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Festival Orchestra Napa
Open to school groups only. Please contact Festival Napa Valley’s Education Department to attend. Admission-free.Ming Luke guest conducts Festival Orchestra Napa in a fun and informative concert of favorites to showcase the full range orchestra instruments. Young audience members will be introduced to the various elements of music including dynamics, tempo, texture, and form and will experience a pre-concert Instrument Petting Zoo starting at 9am.
Festival Napa Valley nurtures the next generation of artists through tuition-free training, scholarships, and prizes, creating opportunities for rising talent to develop and perform on the Festival stage.
Festival Napa Valley commissioned The Judgment of Paris, an opera composed by Jake Heggie with a libretto by Gene Scheer. Inspired by the 1976 blind tasting that upended the global wine industry and redefined California’s place in the world, this one-act opera is a compelling, humorous, and richly entertaining work that will resonate with audiences far beyond the wine world.
Festival Napa Valley champions the power of music to enrich lives and build a thriving, healthy, and connected community.
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Kaiser Permanente Thrive Community Days provide admission-free opportunities to experience world renowned musicians in live performance each year during Festival Napa Valley's Summer Season. The first 100 ticket purchasers to use code KPTHRIVE26 at ticket check-out receive free admission courtesy of Kaiser Permanente.
A comprehensive celebration of the vocal arts, the Manetti Shrem Summer Vocal Academy nurtures the creative careers of some of the world's most talented singers and pianists in a tuition-free summer training program.
Festival Napa Valley enriches lives through the power of music. With a focus on youth and education, the Festival offers inspiring programs for students of all backgrounds, tuition-free academies for young artists, and scholarships that nurture the next generation. Through music and wellness initiatives and opportunities for lifelong learning, Festival Napa Valley helps create a thriving, healthy, and engaged community.