Gesher Music Festival Announces 8th Season

Now in its 8th season, the Gesher Music Festival returns for two weeks in August, bringing chamber music with a multi-cultural twist to their performances. The Festival runs from August 9 - 19 with three formal concerts as well as several more informal opportunities to hear some of the music and meet the musicians.

This year's theme is "Voices Rising." Three distinct concerts reflect different aspects of this theme, each in a different venue. The formal concerts are:

• The Legacy of Tin Pan Alley will be performed on Thursday, August 16th at the Missouri History Museum. . In partnership with the Missouri History Museum and part of the MUNY Memories Exhibit.
• Rise Up: Sounds of Protest will be performed at the 560 Music Center Saturday, August 18th.
• Giving Voice will be performed at the Gesher Festival's home at the JCC's Wool Studio Theatre.

Again this year, Gesher partners with the Missouri History Museum to present the first of the formal concerts, The Legacy of Tin Pan Alley as part of the Museum's "Muny Memories" exhibit. The concert is an evening of chamber music that will take listeners on a musical journey from Tin Pan Alley to Broadway. Along with performances by the Gesher artists, Artistic Director Sara Sitzer will tell the stories behind the music for this period. As in past years, Festival musicians will be part of a Shabbat service at Central Reform Congregation Friday, August 10.

There will also be a free Gesher Festival docent let tour of The St. Louis Art Museum's collection of works on this year's theme of "Voices Rising." Sign up online at geshermusicfestival.org or call 314-442-3283.

The JCC's Gesher Music Festival presented by the Silk Foundation and the Maurice Amado Foundation, brings the intimate form of chamber music to the community in a week-long program featuring professional musicians from throughout the country as well as local musicians.

Concert details are available at www.geshermusicfestival.org.