

He served 11 seasons as production manager of the Aspen Music Festival and School in Aspen, Colo.īesides large-scale orchestral shows, the multi-arts Lancaster Festival will offer chamber performances, solo concerts, lunchtime shows and children's programming.

Piccolo is a 42-year-old Parma native who grew up in the Cleveland area. Piccolo, the festival's new executive director. "Patrons will see that the festival is continuing to grow and provide a wide range of classical and popular music that will reach out beyond Lancaster and engage audiences in Columbus and beyond," said Joseph M. 1 concert with Blues Traveler, a Southern-rock group. Led by festival artistic director Gary Sheldon, the orchestra will also perform "Splendor in the Brass," the opening-night July 23 concert, and the closing Aug.

Mo Pitney, a young country singer-songwriter, and Thompson Square, an American country-music duo whose songs include the chart-toppers Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not and If I Didn't Have You, will perform July 25 with the Lancaster Festival Orchestra. 1 at multiple venues in and around the city 34 miles southeast of Columbus. The 31st annual festival will offer classical and big-band music, pop-music headliners, and blues, country and jazz from July 23 to Aug. Blues Traveler, Mo Pitney and Thompson Square will headline the Lancaster Festival in the summer.
