the beautiful restoration of the Kearns Mansion Violinist Tim Fain joined Michael Barrett and Leslie Tomkins to entertain guests with Zimmerlirsquos A stream than all more strong for solo violin Elgarrsquos Salut Drsquoamour for viola and piano and Allegro from

Mozartrsquos Duo for violin and viola K 423 in G-Major One of Utahrsquos ldquofirst daughtersrdquo pianist Mary Ann Huntsman joined Michael in a performance of Brazileira from Milhaudrsquos Scaramouche for

two pianos

Artist-in-Residence amp Assembly Program Touches

Entire Community The Festivalrsquos Artist-in-Residence and School Assembly programs remained in full swing in the second half of 2007 Beginning early in August the Festival brought new artists to Moab and with them new opportunities for members of our Community young and old to enjoy and learn about music Jamie Bernstein joined Marco Granados and his group of outstanding Latin jazz musicians to share Sonidos Latinos music from Latin America to assemblies at Red Rock Elementary and Helen M Knight Schools The

Enjoy the Festival Video Online at

wwwmoabmusicfestorg

students who clapped shouted and joined in on maracas were encouraged to bring their families to the free Sonidos Latinos Family Concert in Swanny Park on September 8 Middle and High School students enjoyed assemblies with the PhilharMoab- a 20-piece chamber orchestra-as-football-team ldquoCoachrdquo Michael Barrett (joined by two students as ldquosubrdquo conductors) demonstrated how leadership and teamwork results in a ldquowinningrdquo performance Artist-in-Residence Christopher Layer also had a

busy schedule this summer Arriving in Moab on August 9 he rehearsed the Moab Community Dance Band for their appearance at the Rocky Mountain Power Family Picnic Labor Day concert in Old City Park as well as at a contra

continued on page 4

Artistic Director Leslie Tomkins receives the MMFrsquos Governorrsquos Mansion Artist Award from First Lady Mary Kaye Huntsman as Music Director Michael Barrett and Governor Jon Huntsman look onMary Ann Huntsman and Michael Barrett heat up the Ballroom

with Darius Milhaudrsquos Scaramouche

Elena Pinderhughes and Jackeline Rago jam center stage at the free Swanny Park Sonidos Latinos

Christopher Layer charms students and teachers at the Moab Charter School with his flute

Photo Credits

Page 1 Utah Governorrsquos Award-Bart Olsen Program Touches Entire Community- Andrew Yarosh Erik Jorgensen Page 2 Neal Herbert Page 3 Neal Herbert

E-mail or Snail Mail

The Festival is in the process of updating our database If you prefer to receive future newsletters and other communications via e-mail please let us know at

infomoabmusicfestorg

Extra Space in Moab

Please consider opening your home or condo for visiting art-ists and their families between the dates of August 26th and September 14th 2008 E-mail the Festival office or call (435) 259-7003 for more info

to witness music which doesnrsquot immediately bring to mind some other music when you cannot directly discern the lineage or tradition it is born from when the music seems to be an amalgamation of the history of ideas a summit not yet explored by art This was the pervading feeling I had listening to 2 Foot Yard These three musicians all eclectic as their music brought sounds from a violin cello and drum kit that I previously thought impossible Balancing the poetic and the political it was far beyond any existing ldquoismrdquo If the music seemed at times difficult to listen to this only adds to the sublimity of it like a mountain that is both terrifying and beautiful Sometimes I try to imagine opening night of Le Sacre half the audience in bliss half in a rage Itrsquos the type of concert you think isnrsquot possible anymore and yet there was an element of this awakening that night when 2 Foot Yard played on September 7th It was music evoking not just a passive listening experience but a real reaction almost visceral definitely palpable as music should always be heard as art should always be made

Briana Being immersed in music and landscape for weeks conjured a longing that provoked me to step outside the norm to be altered in some way This inspired me to realize my own music in the landscape Joining a percussionist and a violinist to play accordion in the wetlands preserve until two am took that longing from a murmur to an absolute buzz And then at Onion Creekrsquos From Russia with Love concert the buzz became electrifying when I was struck by what was flowing from within the tent Backstage with the Fisher Towers as my backdrop I peeked through the tent flap to see Ilya Poletaev alone on the stage with the piano The heartfelt melody he was playing was mesmerizing uniting whim with rare simplicity that triggered a barrage of emotions and images just barely held together by my stillness I had no idea what it wasmdashbeing a surprise addition in the programmdashbut I understood it or maybe it understood me Ilya later told me what he had playedmdashNicolai Medtnerrsquos Skaski or Fairy Tales Our wetlands preserve trio was stirred again to play that night Sometimes something is shaken in us and we lose track of time and language and music becomes the only thing that makes sense

