THREE EVENTS TONIGHT AT ROUND TOP MUSIC FESTIVAL

  

A trio of concerts will conclude Round Top Music Festival’s fifth week of events.

Starting at 1:30 p.m. today (Saturday) in the Edythe Bates Old Chapel, Piano Galore! will feature young artists performing a variety of works.  Then at 3:30 p.m., Jason Aylward will conduct the Chamber Music Concert in the Festival Concert Hall, performed by faculty and young artists.  The concert will feature work from John Musto, Emmanuel Chabrier, Jean Francaix, and Felix Mendelssohn.

Tonight will conclude with the Texas Festival Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. in the Festival Concert Hall.  Conductor Ransom Wilson will lead the orchestra in performances of work by Claude Debussy and Ernest Chausson.  Violinist Joan Kwuon, faculty head at the Cleveland Institute of Music, will join the orchestra as soloist in the performance of Chausson's Poeme.

All concerts are being held at the Festival Hill Campus in Round Top, on 248 Jaster Road.  Tickets can be purchased online at festivalhill.org.  Tickets range from $25-30 for adults, and $10 for students.