The Lyceum Music Festival, founded in 2008, is an orchestra festival presented in collaboration with the Utah Symphony's Deer Valley Music Festival located in just outside

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at Zion Ponderosa Ranch. LMF provides mentoring for musicians ages 14 to 21 and presents a series of concerts.

History

The Festival was founded by Kayson Brown as an effort to connect young musicians with professional performers. With the cooperation of the

Utah Symphony The Utah Symphony is an American orchestra based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The orchestra's principal venue is Abravanel Hall. In addition to its Salt Lake City subscription concerts, the orchestra travels around the Intermountain West serving c ...

and support from sponsoring organization American Heritage School, Lyceum Music Festival grew from a half-week day camp to a week-long festival with lodging. In 2012, the orchestra performed "Beethoven's 5 Secrets" with

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Program

Students perform alongside renowned recording artists in chamber and symphonic concerts at the conclusion of the week. These concerts, presented at the OC Tanner Amphitheater and are open to the public. Approximately 100 students from across the United States participate. For participants, the festival provides insights into classical music careers while helping students to acquire the skills necessary to performing at the professional level. Students prepare a professional level concert that features renowned guest artists. Those preparations include instrument specific training with Utah Symphony musicians, chamber music coaching with emerging professional string quartets, and working closely with professional conductors and guest artists in daily rehearsals. Recreation, leadership training, and entertainment activities are likewise an important element of the Festival.

Guest artists

Guest artists include Billboard-topping recording artists and award-winning faculty from professional symphony orchestras. Simply Three, The Piano Guys (four times), Igor and Vesna Gruppman, Nathan Pacheco,

The 5 Browns The 5 Browns are a classical piano ensemble consisting of five siblings—two brothers and three sisters. Their repertoire ranges from beloved concert hall staples, such as Igor Stravinsky's ''The Rite of Spring'', Gershwin's ''Rhapsody in Blue' ...

Jenny Oaks Baker Jenny Oaks Baker (born Jenny June Oaks; May 27, 1975) is a Grammy nominated American violinist and former member of the National Symphony Orchestra. She has released eighteen studio albums, several of which have topped or nearly topped ''Billboar ...

, Steven Sharp Nelson
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Keith Lockhart Keith Alan Lockhart (born November 7, 1959) is an American conductor. He is the Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Chief Guest Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra, and the Artistic Director of the Brevard Music Center in North Caro ...

, and

David Lockington David Lockington (born October 11, 1956), is the Music Director Laureate of the Grand Rapids Symphony located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, U.S. Lockington became the 13th music director of the Grand Rapids Symphony in January 1999 and s ...

References

External links

Festival websiteThe Browns on Billboard.com
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