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Juneau Jazz & Classics is a private, 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization. Its mission is to provide a rich musical experience to music lovers in Juneau, the remote towns of Southeast Alaska, and the State of Alaska. Most of the 2020 festival was scrapped, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Linda and her husband Paul Rosenthal moved to Fairbanks, Alaska in 1969 (Paul's brother lived in Fairbanks at the time) and then to Juneau in 1974. Linda helped start the Juneau Jazz & Classics music festival in 1985 and was the artistic director of it for thirty years. [1]
Juneau hosts the annual Alaska Folk Festival, Juneau Jazz & Classics music festival, and Celebration, a biennial Alaska Native cultural festival. A city-owned ski resort, Eaglecrest is on Douglas Island. Auk Village Totem 458. The city-owned Treadwell ice-skating rink is located on the south end of Douglas Island.
Juneau Jazz & Classics; S. Sitka Jazz Festival; Sitka Summer Music Festival This page was last edited on 28 December 2023, at 21:19 (UTC) ...
The festival is held in Juneau, Alaska, most commonly in April, and lasts for a week. Its functioning is supported solely by volunteers and donations. The Alaska Folk Festival, which was established in 1975, [1] is a celebration of music by folks. Folk music is an important component, but all types of music are encouraged.
5 January – The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Robert Spano as its principal conductor, with immediate effect. [1]6 January – The National Forum of Music (NFM) in Wrocław announces the appointment of Christoph Eschenbach as its next artistic director, effective with the 2024–2025 season, with an initial contract of 5 seasons.
While initially focused on acoustic jazz, the festival's 1969 program was an experiment in fusing jazz, soul and rock music and audiences. Ocean Blue Jazz Festival mid-1990s–early 2000s
The Juneau Symphony was founded in 1962 by high school music teacher Cliff Berge and his wife Gladys to give local musicians in Alaska’s capital city a platform to perform classical music. First called the Juneau Symphonette, they played their first concert featuring Wagner’s Tannhauser overture, at the Juneau’s downtown 20th Century Theater.