SummerFest 2023

July 30-August 30, 2023

Wanderer’s Stars: Songs that Illuminate Our Path Toward Home

Sunday, July 30, 3:00 p.m.
Salem College Fine Arts Center, Shirley Recital Hall
$27 General Admission/$10 Ages 6-18

Wanderer’s Stars is a celebration of the power of the human voice to transcend boundaries, and of the power of song to help us define our sense of home, of who we are. It bridges the gaps between genres -- from the soaring to the vibrant, the polished to the raw – from Classical to Pop, Musical Theater to folk.

“Time Out”

Friday, August 4, 7:30 p.m.
Salem College Fine Arts Center, Shirley Recital Hall
$27 General Admission/$10 Ages 6-18

Music from Dave Brubeck’s iconic Time Out recording, including “Take Five” and “Blue Rondo a la Turk”
Federico Pivetta, piano; Bob Faub, saxophone; Matt Kendrick, bass; John Wilson, drums

“Close to You” – Songs of Burt Bacharach

Saturday, August 12, 7:30 p.m.
Salem College Fine Arts Center, Shirley Recital Hall
$27 General Admission/$10 Ages 6-18

Featuring many of Burt Bacharach’s greatest hits, including “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” “What the World Needs Now,” “Raindrops Keep Falling,” “Close To You,” “The Look Of Love,” and more.
Martha Bassett, vocals; Jacqui Carrasco, violin; Ken Wilmot, trumpet; Federico Pivetta, piano; Matt Kendrick, bass; John Wilson, drums

Baroque and Blue

Wednesday, August 9, 7:30 p.m.
Piedmont Music Center
$27 General Admission/$10 Ages 6-18

Dance Suite for Electric Guitar and Darbuka
Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio by Claude Bolling
Colin Allured, guitar; Bill Smith, darbuka; Debra Reuter-Pivetta, flute; Federico Pivetta, piano; Matt Kendrick, bass; John Wilson, drums

Peter and the Wolf: A Family Concert

Saturday, August 26, 3:00 p.m.
SECCA Auditorium - FREE Admission

The classic tale in its chamber music version and up-close to the musicians!
Jason McKinney, narrator

Lyricosa String Quartet

Sunday, August 27, 3:00 p.m.
Piedmont Music Center
$27 General Admission/$10 Ages 6-18

Haydn: String Quartet, Opus 20, no. 2; Webern: Langsamer Satz; Beethoven: String Quartet Op 131
Carol Chung, violin; Lucas Scalamogna, violin; Simon Ertz, viola: Rosalind Leavell, cello

Dmitri Vorobiev, piano

Wednesday, August 30, 7:30 p.m.
Piedmont Music Center
$27 General Admission/$10 Ages 6-18

Works by Bach, Beethoven, and Schumann