George Shangrow, Festival Favorite, will be honored with a Champagne Tribute this Friday, Aug. 13 at 6:30 p.m., and by fellow musicians who will step in for him at the Music Lovers Seminars .
Victoria Parker, Executive Director of the Chamber Music Festival, announced that the Music Lovers Seminars, scheduled to be presented by George Shangrow, will continue, with several musicians coming forward to offer the seminar presentations, “honoring George’s legacy. It’s been heartwarming to have such offers of support to continue to be able to offer the seminars.”
Shangrow was killed in a car collision on July 31, 2010.
With the loss of Shangrow, the first series of Music Lovers Seminars, scheduled for August 12 and 13, will not take place: those who had purchased tickets may apply them to other Music Lovers Seminars or to tickets to concerts that are still available. Alternatively, the first series’ tickets may be contributed as a gift towards an endowment fund in Shangrow’s name for the Spring Music Lovers’ lecture.
The remaining schedule for the Music Lovers Seminars and Pre- and Post-Concert talks is as follows:
| DATE | LECTURE/CONCERT | LECTURER |
| 8/16 & 17 | Clara and Robert | by Laila Storch |
| 8/19 & 20 | Masterworks | by Adam Stern |
| 8/23 | Fandango |
Zaira Meneses 10AM-11AM;
11-12 John Largess
|
| 8/24 | Fandango | Eliot Fisk and Martin Friedmann |
| 8/26 | Quintets | Eliot Fisk 10-10:30; 10:30-noon Martin Friedmann
& Laila Storch discuss Schumann |
| 8/27 | Quintets | Aloysia Friedmann, Martin Friedmann
and Laila Storch |
Pre and Post Concert
| 8/17 | Duos preconcert | Laila Storch |
| 8/18 | Duos post | Laila Storch interviews Chalifour, J.Dunham,
Martindale Williams and Parker |
| 8/20 | MasterW preconcert | Adam Stern |
| 8/21 | MasterW post | John Largess with guest artists |
| 8/24 | Quintets preconcert | Eliot Fisk |
| 8/25 | Quintets post | John Largess interviews Eliot Fisk and Zaira Meneses |
