The 2017 Season of the Geneva Music Festival had a record 1,150 people in attendance at a total of 14 concerts. From stages and concert halls around the world, The Cavani Quartet, Jinjoo Cho, Ani Kavafian, Clive Greensmth, Hannah Collins, Michael Compitello and Eliot Heaton led performances from a wide range of musical genres, including chamber, classical and bluegrass. Raymond Nagem, associate music director at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC, showcased the majestic organs of Presbyterian Church in Geneva, United Church of Canandaigua, and Auburn’s Westminster Presbyterian Church.
One of the highlights of this season was a two-concert celebration of jazz, with La Voz De Tres and The Thomas Bergeron Quartet. Multi-instrumentalist Paul McCandless was a special guest for both concerts.
The 2017 season was made possible by private and corporate funds, as well as public funds from NYSCA’s Decentralization Program, administered locally by Finger Lakes Community Arts Grants (FLCAG) and CNY Arts, Rochester Community Foundation, Wyckoff Family Foundation, Geneva Rotary, the City of Geneva, Williams Family Foundation, Sands Foundation, Delavan Foundation and the Spring Hill Fund. As the season came to a close, GMF announced the receipt of an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).