What did your summer sound like?
Photos by Gabe Palacio unless otherwise noted
70th Annual Summer Music Festival June 20 - August 2, 2015
Noah Baetge, tenor
“This summer’s festival... promises to rank with the best.” – Phil Lutz, The New York Times
Opening Night Gala
The Summer Festival begins.
Volunteers enjoy Friends’ Garden Party
Peter Oundjian conducts Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Gala After Dark
Giuseppe Fusco, flute & Lynette Wardle, harp at Friends’ Garden Party
Ridgefield Guild of Artists paints Friends’ Garden Party
All-audience Afterglow
A Bel Canto bow
Week 2: Bel Canto Young Artists / Edward Arron & Friends
Edward Arron & Friends
Kristin Andreassen
Lucinda Williams
Parker Millsap
American Roots Music Festival
Aaron Jay Kernis, Composer
Jasper String Quartet
PROJECT Trio
Week 3: Jasper String Quartet / PROJECT Trio
Pops, Patriots & Fireworks / July 4th Spectacular
“Caramoor, it’s hard to stay away.” – Kathy & Marc Pucci Members, New Jersey
Cedar Walk
Ariel String Quartet
Week 4: Ariel String Quartet & Dover String Quartet / Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan – I’m With Her
Dover’s Milena Pajaro-Van de Stadt
I’m With Her packs the Spanish Courtyard
Alexi Kenney & Renana Gutman
“My breaking heart will go cold before it utters that fatal farewell.” – La Favorite
William Berger, pre-opera lecturer
Clémentine Margaine as Leonore
“…under the direction of Will Crutchfield, with the captivating French mezzo Clémentine Margaine in the title role, Saturday’s performance afforded moments of real beauty.”– The New York Times
Week 4: La Favorite
Bel Canto Young Artists warm up the crowd
Music from Copeland House
Experimenting with the Theremin
Carolina Eyck, theremin
The Swingaroos
Week 5: Out of Thin Air / The Swingaroos
Calidore String Quartet
Musicians wander through the Sunken Garden
Jazz for Young People on Tour
Week 5: Calidore String Quartet / Jazz Festival
Ibanda Ruhumbika
Joey Alexander
“Like a mini-Newport Jazz Fest, @Caramoor
Jazz Fest music spills over from numerous stages simultaneously: Orrin Evans, Joey Alexander, etc.” – @NYCJazzRecord
Cécile McLorin Salvant
“Some of our best gigs have been at Caramoor.” – Wynton Marsalis
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Kaeshi Chai
Week 6: Dancing at Dusk
The Sunken Garden
All-audience Afterglow
Jon Batiste & Stay Human
Week 6: Guitar in the Garden / Jon Batiste & Stay Human
A good night for Social Music!
Bel Canto Young Artists backstage
“The success of this
Carmélites seems to open a whole new chapter for Bel Canto at Caramoor.” – Observer
Jennifer Check as Blanche
Dialogues des Carmélites
A packed house with Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Week 7: Gabriel Kahane & Rob Moose / Festival Finale
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor & Hélène Grimaud, piano
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Thanks for an incredible 70th Summer!
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