Season opens July 19 at Homewood Mountain Resort

The Lake Tahoe Music Festival begins its 2008 season on a high note reuniting with the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra for the Festival’s summer concert series held at various locations throughout North Lake Tahoe, July 19 to Aug. 9, 2008.

The collaboration celebrates the return of the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra to its “summer home” and forges a renewed partnership for planning the Festival’s schedule, programs and soloists.

The Reno Philharmonic Orchestra will play the Festival’s 2008 season-opening concert on Saturday, July 19 at Homewood Mountain Resort along with other Festival concerts continuing through the finalé on Saturday, Aug. 9.

Lake Tahoe Music Festival Maestro Timm Rolek will conduct the summer concerts for the Reno Philharmonic in Reno as well as three of the Orchestra’s concerts at Homewood Mountain Resort, the Festival’s new home venue and future site of a permanent performance amphitheater starting with the 2010 concert season.

Sixty local musicians form the award-winning Reno Philharmonic Orchestra. In recent years the Lake Tahoe Music Festival Orchestra has been assembled with talented players from the Reno Philharmonic, Reno Chamber Orchestra, Nevada Opera Orchestra and the Nevada Festival Ballet Orchestra, with many of the musicians also serving as faculty members at the University of Nevada, Reno or music educators in the region’s public schools.

Long known for presenting the finest classical music at Lake Tahoe, the Lake Tahoe Music Festival annually brings a varied selection of musical performances to North Lake Tahoe including classic jazz, rock and Broadway, as well as popular classical music concerts.

The non-profit organization also has an Educational Outreach Program that presents in-school performances throughout the year at area elementary and high schools, operates a free music lesson and instrument loan program at the Truckee Elementary School and features local, award-winning youth musicians during its summer concert series.

For more information about the 2008 season of the Lake Tahoe Music Festival, visit www.TahoeMusic.org or call 530-583-3101.

About the Lake Tahoe Music Festival
Founded in 1982 by Edgar Braun, conductor of the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, the Lake Tahoe Music Festival presents nine concerts at five scenic venues throughout North Lake Tahoe including historic Donner Lake, Granlibakken Resort in Tahoe City, Tahoe Donner in Truckee, Alpine Meadows Ski Resort, and its new home venue, Homewood Mountain Resort. The Lake Tahoe Music Festival is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that presents quality, diverse musical experiences and creates educational and performance opportunities for aspiring young musicians. Funds for the Festival are raised through individual memberships, corporate sponsorships, grants and advertising revenues from its Festival program.

About the Reno Philharmonic Association
The Reno Philharmonic Association’s mission is to provide world-class, innovative musical performances and exceptional educational and outreach programs that attract the widest possible audience.

The orchestra, made up of over 60 local and talented musicians, performs in Reno and in various outdoor and indoor venues. The popular MasterClassics Series is presented September to April. The orchestra also presents over ten specialty performances throughout the year from the holiday classic, Spirit of the Season to 4th of July in Genoa. The Philharmonic also boasts an impressive and diverse education department, which includes two youth orchestras, a series of Young People’s Concerts, Celebrate Strings program, and a Discover Music program. For more information visit www.renophil.com