News from Britt Hill
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 […]
BFO… we miss you so!
The Britt Festival Orchestra is online for those wishing to revisit some of their favorite performances from past summers with Music Director Teddy Abrams. BFOnline features five recordings, preceded by a discussion about the recorded […]
A Virtual Summer Season – by Donna Briggs
News From Britt Hill – July 2020
Our valley is yearning for art and culture in this moment of great uncertainty. For Britt to make music this summer for our audiences—in whatever configuration is safe and […]
Britt Announces Best of Britt Benefit Rescheduled to 2021 with ‘60s and ‘70s Happy Together Tour
MEDFORD, OR – Britt announces that the popular Happy Together Tour and Best of Britt benefit, an annual summer fundraising event benefiting Britt Education & Engagement, has been rescheduled to Tuesday, July 13, 2021.
In its […]
Bow on Bowing Out – by Bow Seltzer, Britt Director of House Operations
One could say, I’ve been working on this message for nearly thirteen years. So, thank you Donna Briggs for allowing me to take over your column this month. Makes me happy!
Many of you don’t know […]