Memory Sketches from the Moab Music Festival Pencil Pushers

Music Directorrsquos Minute Our 15th Festival was so gratifying as Leslie and I

enjoyed all the different events and reveled in the growing sense of community both local and imported Looking ahead to next year we have exciting things to announce now with many many more to share with you as they become definite so check our website wwwmoabmusicfestorg regularly for the latest news William Bolcom one of Americarsquos most important living composers will be our Composer-in-Residence Opera lovers know Bolcom from his operas which have been heard at the Chicago Lyric and the Metropolitan Operas Bill and his amazing wife the mezzo-soprano Joan Morris have been the primary exponents of American popular song over the past three decades Composers Derek Bermel and John Musto disciples of Bolcom will also join us as both composers and performers for a Festival chock-full of the best in American chamber music We hope to have Paquito DrsquoRivera back with his special blend of music which ranges from Cuba through all of Latin

America Paquito calls it ldquoChamber Jazzrdquo but I think it is better described as ldquoclassical-folk-Afro-Cuban patrician boom-boom chamber jazzrdquo In other words you never know what to expect but the music will be soulful rhythmic danceable and stunningly

performed We look forward to performing in the renovated (and air conditioned) Star Hall and plan to continue our signature Colorado River Benefit Concerts our tent concerts at Red Cliffs Adventure Lodge Sorrell River Ranch and other striking settings in the landscape In addition we are working with one of our sponsors to present an amazing opening ldquoextravaganzardquo So stay tuned and make your plans now to be in Moab next summer We are also hard at work planning our Colorado River Musical Adventure for June 15-19 2008 So

if yoursquove never experienced this unique blend of river landscape and music consider joining us for this unforgettable experience next year

Michael BarrettMusic Director

Leslie TomkinsArtistic Director

Andrew E YaroshExecutive Director

Rex HolmanOperations Director

Briana RattermanAdministrative Manager

Erik JorgensenFestival Assistant

Sandy TysonChief Financial Officer

Joanne MantikosProgram Book Ad Sales

Marvelee BrewerHousing Coordinator

Steve BudelierIT Support

Dworkin amp CompanyPublicist

Festival Staff

2

The Moab Music Festival 15th Anniversary was special in so many ways Festival veterans had the opportunity to re-connect with our unique blend of music in concert with the landscape but the Festival was entirely new for the Staff Andrew E Yarosh Executive Director Briana Ratterman AdministrativeBox Office Manager and Erik Jorgensen Festival Assistant were all ldquonewbiesrdquo who had never been to even one concert before this August Thanks to the great foundations that were built before their arrival these three new additions were able to join Director of Operations Rex Holman and a dedicated cadre of experienced Festival ldquofamilyrdquo to keep things running while being able to stop and breathe just enough to take in the remarkable moments around them Here are some favorite memories from these Festival newcomers

Andrew Brahmsrsquo Op 40 Trio for violin French Horn and piano has always been one of my favorite compositions of Romantic chamber music Having experienced the unique acoustics of the Grotto on the 2007 Colorado River Musical Adventure Raft Trip I knew that the August 30 performance of the Horn Trio with Jennifer Frautschi Erik Ruske and Eric Zivian would be a special experience The first two movements were delightful but what transpired as Eric Zivian began the third movement was a moment of musical transcendence Eric with stunning courage

t o o k a tempo that was achingly slow playing the opening phrase so quietly that it seemed to emerge

from the stillness of the Grotto itself And Jennifer and Eric took up their parts in

perfect coordination drawing me in so completely that the music and the space were completely integrated casting a spell which hovered throughout until the rollicking Allegro con brio of the Finale brought me back to earth

