Gesher Music Festival Of Emerging Artists

Internationally renowned cellist Matt Haimovitz will officially kick off the fourth annual Gesher Music Festival as this year's guest artist on Sunday, June 22. ( click for larger version)

The Gesher Music Festival of Emerging Artists will bring the intimate form of chamber music to the community June 20-29 in a program featuring young professional musicians at the beginnings of their careers. This year's festival is moving into the community with concerts at a variety of venues. As in past years, festival musicians will also be part of a Shabbat service at Central Reform Congregation.Gesher is the Hebrew word for bridge, or connection. The festival is attempting to build multi-cultural bridges by exposing audiences to music that has a connection to the Jewish experience, whether by a Jewish or non-Jewish composer.The musicians also hope to build bridges to younger and new audiences through their outreach programs, and hope to build bridges between the classical repertoire and more contemporary music.Highlighting this concept is a U.S. premiere of a piece by Israeli composer Gilad Hochman. Hochman's very contemporary piece, 'Shedun Fini,' is an homage to Franz Schubert's 'Unfinished Symphony.'In addition to several scheduled outreach events at locations such as the Juvenile Detention Center, Covenant House and Siteman Cancer Center, there will also be unannounced 'pop-up' concerts at venues such as grocery stores, health centers, banks and other venues to reach underserved communities.Details on the concerts are available on the New Jewish Theatre website, http://ift.tt/1oEn32B, or at http://ift.tt/1oEn5Y0. Tickets are $20 or $40 depending on the event and may be purchased online or by calling the NJT box office at 442-3283.The Gesher Music Festival is presented by the Silk Foundation.Opening Galawith cellist Matt HaimovitzInternationally renowned cellist Matt Haimovitz will officially kick off the fourth annual Gesher Music Festival as this year's guest artist on Sunday, June 22, 7:30 p.m., in the Centene Auditorium, 7700 Forsyth Blvd.Renowned as a musical pioneer, Haimovitz has inspired classical music lovers and countless new listeners by bringing his artistry any place where passionate music can be heard. He mentors an award-winning studio of young cellists at McGill University's Schulich School of Music in Montreal.In St. Louis, Haimovitz will perform his solo recital, 'Beyond Back,' including the works of composers such as Bach, Ligeti, Golijov and others, as well as his own arrangement of Jimi Hendrix's 'Star-Spangled Banner.'In addition to the solo recital, Haimovitz will also be teaching a master class to advanced students from the Community Music School's Preparatory Program. The master class is free and open to the public. He will also do a 'flash' performance the day of the recital. Watch for information on the Gesher Facebook page.Schedule of Events* Shabbat Service, Friday, June 20, 7:30 p.m., Central Reform Congregation, 5020 Waterman, Central West End* Master Class, Saturday, June 21, 3 p.m., Community Music School, 535 Garden Ave., Webster Groves* Opening Gala, Sunday, June 22, 7:30 p.m., Centene Auditorium, 7700 Forsyth Blvd., Clayton* Free Concert, Monday, June 23, 7:30 p.m., Tavern of Fine Arts, 313 Belt Ave., Central West End* House Concert, Tuesday, June 24, 7:30 p.m., private Clayton residence* 'Dreams & Prayers' Concert, Wednesday, June 25, 7:30 p.m., Jewish Community Center, 2 Millstone Campus Drive, Creve Coeur* 'Child' Concert, Thursday, June 26, 7:30 p.m., Washington University, 560 Music Center, 560 Trinity Ave., University City* 'Dreams & Prayers' Concert, Saturday, June 28, 7:30 p.m., Ethical Society of St. Louis, 9001 Clayton Road* 'Child' Concert, Sunday, June 29, 3 p.m., Jewish Community Center, 2 Millstone Campus Drive, Creve Coeur Entities 0 Name: Matt Haimovitz Count: 3 1 Name: Haimovitz Count: 3 2 Name: Millstone Campus Drive Count: 2 3 Name: Community Music School Count: 2 4 Name: Jewish Community Center Count: 2 5 Name: Clayton Count: 2 6 Name: Centene Auditorium Count: 2 7 Name: Central Reform Congregation Count: 2 8 Name: Forsyth Blvd. Count: 2 9 Name: Israeli Count: 1 10 Name: Shedun Fini Count: 1 11 Name: Hochman Count: 1 12 Name: Franz Schubert Count: 1 13 Name: Siteman Cancer Center Count: 1 14 Name: Gilad Hochman Count: 1 15 Name: Gesher Music Festival of Emerging Artists Count: 1 16 Name: University City Count: 1 17 Name: Tavern of Fine Arts Count: 1 18 Name: Gesher Music Festival Count: 1 19 Name: NJT Count: 1 20 Name: Covenant House Count: 1 21 Name: Golijov Count: 1 22 Name: Clayton Road Count: 1 23 Name: Waterman Count: 1 24 Name: U.S. Count: 1 25 Name: Hebrew Count: 1 26 Name: Creve Coeur Count: 1 27 Name: Schedule of Events \* Shabbat Service Count: 1 28 Name: Schulich School of Music Count: 1 29 Name: Webster Count: 1 30 Name: Juvenile Detention Center Count: 1 31 Name: Montreal Count: 1 32 Name: St. Louis Count: 1 33 Name: McGill University Count: 1 34 Name: Ethical Society of St. Louis Count: 1 35 Name: Washington University Count: 1 36 Name: Jimi Hendrix Count: 1 37 Name: Bach Count: 1 38 Name: Trinity Ave. Count: 1 39 Name: Silk Foundation Count: 1 40 Name: Ligeti Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1v8jbWU Title: How Music is an Effective Millennial Marketing Tool Description: Today, millennials make up 25% of the U.S. population (that's 77 million people), and their economic spending power is $1.3 trillion dollars, according to PTTOW.