Park City International Music Festival - Listed as one of the Top Ten Things to Do in Utah by the Utah Travel Council - formerly the Deer Valley Chamber Music Festival, 22nd Anniversary Summer Concert Season June 27 - July 24 - Directed by Leslie Harlow, Utah Symphony Clarinetist Russell Harlow - Utah Classical Music Festival is An Event for the Connoisseur - Concerts for the Music Lover

"The Park City International Music Festival an event for connoisseurs." Matt James, Park Record

"Listed as "One of the Top Ten Things to Do in Park City"" Utah Travel Council

"Prospecting for treasure is not over in Park City. My wife and I "dig" the Park City International Music Festival. It has been THE pleasure of our July-August visits." Dr. Lawrence Carmen

"Park City is one of the most magical spots on earth for chamber music." Glenn Dicterow, Concertmaster of the NY Philharmonic

"The Park City International Music Festival has become a magnet for many of the most gifted artists of this era." Joseph Silverstein

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VENUES IN PARK CITY AND SALT LAKE CITY
1. The Festival invites outstanding world class solo artists from around the world to perform chamber music together in Park City and Salt Lake City. Each artist is chosen for dramatic and expressive virtuoso playing. This winning format has helped make the popular Park City Music Festival (formerly the Deer Valley Music Festival) Utah's longest-running classical music festival. Since 1984 the Festival has presented over 500 concerts. The 2006 Fall Festival will run from Sept 18 through October 9 presenting concerts in five venues:
2. St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church located near Park City's Canyons Resort at the intersection of Hwy 224 and White Pine Canyon Road.
3. Stanfield Fine Art Gallery in Park City at 751 Main Street
4. The Park City Community Church near the Canyons Resort just off Hwy 224 on Silver Springs Rd
5. SLC: Libby Gardner Concert Hall, located in David Gardner Hall at the Northeast end of President's Circle on the University of Utah Campus, just off University Street.
6. SLC: Cathedral of the Madeleine located at 331 E. South Temple
2006 CONCERT SCHEDULES AND PROGRAMS in preparation now
Click to see 2005 Schedules
Festival SPONSORS AND SUPPORT
1. The Park City Chamber Music Society projects are supported in part by
  funding from the Summit County Rap Tax Fund.
2. Washington School Inn
  xxxHistoric and Picturesque Bed and Breakfast of Park City
3. Performances by the Sonolumina Chamber Orchestra are funded in part through a grant from Einstein Bros Bagels.
4. Park City Online Catalog
5. Summerhays Music and KAWAI Pianos
6. The Park City International Music Festival is also made possible
  by the generous support of
  The Mizel Global Cultural Fund and Einstein Bros Bagels
  The George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation
  The Washington School Inn
  The Utah Arts Council
  The National Endowment for the Arts
  The Park CIty Chamber Music Society
  Summit County Restaurant Tax Fund
  Summit County Transient Room Tax Fund
  Summit County RAP Tax Fund
  The Park CIty Chamber of Commerce
  The Canyons Resort of Park City
  Park City/Summit County Arts Council
  Stanfield Fine Art Gallery
7. Your Company Can become an Advertiser Sponsor by Purchasing an Ad in the Festival's 22nd Anniversary Season Program Magazine.
  The Park City International Music Festival is made possible by the generous support of the following Advertiser Sponsors. Please Join Us in thanking these companies for their support of the arts in our community by using their services.
PURCHASE TICKETS Online
1. Discount Punch Passes
2. Single Tickets
FESTIVAL HISTORY Utah's Oldest Classical Music Festival
1. Founded in 1984 by Violist Leslie Harlow and Kimball Art Center Assistant Director Carole Cordray, the Park City International Music Festival is Utah's oldest classical music festival. Ms. Cordray died during the year following the first season and the Festival endowment fund is named the Carole Cordray Endowment Fund in her honor.
2. Clarinetist Russell Harlow joined the Festival as co-Director in 1986. Mr. Harlow was the Founder/Director of Salt Lake City's Nova Chamber Series. The Nova Chamber Series is also one of Utah's oldest chamber music series.The Park City Music Festival was first called the
3. Deer Valley Chamber Music Festival and the name was eventually changed to Park City International Music Festival.The Deer Valley Concerts included full orchestra, chamber music, solo recitals and young artist institute events. For 12 years the Festival presented the Young Artist Institute, providing professional-track young artists from around the world with the opportunity to study with and perform alongside the Festival professional artists. Young Artist Institute Alumni now perform professionally throughout the world in chamber groups, professional orchestras, in festivals and as soloists. Over the years the Festival also presented the BRAVO! Program for Beginning and Intermediate Strings and for Winds and Brass.
4. The Festival has presented concerts indoors and out, in venues throughout Park City, in Coalville, at Carnegie's Weill Hall in New York City, in Salt Lake City, Provo, at Sundance Resort and at Weber State University in Odgen.
PAST FESTIVALS
ARTIST ROSTERS
1. 2005 Roster of World Renowned Artists
2. 2004 Roster of World Renowned Artists
3. 2003 Roster
4. 2002 Roster
5. 2001 Roster
6. 2000 Roster
7. 1999 Roster
8. 1998 Roster
9. 1997 Roster
10. 1996 Roster
11. 1995 Roster
12. 1994 Roster
13. 1993 Roster
14. 1992 Roster
15. 1991 Roster
16. 1990 Roster
17. 1989 Roster
18. 1988 Roster
19. 1988 Roster
20. 1987 Roster
21. 1986 Roster
22. 1985 Roster
23. 1984 Roster
24. If you performed on the Festival and your name does not appear, please email the Festival Office.
GIVE TO SUPPORT THE FESTIVAL
1. Celebrate the Festival's 22nd Summer Season by Making A Special Gift
  With the help of generous donor and audience support and sponsorships,
  the Park City International Music Festival has presented over 500 concerts.
  Visit the Festival Sponsor Page to see which sponsorship options are best for you and your company. Your support will help the Festival continue to present this well-loved Festival for another 21 years! For additonal Sponsorship Information, call the Festival office at 435.649.5309 or send an email request for sponsorship information
FESTIVAL DIRECTORS LESLIE AND RUSSELL HARLOW
1. Clarinetist Russell Harlow studied with renowned clarinetists Gary Foster, Mitchel Lurie and Harold Wright. Harlow is an official Yamaha Artist for the Yamaha Corporation and his performance as a featured artist at the 2003 International Clarinet Convention was sponsored by Yamaha. Founder of the Nova Series, a chamber music series still in existence in Salt Lake City, Russell Harlow joined the Festival as Manager and Co-Director prior to the Music Festival's third season.
2. Violist and Festival Founder/Director Leslie Harlow joined her first string quartet in Lubbock, Texas, at the age of thirteen and has been performing in chamber music ever since. Ms. Harlow founded the Park City Music Festival the year following her graduation from the Juilliard School with a masters degree in performance. During her tenure in New York, Ms. Harlow met and performed with many of the artists that she would eventually invite to join the roster of the Park City International Music Festival.
  
