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The True Story of Catch Me If You Can
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Frank Abagnale Jr. is an expert on fraud, scams, deception and beating the system. Between the ages of 16 and 21, he forged and cashed $2.5 million worth of bad checks in the United States and 26 other countries, while successfully passing himself off as an airline pilot for Pan Am, a doctor, a college professor and a lawyer. He was ultimately caught, as he always knew he would be, and served time in French, Swedish and American prisons.
Abagnale’s adventures were immortalized, and somewhat fictionalized, in Steven Spielberg’s 2002 film Catch Me If You Can, with Leonardo DiCaprio starring as the young con man and Tom Hanks playing the FBI agent who pursued him. The movie, based on a ghost-written autobiography, inspired a 2011 Broadway musical of the same name – score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, book by Terrence McNally, direction by Jack O’Brien and choreography by Jerry Mitchell – which is now touring the country.
It’s easy to understand why great storytellers have been attracted to this period in Abagnale’s life. His capers were colorful, improbable, glamorous, ingenious and exciting. With each chase, with each con, there was also the element of suspense: Would he get away with it? How would he get away with it? It’s a tale that practically begged to be told on screen and on stage.
Abagnale’s life on the lam is the most entertaining part of his story – but it’s not the best part of his story. It may not even be the most remarkable part of his story. What Abagnale has done since leaving behind his life of crime is both mind-boggling and inspiring. He has used his knowledge as a counterfeiter and scam artist to stop criminals and protect law-abiding citizens, initially working with the FBI – which was part of his parole agreement – and then by developing a host of fraud prevention programs that are used by more than 14,000 financial institutions, corporations and law enforcement agencies. “Those are the amazing things to me about my life,” he says, “not what I did so many years ago.”
He didn’t set out to be a con artist when he ran away from home to New York City following his parents’ divorce. “It started out as survival,” he says. “I was 16 and tried to get jobs working in a store, like a delivery boy, and I realized they weren’t going to pay me anything. I knew I looked older, and I thought that if I lied about my age, if people thought I was ten years older, they’d pay me more.”
But as the film and musical indicate, Abagnale was resourceful and very smart, and he began to figure out ways – none of them legal – to make great sums of money, more than he ever dreamed. “I’ve always said that the two reasons for my success were that I was very creative and very observant,” he says. “I saw things that no one paid attention to. I was able to look at things and figure out ways around them. I think I got away with a lot of things because I was an adolescent; I had no fear of being caught. And like most adolescents, I wasn’t thinking about the consequences.”
He didn’t have nearly as much fun as the Frank Abagnale of stage and screen. “It’s a very lonely life,” he says. “Everyone you meet thinks you’re somebody else. I couldn’t confide in anybody. I was this teenage boy out on his own, and I cried myself to sleep many nights. Everyone I associated with thought I was their peer, but they were ten years older than I. So I was constantly having to act like an adult.
“I was also being chased, and I knew I had to stay one step ahead,” he continues. “At one point it became a game between me and the FBI agent as to who was going to outsmart who. But you grow up and mature and you realize you don’t want to live the rest of your life like that. I always knew I’d get caught: I didn’t have it in me to give myself up, but I knew it was a matter of time before they would catch up with me. And there’s great relief when you’re caught because it’s over. When I look back on my life, even knowing where it has brought me, I would never want to have to live that over again.”
Abagnale was 21 years old and living under an assumed name in France when the French police caught him and imprisoned him for six months under horrific conditions. He then spent six months in a Swedish jail, and was subsequently deported to the United States. Before American authorities could take him into custody he ran away again, escaping through the service area of the plane – not by disemboweling a plane’s toilet, as in the movie. “I was desperate, but not that desperate,” he says. He was desperate because he was terrified. “I thought I might go to prison for 20 years or for the rest of my life. Having experienced prison, I got very scared, and that’s why I tried to escape. I had no idea whether American prisons were like French prisons.”
