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Festival Notes - July 28, 2015

  Today is Tuesday, July 28th. Aspen Public  Radio is in its Pledge Drive, and you can show your support by calling us at 920-9000.
At 10:30 today, it’s Tunes and Tales at the Basalt Regional Library, a free and fun program for children over 3 accompanied by an adult. Listen to enchanting stories along with classical favorites performed by AMFS students...

A free Spotlight recital takes place at noon today in the Aspen Chapel. Hear top student talent in a wide variety of repertoire in a beautiful and intimate setting.
 
At 1pm, Grammy-nominated violinist Robert McDuffie will present a master class in Harris Concert Hall.
 
Round up the kids and head over to Castle Creek 1 on the Bucksbaum Campus at 4:30 today for Peanut Butter and Jam, an interactive way for children of all ages to learn about the orchestra and how each instrument “jams.”
 
Founded in 1960 and in residence at Aspen every summer since 1970, the American Brass Quintet returns to Harris Concert Hall tonight at 7:30 for a recital including works by Ferrabosco/Holborne/Dowland, a world premiere by Robert Paterson, and pieces by Nina C. Young and Lutoslawski.
 

Classical music reporter Chris Mohr has loved classical music since he was twelve. “And I owe it all to radio,” Chris explains. “I grew up in a farm town east of Cleveland. One day I turned on the local classical radio station. They were playing Vivaldi, and it was like the gates of heaven opened up to me!" Chris is also a composer, and is working on a 53-note-to-the-octave oratorio, "Melodies of the Shoreless Sea." This is his ninth summer working for Aspen Public Radio.
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