  The Harlows reside in Park City and travel and perform with chamber series and at other festivals throughout the year. In addition, solos by both Leslie and Russell Harlow can be heard on many major movie soundtracks. Both artists are currently performing with the Utah Symphony.
DONATIONS
1. Visit our Donation Information Page
JOIN THE MAILING LIST
1. Click Here to contact the Festival here by email to join the Mailing List and the Email List. Please include your address information and the word "Subscribe" in the body of your email message.
JOIN THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
1. The Park City Chamber Music Society is the non-profit parent organization that presents the Festival each year. Join the Society and Support Live Chamber Music Performances!
LODGING PACKAGES
1. Washington School Inn in Park City
ADVERTISE IN THE PROGRAM
1. Ad Reservation Information and Forms in Park City
FESTIVAL ARTIST NEWS
1. Violinist Arturo Delmoni continues to serve as Concertmaster for the New York City Ballet. Cellist Mark Kosower continues to distinguish himself as a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, as well as performing as concerto soloist with orchestras around the world. Festival Directors Russell and Leslie Harlow will be on tour in Europe with the Utah Symphony through the month of April. Russell Harlow will perform the Finzi Clarinet Concerto in May with the Sonolumina Chamber Orchestra. Leslie Harlow performed as soloist with the Sonolumina Orchestra this past season in Vaughan Williams' Flos Campi. Cellist Denise Djokic continues to perform in recital and as concerto soloist throughout the world. Cellist Mark Kosower recently joined the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory.
3. Long-time Festival Roster Artist Arturo Delmoni, violinist, has joined the Violin Faculty of Meadowmount, the famous summer program for violinists. Mr. Delmoni will still be performing with the Park City International Music Festival summer.
5. >And.. >Festival Co-Director Russell Harlow, clarinetist, was a recent guest artist at the Clarinet Festival in Puerto Rico, performing in recital, holding masterclasses and giving a presentation on fine clarinetists of the past. Mr. Harlow also recently published the "New Studies" for Clarinet by Louis DeSantis, a volume of etudes that had gone out of print sixty years ago. The "New Studies" edition is available through ClarinetCentral.
6. Festival Founder/Director Leslie Harlow continues as Artistic Director of the Virtuoso Series at Libby Gardner Hall in Salt Lake City.
RELATED LINKS
1. IKON Office Solutions
  Summerhays Music Online and KAWAI Pianos
  Park City Online Catalog
  The Canyons Resort
  Apple Computer
  Chamber Music Utah Website
  Chamber Music America Website
  KBYU Classical Radio Streaming Classical Radio
  Summit County Arts Events Website
  Park City Visitors Information
  Utah Symphony and Opera Website
CONTACT US
1. Park City Office: The Park City Chamber Music Society ?? P O Box 354 ?? Park City, Utah 84060
  435-649-5309
2. Salt Lake City Offices: 205 First Avenue ?? Salt Lake City, Utah 84103
  1950 Meadow Dr ????Salt Lake City, Utah 84121
  801-943-0169
  
  email address: chmusic@pcmusicfestival.com