Erik It is a rare experience to be able

A Musicianrsquos Sketches A close up of Tanya Tomkinsrsquo music for Bachrsquos Sonata for Unaccompanied Cello No 5 in c minor BWV 1011

Over 460 music lovers enjoyed the Pavilion at Sorrell River Ranch during Highland Hootenanny

to witness music which doesnrsquot immediately bring to mind some other music when you cannot directly discern the lineage or tradition it is born from when the music seems to be an amalgamation of the history of ideas a summit not yet explored by art This was the pervading feeling I had listening to 2 Foot Yard These three musicians all eclectic as their music brought sounds from a violin cello and drum kit that I previously thought impossible Balancing the poetic and the political it was far beyond any existing ldquoismrdquo If the music seemed at times difficult to listen to this only adds to the sublimity of it like a mountain that is both terrifying and beautiful Sometimes I try to imagine opening night of Le Sacre half the audience in bliss half in a rage Itrsquos the type of concert you think isnrsquot possible anymore and yet there was an element of this awakening that night when 2 Foot Yard played on September 7th It was music evoking not just a passive listening experience but a real reaction almost visceral definitely palpable as music should always be heard as art should always be made

Briana Being immersed in music and landscape for weeks conjured a longing that provoked me to step outside the norm to be altered in some way This inspired me to realize my own music in the landscape Joining a percussionist and a violinist to play accordion in the wetlands preserve until two am took that longing from a murmur to an absolute buzz And then at Onion Creekrsquos From Russia with Love concert the buzz became electrifying when I was struck by what was flowing from within the tent Backstage with the Fisher Towers as my backdrop I peeked through the tent flap to see Ilya Poletaev alone on the stage with the piano The heartfelt melody he was playing was mesmerizing uniting whim with rare simplicity that triggered a barrage of emotions and images just barely held together by my stillness I had no idea what it wasmdashbeing a surprise addition in the programmdashbut I understood it or maybe it understood me Ilya later told me what he had playedmdashNicolai Medtnerrsquos Skaski or Fairy Tales Our wetlands preserve trio was stirred again to play that night Sometimes something is shaken in us and we lose track of time and language and music becomes the only thing that makes sense

Memory Sketches from the Moab Music Festival Pencil Pushers

Music Directorrsquos Minute Our 15th Festival was so gratifying as Leslie and I

enjoyed all the different events and reveled in the growing sense of community both local and imported Looking ahead to next year we have exciting things to announce now with many many more to share with you as they become definite so check our website wwwmoabmusicfestorg regularly for the latest news William Bolcom one of Americarsquos most important living composers will be our Composer-in-Residence Opera lovers know Bolcom from his operas which have been heard at the Chicago Lyric and the Metropolitan Operas Bill and his amazing wife the mezzo-soprano Joan Morris have been the primary exponents of American popular song over the past three decades Composers Derek Bermel and John Musto disciples of Bolcom will also join us as both composers and performers for a Festival chock-full of the best in American chamber music We hope to have Paquito DrsquoRivera back with his special blend of music which ranges from Cuba through all of Latin

America Paquito calls it ldquoChamber Jazzrdquo but I think it is better described as ldquoclassical-folk-Afro-Cuban patrician boom-boom chamber jazzrdquo In other words you never know what to expect but the music will be soulful rhythmic danceable and stunningly

performed We look forward to performing in the renovated (and air conditioned) Star Hall and plan to continue our signature Colorado River Benefit Concerts our tent concerts at Red Cliffs Adventure Lodge Sorrell River Ranch and other striking settings in the landscape In addition we are working with one of our sponsors to present an amazing opening ldquoextravaganzardquo So stay tuned and make your plans now to be in Moab next summer We are also hard at work planning our Colorado River Musical Adventure for June 15-19 2008 So

if yoursquove never experienced this unique blend of river landscape and music consider joining us for this unforgettable experience next year

