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Grand Canyon Music Festival
Previously known at the Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival.

The dates and artists for the 2003 season have now been announnced !

The Twentieth Season
SEPTEMBER 5-20, 2003
2000 Poster

Robert Bonfiglio, Festival Director

Clare Hoffman, Artistic Director

Ed Mell, Poster Art

Bonfiglio - Live at the Grand Canyon

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
7:30 P.M.

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Partita No. 2 in g minor (orig. in d minor, BWV 1004, for violin) Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Duet for Bb Major for Violin and Viola Nokuthula Ngwenyama, violin; Melvin Chen, viola

JOHANNES BRAHMS Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano Nokuthula Ngwenyama, violin, Melvin Chen, piano

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
7:30 P.M.

DAVID AMRAM Theme and Variations on “Red River Valley” Clare Hoffman, flute; Melvin Chen, piano

WILLIAM BOLCOM “The Big City” from “View From the Bridge” Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica; Melvin Chen, piano

ALAN HOVANESS Greek Folk Songs Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica; Melvin Chen, piano

CLAUDE DEBUSSY Estampes FREDERIC CHOPIN Three Nocturnes, Opus 9 LOUIS GOTTSCHALK “Union” Melvin Chen, piano

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
7:30 P.M.

The Bonfiglio Group (Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica; Joe Deninzon, electric violin; Chris Milletari, guitar) brings down the house with everything from Blues to Bach. 7:30 p.m. at the Orpheum Theater in Flagstaff. All tickets $15

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
7:30 P.M.

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Chaconne Nokuthula Ngwenyama, violin

DIEGO LUZURIAGA “Lamento” Clare Hoffman, flute; Melvin Chen, viola

GEORGE PHILIP TELEMANN Canonic Sonata No. 1 in G Major Clare Hoffman, flute; Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica

WILHELM FRIEDRICH BACH Trio in G Major Clare Hoffman, flute; Melvin Chen, violin; Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Kegelstatt Trio, KV 498 Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica; Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola; Melvin Chen, piano

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
7:30 P.M.

Three Argentinean Tangos (arranged by Werner Thomas-Mifune): ENRIQUE FRANCINI La vi llegar MARIANO MORES Cafetin de Beunos Aires Cristal Clare Hoffman, flute; Blaise Magniere, violin; Che-Yen Chen, viola; Sumire Kudo, cello

LEOS JÁNACEK String Quartet No. 1 (after Leo Tolstoy’s “Kreutzer Sonata”) The Avalon String Quartet (Blaise Magniere, Marie Wang, violins; Che-Yen Chen, viola; Sumire Kudo, cello)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Quartet in c# minor, Opus 131 The Avalon String Quartet

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
7:30 P.M.

The Bonfiglio Group (Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica; Joe Deninzon, electric violin; Chris Milletari, guitar) brings down the house with everything from Blues to Bach. The Bonfiglio Group returns to Grand Canyon's Shrine of the Ages with their unique sound.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
7:30 P.M.

7:00 PM NACAP pre-concert recital

The Avalon String Quartet (Blaise Magniere, Marie Wang, violins; Che-Yen Chen, viola; Sumire Kudo, cello

JOSEPH HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Opus 20, No. 2 The Avalon String Quartet

IGOR STRAVINSKY Three Pieces for String Quartet

ANTONIN DVORÁK String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Opus 96, "American” The Avalon String Quartet

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
7:30 P.M.

MICHAEL LA CAPA “The Warrior’s Tale” Michael LaCapa, storyteller IGOR STRAVINSKY L'Histoire du soldat (“The Soldier’s Tale”) Maria Bachmann, violin; Jon Klibonoff, piano; Alan R. Kay, clarinet

PAUL MORAVEC Bass Variations Scherzo for Trio Trio Solisti

JOHANNES BRAHMS Trio in c minor, Opus 101 Trio Solisti

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
7:30 P.M.

JOSEPH HOROVITZ Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano Jon Klibonoff, piano; Alan R. Kay, clarinet

PAUL MORAVEC Tempest Fantasy Maria Bachmann, violin; Alan R. Kay, clarinet; Jon Klibonoff, piano

FELIX MENDELSSOHN Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 2 in c minor, Opus 66 Trio Solisti

THE GRAND CANYON MUSIC FESTIVAL depends on your contributions to help pay the costs of this series and its public service tour to schools in northern Arizona. Ticket income provides only a small portion of the funds needed to meet these costs. Contributions to the Festival, a non-profit organization, are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Contributions are acknowledged in the concert program.

Concerts are held indoors at the Shrine of the Ages, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park.

Programs and artists are subject to change. Co-sponsored by the National Park Service. Partial funding is provided by the Arizona Commission on the Arts.


Festival posters for the current season as well as some prior seasons are also available. SUPPORT THE GRAND CANYON MUSIC FESTIVAL and ensure its continued success when you purchase the beautiful posters of Grand Canyo featuring the work of Southwestern artist Ed Mell . Posters are $19.95 each, 2 for $28.95, 3 for $34.95. (A limited number are signed by the artist and are $50 each. Please call regarding availability of signed posters.) Click on the posters below to see larger images of each individual poster.

1986 poster 1988 poster 1991 poster 1993 poster 1994 poster 1995 poster 1996 poster 1997 poster 1998 poster 1999 poster 2000 poster 2001 poster 2002 poster 2003 poster

Posters are limited in quantity so we ask that you place your order early.
The following years have sold out : 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993.

Click here to order posters on-line.


TICKETS will be mailed until September 1. They will be held at the door for orders received after that date. Individual tickets are $18 each, $8 for students and children. Season tickets (8 performances) are $112 for adults and $64 for students. Seating is open. Children under five will not be admitted into the auditorium.

Click here to order tickets on-line.

You may also order by phone by calling 800-997-8285 or by FAXing to 928-638-3373.

For more information you may contact the Music Festival via e-mail at gcmf@infomagic.net

Visit the official Grand Canyon Music Festival web site at http://www.grandcanyonmusicfest.org/


The program schedule for the 2000 season can be found here

The program schedule for the 1999 season can be found here

The program schedule for the 1998 season can be found here

The program schedule for the 1997 season can be found here

The program schedule for the 1996 season can be found here

The program schedule for the 1995 season can be found here


VISITING GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK:
Hotel reservations should be made as early as possible.

In the Park:

One mile south of the Park entrance:

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