Grand Teton drops the curtain

Almost the last festival to go.

Press release:

Jackson, WY, May 13, 2020 – Grand Teton Music Festival (GTMF) announced today the cancellation of its summer festival in favor of an immersive filmed experience that will be streamed on August 21, 22, and 23 – what would have been the final days of the 2020 Festival.

… In August 2020, safety permitting, a smaller group of GTMF musicians will come together under the baton of Music Director Donald Runnicles to record and film Music from the Mountains, three concerts of inspiring music in Walk Festival Hall. The repertoire will
provisionally include music by Beethoven, Mozart, Copland, and Ravel, as well as works from some of the important female composers due to be performed at this year’s Festival. The programs will stream online on August 21, 22 and 23, and will appear on TV in the fall.

Music Director Donald Runnicles comments: ‘The world is craving beauty and serenity in this moment of great uncertainty; and for us to make music this August for our audiences, in whatever configuration is safe and feasible, will be a joy for me and our wonderful GTMF
musicians. May Music from the Mountains inspire us through the great repertoire of past and present, reaffirming the profound bond of humanity that prevails even through the hardest of times.’

Interim Executive Director, Simon Woods, comments: ‘Over recent weeks, we’ve been dreaming about what a virtual summer season could look and sound like, and how we could fulfill our mission in ways other than through live concerts. With great music-making exquisitely filmed, interviews and other filmed footage, we hope to bring into people’s homes the unique magic of music, people and nature that makes Grand Teton Music Festival so very special.’