Due to concerns and uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sitka Music Festival will not be hosting any public events in June 2020. Although we remain hopeful that preventative measures we take now as individuals, communities, states, and a nation will result in life being closer to normal by June, it seems unwise to plan [...]
POSTPONED - Join Grammy award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey for a special 10th anniversary celebration of his Bach Cello Suites recording! Events will be held in Anchorage on Thursday, April 2 and Saturday, April 4 in Sitka. The Anchorage event begins at 5pm Thursday, April 2 at the Alaska Native Heritage Center. The evening starts out with appetizers and [...]
Tickets are now on sale for the 2020 Sitka Summer Music Festival! We hope you can join us this June in Sitka for our annual Festival. Following are highlights of our featured artists, a full program schedule will follow soon. Artists for 2020 Announced! June 7-14: violinist Nikita Borisevich; cellist Zuill Bailey; pianists Maggie [...]
The Sitka Music Festival would like to thank all of our supporters who helped to make the 2020 Alaska Airlines Winter Classics concert series such a spectacular weekend! We hope you enjoy this look back at some of our 2020 Winter Classics highlights. The Winter Classics concerts would not be possible without the [...]
After enduring some design challenges and other delays, work began in early September with a thorough abatement of asbestos and lead, paving the way for the Hard Rock Construction crew to begin work in October. Since then, great progress has been made: The interior was gutted and completely reframed, and is now insulated with rock [...]
"The Sitka Cello Seminar lights a fire behind the true meaning of music." Brendon Phelps, 2014 & 2015 Seminar "Sitka was nothing short of transformative for me as a cellist and a human being." Hannah Moses, 2015 Seminar Click here to apply for the 2020 Sitka International Cello Seminar. The application deadline is February 15, 2020. Decisions [...]
Tickets are now on sale for the 2019 Alaska Airlines Autumn Classics! Experience world-class chamber music September 13 - 22 with Grammy-award® winning cellist Zuill Bailey, pianists Alfredo Oyaguez, Natasha Paremski, Eduard Zilberkant, and Susan Reed, plus Emory University's Quartet-in-Residence, the Vega Quartet. Six unique concerts feature world-class chamber musicians in classic masterworks and modern [...]
Over the past couple of years we’ve been working with NorthWind Architects on the drawings and plans for the remodel of Stevenson Hall, the headquarters of the Sitka Music Festival. We’re excited to share our ideas with you, which include a slight expansion on the back of the building, giving us a little more elbow [...]
This April Awadagin Pratt and Zuill Bailey celebrate their three-decades long friendship and collaboration with two thrilling concerts: Friday, April 12 in Anchorage and Sunday, April 14 in Sitka. On Friday, April 12 the duo will perform in Anchorage at the UAA Recital Hall. Doors will open at 6pm for cocktails and mingling with music beginning at 7pm. [...]
We would like to thank everyone who helped make the 2019 Alaska Airlines Winter Classics concert series such wonderful weekend! We hope you enjoy this look back at some of our 2019 Winter Classics highlights. These concerts would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors: Alaska Airlines, ConocoPhillips, the National [...]
