Aspen Music Festival
Founded in 1949, the Aspen Music Festival and School is regarded as one of the top classical music festivals in the United States, noted both for its concert programming and its musical training of mostly young-adult music students. The typical eight-week summer season includes more than 300 classical music events—including concerts by five orchestras, solo and chamber music performances, fully staged opera productions, master classes, lectures, and children’s programming—and brings in 70,000 audience members. In the winter, the AMFS presents a small series of recitals and Metropolitan Opera Live in HD screenings.
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Side-by-Side Playing and Learning Experience in Aspen
In Aspen, students can play professional concerts sitting next to their mentors in the orchestra. A brief look at this extraordinary training experience. 2008
Aspen Cinemas Tour 01 2016
Take a tour of the New Aspen Cinemas with owners, Dave and Emily Huggins. These may be the most comfortable seats you have ever sat in.
Aspen Music Festival and School President and CEO Alan Fletcher, Thoughts on the AMFS
AMFS President and CEO Alan Fletcher offer thoughts on what makes the AMFS unique, 2008.
The Sundeck, Aspen Mountain, Aspen, Colorado, United States, North America
Aspen is a city in and the county seat of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. It is situated in a remote area of the Rocky Mountains' Sawatch Range and Elk Mountains, along the Roaring Fork River at an elevation just below 8,000 feet (2,400 m) above sea level on the Western Slope, 11 miles (18 km) west of the Continental Divide. As of the 2010 census, there were 6,658 permanent residents. Founded as a mining camp during the Colorado Silver Boom and named because of the abundance of aspen trees in the area, the city boomed during the 1880s, its first decade of existence. That early era ended when the Panic of 1893 led to a collapse in the silver market, and the city began a half-century known as the quiet years during which its population steadily declined, reaching a nadir of less than a thousand by 1930. Aspen's fortunes reversed in the mid-20th century when neighboring Aspen Mountain was developed into a ski resort, and industrialist Walter Paepcke bought many properties in the city and redeveloped them. Today it is home to three renowned institutions, two of which Paepcke helped found, that have international importance: the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Aspen Institute, and the Aspen Center for Physics. In the late 20th century, the city became a popular retreat for celebrities. Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson worked out of a downtown hotel and ran unsuccessfully for county sheriff. Singer John Denver wrote two songs about Aspen after settling there. Both of them popularized Aspen among the countercultural youth of the 1970s as an ideal place to live, and the city continued to grow even as it gained notoriety for some of the era's hedonistic excesses as well, particularly its drug culture. Today the musicians and movie stars have been joined by corporate executives. As a result of this influx of wealth Aspen boasts the most expensive real estate prices in the United States and most middle-class residents can no longer afford to live there. It remains a popular tourist destination, with outdoor recreation in the surrounding White River National Forest serving as a summertime complement to the four ski areas in the vicinity. The city's roots are traced to the winter of 1879, when a group of miners ignored pleas by Frederick Pitkin, governor of Colorado, to return across the Continental Divide due to an uprising of the Ute Indians. Originally named Ute City, the small community was renamed Aspen in 1880, and, in its peak production years of 1891 and 1892, surpassed Leadville as the United States' most productive silver-mining district. Production expanded due to the passage of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890, which doubled the government's purchase of silver. By 1893, Aspen had banks, a hospital, two theaters, an opera house and electric lights. Economic collapse came with the Panic of 1893, when President Cleveland called a special session of Congress and repealed the act. Within weeks, many of the Aspen mines were closed and thousands of miners were put out of work. It was proposed that silver be recognized as legal tender and the People's Party (populists) adopted that as one of its main issues; Davis H. Waite, an Aspen newspaperman and agitator was elected governor of Colorado on the Democratic Ticket; but in time the movement failed. Eventually, after wage cuts, mining revived somewhat, but production declined and by the 1930 census only 705 residents remained. Remaining, however, were fine stocks of old commercial buildings and residences, along with excellent snow. Aspen's development as a ski resort first flickered in the 1930s when investors conceived of a ski area, but the project was interrupted by World War II. Friedl Pfeifer, a member of the 10th Mountain Division who had trained in the area, returned to the area and linked up with industrialist Walter Paepcke and his wife Elizabeth. The Aspen Skiing Corporation was founded in 1946 and the city quickly became a well-known resort, hosting the FIS World Championships in 1950. Paepcke also played an important role in bringing the Goethe Bicentennial Convocation to Aspen in 1949, an event held in a newly designed tent by the architect Eero Saarinen. Aspen was now on the path to becoming an internationally known ski resort and cultural center, home of the Aspen Music Festival and School. The area would continue to grow with the development of three additional ski areas, Buttermilk (1958), Aspen Highlands (1958), and Snowmass (1969). In 1977, notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, while in the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen for a pre-trial hearing, jumped from a second-story window and escaped. He remained free for six days, hiding out on Aspen Mountain, before he was arrested while attempting to drive a stolen car out of the city. In 1977, Aspen was thoroughly photographed for the Aspen Movie Map project funded by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Aspen Music Festival and School Introduction
America's Premier Music Festival
Each summer the Aspen Music Festival and School brings together the world's great music minds - both legendary masters and brilliant youths - to make music together.
