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The Grand Canyon Music Festival (GCMF) celebrated its 23rd season this September at the Shrine of Ages on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
The 2006 Musicians This year’s outstanding musicians included: Joy Cline Phinney, Joe Deninzon, Clare Hoffman, Yulia Ziskel, Ethel (Cornelius DuFallo, Ralph Farris, Dorothy Lawson, Mary Rowell), The Bonfiglio Group (Robert Bonfiglio, Joe Deninzon, Chris Milletari), Miami String Quartet (Ivan Chan, Cathy Meng Robinson, Chauncey Patterson, Keith Robinson), & James Bilagogy
Our History The festival began when founders Robert Bonfiglio (Director) and Clare Hoffman (Artistic Director) were hiking through the canyon and the head ranger asked if they would play a concert for a retiring ranger. They agreed and performed an impromptu concert at the Cottonwood Campground below the North Rim. Encouraged by the local community and businesses, the inaugural season took place in September 1984 and has grown from three concerts to nine concerts that span a 3-week period.
Artists who have performed at past Festivals
Composers-in-residence Paul Moravec, Brent Michael Davids, John Corigliano, William Bolcom, Arnold Black, Seymour Barab, Katherine Hoover, David Mallamud, Adam Overton
Chamber ensembles Lark String Quartet, Miró Quartet, Angeles String Quartet, Corigliano Quartet, Avalon String Quartet, Manhattan String Quartet, Arcata String Quartet, Trio Solisti, The Amadeus Trio, The Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo, The Bonfiglio Group, Miami String Quartet
Piano Edward Auer, Alan Chow, Lydia Artymiw, Doris Stevenson, Jon Klibonoff, Melvin Chen; Kenneth Cooper, Marian Hahn, Lydia Artymiw, Stephanie Brown, William Bolcom, Phillip Bush, Paige Hoffman, Abba Bogin, Jeffrey Swann, Hannah Reimann
Harpsichord Kenneth Cooper
Violin Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, Benny Kim, Maria Bachmann, Eugene Drucker, Carmit Zori, Eugene Drucker, Mark Peskanov, Yukiko Kamei, Ik-Hwan Bae, Paul Rosenthal, Lara St. John, Joe Deninzon, Lynn Chang, Timothy Baker, Laura Seaton, Cenovia Cummins, Masako Yanagito, Phillip Lewis, Kathleen Lenski, Claire Jolivet, Martha Caplin, David Rife, Connie Kupka
Viola Paul Coletti, Steven Tenenbom, Karen Dreyfus, Toby Appel, Toby Hoffman, Evan Wilson, Marcus Thompson, Milton Thomas, Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Mary Hammann, Caroline Wolff, Nicole Divall, Roland Kato, Eileen Swanson
Cello Colin Carr, Nathaniel Rosen, Peter Reijto, Gary Hoffman, Warren Lash, Jeffrey Solow, Alexis Pia Gerlach, Daniel Gaisford, Yehuda Hanani, Michael Mermagen, Astrid Schween, Dorothy Lawson, Roberta Cooper, David Speltz, Marcia Peck, John Whitfield