"Rhythm & News"

A PUBLICATION OF


ISSUE #4: TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2014
Festival Folk Spotlight
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Week 5: Verdis Requiem
Tuesday, August 5, 8 PM
Chamber Concert
Works by Beethoven, Dahl, Bartk,
Sibelius, Korngold and Irving Berlin
featuring Heidi Melton, soprano

Thursday, August 7, 8 PM
Saturday, August 9, 8 PM
Festival Orchestra and Chorus
Donato Cabrera, conductor
Dan Perkins, director of choral activities
Verdi: Messa di Requiem
Heidi Melton, soprano
Elizabeth Bishop, mezzo-soprano
AJ Glueckert, tenor
James Westman, bass
For tickets: Silver Center Box Ofce
603.535.2787 / 800.779.3869
nhmf.org
KAITLIN DONOVAN
Sometimes, the most important people are the ones
behind the scenes! Kaitlin Donovan, Stage Manager for the
NH Music Festival, has been involved in the music scene
ever since the third grade, when she got her start singing
in her church choir. She says this was her beginning, but
that she hasnt stopped singing since.
An important member of the Festival, she makes sure all
the concerts and rehearsals run smoothly. She also attends
all run-out concerts, assists move-in and move-out for all
the musicians in the student apartments, and anything
else that needs to be done. She says, The musicians can
go to me with any stage-related questions and I make sure
that they are happy on stage and that we can have a great
concert!
Donovan says the frst moment in her life that made her a
music lover was all thanks to her father.
My Dad was probably the frst person to expose me to
music at a very young age. For as long as I can remember,
he would make me mix CDs of his favorite music and it
became one of my favorite things!
Donovan then found more love for music in her school.
I sang in musicals all through middle school and began
taking voice lessons in the eighth grade as I began taking
music more seriously. In addition to her love for singing,
she has also found enjoyment in experiencing new music
and teaching music.
As she grew up, Donovan began singing in high school
choirs, which she says reinforced her love for music in
diferent ways.
I loved performing as well as studying music. I was
amazed by my choral director and she encouraged me
to go to school for Music Education. Without my early
exposure to music, I probably never would have loved
music as much as I do now!
Some of her favorite musical artists include Ben Folds
and Mumford and Sons. She says her love for these artists
come from their emphasis on lyrics. Its beautiful poetry
that I personally connect with and can relate to. She also
notes her love for opera singer Anna Netrebko, whom
Donovan saw in her frst opera, Anna Bolena by Donizetti.
Donovan clearly has a passion for music, but also for the
Festival itself! She says, The New Hampshire Music Festival
really is a family! I think the environment is so unique and
that all the musicians and their families come to Plymouth,
NH from all over the country (and some from out of the
country) to experience and share music with one another!
I think its very special and Im proud to be a part of the
family!
Hats of to Season 62!
An Evening with Lisa Vroman
Sunday, August 10, 7 PM
Hanaway Theatre - Silver Center for the Arts
114 Main Street, Plymouth, NH

Broadway and cabaret music featuring soprano Lisa Vroman
and the Festival Orchestra
$75/person (special ofer through August 1!)
Fundraiser includes concert, libations, sweets, savories & surprises!

...One of American Musical Theaters most beautiful voices
~Cameron Mackintosh
...Vroman is a musical and theatrical marvel, capable of moving between
the worlds of Opera and Broadway with unnerving ease.
~Joshua Kosman, The San Francisco Chronicle

Gershwin Girl Crazy Overture
Gershwin S Wonderful
Gershwin Someone to Watch Over Me
Gershwin Blue Skies
Bernstein Prologue from West Side Story
Sondheim Broadway Baby
Sondheim Not a Day Goes By

