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McCall SummerFest 2017: Passions & Fairy Tales Orchestra Concert

Leading off with Sergei Rachmaninoff, Halle Puckett and the orchestra will perform Piano Concerto No. 2, one of his most imaginative and popular compositions. During the second part of the evening, Maestro Itkin and the SummerFest Orchestra will tell the story of The Arabian Nights through the colorful Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, making for a wonderful musical escape.

At the age of 16, Halle Puckett was the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestras 2012 Young Artist Scholarship Competition first place winner. She made her orchestral debut performing Mozarts Piano Concerto in A major with the orchestra in January 2014. Halle showed great interest and talent in piano and composition at the age of three, which developed into a tremendous love for classical piano music after years of practicing, composing and improvising. With parents as pianists, they instructed her up until her early teen years. She has performed in numerous master classes and traveled throughout France as a participant in The French Piano Music Tour 2013. Currently, she is a piano performance major at Texas Christian University.

Presented by Kent & Bev Hellman.

Back by popular demand is the $75 SummerFest Orchestra Series ticket. Save $15 off single ticket prices and gain admission to the Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday night concerts.

McCALL MUSIC SOCIETY PRESENTS SUMMERFEST 2017
JULY 16-22, 2017
SummerFest 2017 is a week-long festival of classical and pops orchestra concerts held in McCall, Idaho, presented by McCall Music Society. The opening artists' showcase concert will be held at McCall Community Congregational Church, and all orchestra concerts will be in the air-conditioned comfort of Mountain Life Church.

David Itkin returns for his third season as SummerFests Artistic Director and Conductor. He is the Music Director/Conductor of the Abilene Philharmonic, Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of North Texas College of Music, Conductor Laureate of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, author of Conducting Concerti, and a composer of classical orchestral music and film music.

In addition to the 50-piece SummerFest Orchestra, featured soloists for 2017 include the ever popular violinist Tim Fain; Broadway baritone Jason Forbach; up-and-coming pianist Halle Puckett; bassist Andy Anderson accompanied by McCalls own Tanya Hansen; and The SummerFest Brass Quintet and Cello Quartet.