Ellsworth Peterson, Artistic Director of the festival, is professor emeritus at Southwestern University, where he presented Brown Symposia on the music of Mahler, Britten, Shostakovich and Messiaen, and on the classical music of Thailand.
He has served as Artistic Director of the ten previous Festivals of the Arts:
Handel in Georgetown (2005) ,
Haydn in Georgetown (2006),
Schubert in Georgetown (2007),
Mendelssohn in Georgetown (2008),
Dvo??k in Georgetown (2009),
Aaron Copland in Georgetown (2010),
Brahms in Georgetown (2011),
Une f?te fran?aise: The Music of Claude Debussey, Maurice Ravel and Francis Poulenc (2012),
A Russian Troika: The Music of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Arensky (2013), and
?OL?! in Georgetown: The Music of Isaac Alb?niz, Manuel de Falla and Enrique Granados (2014)
We'd like to extend special thanks to the individuals listed below
for their splendid work in helping plan and execute our Festivals.
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Kevin Bryant is a Junior at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas where
he studies vocal performance with Nicholas Simpson.
Kevin has participated
in summer programs such as the Mediterranean Opera Studio and
Spotlight on Opera. While a student at Southwestern, Kevin has performed in full-length productions of Cosi Fan Tutte, in which he sang the role of Ferrando; in Little Women, in the role of Laurie; and in Trial by Jury, as The Defendant.
Kevin plans to graduate with a major in Vocal
Performance and either to continue working towards a master's degree or to
prepare himself for a Young Artists Program in the United States or overseas.
Andrew Fields first sang in the Amarillo Preparatory and Boy Choirs in grade
school, touring with the Boy Choir to New York City when he was in fifth grade.
As his voice matured, he studied voice with Dr. Steve Weber of Amarillo College.
He performed the role of Jean Valjean in the Amarillo Summer Youth Musical
production of Les Mis?rables in July 2010. Andrew is a student at Southwestern
University, where he studies voice with Dr. Bruce Cain. He has been in many productions at Southwestern, most recently The Beggar's Opera , and Trial by Jury. This is his third year as Southwestern Intern for the Festival of the Arts
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Paloma Mayorga is a 2010 Southwestern University graduate, when she received a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art. Since then, she has been working at the Mexican American Cultural Center in Austin, and has been working as a free lance artist.
Ms. Mayorga plans to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting in order to further her career as a professional artist.
Paloma has become the semi-official artist of the Festival, having contributed her talent and skill to rendering the likeness(es) of each Festival's composer(s) for the past four years.
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