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How a Canyonlands grotto became a concert hall for a day

For the Moab Music Festival, moving a grand piano, eight musicians and 89 chairs down the Colorado River was only the beginning.

(Andrew Christiansen  |  The Times-Independent) Musicians perform Robert Schumann’s “Fantasiestücke,” Op. 73, during the Moab Music Festival’s Grotto I: Fantasy concert Sept. 3 in Canyonlands National Park. The concert brought eight musicians and an audience to a natural amphitheater along the Colorado River.

(Andrew Christiansen | The Times-Independent) Musicians perform Robert Schumann’s “Fantasiestücke,” Op. 73, during the Moab Music Festival’s Grotto I: Fantasy concert Sept. 3 in Canyonlands National Park. The concert brought eight musicians and an audience to a natural amphitheater along the Colorado River.