He was eventually caught and sentenced to 12 years in jail. But after four years he was paroled, on the condition that he would use his expertise teaching and working undercover for the FBI. “I didn’t come out of prison saying, ‘I’m a changed person, I will never do this again,’” he says. “The truth is that this was a way to get my freedom. I didn’t know what I would do, or whether I would go straight.”
It was during one of his undercover assignments that Abagnale met Kelly, the woman who would become his wife. “She was working on her master’s degree, writing a paper and doing an internship at this institution where I was undercover,” he says. “I met her under this phony name, and started dating her. On my last day, I took her to the park and said, ‘I would really like to continue to see you, but I have to explain that I’m not this person, this is not what I do for a living. I work for the government and I’ve been here on assignment.’ I broke protocol, which you’re never supposed to do. But she listened to me, and she literally changed my life. She believed in me, she had faith in me, and she married me against the wishes of her parents, who eventually came to love me. She saw something in me that other people probably never saw. She gave me three beautiful children. I am who I am and I am and where I am because of the love of a woman, and the respect three sons have for their father. “
With Kelly in his life, Abagnale’s redemption truly began. When his obligation to the FBI was completed, he was asked to remain on. “I didn’t want to stay on as an employee of the government, because there were things I wanted to do that I’d be restricted from doing, like writing books and educating people about crime,” he says. “I also had a lot of technology ideas that I wanted to develop, but I knew that if I did them while working for the government, the technology would become government property.” So he became a contract employee, working as a consultant and teaching at the FBI Academy – where one of his students was his oldest son, now an FBI agent.
Abagnale works with the FBI to this day, and became lifelong friends with the agent who relentlessly pursued him, Joseph Shea – known as Carl Hanratty in the movie and the musical – who died in 2005. He has his own business, Abagnale & Associates, a security consulting firm, and is considered to be a leading authority in the field. He is a dynamic, much sought-after lecturer, and a self-made millionaire – legitimately. Just as surprising, he serves on the advisory board of Wild Wings International, the philanthropic organization of former Pan Am flight attendants. “Who would have dreamed that?” he says. “Only in America could something like this happen.”
Yet he lives with his past everyday. And although three presidents have offered to pardon him, he has turned them down. “I respectfully declined,” he says, “because I truly believe that a piece of paper cannot excuse my actions. I don’t think it works that way. I made some mistakes in my life and I have to live with them. I know people are fascinated by what I did between the ages of 16 and 21. But what amazes me is where my life went when I came out of prison. I try to do the right thing, and I hope that in the end I’ll be judged for that.”
Don't miss your chance to see Catch Me If You Can December 18-23 at the Fox Cities P.A.C.!
Posted with permission from Allied Live
Frank Abagnale Jr. is an expert on fraud, scams, deception and beating the system. Between the ages of 16 and 21, he forged and cashed $2.5 million worth of bad checks in the United States and 26 other countries, while successfully passing himself off as an airline pilot for Pan Am, a doctor, a college professor and a lawyer. He was ultimately caught, as he always knew he would be, and served time in French, Swedish and American prisons. Abagnale’s adventures were immortalized, and somewhat fictionalized, in Steven Spielberg’s 2002 film Catch Me If You Can, with Leonardo DiCaprio starring as the young con man and Tom Hanks playing the FBI agent who pursued him. The movie, based on a ghost-written autobiography, inspired a 2011 Broadway musical of the same name – score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, book by Terrence McNally, direction by Jack O’Brien and choreography by Jerry Mitchell – which is now touring the country.
It’s easy to understand why great storytellers have been attracted to this period in Abagnale’s life. His capers were colorful, improbable, glamorous, ingenious and exciting. With each chase, with each con, there was also the element of suspense: Would he get away with it? How would he get away with it? It’s a tale that practically begged to be told on screen and on stage.
