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This and that . . . from WPA’s Larry Alan Smith

December 11, 2011 News

Sometimes . . . just a few words are all you need . . . not an entirely new post.  As a result, Larry Alan Smith, WPA’s Artistic and Executive Director, will use this post as an on-going blog. So check back often as Larry blogs away about a variety of WPA-related topics. December 11 [...]

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Meet our new WPA President: Lois V. Conrad

December 11, 2011 News

Lois Conrad is a graduate of Georgetown University and has masters and Ph.D. degrees in 19th century British literature and autobiography from Tulane University in New Orleans. Her professional life was spent in undergraduate college admissions, having served as Associate Dean of Admissions for Georgetown University and Dean of Admissions for Tulane. She also served as President of [...]

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Larry lives on . . .

December 9, 2011 News

I am pleased to announce that Larry Alan Smith has signed a new contract with Wintergreen Performing Arts (WPA) and will continue to serve as its Artistic and Executive Director through the 2015 Wintergreen Summer Music Festival. Dr. Smith, known to most as Larry, has served in that role since April 2006, following the WPA [...]

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An Interview with WPA’s Artistic and Executive Director

December 1, 2011 News

Lois V. Conrad, President of Wintergreen Performing Arts, interviews WPA’s Artistic and Executive Director, Larry Alan Smith. Planning for the 2012 Wintergreen Summer Music Festival and Academy is in full swing. The festival will run from July 6 through August 5, 2012 at Wintergreen Resort in Wintergreen, Virginia. This year’s theme: INNOVATION 2012 Enjoy!

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CASABLANCA – Where Rick’s Café awaits you in Wintergreen Resort, VA on 04/21/12

November 25, 2011 Event

WPA’s Spring Gala Fundraiser  

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7th Annual Blue Ridge Mountain Music Fest in Wintergreen, VA on 08/18/12

January 19, 2012 Event
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Photos: WPA Dog Show – November 2011

November 22, 2011 News

Take a look.  It was definitely an event to remember!  Click here to see some wonderful photos. We would like to thank Marshall Faintich for providing this link and for taking such great photos! Photos: © Marshall Faintich 2011

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What’s the theme for 2012?

November 20, 2011 News

As you may have heard, the theme will be INNOVATION 2012. What on earth does that mean? Well . . . for as long as human beings have inhabited the planet, there have been innovators . . . people who move us in new directions. However, the entire history of mankind may just be a [...]

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. . . and the winner is . . .

November 19, 2011 Guest Artist

. . . Soprano Pervin Chakar! Larry Alan Smith, WPA’s Artistic and Executive Director, served on the jury of the 28th Maria Caniglia Voice Competition in Sulmona, Italy at the end of September. WPA, in cooperation with the Lotte Lehmann Foundation in New York City, offered a prize to the best female singer. Pervin Chakar [...]

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Soprano Pervin Chakar sings Donizetti

November 19, 2011 Guest Artist
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Hymn Descants for Trumpets and the Wintergreen Connection

November 17, 2011 News

Excerpts from a Heavenly Descants Publications press release: Heavenly Descants for Trumpet on 118 Hymn Tunes by Susan Sievert Messersmith (a member of the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra) is the newest release from Heavenly Descants Publications.  The C Trumpet Edition is available now, and the B-flat Edition should be available before Christmas. These original descants have [...]

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Monticello in July . . . Orange County in November!

November 16, 2011 News

At one of the Festival’s Monticello concerts this past July, some of our WSMF musicians were approached about playing a special concert in November. As a result, four of our Wintergreen musicians performed in Gordonsville for the Music Society of Orange County, Virginia. This was a private concert, and proceeds from the concert provided scholarship funds [...]

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Down by the Riverside in Virginia on 05/19/12

October 25, 2011 Events Fair
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2012 Wintergreen Summer Music Festival in Wintergreen Resort, VA on 07/06/12

October 14, 2011 Event
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15 Years of the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival

August 26, 2011 News

Wintergreen Performing Arts celebrated 15 years of music festivals with the 2011 Wintergreen Summer Music Festival. We marked this milestone in several different ways. Larry Luessen, one of WPA’s board members, wrote an article for the current issue of The Link (the newsletter of the Wintergreen Mountain Homesteaders Association). Click here to read the article.  [...]

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2011-12 Events Fair Activities!

June 26, 2011 News

The Opening Night Reception and Performance of the 2011 Wintergreen Summer Music Festival took place on Friday, July 8, 2011. That was when the 2011-12 Events Fair activities were offered for the very first time. There are nine fabulous events this year.  Click here to read about the offerings. There are still some spaces for [...]

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