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One-of-a-kind
in concept and execution, the Hot Springs Music
Festival brings together over 250 international
musicians each June in the historic spa resort of
Hot Springs National Park.
The
Festival, now in its thirteenth season, pairs world-class
mentor musicians from major orchestras, chamber ensembles
and conservatory faculties with especially talented pre-professional
apprentices--all of whom receive full scholarship plus housing;
the two groups play "side by side" in orchestral,
chamber, solo recital, vocal, choral and chamber opera repertoire.
For two weeks, these musicians form a unique community,
presenting 20 concerts and over 250 open rehearsals for
music lovers from across the globe.
Over
20,000 people attended Festival events last year, and an
additional 6.4 million heard its concerts on nationwide
radio broadcasts. As the second edition of The 100 Best
Small Arts Towns in America noted, "the Hot Springs
Music Festival has carved out a place on the nation's classical
music map."
Serious
in focus but casual in atmosphere, the Festival events take
place in a variety of non-traditional venues including historic
buildings, art galleries, hotel ballrooms, churches and
open-air spaces. Before and after concerts, audience members
and musicians mingle in Hot Springs' eclectic restaurants
and cafes, hike the National Park's trails, and relax in
the hot mineral water baths that gave the city its name.
Situated
in the magnificent Ouachita mountains of central Arkansas,
Hot Springs National Park has been designated a "City
of the Arts." In addition to the Hot Springs Music
Festival, its beautifully restored Historic Downtown District
is home to nearly 30 fine art galleries, a monthly gallery
walk, a world-class documentary film festival and over 200
resident visual and performing artists.
In
addition to its usual concert, open rehearsal and radio
broadcast activities, the Hot Springs Music Festival appears
on nine compact discs distributed worldwide on the Naxos/Marco
Polo label. The Festival was also the focus of an hour long
Public Broadcasting Service documentary, "The Sound
of Dreams," which made its debut in February 2001,
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Since
its inaugural season in 1996, the Hot Springs Music Festival
has:
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Presented more than 225 concerts of symphony orchestra,
chamber orchestra, choral and chamber music, as well as
opera, recitals, master classes and improvisatory events.
•~ Opened over 2400 rehearsals free to the public.
•~ Mentored more than 1260 apprentices (pre-professional
musicians evaluated competitively from an international
pool of applicants) from 24 countries, all on full scholarship,
including instrumentalists, singers, conductors, composers,
recording engineers, production crew and arts administrators.
•~ Recorded 5 compact discs of American music for global
distribution on Naxos Records, two of which were nominated
for Grammy Awards.
•~ Attracted more than 220,000 audience members of
all ages to Hot Springs National Park for live events.
•~ Reached over 22.3 million listeners through National
Public Radio broadcasts of its concerts, with an estimated
3.4 million through upcoming Fall 2005 broadcasts.
•~Hosted more than 4100 school-age children at its
open rehearsals.
•~ Become the subject of an Emmy Award-winning documentary
film, “"The Sound of Dreams,"” which
has aired on over 275 public television stations throughout
North America.
•~ Helped place its apprentice alumni in prominent
positions with orchestras and performing ensembles worldwide.
•~ Expanded its programs to include tours and collaborative
outreach.
•~ Set a precedent for non-profit performing arts organizations:
63% of its annual budget is contributed as in-kind (non-cash)
resources.
•~ Presented programs in collaboration with local,
regional and national non-profit organizations, including
the Adams Foundation, the Dallas Symphony Chorus, the Plano
Civic Chorus, the Hot Springs/Hanamaki Sister City Foundation,
the Quapaw Community Center, the Hot Springs Documentary
Film Festival, Arts Cooperative Team, ARC of Arkansas, the
Hot Springs Rehabilitation Hospital, First Step School,
the Ouachita Job Corps, the Shepherd's Center, ArtBlast,
Hot Springs National Park Rotary, Harley-Davidson Owners
Group, University of Arkansas Elderhostel and the Hot Springs
National Park Division of the National Park Service. |
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Board
of Directors,
2007-2008 |
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John
Hearnsberger, Chair
Elizabeth Farris, Vice-Chair
Katherine Cronin, Secretary/Treasurer
Laura Rosenberg, President/Executive Director
Richard Rosenberg, Artistic Director
Carol Caldwell-Hollingshead, Rose Marie Canterberry, Ann
Caruso, Deleen Davidson, Dr. Larry Fite, Stephen Hinsley,
Lynda Kass, Dr. Martin Koehn, Jack Larsen, Marlys Moodie-Dodson,
Linda
Palmer
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Advisory
Board |
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| Anna
Antonini, Peter Bay, Charlotte Brown, Barbara Cantrall,
Howard Cash, Bette Clark, Mario Caruso, Shari Clem, Clif
Coleman, John Cooksey, Cecil Cupp, Jr., Mario Davidovsky,
Stephen DeSalvo, Irving Milton Duke, Lynn Endicott, William
Fulton, Matthew Greenbaum, Lowell Greer, Richard Hawkins,
Malinda Herr-Chambliss, Dr. W. C. "Chuck" Hitt,
Carole Katchen,
Sean Kelly, Ira Lacher, Carolyn Lynch, Rebecca McCormick,
Gustav Meier, Mollie Munro, Bonnie Nance, Ann Nicholson,
Rosemary Nipper, Shana Norton, Lynn Payette, Dr. Robert
Peters,
Jim Randall, Philip Rosenberg, Teri Sargent, Helen Selig,
Patricia Sharp, Margaret King Stanley, Jerry Tanenbaum,
Kabin Thomas, Davis Tillman, Paul Uher, Claudia Van Deusen,
Paul Vermel, Franz Viertbauer, Edward Villella, Mary Watermann,
Deborah Wright, Dr. Richard Pellegrino, Kenneth Wheatley
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Council
To The Chair |
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| Jack
Larsen, Past Board Chair
David Lundberg, Past Board Chair
Larry Meyers, Past Board Chair
Davis Tillman, Past Board Chair
Peggy Clark, Cecil Cupp, Jr., Clay Farrar,
Dorothy Morris, Don Munro, John Whelan, Rev. David Wilson |
Ray Owen, Jr.
General Counsel Dennis Smith, Crass & Smith
CPA
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to Complete Recordings by the Hot Springs Music Festival
Orchestra & Chorus: |
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Beethoven, Overture to "Egmont" (10.68
MB)
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Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, I. Allegro, ma non troppo,
un poco maestoso. Arranged by Gustav Mahler(15.08
MB)
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Dukas, The Sorcerer's Apprentice (12.09 MB)
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Fauré, Pelléas et Mélisande, Sicilienne
(5.14 MB)
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Mahler, Symphony no. 1: Scherzo (10.57 MB)
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Tchaikovsky, Festival Overture "The Year 1812"
(24.12 MB)
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Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture(with
Festival Chorus)(20.5 MB)
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Verdi,
Requiem: Libera Me (with Theresa Santiago and Festival
Chorus)(24.89 MB) |
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