Wintergreen Performing Arts

Classics Performances by the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra, Wintergreen Chamber Players and Bowen McCauley Dance Come for the Pre-Concert Talks with Larry Alan Smith – 45 minutes before each Classics performance. Classics I – Saturday, July 7 at 6:00 pm and Sunday, July 8 at 3:00 pm (EC) Wintergreen Chamber Players Larry Alan Smith, guest conductor [...]

Nature and Wintergreen Presented in collaboration with The Wintergreen Nature Foundation Doug Coleman, Executive Director Wintergreen is unique in that conservation of the natural environment is what sets the community apart from other destination resorts. The Wintergreen Nature Foundation (TWNF), with nearly 800 members, is at the core of this identity and a key force [...]

Music in Unusual Places ▲ Look for the musicians of the Wintergreen Summer Music Academy to appear in unusual places at unusual times. Wander by . . . stay a few minutes . . . take advantage of a moment to relax as you listen to music performed by the talented Academy students who come [...]

Under (and around) The Big Top: A Happening ▲ Saturday, July 21 from 1:00-2:00 pm (EC . . . AKA . . . The Big Top) Join the composers and the instrumentalists of the Wintergreen Summer Music Academy as they commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of American composer John Cage with their very [...]

Thrilling Thursdays Why not? WSMF patrons are going to love the variety! Thrilling Thursday I – July 26 at 7:30 pm (EC) ♫ Organists as Innovators: J.S. Bach and Olivier Messiaen Organist Peter Marshall will present a program that explores two of history’s most important composers. Fortunately, they both wrote a great deal of music [...]

Five-Sense Fête – An Evening of Innovation Tuesday, July 17 at 6:30 pm (MPS)* ® A Five-Star Dinner to benefit Wintergreen Performing Arts Chef Ben Thompson and composer Larry Alan Smith are joining forces to create a memorable evening that will delight and stimulate the five sens- es. Taste, smell, see, hear and touch the [...]

Cooking Classes Innovative food prepared by innovative chefs in four beautiful Wintergreen kitchens. Every class will be different. Classes will be limited to 25 participants. Cooking Classes I and II – July 10 and 12 at 2:00 pm (EHVW)* ® Executive Chef Amalia Scatena of Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards in North Garden, Virginia A [...]

Bird-like Things in Things like Trees ▲ Rob Tarbell and Douglas Boyce: Bird-like Things in Things like Trees Presented in collaboration with Les Yeux du Monde in Charlottesville, Virginia Artist Rob Tarbell and composer Douglas Boyce came up with the idea of Bird-like Things in Things Like Trees during a residency at the Virginia Center for [...]

Art Song and Opera ♫ Monday, July 23 at 7:30 pm (EC) American bass-baritone Adam Cioffari has quickly established himself as a rising young artist to watch. Career highlights include appearances with Houston Grand Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Komische Oper Berlin and the San Francisco Merola Opera Program. Roles in his rep- ertoire [...]

Saturday Seminars Set aside 90 minutes of your weekend to hear about fascinating topics from some extraordinary people. All of the Saturday Seminars will begin at 9:30 am. Individual seminars $15 per day payable at the door. Purchase a SEMPACK (any five seminars) and save.   July 7 Trent Nicholas ▲ Statewide Media Resources Educator, [...]

Shadow and Light: Works on Paper by Lisa Macbride ▲ Thursday, July 12 through Sunday, July 15 (SR) In addition to the primary exhibition of Lisa Macbride’s work at Chroma Projects in Charlottesville, VA, during the month of July, there will be a four-day presentation of her work at Wintergreen Resort. July 12 from 1:00-5:00 [...]

Academy String Orchestra Concert ♫ Friday, August 3 at 7:30 pm (CB) Joseph J. Nigro, guest conductor Edvard Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34 (1880) Béla Bartók: Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113 (1939) Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910) Felix Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No. 12 in g minor (1823)   Academy [...]

Wine Tastings with a “Twist” Emerging Wine Regions and the WPA Martini of the Week Each Saturday afternoon from 4:00-5:30 pm, you can sample three wines from “new” wine regions of the world and enjoy WPA’s Martini of the Week. July 14 at 4:00 pm (FPC) § – Priorat (Spain) July 21 at 4:00 pm [...]

Academy Masterclasses ▲ Academy Masterclass I – Tuesday, July 10 at 4:15 pm Christopher Pulgram – Solo Bach: Violin – Part I (EC) Wesley Baldwin – Solo Bach: Viola and Cello – Part I (FPC) Academy Masterclass II – Thursday, July 12 at 4:15 pm Christopher Pulgram – String Chamber Music (EC) Academy Masterclass III [...]

Academy Concerts ♫ Academy Concert I – Saturday, July 14 at 3:00 pm (EC)   Academy Concert II – Saturday, July 21 at 3:00 pm (EC)   Academy Concert III – Tuesday, July 24 at 7:30 pm (EC)   Academy Concert IV – Saturday, July 28 at 3:00 pm (EC)   The Academy will also [...]