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The MasterWorks Festival is a month-long intensive summer training program for classical performing artists. It is held in Winona Lake, Indiana, home of evangelist Billy Sunday, the birthplace of Youth for Christ and the location of many early Billy Graham crusades. It was co-founded in 1997 by Artistic Director of the Christian Performing Artists' Fellowship (CPAF) Dr. Patrick Kavanaugh and his wife Barbara, and by Trombonist, James Kraft and his wife Mary Jeane.
The festival is operated on the campus of Grace College. It focuses on intense artistic training and deep spiritual growth. MasterWorks offers master classes for classical musicians, dancers and actors instructed by world-renowned performing artists. It has featured such performers as Midori Goto, Christopher Parkening, Rebecca Wright, Jeanette Clift George, John Dalley, Lawrence Dutton, Anne Martindale Williams, David Hardy, Doug Yeo, Christine Smith, Steve Hendrickson, John Nelson, Phil Smith, Paula Robison, Stephen Clapp, and the Ying String Quartet.
The festival hosts a variety of artistic and spiritual activities from concerto competitions and community performances, to bible studies and evening worship services. Over 40 performances are held throughout the month-long festival including two weekly orchestral performances, a full length ballet program with orchestra, a full length theatre production, a full length opera production, *chamber music recitals, student recitals, faculty recitals and guest concerto artists.
MasterWorks also hosts a summer intensive technical internship program. The program assists in productions throughout the festival.
In 2004, MasterWorks expanded its festival outside the US and MasterWorks Europe took place in London, England. Since then, other non-USA MasterWorks Festival have taken place in Winchester, England and in Zhengzhou, China. Plans for more MasterWorks Festivals around the globe are currently in the process of development.
References
- Kavanaugh, Patrick. The Story of the Christian Performing Artists' Fellowship. Winona Lake, IN. Christian Performing Artists' Fellowship.
- The Christian Performing Artists' Fellowship. (2006) MasterWorks Fesitival Brochure. Winona Lake, IN. Christian Performing Artists' Fellowship.
- Cook, Jane, G., and Heckman, Paul. (2001). Winona Lake Summers. North Manchester, Indiana. ICanPublish.
Categories: Classical music festivals in the United States | Theatre festivals in the United States | Christian performing arts
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