June 26 - August 17, 2014.
THE BIGGEST MUSIC FESTIVAL EVER | My Aspen Experience
The Aspen Music Festival is like the Mecca of music festivals. I had a blast at Aspen, but not all students go through the same experience because it is a big festival. I want to share with you guys about my time at Aspen!
Information on the Aspen Music Festival: there are over 600 students that attend Aspen and they are from all over the world. It is also one of the most popular and mainstream music festivals.
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Aspen Music Festival and School 2007
The Aspen Music Festival and School is in its 58th season. In 2007 Aspen explores the influences of jazz on classical music in the theme of Blue Notes. Collaborations abound, with the AMFS co-presenting programs with Jazz Aspen Snowmass, the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and the Aspen Institute as well as others.
Trombone Players at the Aspen Music Festival and School
Meet some of the trombone players at the 2008 Aspen Music Festival and School.
Aspen, Colorado, United States, North America
Aspen is a city in and the county seat of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. It is situated in a remote area of the Rocky Mountains' Sawatch Range and Elk Mountains, along the Roaring Fork River at an elevation just below 8,000 feet (2,400 m) above sea level on the Western Slope, 11 miles (18 km) west of the Continental Divide. As of the 2010 census, there were 6,658 permanent residents. Founded as a mining camp during the Colorado Silver Boom and named because of the abundance of aspen trees in the area, the city boomed during the 1880s, its first decade of existence. That early era ended when the Panic of 1893 led to a collapse in the silver market, and the city began a half-century known as the quiet years during which its population steadily declined, reaching a nadir of less than a thousand by 1930. Aspen's fortunes reversed in the mid-20th century when neighboring Aspen Mountain was developed into a ski resort, and industrialist Walter Paepcke bought many properties in the city and redeveloped them. Today it is home to three renowned institutions, two of which Paepcke helped found, that have international importance: the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Aspen Institute, and the Aspen Center for Physics. In the late 20th century, the city became a popular retreat for celebrities. Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson worked out of a downtown hotel and ran unsuccessfully for county sheriff. Singer John Denver wrote two songs about Aspen after settling there. Both of them popularized Aspen among the countercultural youth of the 1970s as an ideal place to live, and the city continued to grow even as it gained notoriety for some of the era's hedonistic excesses as well, particularly its drug culture. Today the musicians and movie stars have been joined by corporate executives. As a result of this influx of wealth Aspen boasts the most expensive real estate prices in the United States and most middle-class residents can no longer afford to live there. It remains a popular tourist destination, with outdoor recreation in the surrounding White River National Forest serving as a summertime complement to the four ski areas in the vicinity. The city's roots are traced to the winter of 1879, when a group of miners ignored pleas by Frederick Pitkin, governor of Colorado, to return across the Continental Divide due to an uprising of the Ute Indians. Originally named Ute City, the small community was renamed Aspen in 1880, and, in its peak production years of 1891 and 1892, surpassed Leadville as the United States' most productive silver-mining district. Production expanded due to the passage of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890, which doubled the government's purchase of silver. By 1893, Aspen had banks, a hospital, two theaters, an opera house and electric lights. Economic collapse came with the Panic of 1893, when President Cleveland called a special session of Congress and repealed the act. Within weeks, many of the Aspen mines were closed and thousands of miners were put out of work. It was proposed that silver be recognized as legal tender and the People's Party (populists) adopted that as one of its main issues; Davis H. Waite, an Aspen newspaperman and agitator was elected governor of Colorado on the Democratic Ticket; but in time the movement failed. Eventually, after wage cuts, mining revived somewhat, but production declined and by the 1930 census only 705 residents remained. Remaining, however, were fine stocks of old commercial buildings and residences, along with excellent snow. Aspen's development as a ski resort first flickered in the 1930s when investors conceived of a ski area, but the project was interrupted by World War II. Friedl Pfeifer, a member of the 10th Mountain Division who had trained in the area, returned to the area and linked up with industrialist Walter Paepcke and his wife Elizabeth. The Aspen Skiing Corporation was founded in 1946 and the city quickly became a well-known resort, hosting the FIS World Championships in 1950. Paepcke also played an important role in bringing the Goethe Bicentennial Convocation to Aspen in 1949, an event held in a newly designed tent by the architect Eero Saarinen. Aspen was now on the path to becoming an internationally known ski resort and cultural center, home of the Aspen Music Festival and School. The area would continue to grow with the development of three additional ski areas, Buttermilk (1958), Aspen Highlands (1958), and Snowmass (1969). In 1977, notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, while in the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen for a pre-trial hearing, jumped from a second-story window and escaped. He remained free for six days, hiding out on Aspen Mountain, before he was arrested while attempting to drive a stolen car out of the city. In 1977, Aspen was thoroughly photographed for the Aspen Movie Map project funded by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Aspen Covered in Snow (1080p)
The beautiful city of Aspen, Colorado, filmed in 1080p HD.
