Music Begins Wednesday May 31st!
52nd Sitka Summer Music Festival
Join us for the 52nd Summer Music Festival! This summer we will have back some of your favorite musicians as well as four young musicians from the New World Symphony.
Festival Schedule:
- Mean Queen Café Concerts: Wednesday evenings – May 31 + June 7, 14, & 21 – $10 cover (Cafe ticket link or $10 at door)
- Evening Subscription Concerts at Harrigan Centennial Hall: Fri. & Sat. eves – June 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 22 & 23 (see below)
- Bach’s Lunch at Odess Theater: Thursdays – June 8, 15, & 22 – FREE
- Sea Mart Family Concert: Sunday, June 4 – FREE
- Allen Marine Classical Music Cruise: Sunday, June 11 – Classical Music Cruise $100 (Cruise ticket link)
- Community Crab Feed: Sunday, June 18 – $27.50 – $42.50 (Crab Feed ticket link)
- SMF Brunch Concert: Sunday, June 25 – $100 (Brunch Concert ticket link)
Evening Subscription Concerts – Harrigan Centennial Hall (subscription ticket link is HERE)
- Fridays at 7 p.m.: June 2, 9, 16, & 23
- Saturdays at 7 p.m.: June 3, 10, & 17
- Thursdays at 7 p.m.: June 22
Evening Highlights (highlights only, not full program) – eve. concerts start at 7pm (individual evening ticket link is HERE)
- Fri. June 2 – Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
- ~~~ Christina Choi, violin; Minglun Liu, violin; Martin Sher, viola; Zuill Bailey, cello; Natasha Paremski, piano
- Sat. June 3 – Sergei Rachmaninov – Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 & Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
- ~~~ Zuill Bailey, cello; Natasha Paremski, piano
- Fri. June 9 – Mozart – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major K. 493; Franz Waxman – Piano Quartet a la Mozart
- ~~~ Alex Gonzalez, violin; Martin Sher, viola; Zuill Bailey, cello; Alfredo Oyágüez, piano
- Sat. June 10 – Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55; Mily Balakirev, Islamey: Oriental Fantasy
- ~~~ Natasha Paremski, piano
- Fri. June 16 – Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2 in E-minor, Op. 67
- ~~~ Kurt Nikkanen, violin; Zuill Bailey, cello;Maria Asteriadou, piano
- Sat. June 17 – Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in D-minor, MWV O 3
- ~~~ Kurt Nikkanen, solo violin; Christina Choi, violin; Minglun Liu, violin; Camila Berg, viola; David Olson, cello; Maria Asteriadou, piano
- Thurs. June 22 – Olivier Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time
- ~~~ Chip Phillips, clarinet; Kurt Nikkanen, violin; Zuill Bailey, cello; Maria Asteriadou, piano
- (And also) Felix Mendelssohn – Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
- ~~~ Kurt Nikkanen, violin; Amanda Phillips, violin; Minglun Liu, violin; Christina Choi, violin; Camila Berg, viola; Martin Sher, viola; Zuill Bailey, cello; David Olson, cello
- Fri. June 23 – Johannes Brahms – Trio in A minor for clarinet, cello, and piano Op. 114
- ~~~ Chip Phillips, clarinet; Zuill Bailey, cello; Maria Asteriadou, piano
- (And also) Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – String Sextet in D-minor, Op. 70, “Souvenir de Florence”
- ~~~Kurt Nikkanen, violin; Amanda Howard-Phillips, violin; Camila Berg, viola; Martin Sher, viola; Zuill Bailey, cello; David Olson, cello
