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Some famous voices — including Diana Krall, Kristin Chenoweth, Smokey Robinson and Frank Sinatra Jr. — will be filling the mountain air during this summer's Deer Valley Music Festival.
Utah Symphony | Utah Opera announced the line-up for the 12th annual event at the Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheatre at the Deer Valley ski resort today. Here is a rundown:
July 4 • Patriotic Pops with the Utah Symphony, with Broadway singers Elizabeth Southard and Gary Mauer; conducted by Jerry Steichen.
July 10 • Retro-pop band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy with the Utah Symphony; Jerry Steichen conducting.
July 11 • Motown legend Smokey Robinson with the Utah Symphony; Jerry Steichen conducting.
July 17 • "Disney's Fantasia: Live in Concert" with the Utah Symphony; Richard Kaufman conducting. Classical works from "Fantasia" and "Fantasia 2000" are featured.
July 18 • Classical Mystery Tour, a Beatles tribute group, with the Utah Symphony; Martin Herman conducting.
July 24 • "Country Legends" show with the Utah Symphony, with vocalists Rachel Potter and Patrick Thomas; Randy Fleischer conducting.
July 25 • Big band singer Frank Sinatra Jr. with the Utah Symphony.
July 31 • The 1812 Overture, performed by the Utah Symphony, with Chi Ho Han on piano and the Cannoneers of the Wasatch; Vladimir Kulenovic conducting.
August 1 • Latin/hip-hop/rock band Ozomatli with the Utah Symphony; Jerry Steichen conducting.
August 7 • "Hollywood Under the Stars" show with the Utah Symphony; Richard Kaufman conducting.
August 8 • Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth with the Utah Symphony.
August 14 • Jazz singer Diana Krall with the Utah Symphony; Jerry Steichen conducting (first half only).
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Also part of the Deer Valley Music Festival is the Chamber Series at St. Mary's Church, 121 Park Ave., Park City. Here is the line-up of the Chamber Series:
July 8 • "Mozart & Mendelssohn," with the Utah Symphony's new associate conductor, Rei Hotoda, making her Utah Symphony debut, both conducting and on piano.
July 22 • Muir String Quartet with the Utah Symphony.
July 28 • "Emerging Quartets & Composers," with Semiosis Quartet and Novo String Quartet, and world premieres by composers Daniel Castellanos and Douglas Friedman.
July 29 • "Bach & Vivaldi," with the Utah Symphony, and violinist/director Aisslinn Nosky.
August 5 • "Mendelssohn, Bruch & Haydn," with the Utah Symphony; Stefan Milenkovich on violin; Vladimir Kulenovic conducting.
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The Utah Symphony also announced its 2015 Summer Community Concert: The string trio Time For Three, with the symphony (with Jerry Steichen conducting), on August 13 at Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, Salt Lake City. (The show is not part of either the Deer Valley Music Festival or the Red Butte summer concert series.)
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Subscription, grop and VIP tickets for the Deer Valley Music Festival are on sale now. General tickets go on sale March 23.