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| The real Frank Abagnale, Jr. with the stars of Catch Me If You Can, Merritt David Jones (Agent Carl Hanratty) and Stephen Anthony (Frank Abagnale, Jr.) |
Abagnale’s life on the lam is the most entertaining part of his story – but it’s not the best part of his story. It may not even be the most remarkable part of his story. What Abagnale has done since leaving behind his life of crime is both mind-boggling and inspiring. He has used his knowledge as a counterfeiter and scam artist to stop criminals and protect law-abiding citizens, initially working with the FBI – which was part of his parole agreement – and then by developing a host of fraud prevention programs that are used by more than 14,000 financial institutions, corporations and law enforcement agencies. “Those are the amazing things to me about my life,” he says, “not what I did so many years ago.”
He didn’t set out to be a con artist when he ran away from home to New York City following his parents’ divorce. “It started out as survival,” he says. “I was 16 and tried to get jobs working in a store, like a delivery boy, and I realized they weren’t going to pay me anything. I knew I looked older, and I thought that if I lied about my age, if people thought I was ten years older, they’d pay me more.”
But as the film and musical indicate, Abagnale was resourceful and very smart, and he began to figure out ways – none of them legal – to make great sums of money, more than he ever dreamed. “I’ve always said that the two reasons for my success were that I was very creative and very observant,” he says. “I saw things that no one paid attention to. I was able to look at things and figure out ways around them. I think I got away with a lot of things because I was an adolescent; I had no fear of being caught. And like most adolescents, I wasn’t thinking about the consequences.”
He didn’t have nearly as much fun as the Frank Abagnale of stage and screen. “It’s a very lonely life,” he says. “Everyone you meet thinks you’re somebody else. I couldn’t confide in anybody. I was this teenage boy out on his own, and I cried myself to sleep many nights. Everyone I associated with thought I was their peer, but they were ten years older than I. So I was constantly having to act like an adult.
“I was also being chased, and I knew I had to stay one step ahead,” he continues. “At one point it became a game between me and the FBI agent as to who was going to outsmart who. But you grow up and mature and you realize you don’t want to live the rest of your life like that. I always knew I’d get caught: I didn’t have it in me to give myself up, but I knew it was a matter of time before they would catch up with me. And there’s great relief when you’re caught because it’s over. When I look back on my life, even knowing where it has brought me, I would never want to have to live that over again.”
Abagnale was 21 years old and living under an assumed name in France when the French police caught him and imprisoned him for six months under horrific conditions. He then spent six months in a Swedish jail, and was subsequently deported to the United States. Before American authorities could take him into custody he ran away again, escaping through the service area of the plane – not by disemboweling a plane’s toilet, as in the movie. “I was desperate, but not that desperate,” he says. He was desperate because he was terrified. “I thought I might go to prison for 20 years or for the rest of my life. Having experienced prison, I got very scared, and that’s why I tried to escape. I had no idea whether American prisons were like French prisons.”
He was eventually caught and sentenced to 12 years in jail. But after four years he was paroled, on the condition that he would use his expertise teaching and working undercover for the FBI. “I didn’t come out of prison saying, ‘I’m a changed person, I will never do this again,’” he says. “The truth is that this was a way to get my freedom. I didn’t know what I would do, or whether I would go straight.”
It was during one of his undercover assignments that Abagnale met Kelly, the woman who would become his wife. “She was working on her master’s degree, writing a paper and doing an internship at this institution where I was undercover,” he says. “I met her under this phony name, and started dating her. On my last day, I took her to the park and said, ‘I would really like to continue to see you, but I have to explain that I’m not this person, this is not what I do for a living. I work for the government and I’ve been here on assignment.’ I broke protocol, which you’re never supposed to do. But she listened to me, and she literally changed my life. She believed in me, she had faith in me, and she married me against the wishes of her parents, who eventually came to love me. She saw something in me that other people probably never saw. She gave me three beautiful children. I am who I am and I am and where I am because of the love of a woman, and the respect three sons have for their father. “
With Kelly in his life, Abagnale’s redemption truly began. When his obligation to the FBI was completed, he was asked to remain on. “I didn’t want to stay on as an employee of the government, because there were things I wanted to do that I’d be restricted from doing, like writing books and educating people about crime,” he says. “I also had a lot of technology ideas that I wanted to develop, but I knew that if I did them while working for the government, the technology would become government property.” So he became a contract employee, working as a consultant and teaching at the FBI Academy – where one of his students was his oldest son, now an FBI agent.
