Prof. Eric Edberg Again Overseeing Greencastle's Summer Music Festival
May 31, 2011
May 31, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — "A 'mashup' of classical and folk music, performed by some of Indiana's finest musicians, will open the seventh season of the 12-concert Greencastle Summer Music Festival this Wednesday at Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church," notes the Banner-Graphic. The preview of the summer series notes that a number of the performers are members of the DePauw University School of Music faculty, and that the festival's organizer and founder is Eric Edberg, professor of music.
"All our concerts have been strictly classical music in prior summers," says Dr. Edberg. "While I've been in New York on sabbatical this spring, I've seen how many performers are combining, or 'mashing up,' music of different genres. So I've invited this summer's performers to include any kind of music they love, and to tell us in the audience why they love it. Most of our concerts will remain all-classical, but a few will include something different, including the folk music on the opening concert. Other concerts will include jazz influences, improvisation, and even some indie rock."
Tomorrow's opening performance will feature violinist Allison Edberg and other musicians "in a program exploring the relationship between Celtic ballads, Baroque "classical" music, and present-day folk music," notes the newspaper.
"Yo-Yo Ma, who will be visiting DePauw this fall, has been 
doing just this sort of thing for years," says Eric Edberg. "His Appalachian Waltz album with violinist Mark O'Connor and bassist Edgar Meyer, with whom Allison grew up, has been extremely popular. Joe Peters and Linda Hicks are extraordinary singer-songwriters -- true Indiana treasures. This is a great way to start this summer's festival."
Read more at the Banner-Graphic's website.
Professor Edberg's work in classical music improvisation was featured in a November 28, 2008 article in the Wall Street Journal.
Yo-Yo Ma will be the featured artist of "DePauw Discourse 2011: Empowering Society Through the Arts," scheduled to take place September 29 - October 1. Details can be found in this previous article.
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