{"id":112238,"date":"2026-04-28T12:35:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/?post_type=ac_spotlights&#038;p=112238"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:42:01","slug":"sunriver-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"ac_spotlights","link":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/spotlights\/sunriver-music-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunriver Music Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sunrivermusic.org\/2026-summer-festival\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sunrivermusic.org\/2026-summer-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sunriver Music Festival<\/a> fills Central Oregon with music!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As America celebrates 250 years in 2026, the Festival honors one of its greatest gifts to the world: music. This summer\u2019s season, curated by Artistic Director &amp; Conductor Brett Mitchell, will feature world-class orchestra musicians and acclaimed soloists performing eclectic works by American composers \u2014 Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, William Grant Still, Joan Tower, Kevin Puts, Edgar Meyer and John Williams \u2014 alongside favorites by Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Schumann, and Mendelssohn and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Summer Festival opens August 10 at Sunriver Resort\u2019s historic Great Hall and closes August 20 at the iconic Tower Theatre in downtown Bend. Four classical concerts, a pops concert and a family concert will be presented. Featured artists include pianist Michelle Cann, violinists William Hagen and Tessa Lark, bass-baritone Timothy Jones, and the Central Oregon Mastersingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets go on sale to the public on June 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/sunrivermusic.org\/2026-summer-festival\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sunrivermusic.org\/2026-summer-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sunrivermusic.org<\/a> for artist bios, concert schedule, membership details, and to buy tickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunriver Music Festival fills Central Oregon with music! As America celebrates 250 years in 2026, the Festival honors one of its greatest gifts to the world: music. This summer\u2019s season, curated by Artistic Director &amp; Conductor Brett Mitchell, will feature world-class orchestra musicians and acclaimed soloists performing eclectic works by American composers \u2014 Aaron Copland, &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":112240,"template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-112238","ac_spotlights","type-ac_spotlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"ACF":{"global_category":"","hide_featured_image":false,"hide_page_header":false,"hide_header":{"hide_featured_image":false,"hide_page_header":false},"blocks":false},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-08-21 12:31:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ac_spotlights\/112238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ac_spotlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ac_spotlights"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}