{"id":6420,"date":"2013-11-06T12:37:42","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T17:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=6420"},"modified":"2013-11-06T12:40:14","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T17:40:14","slug":"savannah-music-festival-releases-2014-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2013\/11\/06\/savannah-music-festival-releases-2014-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Music Festival releases 2014 lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"10\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:600px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5595881567027133\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8268618372\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\nAs we&#8217;ve come to expect, the Savannah Music Festival will have an impressive and exciting lineup in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the highlights from today&#8217;s press release:<\/p>\n<p>CHAMBER AND SYMPHONIC MUSIC<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World premiere of Charlotte Bray&#8217;s <em>The Sun Was Chasing Venus<\/em>, performed by the Dover Quartet. This piece is an SMF commission that was originally supposed to premiere at the 2013 festival.<\/li>\n<li>U.S. premiere of David Bruce&#8217;s <em>The Given Note<\/em>, a piece co-commissioned by the SMF that will be performed by Daniel Hope &amp; Friends<\/li>\n<li>Mandolinist Avi Avital joined by The Dover Quartet<\/li>\n<li>The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center premieres its &#8220;Destination America&#8221; program<\/li>\n<li>The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra returns, featuring Daniel Hope and soprano Jessica Rivera<\/li>\n<li>Tenor Michael Schade performing two original concerts with Daniel Hope &amp; Friends<\/li>\n<li>A series of performances:<em> Celebrating Vivaldi<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AMERICANA, FOLK &amp; TRADITIONAL<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00c2\u00a0Mike Marshall and Chris Thile in a duo recital of original works<\/li>\n<li>Punch Brothers and other virtuoso instrumentalists<\/li>\n<li>A variety of Nashville-based masters includingVince Gill, Bela Fleck &amp; Abigail Washburn, Ricky Skaggs &amp; Kentucky Thunder and others<\/li>\n<li>The Avett Brothers return to Johnny Mercer<\/li>\n<li>Stringband Spectacular with students and teachers from the SMF&#8217;s impressive Acoustic Music Seminar<\/li>\n<li>Georgia-born, Brooklyn-based The Lone Bellow<\/li>\n<li>Southern Soul Assembly with J.J. Grey, Luther Dickinson, Anders Osborne, and Marc Broussard<\/li>\n<li>Bluegrass band The Gibson Brothers with the Lonesome River Band<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>JAZZ &amp; BLUES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An original production for the finale of \u00c2\u00a0Swing Central Jazz, under the musical direction of Jason Marsalis<\/li>\n<li>Taj Mahal in his SMF debut<\/li>\n<li>Christian McBride Trio and jazz vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant<\/li>\n<li>Robert Cray Band at the Lucas Theatre for the Arts<\/li>\n<li>Ladies Sing the Blues highlights the music of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters in a three-day run with Catherine Russell and Charenee Wade<\/li>\n<li>SMF\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s original Piano Showdown continues with Marcus roberts, Aaron Diehl, Cyrus Chestnut, and Christian Sands<\/li>\n<li>Saxophonist Branford Marsalis&#8217; quartet<\/li>\n<li>Preservation Hall Jazz Band plays four-shows over two-nights at the Charles H. Morris Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>WORLD MUSIC<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A partnership with Flamenco Festival International showcases Tomatito and Estrella Morente, plus a collaboration between jazz pianist Aaron Diehl and flamenco guitarist Dani De Moron<\/li>\n<li>A unique double-bill includes Malian singer A Fatoumata Diawara with Tuareg guitarist Bombino<\/li>\n<li>Qawwali singer Asif Ali Khan<\/li>\n<li>Scottish ensemble Lau sharing a bill with a specially assembled Irish group<\/li>\n<li>Red Baraat \u00c2\u00a0with a festival-closing dance party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the digital brochure (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.savannahmusicfestival.org\/2014brochure.php\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> if embed is not working):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"340\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html#0\/5523195\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6421\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/AvettBrothers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6421\" data-attachment-id=\"6421\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2013\/11\/06\/savannah-music-festival-releases-2014-lineup\/avettbrothers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/AvettBrothers.jpg?fit=3091%2C2048\" data-orig-size=\"3091,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AvettBrothers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Avett Brothers, courtesy of the artist&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/AvettBrothers.jpg?fit=300%2C198\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/AvettBrothers.jpg?fit=594%2C393\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6421\" alt=\"The Avett Brothers, courtesy of the artist\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/AvettBrothers.jpg?resize=594%2C393\" width=\"594\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/AvettBrothers.jpg?resize=1024%2C678 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/AvettBrothers.jpg?resize=300%2C198 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/AvettBrothers.jpg?w=1188 1188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/AvettBrothers.jpg?w=1782 1782w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Avett Brothers, courtesy of the artist<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5595881567027133\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4374909701\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we&#8217;ve come to expect, the Savannah Music Festival will have an impressive and exciting lineup in 2014. 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