Ten concerts in six days promise to make the final week of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival the busiest week of the 2015 season. Small groups of students are also playing “Pop Up” concerts this week, offering unannounced appearances around Sewanee.
The Jacqueline Avent Concerto Concert, featuring the five winners of the concerto competition, will be at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 16, in Guerry Auditorium. The competition finalists are cellist Bethany Bobbs, age 12 from Atlanta, Ga.; percussionist Matt Flanders, age 19 of Houston, Texas; pianist Avendaño Fonseca, age 22 from Bogota, Columbia; trombonist Tom Kelley, age 20 of Appleton, Wisc.; and violinist Beibei Sheng, age 29 from the People’s Republic of China. Walter E. Nance and Mayna Avent Nance established the prize, which makes the awards in the concerto concert in the last week of the Festival.
The seventh annual Bassoon Zoom will be at 4 p.m., Friday, July 17, in Guerry Auditorium. The Festival Brass Concert takes place at 10 p.m., Saturday, July 18, in All Saints’ Chapel. For a complete list of concerts go to <www.sewaneemusicfestival.org>.
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