Festival Orchestra Concerts

Ticket Tier 1 – Dinner & Concert (Premium Seating) = $100
Ticket Tier 2 – Dinner & Concert (Regular Seating) = $85
Ticket Tier 3 – Concert Only (Premium Seating) = $70
Ticket Tier 4 – Concert Only (Regular Seating) = $50

6:30 pm: Dinner  |  8:00 pm: Concert

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Join us for delicious burritos and tantalizing margaritas from Nini’s Taqueria in the tented courtyard behind the Community Concert Hall surrounded by incredible mountain vistas before hearing some of classical music’s most celebrated pieces. 

Featuring Guillermo Figueroa, conductor and viola, and soloist Erin Schreiber, violin, with the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra.

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Fugue in G minor, “The Little”, BWV 578

WILLIAM BYRD: The Earle of Oxford’s March

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”, from Solomon

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat for Violin and Viola, K. 364
Erin Schreiber, violin; Guillermo Figueroa, viola

 JOSÉ PABLO MONCAYO: Huapango

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For Special Needs seating please call the festival office to assist you with your tickets 970-385-6820.

Tickets: $50-$70

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Enjoy an evening of world-class classical favorites, performed by the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra, led by Maestro Guillermo Figueroa and featuring soloist Katherine Young Steele, oboe.

BEDŘICH SMETANA: Overture to The Bartered Bride

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93

ERNESTO CORDERO: Tres Bocetos Criollos (Three Creole Sketches), for oboe and orchestra 
Katherine Steele, oboe

LISZT: Les preludes, S. 97

Join us for a free pre-concert lecture prior to this concert performance at 4:30 at the Center for Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College.

The Music in the Mountains Free Ticket Program for students offers up to two free tickets with purchase of one adult ticket to select Music in the Mountains festival concerts during the 2022 summer concert season.

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For Special Needs seating or to take advantage of our Free Student Ticket Program, please call the festival office at 970-385-6820.

5:30 pm: Casual dinner and root beer floats in the Community Concert Hall Courtyard
6:30 pm: Family concert

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Enjoy a hot dog dinner prior to this Festival Orchestra concert designed for children and their families!

The Orchestra Games is the ultimate “get to know the instruments” work because it goes beyond basic descriptions by exploring the personalities of the instruments. Even their strengths and weaknesses. And does so while sprinting through an Olympic array of events. 

The work begins with a ceremonial introduction of the players and proceeds to various events such as the low note limbo, the fast note dash, the marathon, and many others. These events demonstrate the capabilities of orchestral instruments while keeping the audience happily engaged in friendly competition.

Guillermo Figueroa, conductor
Paul Singer, Narrator

GREGORY SMITH: The Orchestra Games

For Special Needs seating please call the festival office to assist you with your tickets: 970-385-6820.

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Our festival orchestra, led by guest conductor Vadim Gluzman,, performs Mozart’s Serenata notturna (Serenade #6) in D, K.239 and Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K. 218, as well as Vasks’s Musica Serena and Tchaikovksy’s Serenade for Strings.

Vadim Gluzman, conductor and violin

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Serenata notturna (Serenade #6) in D, K.239
Violin Concerto #3  in G, K. 216

PĒTERIS VASKS: Musica Serena, for strings

PYOTR LLYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings, Op. 48

Join us for a free pre-concert lecture prior to this concert performance at 6:00 at the Center for Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College.

The Music in the Mountains Free Ticket Program for students offers up to two free tickets with purchase of one adult ticket to select Music in the Mountains festival concerts during the 2022 summer concert season.

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For Special Needs seating or to take advantage of our Free Student Ticket Program, please call the festival office at 970-385-6820.

Tickets: $50-$70

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Maestro Guillermo Figueroa leads our festival orchestra featuring soloist Tomoko Kanamaru, piano, as they perform Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain and Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43.

Guillermo Figueroa, conductor
Tomoko Kanamaru, piano

MANUEL DE FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain, for piano and orchestra
Tomoko Kanamaru, piano

JEAN SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43

Join us for a free pre-concert lecture prior to this concert performance at 4:30 at the Center for Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College.

The Music in the Mountains Free Ticket Program for students offers up to two free tickets with purchase of one adult ticket to select Music in the Mountains festival concerts during the 2022 summer concert season.

Supporting Sponsors:

For Special Needs seating or to take advantage of our Free Student Ticket Program, please call the festival office at 970-385-6820.

Tickets: $50-$70

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Byron Stripling, conductor and trumpet

With a contagious smile and captivating charm, the conductor, trumpet virtuoso, singer and actor Byron Stripling has ignited audiences across the globe.

Join us as Stripling leads us on a journey through the early songs that defined America. From folk songs to spirituals and Gospel to jazz, this is a celebration of the American spirit. Delight in his exciting versions of classic melodies including Oh Shenandoah, Danny Boy, This Little Light of Mine, Amazing Grace, Down by the Riverside, and many other popular favorites!

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For Special Needs seating or to take advantage of our Free Student Ticket Program, please call the festival office at 970-385-6820.

Ticket Tier 1 – Reception & Concert (Premium Seating) = $100
Ticket Tier 2 – Reception & Concert (Regular Seating) = $85
Ticket Tier 3 – Concert Only (Premium Seating) = $70
Ticket Tier 4 – Concert Only (Regular Seating) = $50

6:30 pm: Reception  |  8:00 pm: Concert

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Guillermo Figueroa, conductor

Enjoy the summer air and gorgeous views of the mountain surroundings while indulging in a variety of artisan desserts. Animas Chocolate Company will create handcrafted chocolate desserts for you to enjoy with a specialty cocktail, beer, or wine selections as a prelude to a magical evening with Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra.

FRANZ VON SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry Overture

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances No. 1, No. 2, and No. 7

FAURÉ: Sicilienne, Op. 78

ARAM KHACHATURIAN: Lezginka from the ballet Gayane 

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: Slavonic Dance No. 1 and No. 2

LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide

FRANZ LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, S. 244/2

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For Special Needs seating please call the festival office to assist you with your tickets 970-385-6820.

Tickets: $50-$70

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Guillermo Figueroa, conductor
Durango Choral Society, Linda Mack Berven, director
Caliente Community Choir, Virginia Nickels Hircock, director

Our Festival Orchestra, led by Maestro Guillermo Figueroa and joined by the Durango Choral Society, directed by Linda Mack Berven, and the Caliente Community Choir, directed by Virginia Nickels Hircock, will perform the Great Opera Choruses, including:

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, (“Italian”)

GEORGES BIZET: Chorus and March of the Toreadors, from Carmen

GIUSEPPE VERDI: “Va, pensiero”(Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco, “Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie” (Anvil Chorus) from Il Trovatore

RICHARD WAGNER: Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin

SCOTT JOPLIN: Overture to Treemonisha

ALEXANDER BORODIN: Overture and Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

Join us for a free pre-concert lecture prior to this concert performance at 4:30 at the Center for Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College.

Supporting Sponsors:

For Special Needs seating or to take advantage of our Free Student Ticket Program, please call the festival office at 970-385-6820.