Abagnale works with the FBI to this day, and became lifelong friends with the agent who relentlessly pursued him, Joseph Shea – known as Carl Hanratty in the movie and the musical – who died in 2005. He has his own business, Abagnale & Associates, a security consulting firm, and is considered to be a leading authority in the field. He is a dynamic, much sought-after lecturer, and a self-made millionaire – legitimately. Just as surprising, he serves on the advisory board of Wild Wings International, the philanthropic organization of former Pan Am flight attendants. “Who would have dreamed that?” he says. “Only in America could something like this happen.”
Yet he lives with his past everyday. And although three presidents have offered to pardon him, he has turned them down. “I respectfully declined,” he says, “because I truly believe that a piece of paper cannot excuse my actions. I don’t think it works that way. I made some mistakes in my life and I have to live with them. I know people are fascinated by what I did between the ages of 16 and 21. But what amazes me is where my life went when I came out of prison. I try to do the right thing, and I hope that in the end I’ll be judged for that.”
Don't miss your chance to see Catch Me If You Can December 18-23 at the Fox Cities P.A.C.!
Posted with permission from Allied Live
Broadway Buzz: Dream the Dream on Christmas Day
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Cameron Mackintosh has a present for theater fans everywhere on December 25.
It's opening day of the new "Les Misérables" film starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried and a host of other talented Broadway-loving actors.
Based on a 1862 novel by Victor Hugo, Les Misérables has stood the test of time. It first opened in London's West End in 1985 and on Broadway two years later. Since then, it has toured the world for more than 60 million people in 42 countries to see, including a tour stop at the Fox Cities P.A.C. just last year.
Still Les Misérables isn't the only project keeping Mackintosh busy these days. According to Broadway.com, a film version of Miss Saigon may not be far behind.
Thanks Cameron Mackintosh! You knew just what to get us this year.
It's opening day of the new "Les Misérables" film starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried and a host of other talented Broadway-loving actors.
Based on a 1862 novel by Victor Hugo, Les Misérables has stood the test of time. It first opened in London's West End in 1985 and on Broadway two years later. Since then, it has toured the world for more than 60 million people in 42 countries to see, including a tour stop at the Fox Cities P.A.C. just last year.
Still Les Misérables isn't the only project keeping Mackintosh busy these days. According to Broadway.com, a film version of Miss Saigon may not be far behind.
Thanks Cameron Mackintosh! You knew just what to get us this year.
Inspiring Our Educators
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PartnershipInspires Educators with Arts Integrated Teaching Techniques
It's back to school today, and the Fox Cities P.A.C. has a wealth of inspiration for educators as they take their spots at the head of the class.
This school year, the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center and the Appleton Area School District have teamed up toinspire educators with the arts in Classroom Connections.
Educators in any subject, from any school in any district can benefit from Classroom Connections!
For ten years, the Center has welcomed students to daytimeeducation series performances that tie to Wisconsin Model Academic Standards.Now, with the help of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, thearts can make learning and teaching more exciting than ever right inside the classroom.
The Classroom Connections workshops listed below are open toall educators from any district. Discover how the arts can engage yourclassroom and make your job as a teacher even more fulfilling.
To reserve your spot,call (920) 730-3764 oremail education@foxcitiespac.comtoday!
PartnershipInspires Educators with Arts Integrated Teaching Techniques
It's back to school today, and the Fox Cities P.A.C. has a wealth of inspiration for educators as they take their spots at the head of the class.
This school year, the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center and the Appleton Area School District have teamed up toinspire educators with the arts in Classroom Connections.
Educators in any subject, from any school in any district can benefit from Classroom Connections!
For ten years, the Center has welcomed students to daytimeeducation series performances that tie to Wisconsin Model Academic Standards.Now, with the help of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, thearts can make learning and teaching more exciting than ever right inside the classroom.
