News from Britt Hill
The Britt Festival Orchestra’s 2021 Season Features a Unique Musical Experience – Brush: Music in the Woodlands
The Britt Festival Orchestra (BFO) will present the world premiere of an experiential new work by the multi-faceted, Pulitzer Prize-winning musician and composer, Caroline Shaw. Under the leadership of the festival’s Music Director, Teddy Abrams, […]
Britt Will Be Back! It’s Just a Matter of When… – by Donna Briggs
News From Britt Hill – May 2021
As you can imagine, everywhere Britt’s staff and Board leadership go, our friends and neighbors want to know what our plans are for 2021. The most urgent question is […]
It Started with a Dream – by Donna Briggs
News From Britt Hill – April 2021
It’s been a while since I have shared the story of how Britt began. In case you’re not familiar with the history of the Peter Britt Gardens Music & […]
Britt’s Education Programs Never Missed a Beat! – by Donna Briggs
News From Britt Hill – March 2021
When our state shut down in late March of last year, all in-person Residency classroom visits, BrittKids Koncerts, and Britt Festival Orchestra Fellowships were cancelled. To try to replace […]
Save Our Stages – by Donna Briggs
News From Britt Hill – February 2021
Performing arts venues are still shuttered with no earned income and fixed overhead. Over the fall of last year, ninety percent of venues reported they could be forced to […]
Remembering Hannelore Enfield – A Message From Music Director Teddy Abrams
The Britt Festival Orchestra joins the southern Oregon community in mourning the loss of one of our dearest friends, Hannelore Enfield, who passed away the morning of December 7,2020.
An orchestra is a family, and the […]
Uncertainty and Opportunity in the Air – by Donna Briggs & Dominic Campanella
News From Britt Hill – December 2020/January 2021
This year the COVID-19 pandemic systematically shut down the entire live music economy and ecosystem. Live music venues were the first to close and will be the last […]
Grateful for the Britt Stage – by Christopher Kranenburg
Christopher’s Angle – November 2020
When I was in fourth grade, I performed in my first musical theater production on a real stage in front of real people. All fourth, fifth and sixth-grade students […]
Atmospheric Conditions – A Column for Sound Techies – by Donna Briggs
News From Britt Hill – November 2020
Without question, Covid-19 has posed new and previously unimaginable challenges for Britt Music and Arts Festival. However, within every challenge is perhaps an even greater opportunity. We are inspired […]
Britt Hill Now a Non-Smoking Venue – by Donna Briggs
News From Britt Hill – October 2020
The unimaginable has happened. Rogue Valley communities have burned beyond recognition. Lives have been lost. Families have lost their homes. Business owners have lost their livelihoods. Gratefully, Jacksonville was […]