Special Events for the SSMF Finale

The fourth and final week of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival (SSMF) has many special events for the whole community.
The Bike/Hike (or FLY!) to a concert will be today (Friday), July 8 at 6 p.m. Allen Tinkham, music director of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, will conduct pieces by Wojciech Kilar and Mozart at the Franklin County Airport in Sewanee.
Saturday, July 9 brings a full day of music from SSMF, starting with the second SSMF for Kids at 3 p.m. in Convocation Hall. SSMF students will demonstrate their instruments to the young and curious (free ice cream served). Following the interactive demonstration will be a Student Chamber Music Concert at 4 p.m. in Guerry Garth as other student chamber ensembles perform at The Sewanee Inn at 5:30 p.m. The day concludes with the Faculty Chamber Music Concert at 7:30 p.m. in Guerry Auditorium.
SSMF Alumni Day is scheduled to begin on Sunday, July 10. Alumni are welcome to register in the Guerry Lobby from noon to 2 p.m. A schedule and complimentary tickets for the afternoon’s concerts and reception will be given upon registration.
The Sunday Diversions tours and events continue on Sunday, July 10. Tours start at 1 p.m. at the designated location–look for the purple balloons. There are events scheduled for both indoors and outdoors. Tours will finish in time for participants to attend the Cumberland Orchestra Concert at 3 p.m. followed by the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra at 4 p.m. Further details are available on the website <ssmf.sewanee.edu> or by calling 598-1903.
Sam Hammond, carillonneur, will perform at the Leonidas Polk Carillon on Sunday, July 10 at 2:15 p.m.
At the Cumberland Orchestra’s Sunday, July 10 performance in Guerry Auditorium, pieces by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Franz von Suppé and Jacques Offenbach will be played at 3 p.m. Gene Moon, director of orchestras and musical director of opera at Stephen F. Austin State University, will conduct the Cumberland Orchestra. Following the 3 p.m. performance, the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra will perform, directed by Josep Caballé-Domenech, the music director of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic. Works of Rimsky-Korsakov, Wagner, Strauss and Offenbach will be played.
On Tuesday, July 12, the Cowan Center for the Performing Arts will present the Cowan Arts Center performance. The concert will take place at 7 p.m, and program repertoire will be announced from the stage.
On Thursday, July 14, the five finalists of the Jacqueline Avent Concerto Competition will perform with an orchestra specifically formed for the performance. The concert will take place in Guerry Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
Student chamber music concerts will be held on Friday, July 15 at 7 p.m. with one performance at Guerry Auditorium and one performance at St. Luke’s Chapel. Program repertoire for each of these concerts will be announced from the stage. A second performance by the student chamber music band will take place on Saturday, July 16 at 4 p.m. in Guerry Garth.
Week four of the Faculty Chamber Music concert series will take place on July 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Guerry Auditorium. Pieces by Francis Poulenc and Johannes Brahms will be performed.
Following the faculty concert, the Festival Brass Concert will begin at 10 p.m. in All Saints’ Chapel. Attendees are invited to a reception with faculty and students in Convocation Hall before the festival begins.
Ray Gotko, carillonneur, will perform at the Leonidas Polk Carillon on Sunday, July 17 at 2:15 p.m.
The Cumberland Orchestra will perform on Sunday, July 17 at 3 p.m. in Guerry Auditorium. Conducted by Allen Tinkham, Music Director of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Cumberland Orchestra will perform pieces by Steve Heitzeg, Lucciano Boccherini, Luciano Berio and Dmitri Shostakovich.
Following the Cumberland Orchestra’s performance on Sunday, the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra will perform at 4 p.m. in Guerry Auditorium. The orchestra will be conducted by JoAnn Falletta, Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. The performance will include pieces by Tchaikovsky, Anatoly Lyadov and Modest Mussorgsky.
Tickets for Sunday afternoon concerts are available online for $15 each. All other concerts are free to the public. Go to <http://ssmf.sewanee.edu> for more information.