Michael BarrettMusic Director

Leslie TomkinsArtistic Director

Andrew E YaroshExecutive Director

Rex HolmanOperations Director

Briana RattermanAdministrative Manager

Erik JorgensenFestival Assistant

Sandy TysonChief Financial Officer

Joanne MantikosProgram Book Ad Sales

Marvelee BrewerHousing Coordinator

Steve BudelierIT Support

Dworkin amp CompanyPublicist

Festival Staff

2

The Moab Music Festival 15th Anniversary was special in so many ways Festival veterans had the opportunity to re-connect with our unique blend of music in concert with the landscape but the Festival was entirely new for the Staff Andrew E Yarosh Executive Director Briana Ratterman AdministrativeBox Office Manager and Erik Jorgensen Festival Assistant were all ldquonewbiesrdquo who had never been to even one concert before this August Thanks to the great foundations that were built before their arrival these three new additions were able to join Director of Operations Rex Holman and a dedicated cadre of experienced Festival ldquofamilyrdquo to keep things running while being able to stop and breathe just enough to take in the remarkable moments around them Here are some favorite memories from these Festival newcomers

Andrew Brahmsrsquo Op 40 Trio for violin French Horn and piano has always been one of my favorite compositions of Romantic chamber music Having experienced the unique acoustics of the Grotto on the 2007 Colorado River Musical Adventure Raft Trip I knew that the August 30 performance of the Horn Trio with Jennifer Frautschi Erik Ruske and Eric Zivian would be a special experience The first two movements were delightful but what transpired as Eric Zivian began the third movement was a moment of musical transcendence Eric with stunning courage

t o o k a tempo that was achingly slow playing the opening phrase so quietly that it seemed to emerge

from the stillness of the Grotto itself And Jennifer and Eric took up their parts in

perfect coordination drawing me in so completely that the music and the space were completely integrated casting a spell which hovered throughout until the rollicking Allegro con brio of the Finale brought me back to earth

Erik It is a rare experience to be able

A Musicianrsquos Sketches A close up of Tanya Tomkinsrsquo music for Bachrsquos Sonata for Unaccompanied Cello No 5 in c minor BWV 1011

Over 460 music lovers enjoyed the Pavilion at Sorrell River Ranch during Highland Hootenanny

One of the 2007 Festivalrsquos special treats was that Karen Gomyo and Jennifer Frautschi both performed on their Stradivarius violins - even in the Grotto This photo shows them (with pianist Eric Zivian) during the August 30 concert Jennifer plays the 1722

Stradivarius known as the ldquoex-Cadizrdquo on loan to her from a private American foundation Karen plays the 1703 Stradivarius ldquoex-Foulisrdquo on loan to her from an anonymous sponsor The names associated with the instruments refer to their former owners

While it may be their favorite Festival performing at the Moab Music Festival is just one of many things our musicians do Using the most advanced investigation technology (we e-mailed them and asked them) here is what we found out about some of our friends from the 2007 Festival Music Director Michael Barrett will preside over Caramoorrsquos Beethovenrsquos Shadow series this fall after having conducted at the Kennedy Center Oct 7 celebrated the 20th anniversary of the New York Festival of Song which began Oct 16 and is planning a 5-city tour with the Israel Philharmonic for February 2008 Robert Black double bass will be at the KNOB Festival perform a solo recital at the Hartt School and tour with the dynamic organization Bang on a Can Natalie Haas cellist is celebrating the release of a new CD In the Moment When not teaching at Berklee School of Music in Boston shersquoll perform at the Connections Festival

in Glasgow Scotland and on a ldquofiddle trainrdquo where workshops and concerts will take place on board a train Tim Fain violin has a new CD of solo violin music called Arches coming out soon Hersquoll perform Aaron Jay Kernisrsquo (a former Moab Composer-in-Residence) Violin Concerto Lament and

Prayer with the Baltimore Symphony in late November Busy with her teaching pianist Susie Petrov is also working on a CD of Scottish dance music In December shersquoll join Chris Layer Steve Gibb and Paul Woodiel (all from our Highland Hootenanny) in New Jersey for a concert called Pipes of Christmas Eric Thomas clarinet saxophone conducts the Colby College Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band throughout the year and in May of 2008 (for the third year in a row) the Eric Thomas Jazz Quintet will perform at the annual Bucking Horse Sale in Montana This fall cellist Edward Arron appeared throughout South Carolina with Charles Wadsworth and Friends performed at New Yorkrsquos Bargemusic presented solo recitals at Caramoor and at Chamber Music Stamford He returned to Caramoor for a concert in The Music Room and traveled to Dublin for a concert (with Jennifer Frautschi) at the National Gallery of Ireland featuring the music of Elliot Carter and Aaron

