Dvořák in Georgetown

Saturday, May 30 and
Thursday June 4 -
Sunday June 7, 2009

Art in the Park will take place in October, 2009

Dates TBA

Georgetown Festival of the Arts
P.O. Box 846
Georgetown, TX 78627

Tel 512.639.0433

E-mail tickets@gtownfestival.org

Thomas Fairlie is the founder and director of the Temple Symphony Orchestra and Director of the Division of Fine Arts at Temple College. He also conducts the Temple Jazz Orchestra. The Temple Symphony has appeared at all our festivals since Haydn in Georgetown.

The Shanghai Quartet, founded at the Shanghai Conservatory in 1983, has become one of the world's outstanding string quartets. Along with their concert and recording activities, they serve as the Quartet in Residence at Montclair State University. They have delighted Georgetown audiences with their appearances in the Haydn, Schubert and Mendelssohn festivals.

The Miró Quartet, founded in 1995 at the Oberlin Conservatory, is one of America's highest-profile chamber ensembles, capturing audiences around the world with its youthful intensity and mature interpretations. They serve as the String Quartet in Residence at the University of Texas at Austin. We welcome them back after their outstanding performances at the Mendelssohn festival.

Anton Nel, piano, enjoys a remarkable career that has taken him throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and South Africa. He has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, the symphonies of Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, and London, among many others, and he is in great demand as a recitalist. He is on the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin.

Lynn Parr Mock, soprano, holds the BME degree from Southwestern University, where she studied with Virginia Dupuy, and the MM from the University of Texas at Austin. She balances performing commitments with service on the boards of many fine arts organizations and is a co-founder of Lone Spring Arts. We welcome her back to the Festival of the Arts after her delightful appearance at the Mendelssohn festival.

Virginia Dupuy, mezzo soprano, is an alumna of Southwestern University. She has a celebrated career in vocal performance and recording, including a Grammy nomination for a recent CD, and is also a respected scholar regarding settings of Emily Dickinson texts. She teaches at Southern Methodist University. Ms. Dupuy has appeared at all our festivals.

Scot Cameron, tenor, has performed throughout the United States and in Europe and Asia. He has distinguished himself as a performer of early music. Last year he won the Austin Music Critics' award for his performance in Mendelssohn's St. Paul, heard in the 2008 Georgetown Festival of the Arts..

Bruce Cain, baritone, is Professor of Voice at Southwestern University, where he directs the opera theatre program. He has a doctorate from Northwestern University. He has appeared frequently as soloist with the Austin Civic Chorus, the Austin Vocal Arts Ensemble, and other groups, and is the conductor of the San Gabriel Chorale. Dr. Cain has appeared as soloist every year for the Georgetown Festival of the Arts.

Dale Dietert, pianist, voice teacher and coach, has served on the faculties of the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies (Aldeburgh, England), the International Institute of Vocal Arts (Tel Aviv, Israel) and the Sommerakademie Mozarteum (Salzburg, Austria). He is now on the faculty of Southern Methodist University. We welcome him back to the Festival of the Arts after his memorable appearance at the Mendelssohn festival.

Eri Lee Lam, violin, is a member of the faculty of Southwestern University, where she teaches violin and chamber music. She holds a doctorate from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Lam appears frequently in solo recitals and in chamber ensembles, including performances at the Georgetown Festivals of the Arts, most recently in the Mendelssohn festival.

Hai Zheng, cello, is Artist in Residence at Southwestern University. She has appeared in recital at the Shanghai Conservatory and New York City's Steinway Hall, in master classes and recitals at Guangzhou and Macau Conservatories, and at a special invitation concert for the Hong Kong Asia Society. Hai Zheng has made frequent appearances as soloist and with chamber ensembles in our festivals.

Vincent Lam, piano, a member of the music faculty of Southwestern University, has degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the University of Minnesota. Dr. Lam has performed throughout the United States and in South Korea. This year marks his debut appearance at the Georgetown Festival.

Michael Schneider, piano, has been hailed as “a pianist with exceptional insight.” He is the laureate of many piano competitions, including the 3rd International Liszt Competition and the 4th International Paderewski Piano Competition (both held in Poland), and of the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition. This year marks his first appearance at the Georgetown Festival.

Kenneth Sheppard is a member of the faculty of Southwestern University and is conductor of the Southwestern University Chorale. Dr. Sheppard has been invited to the 2010 Shanghai Expo to lead the Chorale in the Haydn Mass in Time of War, which he presented with Austin Civic Chorus and the San Gabriel Chorale in Carnegie Hall in 2004. He has appeared as conductor of the Festival Orchestra and Chorus every year at the Georgetown Festival of the Arts.

Scotty Rundel Rundell is Director of Music and Fine Arts Ministries at Georgetown's First United Methodist Church.

Pam RossmanRossman is organist at Georgetown's First United Methodist Church and at Southwestern University, where she teaches private and class piano.

Shelby Claire Williams is a member of the Conspirare Children's Choir and is active in the music program at Georgetown's First United Methodist Church. She is in her junior year at Concordia Academy.

Mela Dailey, soprano, is Artist-in-Residence with the Amarillo Opera, and has been heard in recital in Minneapolis, Louisville, Lexington, Roanoke, and San Antonio. Recent engagements included performances of the role of Ida in The Bat (Die Fledermaus) and Ines in Il Trovatore with Austin Lyric Opera, Adina in L'Elisir d'Amore with the Opera Company of Brooklyn, and performances with Chorus Austin.