The Classroom Connections workshops listed below are open toall educators from any district. Discover how the arts can engage yourclassroom and make your job as a teacher even more fulfilling.
To reserve your spot,call (920) 730-3764 oremail education@foxcitiespac.comtoday!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Drama of Science Workshop Leader: Karen Erickson For Educators of Grades 1-8 Date: Tuesday, January 15, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Location: Fox Cities Performing Arts Center Fee: $20 / AASD Staff or $25 / Wisconsin Educators | |
| Integrating the concepts of both science and drama into the classroom, Karen Erickson, teaches educators how to transform science classes into active, student-centered explorations. Focusing on earth science, mechanical science and biology, educators will learn new techniques through expressive movement, drama and enacted story. Participants will also examine classroom management techniques and learn how to build group dynamics within their classrooms. Erickson, a theater educator from Chicago, will guide participants as they explore the common threads of science and art. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |
| Writing the Hero's Journey: Building Writing Skills Through Storytelling and Oral LanguageWorkshop Leader: Stuart Stotts For Educators of Grades 4-8 Date: Thursday, February 21, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Location: Fox Cities Performing Arts Center Fee: $20 / AASD Staff or $25 / Wisconsin Educators | |
| Through this workshop, educators will discover how the arts can open the literary world and introduce students to a style of writing beyond the page. Oral storytelling allows organization, descriptive language, voice and sentence fluency to come more easily for students as their creations become a living piece of work. Using the story form of a hero’s journey, Wisconsin native Stuart Stotts, will demonstrate prewriting methods and teach a process for helping students develop stories. His techniques will encourage students to draw on their creative thinking and oral communication abilities. Stotts is a Kennedy Center teaching artist as well as a nationally recognized, award winning songwriter, storyteller, and author from Madison, Wisconsin.These workshops were developed in association with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and are partially underwritten by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Committee for the Performing Arts. | |
Enjoy A Classic Combination This Valentine's Day
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FOX CITIES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER'S
ALL-INCLUSIVEVALENTINE'S DAY PACKAGE INCLUDES:
• Two Tickets to Pride and Prejudice onFebruary 14 •
• Complimentary Valet Parking •
• Sparkling Wine for Two •
• Gourmet Chocolates •
• A Valentine's Day Card to Reveal Your Special Plans • A $60 VALUE FOR ONLY $50!
To reserve your all-inclusive package,call the ticket office today at (920) 730-3760!
ABOUT PRIDE AND PREJUDICEBritish literature takes a dramatic turn in a radio theater style performance of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” This year marks the 200th Anniversary of the classic romantic comedy as five sisters come of age in the English countryside and the pursuit of a suitable match is on everyone’s mind. But can Jane and Elizabeth, blessed with beauty and sense, overcome a dwindling dowry and a witless mother to find a marriage based on affection? Appearances aren’t always as they seem in this exciting theatrical event.
Tickets for the performance only start at $20.
Valentine's package is available through the ticket office only while supplies last. Not valid on previously purchased tickets. No refunds or exchanges.
FOX CITIES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER'S
ALL-INCLUSIVEVALENTINE'S DAY PACKAGE INCLUDES:
• Two Tickets to Pride and Prejudice onFebruary 14 •
• Complimentary Valet Parking •
• Sparkling Wine for Two •
• Gourmet Chocolates •
• A Valentine's Day Card to Reveal Your Special Plans • A $60 VALUE FOR ONLY $50!
To reserve your all-inclusive package,call the ticket office today at (920) 730-3760!
| TICKET OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
Tickets for the performance only start at $20.
Valentine's package is available through the ticket office only while supplies last. Not valid on previously purchased tickets. No refunds or exchanges.
