BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Celtic to Classical BEGIN:VEVENT UID:77392021-08-12 DTSTART:20210812T233000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210812T040000Z LOCATION:19285 Holland Glade Road\nRehoboth Beach Delaware 19971 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=19285 Holland Glade Road\nR ehoboth Beach Delaware 19971;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=19285 Holland Glade Road:geo:38.719044,-75.106979 GEO:38.719044;-75.106979 SUMMARY:Celtic to Classical CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Celtic to Classical returns to Southern Delaware in mid-August for a\nfifth season\, with a program designed to delight fans of all ages and\nmusical genres.\n\n \n\nPlaying piano\, violin and flute\, Celtic to Classical co-founders\nSheridan Seyfried and Ya-Jhu Yang will present a 6 0-minute program\nfeaturing classical works by Beethoven\, Handel and Moza rt\, along with\nCeltic fiddling\, New Age music and Jethro Tull’s arran gement of a\nfamous Renaissance madrigal.\n\n \n\nHighlights include a th rilling four-hand piano performance\, a lively\nflute-violin duet and an o riginal arrangement by Seyfried\n\n \n\nThe duo will perform identical pr ograms on Wednesday\, August 11\, at\nEpworth United Methodist Church in R ehoboth Beach\, and on Thursday\,\nAugust 12\, at St. Martha’s Episcopal Church in Bethany Beach. Both\nperformances begin at 7:30 PM.\n\n \n\nIn keeping with the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease\nControl an d the State of Delaware\, unvaccinated and immunocompromised\nindividuals are asked to wear masks. Persons with a cough\, fever or\nCOVID-like sympt oms are asked to refrain from attending.\n\n \n\nIn lieu of ticketed admi ssion\, Celtic to Classical accepts a free-will\noffering\, with a suggest ed contribution of $15.\n\n \n\n“We very much missed connecting with ou r audiences at the beach last\nsummer during the pandemic\,” Seyfried sa id. “While we won’t have\nas large an ensemble as in previous years or perform at as many\nvenues\, we’re looking forward to presenting an ecl ectic program for\nlive audiences.”\n\n \n\nSheridan Seyfried and Ya-Jh u Yang have degrees in composition from\nPhiladelphia’s Curtis Institute and the Manhattan School of Music in\nNew York\, where their teachers inc luded Richard Danielpour\, Jennifer\nHigdon and Nils Vigeland.\n\n \n\nTh eir works have been performed around the world by musicians and\nensembles including David Shifrin\, Ida Kavafian and the Santa Fe\nSymphony. In 201 3\, Sheridan Seyfried’s Violin Concerto was premiered\nby Pacific Sympho ny concertmaster Dennis Kim\, who has performed with\nCeltic to Classical. Ya-Jhu Yang’s piano trio\, Letters to Formosa\,\nwas performed at the K ennedy Center as a prize winner of the 2009\nWashington International Comp etition.\n\n \n\nSeyfried\, whose parents Elise and Steve Seyfried founde d the venerable\nRehoboth Summer Children’s Theatre in 1982\, spent many summers at\nthe beach while growing up. The Celtic to Classical summer\np erformances are inspired by the musical eclecticism of Andrea\nClearfield ’s Philadelphia “Salon” concerts and motivated by a\ndesire to find joy in different modes of musical expression.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Celtic to Classical returns to Southern Delaware in mid-August for a fifth season\, with a program desig ned to delight fans of all ages and musical genres.

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Playing piano\, violin and flute\, Cel tic to Classical co-founders Sheridan Seyfried and Ya-Jhu Yang will presen t a 60-minute program featuring classical works by Beethoven\, Handel and Mozart\, along with Celtic fiddling\, New Age music and Jethro Tull&rsquo\ ;s arrangement of a famous Renaissance madrigal.

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Highlights include a thrilling four-hand piano performance\, a lively flute-violin duet and an original arrangement by Seyfried

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The duo will perform identical programs on Wednesday\, August 11\, at Epworth United Methodist Church in Rehoboth Beach\, and on Thursday\, August 12\, at St. Martha&rsquo\;s Episcopal Church in Bethany Beach. Both performanc es begin at 7:30 PM.

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In keeping with the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Cont rol and the State of Delaware\, unvaccinated and immunocompromised individ uals are asked to wear masks. Persons with a cough\, fever or COVID-like s ymptoms are asked to refrain from attending.
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~~In lieu of ticketed admission\, Celtic to Cla ssical accepts a free-will offering\, with a suggested contribution of $15 .~~
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&ldquo\;We ver y much missed connecting with our audiences at the beach last summer durin g the pandemic\,&rdquo\; Seyfried said. &ldquo\;While we won&rsquo\;t have as large an ensemble as in previous years or perform at as many venues\, we&rsquo\;re looking forward to presenting an eclectic program for live au diences.&rdquo\;
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Sheridan Seyfried and Ya-Jhu Yang have degrees in composition from Philad elphia&rsquo\;s Curtis Institute and the Manhattan School of Music in New York\, where their teachers included Richard Danielpour\, Jennifer Higdon and Nils Vigeland.
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Their works have been performed around the world by musicians and ensem bles including David Shifrin\, Ida Kavafian and the Santa Fe Symphony. In 2013\, Sheridan Seyfried&rsquo\;s Violin Concerto was premiered by Pacific Symphony concertmaster Dennis Kim\, who has performed with Celtic to Clas sical. Ya-Jhu Yang&rsquo\;s piano trio\, Letters to Formosa\, was performe d at the Kennedy Center as a prize winner of the 2009 Washington Internati onal Competition.
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Seyfried\, whose parents Elise and Steve Seyfried founded the venerable Rehoboth Summer Children&rsquo\;s Theatre in 1982\, spent many summers at the beach while growing up. The Celtic to Classical summer performances ar e inspired by the musical eclecticism of Andrea Clearfield&rsquo\;s Philad elphia &ldquo\;Salon&rdquo\; concerts and motivated by a desire to find jo y in different modes of musical expression.

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