Music festival coming
At 7 p.m. Friday, the 15th Annual Endless Mountain Music Festival will open in Steadman Theatre on the Mansfield University campus in Mansfield.
With Stephen Gunzenhauser conducting, the Festival Orchestra will perform ‘The Frog Prince.” narrators Catherine Robison-Ranney and Todd Ranney will tell the story as film clips are projected on two big movie screens. Written in 2017 for orchestra by Steven Winteregg, “The Frog Prince” is based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale and geared to three to ten-year-olds. According to a news release, youngsters will receive a free gift. Adults accompanied by children will be admitted for half-price. The orchestra will also perform Artie Shaw’s “Concerto for Clarinet” featuring Jacqueline Gillette and Beethoven’s “Symphony No, 8 in F Major.”
On Saturday, at Mansfield, the orchestra will perform world premieres of eight short works written by young Hollywood composers in Los Angeles, California. Each piece reflects one of eight decades of TV and cinema music, from 1940 through 2020. Moving photos depicting each decade will be shown. The youth who participated in the first EMMF Junior Composers Program and Competition will be introduced.
At 7 p.m. Sunday, the EMMF Brass Quintet with percussion will perform music outdoors at Cherry Springs State Park. This free concert will be followed by a free tour of the park’s night sky. The EMMF String Octet will perform Mendelssohn’s “Octet in E-Flat Major” and the EMMF String Quartet with Laura Yawney on oboe will play Rejcha’s “Quintet in F Major” at 7 p.m. Monday in the Clemens Center in Elmira, New York.
To purchase tickets or flex or season passes or for more information about the Pennsylvania and New York concerts, call the Endless Mountain Music Festival Box Office at 570-787-7800 or visit www.endlessmountain.net.