\The Sewanee Summer Music Festival (SSMF) is preparing for approximately 175 students, 30 conductors and artist faculty to ascend the Mountain in mid-June. During the four-week program, they will study, rehearse and perform more than 30 concerts.
Two student orchestras perform every Sunday afternoon. Chamber groups composed of students and faculty will perform in varied instrumental configurations and at venues including the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly and University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Most performances are held in Guerry Auditorium on the Sewanee campus.
Highlights of this year’s festival include the arrival of the Mobile Millennium Carillon, played by Joey Brink, winner of the 2014 Queen Fabiola Carillon Competition in Mechelen, Belgium. The carillon is composed of 48 bells, all of which may be played automatically or manually from an organ style keyboard. The 26,000-pound carillon is transported in a weatherproof, illuminated cabin. Prior to its appearance in Sewanee, the carillon was featured in recital at St. Olaf’s College, Minn. Following its visit to Sewanee, it will travel to Ohio.
Special events this summer include a collaboration with guest artist Joshua Roman. The San Francisco Chronicle described Roman as “a cellist of extraordinary technical and musical gifts.” He is recognized as an accomplished composer, curator and programmer, particularly as artistic director of Seattle Town Hall’s TownMusic series. He was named a 2011 TED Fellow and began his orchestral career as principal cellist with the Seattle Symphony, a position he won in 2006 at the age of 22.
Also planned for the summer are: participating in the annual Fourth of July celebration, the Jacqueline Avent Concerto Concert and the annual Hike to a Concert.
The opening gala concert is at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, June 20. The festival continues through Sunday, July 19. For more information go to <www.sewaneemusicfestival.org/concerts>.
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