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Festival Orchestra and Choirs: Sounds of the Summer!
Orchestra
Location: Fine Arts Complex Music Wing 217 Eva McGown Room Classroom, Fine Arts Complex Theatre Wing Regents' Great Hall, Fine Arts Complex Music Wing Davis Concert Hall Stage - 7-26-2026 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm (America/Anchorage) (2 hours)

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Instructors: Donald Brinegar and Karen Miskell


The Polaris Chamber Choir present nine choral works in celebration of America250 with all American composers and "Americana" works! In celebration of the United States Semiquincentennial, this concert is support through a grant the Alaska State Council for the Arts and the National Endowment of the Arts. Polaris will be conducted by guest artists, Karen Miskell and Donald Brinegar.

The Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival is thrilled to announce the revival of our Festival Orchestra this year, a program that has been dormant since before the COVID pandemic. Works featured on this concert by American composers such as Billings, Lauridsen, Barber and Copland. The Festival Orchestra will be conducted by Fairbanksan, George Rydlinski.

Tickets are $25 General Admission/$15 for Children and Seniors. Performance will be held in the UAF Davis Concert Hall.