PRESENTING PREMIER PERFORMANCES IN COLORADO’S SCENIC HIGH COUNTRY
Year-round programming including the Summer Festival, featuring the Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra, in residence each summer; Chamber music in intimate settings; Blue River Series jazz, blues and bluegrass, roots rock country and many other musical styles; and a Winter Series of concerts.
Breckenridge Music Festival brings great music to residents and visitors of Summit County.
The Breckenridge Music Festival is supported by funding from the Colorado Creative Industries Division, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
TBT was the featured artist on David Letterman last night, April 24th!
Click here or the video link below to watch our favorite Turtles perform!
Don’t forget – Trampled by Turtles will be making their debut performance in Breckenridge ON July 12th at the Riverwalk Center! Click here for more information
We’re proud to announce this year’s Blue River Series artists.
Click each artist’s name to learn more
Tickets for all Blue River Series concerts go on sale through the Riverwalk Center Box office on May 26th. Call for reservations 970-547-3100
The Breckenridge Music Festival’s March 21 concert, ‘Elizabeth Hainen and Friends,’ raised $2,000 to support music in Summit middle and high schools. The concert at CMC’s Finkel Auditorium, was designated to support Summit Fine Arts for Youth, a program to benefit music programs in local schools. Marcia Kaufman, right, executive director of BMF presented a check to the SMS music program recently.
Summit Daily/Mark Fox
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CMC’s Alton Scales on the drums at fundraiser
Applause! Presents: Casino Royale, March 22, 2012
As part of Thursday’s Casino Royale fundraiser for the Breckenridge Music Festival, attendees will be treated to the soothing sounds of local jazz ensemble the Trading Fours Jazz Band, led by Breckenridge’s Alton Scales.
“What we play is traditional jazz with a splattering of Latin jazz,” Scales said. When not playing drums in a jazz band, Scales can be found behind his desk as the CEO of the Colorado Mountain College, Summit Campuses. Scales came to CMC from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania five years ago.
Live from the Breck Connection, the Blog outlet for GOBRECK, a new posting about our upcoming concert, Elizabeth Hainen and Friends.
““Classical music is exciting,” Breckenridge Music Festival (BMF) director Marcia Kaufman mused, making a case for the endangered genre—which she lamented is too often misconstrued as stodgy, boring, or elitist. “If you have the ability to step into it, it takes you places,” she said, before touting the upcoming March 21 harp concert with Elizabeth Hainen.” Click here to read more
The Breckenridge Music Festival is holding auditions for SECTION VIOLIN for the 2012 summer festival season.
Audition Requirements
Solo of choice
Orchestral excerpts:
Mozart Symphony 39 – 4th mvmt. (standard excerpts)
Brahms Symphony No. 2 – 2nd mvmt. (standard excerpts)
Schumann Symphony No. 2 – Scherzo: beginning to Trio and Coda
Strauss Don Juan – 1st page
Chamber music – a recording of a performance, if available
Send resume and CD or tape by March 23, 2012 to:
Michael G. Koscso
BMF Personnel Manager
185 North Chestnut St.
Kent, OH 44240
Please send signature NOT required
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