Board of Trustees

Hank RutterPresidentMoab UT

Jim LindheimVice-PresidentCastle Valley UT

Susan FralickSecretaryMoab UT

W Scott BarrettTreasurerLogan UT

Michael BarrettMusic DirectorRiverdale NY

Leslie TomkinsArtistic DirectorRiverdale NY

Alice CorningMill Valley CA

Steven DamronSan Francisco CA

Geralyn W DreyfousSalt Lake City UT

Kaaron JorgenCastle Valley UT

Theresa KingMoab UT

Suzanne LewisMoab UT

Marsha MorrisonMoab UT

Gene PackSalt Lake City UT

Shari H QuinneySalt Lake City UT

Jim TendickMoab UT

Anne WilsonMoab UT

3

Music Directorrsquos Minute

Where are They NowCopland 2 Foot Yard are on a tour of Europe playing everywhere from Milan to Oslo and they will release their new CD Yard Work this winter Jamie Bernstein will bring the Sonidos Latinos concert from Moab to Carnegie Hall will narrate Bernstein on Broadway for the Phoenix Symphony and Minneapolis Orchestra as well as The Bernstein Beat for the Philadelphia Orchestra In her spare time she is preparing for an avalanche of activities observing Leonard Bernsteinrsquos 90th birthday in 2008 Marco Granados released his new CD available through his website wwwsunflutecom He performs at the Oakland Planetarium on November 18 and on December 8th will join Paquito DrsquoRivera at Carnegie Hall In November Karen Gomyo performed Dvořakrsquos Violin Concerto with the New Jersey Symphony and the Sibelius Concerto with the Thunder Bay (Ontario) Symphony She returns to Utah for performances of the Khachaturian Violin Concerto with the Utah Symphony on January 4 and 5 2008 In April 2008 she performs the Dvořak Concerto at her debut with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Glasgow Karen also visits the Southwest on May 15 16 and 17 to play the Khachaturian Violin Concerto with the Phoenix Symphony Jennifer Frautschi travels to Moscow to perform Beethovenrsquos Triple Concerto with the Moscow State Symphony and to Amsterdam for Beethovenrsquos Violin Concerto with the Rheinische Philharmonie at the Concertgebouw and joins Festival colleague cellist Edward Arron with the Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert in May 2008 in New York Maria Bachman and Trio Solisti released a CD including Mussorgskyrsquos Pictures at an Exhibition (which they performed on the September 5 House Concert this year) She performed a solo recital with Jon Klibonoff of The Red Violin CD program at Bostonrsquos Jordan Hall will premiere Jay Reisersquos Violin Concerto at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia and travels with Trio Solisti to Adelphi University and Merkin Hall in New York Columbia MD Boston San Antonio and Logan UT

Natalie Haas Paul Woodiel Steve Gibb (and Emily Smithrsquos back) at Highland Hootenanny

Tanya Tomkinsrsquo Moab Moment When chamber music is played in a house it creates a certain intimacy for both player and listener that is hard to capture in a concert hall This yearrsquos Festival was full of highlights

for me and as always in Moab the incredible variety of the venues was a big part of the fun Irsquom a sucker for playing in houses (having started my own series of house concerts in California) and was lucky enough to take

part in two such concerts this year Both were so much fun that I am hard pressed to choose between them but I will simply have to try The musicians arrived at the Spanish Valley house early to try out the space This amazing house is perched in the rocks and overlooks a vast canyon which makes for the most magnificent back yard you have ever seen The house is surprisingly cozy considering the surroundings We rehearsed our Beethoven and Mozart on a small platform in the living room as trays of Beef Wellington floated past The staff of the Center Cafeacute nervous and excited about their part in the eveningrsquos production was warming up too Karen Gomyo and I hung out in the upstairs bedroom dressing for the concert to the sounds of the flute and cuatro Marco Granados and Jackie Rago were rehearsing their Venezuelan duos I had never heard a cuatro before and to hear what Jackie could do with rhythm melody gesture everything on this little strummed instrument from Venezuela was the highlight of the Festival for me I was overwhelmed to hear them

play this music with so much commitment and soul After the concert everyone was in a good mood The musicians sat with the guests on the back deck enjoying t h e Beef Wellington which was a smashing success Our wine glasses clinked above the white tablecloths accompanying animated conversations When the light faded completely there were only the flames of the candles illuminating our faces and the expansive darkness of the canyon beneath us The contrast between Mozart and Venzuelan music one with its restrained beauty and sophistication the other a glimpse into another world something perhaps more liberated and certainly less familiar was like the end of this evening melting into the landscape outside