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NEWS: Utah Opera's Tenth Anniversary Deer Valley Music Festival
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UTAH SYMPHONY | UTAH OPERA’S TENTH ANNIVERSARY Deer Valley® Music Festival TO BRING STEVE MARTIN, MANDY PATINKIN, INDIGO GIRLS, ARTURO SANDOVAL TO PARK CITY
PARK CITY, UT – Utah Symphony | Utah Opera Vice President of Symphony Artistic Planning Toby Tolokan yesterday announced the concert lineup for the organization’s Tenth Anniversary Deer Valley® Music Festival, featuring Utah Symphony performances with high-profile artists such as actor and banjo player Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers and vocalist Edie Brickell, screen actor and Broadway star Mandy Patinkin, folk rock music duo Indigo Girls and jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.
Tolokan announced the summer Festival, which will return to Park City June 29 through August 10, before the opening downbeat of a Park City Winter Series concert by the Utah Symphony and Music Director Thierry Fischer at the Eccles Center last night.
This year, the Deer Valley® Music Festival, summer home of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, will celebrate its tenth official summer of bringing live symphonic performances to the picturesque mountains of Park City, including the best in bluegrass, folk rock, classic rock, show tunes, pop, classical, opera and chamber music.
Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater Programs
Other Festival performances at the amphitheater include a program of diva show tunes showstoppers featuring lead performers and music from the hit musical “Wicked,” a concert celebrating 50 years of 007 with memorable tunes from the James Bond franchise films and Tony Award-winner Debbie Gravitte, and special concert tributes to John Denver and the Rolling Stones.
Those who have enjoyed the Deer Valley® Music Festival’s traditions will appreciate the season-opener and annual outdoor favorite, “1812 Overture,” complete with a cannon fire finale from the Cannoneers of the Wasatch. Also returning to the Festival is another evening of opera hits in the open air with Utah Opera and an instrument petting zoo on the plaza prior to the John Denver tribute concert July 6, at which audience members can test play various musical instruments provided by Summerhays Music.
Chamber Programs
Three Chamber Ensemble performances will feature an evening of string chamber music with The Muir Quartet, the Festival’s resident string quartet; a program of varied solo and chamber works by Utah Symphony musicians including Jason Hardink (piano), Mercedes Smith (flute), Matt Johnson (cello), Ralph Matson (violin) and Jerry Steichen (piano); and a program with the Skyros String Quartet and Battery String Quartet performing world-premiere works by Utah composers Haruhito-Jace Miyagi and Devin Maxwell as part of the Festival’s Emerging Quartets and Composers program.
Concert Ticket Information
VIP Events and Packages
10th Anniversary Gala Celebration
Volunteer Information
Complete 2013 Deer Valley® Music Festival Schedule:
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
SPECIAL EVENT
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
CHAMBER
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
CHAMBER
EMERGING QUARTETS & COMPOSERS
Program includes world-premieres by Utah composers Haruhito-Jace Miyagi and Devin Maxwell.
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
CHAMBER
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Press photos are available by contacting Hilarie Ashton, Utah Symphony | Utah Opera Public Relations Manager (hashton@usuo.org, (801) 869-9027).
UTAH SYMPHONY | UTAH OPERA’S TENTH ANNIVERSARY Deer Valley® Music Festival TO BRING STEVE MARTIN, MANDY PATINKIN, INDIGO GIRLS, ARTURO SANDOVAL TO PARK CITY
PARK CITY, UT – Utah Symphony | Utah Opera Vice President of Symphony Artistic Planning Toby Tolokan yesterday announced the concert lineup for the organization’s Tenth Anniversary Deer Valley® Music Festival, featuring Utah Symphony performances with high-profile artists such as actor and banjo player Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers and vocalist Edie Brickell, screen actor and Broadway star Mandy Patinkin, folk rock music duo Indigo Girls and jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.
Tolokan announced the summer Festival, which will return to Park City June 29 through August 10, before the opening downbeat of a Park City Winter Series concert by the Utah Symphony and Music Director Thierry Fischer at the Eccles Center last night.
This year, the Deer Valley® Music Festival, summer home of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, will celebrate its tenth official summer of bringing live symphonic performances to the picturesque mountains of Park City, including the best in bluegrass, folk rock, classic rock, show tunes, pop, classical, opera and chamber music.
