A full summer of live music at Birch Creek is planned for you this summer. With musicians from around the country, the opening night will take place on June 22nd with a Percussion, Steelpan, and World Music concert, “Percussion at the Movies.” The performances by faculty and students are led by Program Director Dan Moore, who is the Professor of Music and Director of Percussion at the University of Iowa. On June 30th and July 1st, Birch Creek will welcome Swedish mallet percussionist and composer, Anders Åstrand. He is one of Europe’s top musicians who performs his music throughout the world.
There will also be symphony session concerts featuring an 80-plus piece orchestra under the direction Program Director Ricardo Castañeda, the Principal Oboist of the Lake Forest Symphony and Chicago Sinfonietta and Conductor Taka Matsunaga. Those concerts will take place on July 4th and July 13th - 15th. Executive director, Mona Christensen goes more in-depth about what is new this upcoming season.