Tanya Tomkins performs Bach on her Baroque cello at the Professor Valley House Concert

Cellist Edward Arron

Karen Gomyo in the Grotto

Cadiz and Foulis Meet at the Grotto

2008 Encore Club The Encore Club is designed to recognize and thank individuals who generously donate cash or securities to the Moab Music Festival As detailed below depending on the size of the donations various benefits are offered But perhaps the greatest benefit of all is the satisfaction of becoming a very special friend to the future of the music in concert with the landscape

$100 Applause Level

2 Priority Seating cards Each card when combined with a ticket (purchased separately) allows priority seating for one 2008 concert

$250 Ovation Level

1 Season Priority Seating card When combined with a ticket (purchased separately) allows priority seating for all 2008 concerts Priority mailing to notify patron of the opportunity to purchase of 2008 river and house benefit event tickets

$500 Standing Ovation Level 2 Season Priority Seating cards Each card when combined with a ticket (purchased separately) allows priority seating for all 2008 concerts Priority mailing as described in Ovation level

$1000 Bravo Level Up to 5 Season Priority Seating cards Each card when combined with a ticket (purchased separately) allows priority seating for all 2008 concerts Priority mailing as described in Ovation level 1 season ticket ($120 value) Invitation to artist parties during the festival

$2500 Bravissimo Level Up to 5 priority seating season cards Each card when combined with a ticket (purchased separately) allows priority seating for all 2008 concerts Priority mailing as described in Ovation level 2 season tickets ($240 value) Invitation to artist parties during the festival excludes benefit events and free family picnic concert

Membership to the Encore Club is based on donations of cash or securities made to the Moab Music Festival between September 16 2007 and September 14 2008 Purchase of benefit event tickets do not apply Membership is annual The Moab Music Festival is a 501(c)(3) organization Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law If you choose to decline member benefits you may deduct the full amount of your gift

2007 Artists

Edward Arron cello

Michael Barrett piano

Jamie Bernstein narrator

Robert Black double bass

Stephen Burns trumpet

Timothy Fain violin

Jennifer Frautschi violin

Steve Gibb guitar

Pedro Giraudo bass

Karen Gomyo violin

Marco Granados flute

Natalie Hass cello

Ben Hermann percussion

Paul Hersh viola and piano

L P How violin and viola

Thomas Kraines cello

Dina Kuznetsova soprano

Jonita Lattimore soprano

Christopher Layer bagpipes and flutes

Lali Mejia percussion

James Martin baritone

Susie Petrov piano

Elena Pinderhughes flute and voice

Samora Pinderhughes keyboard

Ilya Poletaev piano

Jackeline Rago cuatro and percussion

John Rojak trombone

Eric Ruske French horn

Emily Smith voice and accordion

Eric Thomas clarinet and E-flat saxophone

Tanya Tomkins cello

Leslie Tomkins viola

Paul Woodiel fiddle and violin

Eric Zivian piano

2 Foot Yard

Marika Hughes cello and voice

Shahzad Ismaily percussion and voice

Carla Kihlstedt violin and voice

Trio Solisti

Maria Bachmann violin

Jon Klibonoff piano

Alexis Pia Gerlach cello

Turtle Island Quartet

David Balakrishnan violin

Evan Price violin

Mark Summer cello

Mads Tolling viola

4

Programs Touch Communityhellip continued from page 1

dance at the Moab Arts and Recreation Center (MARC) He also performed at the senior center Red Rock Elementary School and at the Moab Charter School taught free classes for local residents at the MARC and hosted the Desert Dances program on KZMU The eclectic cello-violin-drum trio 2 Foot Yard gave local teens at Club Red an informative and intimate look into the contemporary music world playing music and talking about everything from their most embarrassing moments on stage to what it takes to become a professional musician to Joseph Conradrsquos Heart of Darkness The Festivalrsquos Artist-in-Residence program continues

