Lawn Party with Mason Bates

Sun Valley Pavilion 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, United States

Come groove with DJ Masonic, Mason Bates’s alter ego, as the lawn transforms into a night club following the August 14th performance. After taking his bows for Liquid Interface, Bates will lay down some beats and host a special party commemorating the Festival’s 35th anniversary. Mark your calendars now!

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Pops Night: The Music of George Gershwin

Sun Valley Pavilion 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, United States

Former Sun Valley Music Festival Assistant Conductor Teddy Abrams returns to lead an all-Gershwin program. Singer, songwriter, actress, Broadway, and YouTube star Morgan James sings your favorite Gershwin songs, while Abrams himself takes to the keyboard for Rhapsody in Blue.

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Music Inspired by Outer Space

Sun Valley Pavilion 300 Dollar Rd, Sun Valley, Idaho, United States

Mason Bates brings back Devil’s Radio, an orchestral piece commissioned by the Sun Valley Music Festival for its 30th Anniversary in 2014. This year also celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing with Passage, a piece Bates wrote for mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke that incorporates excerpts from John F. Kennedy’s “moonshot” speech. Finally, fly beyond the moon to Venus, Mars, and Jupiter in Holst’s character study of the solar system, The Planets.

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