Moab Music Festival

Early each spring, as gardeners hungrily peruse the pages of their favorite garden catalogue imagining the glory of delft blue delphinium, coral astilbe, and frilly petalled coreopsis, music lovers with a passion for natural beauty turn to the Moab Music Festival where their imaginations run wild! For its 18th consecutive year, September 2nd to 13th, the MOAB MUSIC FESTIVAL keeps its perennial promise of music in concert with the landscape, with sunset concerts along the Colorado River, intimate Musical Walks ending in stunning trails end concerts performed by world class musicians, and three of the Festival’s signature Grotto concerts.

Unique to this Festival are appearances by one of new music’s hottest tickets, ETHEL. Cuban jazz great and recent White House visitor, NEA Jazz Master, Paquito D’Rivera returns and in addition, 2010 audiences can take in the flowering of past seasons as the Festival highlights the work of many of previous composers-in-residence, including William Bolcom, Lukas Foss, Lou Harrison, Lowell Liebermann, John Musto, Kenji Bunch, Jon Deak, and Mr. D’Rivera. And the Festival is topped off by an exciting trip for adventuresome music lovers; a four day raft trip downriver to Lake Powell, enjoying daily concerts along the way. According to co-founder and Music Director Michael Barrett, “This September is a jam packed musical experience that rivals the splendor of our surroundings. Everyone who loves music of any kind will find something to savor at our 18th Festival.