SOUNDS OF AMERICA
MOAB, UT
Moab Music Festival
Chamber, folk, and jazz (August 28-September 8)
The Moab Music Festival, founded in 1992, uses the tag line ‘music in concert with the landscape’. That’s no idle boast. Many of the concerts are set amidst the vast wilderness around Arches and Canyonlands national parks. Using the natural acoustics of rock formations, the festival offers a range of chamber music played by top-notch ensembles; programmes might include anything from a Messiaen horn solo to a Brahms piano quartet. There are also concert hikes to wilderness locations. In addition to the classical chamber works, there’s folk and jazz music on offer. This year’s guest artists include a virtuoso Colombian jazz harpist, Edmar Casteneda, and his quartet, and the John Pizzarelli Quartet.
moabmusicfest.org
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PHOTOGRAPHY: RICHARD BOWDITCH
Previews by Damian Fowler