From Wikipedia:
Aspen is a town, city, and ski resort community in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. It is the county seat of Pitkin County and is in a remote area of the Rocky Mountains' Sawatch Range, along the Roaring Fork River at an elevation just below 8,000 feet (2,400 m) above sea level on the Western Slope, 11 miles (18 km) west of the Continental Divide. As of the 2010 census, there were 6,658 permanent residents.
Founded as a mining camp during the Colorado Silver Boom and named because of the abundance of aspen trees in the area, the city boomed during the 1880s, its first decade of existence. That early era ended when the Panic of 1893 led to a collapse in the silver market, and the city began a half-century known as the quiet years during which its population steadily declined, reaching a nadir of less than a thousand by 1930. Aspen's fortunes reversed in the mid-20th century when neighboring Aspen Mountain was developed into a ski resort, and industrialist Walter Paepcke bought many properties in town and redeveloped them. Today it is home to three renowned institutions, two of which Paepcke helped found, that have international importance: the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Aspen Institute, and the Aspen Center for Physics.
In the late 20th century, the city became a popular retreat for celebrities. Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson worked out of a downtown hotel and ran unsuccessfully for county sheriff. Singer John Denver wrote two songs about Aspen after settling there. Both of them popularized Aspen among the countercultural youth of the 1970s as an ideal place to live, and the city continued to grow even as it gained notoriety for some of the era's hedonistic excesses as well, particularly its drug culture.
Getting Ready for La Traviata (Opera House Time Lapse)
The Aspen Opera Center's production of Verdi's tragic masterpiece runs at the Wheeler Opera House on July 15, 17, and 18. Get a behind-the-scenes look at ten days of prep, in just one minute, as everyone from singers to lighting designers raced around to make things perfect for opening night.
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Matthew and Kay Bucksbaum Discuss the Aspen Music Festival and School
Matthew and Kay Bucksbaum, for whom the Bucksbaum Campus is named, discuss their passion and vision for the Aspen Music Festival and School. 2008.
Sky Hotel Aspen Sunday Funday
Just another Sunday Funday at the Sky Hotel in Aspen.
Downtown Aspen 2008-2009
Ruas de Aspen
Aspen Music Festival & School Clip
A clip from Arts District episode featuring Aspen Music Festival & School. Airs Sept. 17 at 7:30pm on Rocky Mountain PBS.
Beyond The Clouds by John Wasson
Alpine Brass
Rob Merritt retired in 2011 from over 40 years of
music education and now assists the Aspen Schools
through the Jazz Aspen/Snowmass Music Education
Outreach program. He started his trumpet studies
at the age of 5, has a BA and Doctoral studies
from Oklahoma University and a MA in trumpet
performance from Denver University.
Ben McMurray is from Columbus, Ohio and has
been part of “ArtistYear”, through Americorps and
the Aspen Music Festival since August 2017, bringing
extra assistance to music programs in the Roaring
Fork Valley. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Music
from The Ohio State University in 2016, where he
studied classical trumpet and piano.
Bonnie Shappell moved to Aspen last fall and works for
the Aspen Music Festival and School. As a former
student at the Aspen Music Festival, she returned to
the mountains after touring North America playing
French horn for numerous Broadway musicals
including Monty Python’s Spamalot, award-winning
brass bands and performing with a multitude of
musical groups on the east coast.
Craig Heydenberk moved to the Roaring Fork
Valley in 1985 and currently owns Environmental
Services, Inc. of Carbondale. He studied Trombone
at Central Michigan University and lives in Panorama
Subdivision with his wife Patty, and three German
Shorthaired Pointers. Craig performs whenever
possible, and regularly with the Western Colorado
Jazz Orchestra in Grand Junction.
Keith Elder is Vice President and General Manager
with the Aspen Music Festival and has played tuba
since 7th grade. He holds a bachelor’s degree from
Indiana University and a Juris Doctorate from New
England School of Law. He has a distinguished
performance background including the Sony video/
audio recording of “Marsalis on Music”.
Sunday, May 20th, 2018
Snowmass Chapel
Aspen music festival
Conductor series