~Intermission~
Libations, Sweets and Savories in the Lobby

Rodgers Carousel Waltzes
Porter Alpine Rose
Porter So in Love/I am Loved
Gershwin Cuban Overture
Lloyd Webber Phantom Stories
PHOTO/ NINA WEINSTEIN
COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Dirt Divas Group Mountain Bike Rides
5PM-7PM
Departs from the Waterville Valley Recreation
Ladies, join us for a weekly ride. Bring your bike or
rent one from the Adventure Center in Town Square.
All abilities welcome. FREE!
Friday, August 8, 2014
Friday Night Fire on Corcoran Pond Beach
7PM-9PM
Corcoran Pond Beach, Town Square
Join us on the beach for a summer campfre. You
bring the smores, chairs & guitar...well bring the fre
& beach volleyball. FREE!
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Live Music at the Woodstock Station
9PM-11:59PM
Woodstock Station, N. Woodstock, NH
Saturday August 9- Sunday, August 10, 2014
22nd Annual Lincoln Summer Craft Fair
Lincoln Village Shops, Main Street, Lincoln, NH
Produced by Castlebery Fairs & Festivals. FREE!
Monday, August 11, 2014
Open Mic Night
6:30PM-8:30PM
15 East Main Street, Conway, NH
Adults, teens and older children are welcome to
come and share original and/or favorite poems,
songs and stories. Sign-up sheet for all who would
like to participate. Everyone is welcome to come and
share, or just to listen. Potluck refreshments - please
bring a goodie to share. The Library will provide hot
cider. Fourth Monday of each month.
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Jay Buckley, owner of MegaPrint and board member for the Festival
started MegaPrint in his own basement in 1994. On September 1st
of this year the business reaches 20 years of service. Buckley says
that the business produces large format printing, and most of his
customers fnd him over the Internet.
Buckley says he greatly enjoys living here in the Lakes Region of
New Hampshire.
He says, It allows me to live in this wonderful part of the world!
I enjoy hiking and skiing, and I appreciate being a part of the
community.
About the town of Plymouth he says, Its a terrifc small town
with the advantages that the college brings, performing arts and
interesting people.
Jay grew up being exposed to classical music by his parents and
notes that he has simply always enjoyed it. He also states his love
for the Beatles and rock and roll, discussing the bands arrival in
America, and expressing his enjoyment to have grown up with all
the wonderful music of the 60s and 70s.
He has lived and seen performances in a variety of places, including
Cleveland, Boston, San Francisco, and New York, and says It was
wonderful to fnd the Festival here in little old Plymouth when I
moved here!
Noting himself a child of the 60s, Jay claims his most powerful
musical moment in his life to be Jackson Browns Running on
Empty concert in the summer of 1978, where he got to sit front and
center on the lawn at Blossom Music Center outside Cleveland.
Buckleys love for music has traveled with him to the town of
Plymouth where he participates in and helps run the Festival. I cant
imagine summer without it! The musicians become a big part of the
community, and the performances liven up the summer social life. I
think its incredibly impressive that a town the size of Plymouth puts
on a festival like this.
Website: nhmf.org Email: [email protected]
Main Ofce: 603.238.9007 Box Ofce: 603.535.2787 / 800.779.3869
MUSIC TRIVIA
1. What is the largest musical instrument in the world?
2. Which composer believed his head would fall of?
3. What was the frst symphony to include trombones?
4. Who was the frst musician to use a baton?
CHECK NEXT WEEKS ISSUE FOR ANSWERS!
Answers from last week: 1. 1600-1750 2. sackbut
3. replacement song in opera 4. incorrect tone from reed instrument
CHAMBER CONCERT
AUGUST 5: CONTRASTS AND VOCAL MUSINGS
Walter Gray, cello; George Lopez, piano; Diane Nicholeris, violin; Bill Kalinkos,
clarinet; David Goldblatt, cello; Malcolm Stewart, violin; Elizandro Garcia-Montoya,
clarinet; Heidi Melton, soprano; John Churchwell, piano
Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
Dahl: Concert a Tres
Bartk: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
Sibelius: Var det en drom
Korngold: Lieder des Abschieds, Opus 14
Irving Berlin: Selected Songs to be Announced