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Tag: Sitka Summer Music Festival

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It’s The Emotion

July 1, 2023July 1, 2023 Rich McClear

My music education was largely intellectual.  I learned about scales, keys, meter, time signatures, tonics, and modes.  It was almost like learning mathematics.  I was taught that listening, particularly to classical music, was an exercise in intellect.  But that’s not … Continue reading It’s The Emotion

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Music in the Mist.

June 15, 2023June 15, 2023 Rich McClear

I must be getting older.  It is mid-June, and I am exhausted.  May and June have always been the big social season in Sitka with the Music Festival, Art Shares from the Fine Arts Camp, wildlife cruises and all sorts … Continue reading Music in the Mist.

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Dreaming of Albania at the Sitka Music Festival.

June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 Rich McClear

No, they performed no music written by Albanians and, as far as I know, there will be no Albanian musicians at the Sitka Music Festival but at the festival’s family concert my thoughts drifted to Albania.  We watched the concert … Continue reading Dreaming of Albania at the Sitka Music Festival.

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Filling a Hole in June

July 2, 2021July 2, 2021 Rich McClear

For 50 years the Sitka Summer Music Festival has brought the world of chamber music to our remote island town on the fringe of the Pacific.  Because we’re remote, we appreciate the world coming to Sitka at the start of … Continue reading Filling a Hole in June

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A Town Full of Chamber Music.

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 Rich McClear

June is chamber music month in Sitka. The Sitka Summer Music Festival (SSMF) has been a feature of or town since 1974. Chamber music is everywhere, at Mean Queen Pizza, on the Sheldon Jackson Fine Arts Campus, in the Tribal … Continue reading A Town Full of Chamber Music.

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June’s Over, but oh what a June!

June 30, 2018June 30, 2018 Rich McClear

Every June I know I am exactly where I should be, home in Sitka, enjoying the Sitka Summer Music Festival.  At the end of every June I go over my Facebook Posts, and review some of the pics that didn’t … Continue reading June’s Over, but oh what a June!

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A Beautiful Memory. Sitka Summer Music Festival 2017

July 2, 2017 Rich McClear

The Sitka Summer Musical Festival ends today with a fundraising brunch.  I will not be there because I will be on an airplane traveling to Minnesota and grand kids.  Together Brian, Liz, Liam, Fiona, Suzi and I will go to … Continue reading A Beautiful Memory. Sitka Summer Music Festival 2017

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A Day in June, Sitka, Alaska

June 18, 2017 Rich McClear

Sitka has no highway connection anywhere.  We have a 14 mile road system on an island the size of Delaware.  We are not on the inside passage so a lot of ferries do not stop.  When a ferry does stop … Continue reading A Day in June, Sitka, Alaska

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…coming back to civilization.

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016 Rich McClear

An essay on returning to Sitka: When I first moved to Sitka relatives and friends, especially relatives, would ask “when are you coming back to civilization.”  Back more than 35 years ago you could forgive them for asking that question.  … Continue reading …coming back to civilization.

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