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2012 FESTIVAL PROGRAMS

AUGUST 22nd - SEPTEMBER 2nd

A Sense of Place

Responding to everyone who is curious about the farm that we inhabit, which is as wondrous a property as the concert barn is magical, in our 2012 season we turn our lens outdoors, emphasizing place and ecology and restorations of all kinds. We’ll explore our relationship to the natural world, and the loci where art and nature converge. A high point this season will be our “Restoration Ecology” event positioned mid-festival: a panel discussion (encompassing philosophy, natural history, the property’s unique natural features, and preservation); a guided walking tour; concluding with refreshments, discussion, and appropriately pastoral music.

Surrounding this central presentation are various concerts — the signature of our chamber music series — that address in music the same themes of place, ecology, and restoration. And our galleries this year will exhibit the People and Places of Token Creek.

An exciting and different kind of season for us, promising renewals of all sorts. We hope you will be with us on this journey of exploration.

• • • CURRENT TICKET AVAILABILITY • • •
as of September 1, 2012

Sat, Sep 1, 8:00pm — SOLD OUT
Sun, Sep 2, 4:00pm — SOLD OUT

Call (608) 241-2525 or email info@tokencreekfestival.org for information.

 
- PROGRAM I -


LISTEN TO THE LAND:
ENCOUNTERS WITH NATURE AND ART
A Token Creek Special Event

Saturday, August 25, 2012 • 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
(Rain date: Sunday, August 26, 2012)

In this special event that opens our season, a panel of experts will discuss the unique natural features, resources and opportunities of the Harbison farm in preparation for an exclusive guided walking tour of the property. Historic photos and maps will depict conservation efforts on-going since the 1930’s when Dan and Alice Pedersen (parents of Rose Mary Harbison) began their stewardship of the farm. Music and readings related to the land evoke the art-nature connection, and a reception concludes the event.

Limited participation

James T. Addis, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (retired)
Stephen Glass, The Restoration Ecology Lab, UW-Madison Arboretum (retired)
William R. Jordan III, Director, New Academy for Nature and Culture
Rose Mary Harbison, Artistic Co-Director, Token Creek Chamber Music Festival
Scot Stewart, District Fisheries Manager, So. Wisconsin, Wisconsin DNR
Kurt Welke, Dane County Fisheries Manager, Wisconsin DNR

Note to participants: This event presents a light hiking option. Participants should be prepared to walk at a moderate pace on level ground, for up to 15 continuous minutes, with an eventual total walking time of 45 minutes. We will walk on wide, well-mowed paths, some of which may have a few uneven patches. We recommend long pants, long sleeves, suitable walking shoes, hats and other sun protection, and insect repellant for ticks and mosquitos. We will provide bottled water.

More info

- PROGRAM II -


GERSHWIN: NO SAD SONGS

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 • 5:00 p.m
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 • 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 30, 2012 • 5:00 p.m • SOLD OUT
Thursday, August 30, 2012 • 8:30 p.m.SOLD OUT


Continuing our anniversary series, the Token Creek jazz club joins in the worldwide commemoration of George Gershwin’s 75th (1898-1937) in a program offering some of his least explored, most unusual, and most beautiful songs, as well as music of composers who influenced him and whom he influenced. Vocalist Ricky Richardson joins the festival house band in his first Token Creek appearance.

Ricky Richardson, vocals
Tom Artin, trombone
Rose Mary Harbison, violin
John Harbison, piano
John Schaffer, bass
Todd Steward, drums

More info

- PROGRAM III -


OUTSIDE IN: MUSIC ABOUT PLACE

Saturday, September 1, 2012 • 8:00 p.m. • SOLD OUT
Sunday, September 2, 2012 • 4:00 p.m.
SOLD OUT

The confluence of art and nature, and the theme of restoration, conclude our season with a program featuring music inspired by the outdoors, music to be played outdoors, and music inspired by and created at the farm in Token Creek.

Bach — "Öffne dich," from BWV 61 (1714)
Bach — "Alles mit Gott" (1714, discovered in 1995)
John Harbison — Crane Sightings
Mozart — Divertimento in D, K. 334

Anna Slate, soprano
Rose Mary Harbison, Heidi Braun Hill & Laura Burns, violin
Jennifer Paulson & John Harbison, viola
Karl Lavine, cello
Elizabeth Foulser, bass
John Harbison, conductor

More info

All programs subject to change.
 
For availability after August 1,
or to be placed on a waiting list for a sold out show,
please call (608) 241-2525 or email our managing director.
We regret that we may not be able to inform you of space
availability until the day before or even the day of the concert.


- GENERAL ADMISSION -

Concerts $30 / $35 / $40          |           Students $10*

*A limited number of student tickets will be available for each performance.

All sales are final.

For more information and reservations please call (608) 241-2525
or email info@tokencreekfestival.org.

The Festival Barn

4037 Highway 19
DeForest, WI
one half mile east of Highway 51
on Highway 19


Doors open 30 minutes before program begins.


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