15 th ANNIVERSARY JULY 1-19, 2018 ROSSINI'S VEDA ZUPONCIC Artistic Director NURTHERNLIGHTS music festival GAVRIEL HEINE Music Director OPENING NIGHT! JULY 13, 7:00 PNM Veda Zuponcic Auditorium Sung in Italian with English supertitles Mesabi East, Aurora JULY 15, 3:00 PM Chisholm High School JULY 16, 7:00 PM Washington Auditorium, Ely TICKETS: $40 Adult $15 Students (under 18) Conducted by Gavriel Heine Directed by Francis X Kuhn Set Design by Bart Healy PRE-CONCERT LECTURE with Bill Bastian 90 minutes before each concert FESTIVE FOURTH! CONCERT Featuring NLMF Orchestra, Gavriel Heine, conductor and soloist Veda Zuponcic performing Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto JULY 4, 4:00 PM Mesabi East, Aurora Tickets: $15 Adults, $5 Students (under 18) CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS JULY 6, 7:00 PM Chisholm Auditorium Tickets: $15 Adults, $5 Students (under 18) Music on the Beach! JULY 7, 6:00 PM McCarthy Beach State Park, Side Lake FREE ADMISSION JULY 8, 4:00 PM Mesabi East, Aurora Tickets: $15 Adults, $5 Students (under 18) Young Artists! JULY 10, 11:00 AM Coppertop Church, Duluth FREE ADMISSION New Venue! JULY 12, 7:00 PM Buhl Public Library FREE ADMISSION JULY 14, 7:00 PM B'nai Abraham Synagogue, Virginia JULY 18, 7:00 PM Vermilion Community College, Ely Tickets: $10 Adults, $5 Students (under 18) CLOSING CONCERT JULY 19, 7:00 PM Mesabi East, Aurora FREE ADMISSION Ice Cream Social after performance Sponsored by Northern State Bank of Aurora For further information & tickets call 218-780-2292 or visit NORTHERNLIGHTSMUSIC.ORG This activity is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, thanks to appropriations from the Minnesota State Legislature's general and arts and cultural heritage funds TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE: Bradach Lumber (Aurora), Kess Gallery (Ely), Schmitt's Music (Virginia), and Valentini's Supper Club (Chisholm). m') Donald ARROWHEAD REG GARDNER exPLORe MINNesOTA RUST ART COUNCIL w.ATER MINNESOTA Bank-Gilbert kybbbbbbi EGAC