We Need Your Help

Volunteers make the Moab Music Festival run smoothly Our deepest thanks to all that made the 2007 Festival such a resounding success including our 2007 Volunteer Coordinator Gregg Poettgen

Heather Antonissen Head Usher bull Jacque Beechel CD Sales bull Kris Hurlbert Concessions bull Ron Regher Parking Captain bull Joyce Adair bullCarol Almson bull Lani amp Rodney Asay bull Sue Beckham bull Chad Beyer bull Laura Cameron bull Terry Carlson bull Alice Corning bull Margaret Cochran bull Bonnie Crysdale bull Dennis Diadezzio bull Wendy Dickson bull Sarah Fields bull Susan Fralick bull Victoria Fugit bull Valerie Gardner bull Sara Fay Goldman bull Lee Goodman bull Audrey Graham bull Tess Graham bull Tim Graham bull Petra Hegger bull Nancy Holman bull Marlene Huckaby bull Roger Huckins bull Patty Jones bull Kaaron Jorgen bull Gary Karousik bull Carolyn King bull Theresa King bull Joe Kingsley bull Suzanne Lewis bull Sandy Lightner bull Jim Lindheim bull Vonda Louthan bull Sheryl MacLeod bull Paul Malluk bull Anthony Mason bull Bruce McCabe bull Kate McMillan bull Emily Miller bull Marsha Modine bull Thea Nordling bull Gene Pack bull Ginger Patterson bull Judy Powers bull Jeanne Ratterman bull Carmine Roberto bull Jim Robinson bull Sharifeh Robinson bull Wright Robinson bull Judy Rousso bull Rita Rumrill bull Hank Rutter bull Betty Sagrillo bull Wilma Siliger bull Alberta Smith bull Kelly Stelter bull Bill Stevens bull Kate Stevens bull Eve Stocks bullMarge Stocks bull Jim Tendick bull Jim Tharp bull Merina Toninelli bull Janie Tuft bull Judy Turner bull Sandy Tyson bull Russ Von Koch bull Mary Von Koch bull Hal Walters bull Collette Webster bull Irene Werginz bull Helen Sue Whitney bull Ed Wiley bull Anne Wilson bull Charley Wrather bull Maggie Wyatt

Sincere Thanks to our Volunteers

Thanks see you next year

Special Thanks to Kaytered Indulgence

We appreciated giving Festival goers the opportunity to enjoy the culinary magic of Kaye Davis and her company Kaytered Indulgence Kaye created all of the tasty snacks and drinks that were for sale at the 2007 Festival Congratulations Kaye on a job well done

The Moab Music Festival depends on the generosity and support of hundreds of individuals to help us bring great music to Southeastern Utah Ticket sales and Benefit Concerts cover only 22 of the cost of making the Festival happen each year Please help us make music in concert with the landscape by joining our Encore Club with a donation through our website or by returning the enclosed envelope Yoursquoll enjoy the benefits detailed below and the satisfaction of ensuring that the Festival continues to grow in the future

wwwmoabmusicfestorg

Celebrating Sights and Sounds with Moabrsquos Own

Bridget Phillips

Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor Grand County High School student Bridget Phillips enjoyed the September 6 Colorado River Benefit Concert A musician since the 4th grade she studies viola with Lou Alcorn and plays in the Moab Community Dance Band She has participated in many workshops and classes given by Christopher Layer and Marco Granados through the Festivalrsquos Artist-in-Residence Program Bridget wrote of her experience ldquoIt was my first time going that far down the river When we arrived at the Grotto I was amazed It was so beautiful I sat on the rocks up above the musicicians and loved the natural amplification My favorite part of the concert was during Marcorsquos piece (Jet Whistle by Heitor Villa Lobos) As he was playing his flute in the upper octave a cactus wren started to sing along with him I love that the performance was not in an auditorium it is in a natural environment which made the music so special After the concert we had time to talk to the musicians and socialize with everyone else on the trip I had a fantastic time The Music Festival has created great opportunities for me and it has been lots of fun I am grateful to Christopher for recommending me for this opportunity and I want to thank the donor and the Festival for offering this unforgettable experience to merdquo