Sublime Shandelee does it again

Posted 8/21/12

I cannot find another word more appropriate to describe what is happening this summer at The Shandelee Music Festival, now in its 22nd season.

Starting with The Hermitage Piano Trio, I knew this …

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Sublime Shandelee does it again

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I cannot find another word more appropriate to describe what is happening this summer at The Shandelee Music Festival, now in its 22nd season.

Starting with The Hermitage Piano Trio, I knew this would be another astounding season. But tonight, having just returned home from the second concert in the series, I felt compelled to write.

I was totally wowed by the 18-year-old pianist, Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner. I feel the need to shout out to the Sullivan County community from the highest mountain tops of Shandelee, here lies an amazing venue, the intimate salon-like setting where world-class musicians can be heard and seen in a truly magical forum. Performances where no listener walks away without feeling transformed and humbled on many layers and levels of one’s consciousness.

Words cannot express the profound and musical depth of understanding that these musicians have achieved. The artistry and passion is apparent from the first entrances through to the concerts’ finales and encores. Being an enthusiastic audience member for the past seven years, I realize I am a devotee, but you should come and experience it at first hand to experience for yourselves what is happening in our little corner of Sullivan County. The quality of musicianship seems to be ever soaring to new heights year after year. How truly blessed we are to have this gem, this significant musical egregore,* that is The Shandelee Music Festival (www.shandelee.org).

A place where young gifted musicians are nurtured and nurture us—the audience—with their extraordinary talents. I look forward to the next concerts in this series and encourage all to come share a genuinely sublime experience.

Eileen Ledwith

Youngsville, NY

[* As defined by Wikipedia, Egregore (also egregor) is an occult concept representing a “thoughtform” or “collective group mind,” an autonomous psychic entity made up of, and influencing, the thoughts of a group of people. ]

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