Deer Valley® Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater Programs
Other Festival performances at the amphitheater include a program of diva show tunes showstoppers featuring lead performers and music from the hit musical “Wicked,” a concert celebrating 50 years of 007 with memorable tunes from the James Bond franchise films and Tony Award-winner Debbie Gravitte, and special concert tributes to John Denver and the Rolling Stones.
Those who have enjoyed the Deer Valley® Music Festival’s traditions will appreciate the season-opener and annual outdoor favorite, “1812 Overture,” complete with a cannon fire finale from the Cannoneers of the Wasatch. Also returning to the Festival is another evening of opera hits in the open air with Utah Opera and an instrument petting zoo on the plaza prior to the John Denver tribute concert July 6, at which audience members can test play various musical instruments provided by Summerhays Music.
Chamber Programs
Three Chamber Ensemble performances will feature an evening of string chamber music with The Muir Quartet, the Festival’s resident string quartet; a program of varied solo and chamber works by Utah Symphony musicians including Jason Hardink (piano), Mercedes Smith (flute), Matt Johnson (cello), Ralph Matson (violin) and Jerry Steichen (piano); and a program with the Skyros String Quartet and Battery String Quartet performing world-premiere works by Utah composers Haruhito-Jace Miyagi and Devin Maxwell as part of the Festival’s Emerging Quartets and Composers program.
Concert Ticket Information
VIP Events and Packages
10th Anniversary Gala Celebration
Volunteer Information
Complete 2013 Deer Valley® Music Festival Schedule:
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
SPECIAL EVENT
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
CHAMBER
| Franz Joseph Haydn | Symphony No. 70 in D major |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Concerto No. 3 in G major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 216 |
INTERMISSION | |
| Franz Schubert | Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485 |
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
| Franz Joseph Haydn | String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.76 No.4, "Sunrise" |
| Joan Tower | String Force |
| Erwin Schulhoff | Five Pieces for String Quartet |
INTERMISSION | |
| Franz Schubert | String Quartet in D Minor, D.810, "Death and the Maiden" |
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
| Claude Debussy | Syrinx |
| Henri Dutilleux | Sonatine for Flute and Piano |
| Claude Debussy | Sonata for Violin and Piano |
INTERMISSION | |
| Maurice Ravel | Piano Trio in A Minor |
CHAMBER
| Gustav Mahler | Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor |
| Joan Tower | In Memory (for String Orchestra) |
| Samuel Barber | Adagio for Strings |
INTERMISSION | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504, "Prague" |
EMERGING QUARTETS & COMPOSERS
Program includes world-premieres by Utah composers Haruhito-Jace Miyagi and Devin Maxwell.
DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
| John Barry | James Bond Theme |
| Theme from From Russia With Love | |
| Theme from You Only Live Twice | |
| Theme from Diamonds Are Forever | |
| Theme from The World is Not Enough | |
| James Stephenson | Concerto for Cell Phone |
| David Arnold | Suite from Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace |
| Paul Adkins, Adele and Epworth | Skyfall |
| John Barry | Theme from Goldfinger |
INTERMISSION | |
| Steve Sloan, P.F. and Barri | Secret Agent Man |
| Quincy Jones | Soul Bossa Nova |
| Stephen Sondheim | "Sooner or Later" from Dick Tracy |
| Henry Mancini | "Inspector Clouseau Theme" from The Pink Panther |
| "It Had Better Be Tonight" from The Pink Panther | |
| Theme from The Pink Panther | |
| John Barry | The Best of Bond |
| Lalo Schifrin | Mission: Impossible Theme |
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CHAMBER
| Ludwig Van Beethoven | Overture to Coriolan, Opus 62 |
| Ernö Dohnányi | Konzertstück, Op.12 |
INTERMISSION | |
| Ludwig Van Beethoven | Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Opus 43 |
| Symphony No. 1 in C major, Opus 21 |
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DEER VALLEY PROGRAM
Press photos are available by contacting Hilarie Ashton, Utah Symphony | Utah Opera Public Relations Manager (hashton@usuo.org, (801) 869-9027).
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