S2 Episode 3: Composer Spotlight - Kareem Roustom

Grand Teton Music Festival

Every summer, the nation’s top musicians come together at the base of the majestic Teton mountain range in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to create the incomparable Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra under the leadership of Maestro Donald Runnicles. Now in its 58th year, the Grand Teton Music Festival launches the second season of its national radio series to further share its breathtaking music making with audiences around the country. Maestro Runnicles, hailing from Scotland, has a career spanning many continents, both in the opera house and on the symphonic stage. In addition to being Music Director of the Grand Teton Music Festival, Maestro Runnicles currently serves as General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Principal Guest Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony. He formerly served as Music Director of the San Francisco Opera for 16 years. With delightful tales and musical anecdotes from his storied career, Maestro Runnicles serves as host the of the program. He shares the mic with Andrew Palmer Todd—former public radio host, classical pianist, and CEO of the Festival. Together they bring your audience music making at its best, live from the Grand Teton Music Festival. The second season of Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival, a production of Classic Digital Syndications, is available now on PRX and from the CD Syndications website. The series consists of 13 one-hour programs, which are available free of charge to your station