Georgetown Festival of the Arts:

Note: Art in the Park will take place in October, 2009

Dvořák in Georgetown

May 30 -- June 7

2009

In 2009 the Georgetown Festival of the Arts will celebrate its fifth year by featuring the music of Antonín Dvořák. The performers will include:

· The Shanghai and Miró String Quartets

· Pianists Anton Nel, Michael Schneider and Dale Dietert

· Singers Lynn Parr Mock, Virginia Dupuy, Scott Cameron and
          Bruce Cain

· Southwestern University's piano trio, with

         Eri Lee Lam, Hai Zheng and Vincent Lam.

· Thomas Fairlie will conduct a free concert in San Gabriel Park by the
         Temple Symphony Orchestra.

· Kenneth Sheppard will conduct a performance of Dvořák's Stabat Mater
        with soloists and the Festival Orchestra and Chorus.

· A brilliant fireworks display will follow the park concert.

· There will be a free showing of the Paris Opera's film of Dvořák's opera
         Rusalka, featuring Renée Fleming in the title role,

About Dvořák

When Antonín Dvořák died in 1904, he was recognized as one of the greatest composers of the Western world. He distinguished himself in almost every genre available to him, writing symphonies, concertos, chamber and piano music, songs, operas, oratorios and church music. He was inspired by the folk traditions of his native Bohemia, by the work of European masters (especially that of Brahms), and by the music of black and Indian musicians of the United States of America, where he spent three highly significant years.

During our Georgetown Festival of the Arts, you will have the opportunity to enjoy performances of a wide selection of his music and to gain insights into his work through the lectures of scholars who have dedicated their lives to helping people understand and appreciate such music. Please join us in the celebration!

Artistic Director

Ellsworth Peterson, Artistic Director of the festival, is professor emeritus at Southwestern University. He holds an undergraduate degree from Southwestern University, a Master's degree in Sacred Music from Union Theological Seminary in New York and a Ph.D from Harvard. He has served as Artistic Director of the four previous Festivals of the Arts: Handel in Georgetown (2005), Haydn in Georgetown (2006), Schubert in Georgetown (2007), and Mendelssohn in Georgetown (2008).

Lectures will be given by some of America's leading Dvořák scholars.

Mark your calendars. We hope to see you there!

For information, contact Ellsworth Peterson, petersoe@southwestern.edu.