News from Britt Hill
Teddy Abrams Leads Oregon’s 2022 Britt Festival Orchestra Season June 17–July 3
Featuring New Commission from Sebastian Chang & Star-Spangled Guest Artists
MEDFORD, OR — The Britt Festival Orchestra (BFO) announces its 2022 60th Anniversary summer season, anchoring Oregon’s Britt Music and Arts Festival with three weeks of […]
Britt Creates Britt Festival Orchestra Fund
MEDFORD, OR — In honor of the 60th Anniversary of the Britt Festival Orchestra (BFO) in 2022 and in recognition of Teddy Abrams being honored with Musical America’s 2022 Composer of the Year Award, Britt […]
My Final Britt Act – by Donna Briggs
News from Britt Hill – December 2021/January 2022
After 11 years with Britt Music and Arts Festival, I will retire soon, so this is my last “News from the Hill” column. With approximately 110 columns (about […]
“Ode to Joy” for Our Volunteers!
News from Britt Hill – November 2021
Beethoven’s Ode to Joy is based on a simple musical theme, yet it has magic beyond words! It not only grabs the heart, but its […]
Change is Coming to the Britt Festival Orchestra
MEDFORD, OR — The Britt Festival Orchestra (BFO) is excited to announce two new changes as it prepares for the 60th anniversary of the Britt Music & Arts Festival in 2022. Britt announces that a […]
2021 Britt Season Comes to a Successful Close
Despite pandemic and wildfires, the 2021 Britt Season comes to a successful close.
MEDFORD, OR — Overcoming multiple challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic and several weeks of wildfire smoke in the region, the Britt Music […]
Teddy Abrams Named Musical America’s Conductor of the Year 2022
Teddy Abrams, Now in Eighth Season as Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra, Named Musical America’s Conductor of the Year 2022
Musical America announced today that Teddy Abrams—the galvanizing conductor now in his eighth season as […]
Gratitude on Britt Hill and Beyond – by Donna Briggs
News From Britt Hill – October 2021
We did it! Against all odds—COVID-19, smoke, fires, lower revenue, and staff shortages; Britt’s community came together and prevailed. From my perspective, the biggest payoff […]
Britt Announces Retirement of President & CEO Donna Briggs
MEDFORD, OR — The Britt Music and Arts Festival’s Board of Directors is announcing the planned retirement of Donna Briggs, President and CEO of Britt Music and Arts Festival, effective December 31, 2021. Briggs informed […]
Five More Weeks of the Britt Experience – by Donna Briggs
News From Britt Hill – September 2021
It’s been an incredible summer so far with two amazing Britt Festival Orchestra experiences—the world premiere of Brush: Music in the Woodlands and Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK. We’ve also “Come […]