Boston University Tanglewood Institute Sets 50th Anniversary Events

Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI)-one of the premiere summer training programs for aspiring high school and early college-age musicians-announced details about its 50th Anniversary events scheduled for August 6.

The highlight of the day's activities is the dazzling concert at 2:30pm which will celebrate the legacy and future of BUTI. Emceed by Emmy Award nomineeLauren Ambrose (BUTI '94, '95), the concert will showcase students and faculty from BUTI's Young Artists Programs, alumni guest artists from across the country, and new compositions commissioned specially for this concert from alumni Nico Muhly (BUTI '96, '97) and Timo Andres (BUTI '00, '01). Proceeds from this concert will benefit Boston University Tanglewood Institute.

The 2016 BUTI summer season, which is taking place at Tanglewood in Lenox, MA, June 20-August 13, features expanded concert programming; a new Opera Intensive featuring two full-length performances of Die Fledermaus; a 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert highlighting alumni and featuring new commissions; a new Visiting Artist Residency Program with composer Nico Muhly and pianist Simone Dinnerstein (BUTI '86, '87); workshops led by distinguished performers and teachers from Boston University and the Boston Symphony Orchestra including new workshops in violin, viola, and cello; and rich programs of learning and performance. Led by Executive Director Hilary Field Respass, BUTI is the only program of its kind associated with one of the world's great symphony orchestras, the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

August 6 Festivities at a Glance:

9-10:30am: Campus Tours | Departing every 30 minutes from Groton Place, BUTI Campus, 45 West Street, Lenox, MA

11:00am: Piano Recital | Featuring students and alumni from the Young Artists Piano Program, including alumni Leon Bernsdorf (BUTI '10), Timo Andres(BUTI '00, '01), and Paul Celebi (BUTI '15) | West Street Theatre, BUTI Campus, 45 West Street, Lenox, MA | Free

12:45pm: Alumni Panel Discussion, "Changing Lives, Influencing the World" including Alyson Cambridge (BUTI '96; soprano), Seth Johnson (BUTI '71; Director at bebe), Amy Matthews (BUTI '90; HGTV star of Sweat Equity), Jonathan Palant (BUTI '90; conductor and founder of the Dallas Street Choir),Lucas Richman (BUTI '79, '80; conductor and composer) and Sarah Whitney (BUTI '99; violinist) | Moderated by longtime BUTI Executive & Artistic DirectorPhyllis Hoffman (CFA '61, '67), the panel will discuss their BUTI experience and how the values and principles they learned during their time as BUTI students affected their professional careers | Koussevitzky Shell, BUTI Campus, 45 West Street, Lenox, MA | Free

2:30pm: 50th Anniversary Concert | Emceed by Emmy Award Nominee Lauren Ambrose (BUTI '94, '95), with Conductors Ken-David Masur (BUTI '96),Ann Howard Jones, and Katie Woolf (CFA '05) | Tickets: $20 | Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood.

Concert Program Highlights Include:

MUHLY Pulses, Cycles, Clouds: World premiere of a work for percussion ensemble commissioned for the BUTI 50th

Young Artists Percussion Ensemble, with alumni from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and composers from the 2016 Young Artists Composition program

ANDRES Land Lines: World premiere triple brass quintet fanfare commissioned for the BUTI 50th

WAGNER Overture to Die Meistersinger | Young Artists Orchestra with guest alumni, conductor Ken-David Masur (BUTI '96)

KODALY Serenade, Op. 12, Movement I

Members of the Muir String Quartet, in residence at Boston University School of Music Peter Zazofsky and Lucia Lin, violin and Steven Ansell (BUTI '71), viola

Arr. WOLFE It all starts with Koussy

A medley for bass ensemble, arranged by Lawrence Wolfe, (BUTI '66), Assistant Principal Bass of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Performance will feature BUTI alumni Lawrence Wolfe and Todd Seeber (BUTI '80), both members of the BSO, as well as Brian Perry, a member of the Dallas Symphony, a graduate of the BU School of Music and Bass Coach for the Young Artists Orchestra program

O'REGAN Triptych, Movement IV | Young Artists Chorus and Percussion Ensemble, conducted by Katie Woolf

BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture | Young Artists Orchestra with guest alumni, Ken-David Masur, conductor

...and more

4:30pm: BUTI@50 Soiree | Highwood Tent, Tanglewood | Post-concert reception to celebrate BUTI's golden year, emceed by Ron Della Chiesa (CGS '57, COM '59), legendary radio host of Boston Symphony Orchestra broadcasts on WCRB 99.5FM and Sunday Night's Strictly Sinatra and Music America on WPLM Easy 99.1FM. Tickets: $30.

Register for all events at BU.EDU/CFA/BUTI50. Tickets to the 50th Anniversary Concert and BUTI@50 Soiree can be purchased at BU.EDU/CFA/BUTI50. Tickets to the concert only are also available at bso.org (subject to handling fees) or at the Tanglewood Box Office (main entrance), West Street, Lenox, MA.