Festival News
2012
May 1 Graphic Artists
We just received the new graphic art for our 2012 posters. If you would like the honor of doing this job for the festival next year, please read this.
Apr 16 Spring Newsletter
Summer concert dates, words from our artistic director, and general news. The composer spotlight bears on Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Special feature about Beethoven. The upcoming season will bring a few short, sometimes humorous, works of modern chamber opera. (4 pages, pdf format, 3Mb)
Feb 05 Yuri Namkung at NW Bach
Violinist Yuri Namkung will perform at the Northwest Bach Festival in Spokane, led by Gunther Schuller, on February 28th, 2012.
Jan 27 Anderson and Roe—Boffo in Bellingham
A jolly contingent of local residents projected their own brand of Methow Valley hospitality all the way to Bellingham's Western Washington University to hear upcoming international star Elizabeth Joy Roe.
2011
Nov 15 Fall Newsletter
Summer concert dates, artistic director's column, new faces, other news (2 pages, pdf format, 200Kb).
Nov 15 Simon Says...
Felicity James has just won the WA State Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Strings Competition, competing in the Senior Division.
Nov 14 New Faces
This year a lot of people have joined our organization. That's a reflection of our growth, and the tremendous local support enjoyed by our festival. To each new member of our organization, I say, "Thank you." It's the people that make a festival great.
Nov 13 Bachianas Electrifies Audience
Dave Chantler reacts to an extraordinary performance of Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No 5.
Nov 12 Hosting an Artist
Nancy Acheson relates the joys of hosting a professional musician during the festival week.
Nov 1 Survey—Results Are In
Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's survey. The results help clarify who attends our concerts, and why. The numerical responses help us obtain grant funding. All the comments about what you liked a lot, and what you liked not so much, will guide our preparation for next year.
Aug 1 Society of Musicians
Our unique festival format promotes interaction between the musicians and the community in a variety of settings. Sometimes, we discover hidden talents. Here's Eugenia Choi, our delicate and refined violinist, blasting away at the annual skeet shoot.
July 28 King FM
Announcer Sean MacLean will feature music and concert information for the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival on Classical KING FM's Northwest Focus program in anticipation of upcoming 2011 summer concerts.
Artistic Director Kevin Krentz narrates this 4-min. video showing beautiful photographs and live musical scenes from the 2010 festival.
July 8 Get Involved with Music
The fun thing about getting involved is, you meet so many people who share your love of fine music. Here are some ways you can get involved.
Think about the festival every day, and the fantastic music it brings to our area, with this free desktop background art...
June 11 Concertmaster Jing Wang
Canadian violinist Jing Wang, newly-appointed Concertmaster for the Dallas Opera under Maestro Graeme Jenkins, will return to Twisp for this summer's festival.
Our own artistic director, Kevin Krentz, has just earned his Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Washington for his thesis, "Vibrato and the Cello."
June 1 Spring Newsletter
General festival news, preview of 2011 program. Includes feature articles about our musical goals, the Chamber Music Camp, and community involvement. (4 pages, pdf format, 283 KB).
May 18 Thanks to a Terrific Work Party
Thanks to a terrific work party on Saturday, May 14, we accomplished many of our construction goals for the year.
May 14 Work Party
If you can swing a hammer, or even just lean on a shovel, come lend your spirit to our work party on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at the Festival grounds.
April 23 Parker Quartet to Appear in Twisp
The Grammy award-winning Parker Quartet will appear onstage in Twisp at this summer's festival.
April 23 Spring Is Here
In the springtime, when the sun warms the ground, animal life abounds here at Signal Hill Ranch. This year the mild, wet winter brought us a bountious harvert of birds, frogs, and other creatures.
April 11 Local Man Carves Giant Violin Heads
Bruce Morrison, an accomplished woodcarver and renowned artist, has produced what may be the world's largest carved violin scroll-heads.
2010
Dec 15 NPR Best Albums of 2010
The latest album by our Festival artistic director Kevin Krentz, working alongside violinist Kwan Bin Park and pianist Tanya Stambuk as the Finisterra Trio, has just been listed...
Aug 9 Chamber Music Festival Class of 2010
The 2010 camp brought 12 talented young musicians to our festival, including winners of many awards and honors both locally and even nationally...
Aug 8 George Shangrow 5/13/51 to 7/31/10 Popular Seattle area music director and radio personality George Shangrow was killed in a tragic automobile accident during a thunderstorm. The accident occured...
