Siletz Bay Music Festival: Sounds of the Americas
$40 ($15 student)
- Brett Paschal, drums
- Kevin Deitz, double bass
- Daniel Freiberg, piano
- Brent Florendo, narrator
- Dancing Spirit Drum
- Yaacov Bergman, conductor
Yaacov Bergman conducts the Siletz Bay Music Festival Orchestra; with Daniel Freiberg, Brent Florendo, and Dancing Spirit.
About Siletz Bay Music Festival
The mission of Siletz Bay Music Festival is to bring multi-genre world class music performed by outstanding musicians to the Central Oregon Coast; to reach across race, culture, age, social and economic barriers, to uplift and educate all people seeking extraordinary musical experiences.
The Siletz Bay Music Festival has grown from an intimate chamber music series to becoming a centerpiece of cultural life on the Central Oregon Coast, bringing great chamber and orchestral music, jazz, and added surprises to throngs of Lincoln City residents and visitors for more than two weeks each summer. While the Festival has changed, the constant has been the devotion of our audiences.
We are the only on-going music festival in the region that brings together more than 65 extraordinary musicians from all over the globe, participating in a variety of musical genres. Under the guidance of Artistic Director, Yaacov Bergman, we continue to create new and exciting programming with a proven mix of classical favorites, unique, eclectic, cutting-edge musical selections, family-friendly, and theatre events.
https://siletzbaymusic.org/About Kevin Deitz, double bass
About Daniel Freiberg, piano
About Brent Florendo, narrator
Brent is the Native Nations Liaison at Southern Oregon University. His professional, traditional storytelling is the foundation of his artistry and his family are the other members of the group.
Brent is an Ashland resident who shares and represents Native American perspectives and builds a sense of community. He has participated in many local events such as Ashland Parks and Recreation "Salmon Celebration", Wisdom Keepers, Sacred Seed Celebration, as well as facilitated Native American presentations and/or workshops such as the Buffalo Field Institute, Native American Ecological Symposium at Southern Oregon University (SOU), and serves as co-director of Konaway Nika Tilicum Native American Academic Youth Academy at SOU.
https://sou.edu/academics/native-american-studies/faculty/About Dancing Spirit Drum
A NorthWest Tribal performance group sharing traditional songs, dances and stories that include the modern performance arts and music.
Brent Florendo, Sitwalla Pum, is the founder of this performance and group. He is a Wasco/Yakima Indian fromt he Warm Springs reservation with professional experience as a ballet dancer, opera singer, director, writer, actor, and musician.