The directors of the Boston Early Music Festival invite their audience to the rehearsal of "Venus and Adonis" and "Acteon."
Within the last few months (July to be exact), Tanglewood Festival has added a new section to their Web site called Tanglewood Web TV. Have you seen it yet? The Tanglewood channel includes actual festival footage from 2007, clips from behind the scenes, documentaries on Elliot Carter, interviews with Tanglewood musicians, and a walking tour of the Tanglewood grounds. Offering over seven hours of video, it's perfect both for those who have never been to the festival and want to learn more and those frequent attendees who can't get enough. Check it out here.
My friend Kelly and I got together this weekend to go to Radio Alice's Now & Zen Fest, which is held annually at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco CA. Here's a video of us right before we left for the festival. We have a few trivia questions about the five acts: Duffy, Lenka, Sugar Ray, Sara Bareilles, and Gavin DeGraw. Play along by leaving your answers in the comments. More video to come.
The Waifs and The Greencards formed a mini Aussie invasions at the 2008 Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival. Festival Preview reports...
With Aspen Music Festival's summer season coming up on June 19th, here is a video documenting all aspects of Aspen--from opera to chamber music to symphonic programs:
Here's a behind the scenes look at a Spoleto Festival USA cast party courtesy of New York Times reporter Dan Wakin: