Steamboat Strings Music Festival Opening Weekend

The Steamboat Strings in the Mountain music festival is sure to be music to your ears! Their summer season kicks off this weekend with their classical music series and the renowned Four Bitchin' Babes. Book your Steamboat summer vacation with ResortQuest Steamboat and claim your 3rd, 4th, or 5th night free, plus up to $100 in FREE Steamboat Spending Money.

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On Friday June 27, 2009 The Steamboat Strings Music Festival begins its classical music series with the Strings Festival Orchestra, conducted by Strings’ new Music Director, Andrés Cárdenes, concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra.

The performance includes Visions and Miracles by contemporary American composer Christopher Theofanidis, and Beethoven’s 8th Symphony. Also featured is Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, performed by soloist Elmar Oliveira.

The Strings Festival Orchestra with guest solo violinist Elmar Oliveira performs at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 27 in the Strings Music Pavilion. Reserved seating tickets are $50 and are available at Strings Music Festival: Call 970.879.5056 x105, www.stringsmusicfestival.com, or the Strings Box Office.

Then, Sunday June 28, Four Bitchin’ Babes performs at 7 p.m. in the Strings Music Pavilion.

An evening with Four Bitchin’ Babes arrives like laugh therapy for uncertain times. The Boston Globe calls them the “traveling Oprah Winfreys,” and their snarky and sophisticated sense of humor kicks off the summer Different Tempo season for Strings Music Festival.

Individually, Four Bitchin’ Babes are sought-after songwriters, musicians, mothers, wives and humorists. Together, they are “Diva Nation” – a quartet of uber talented women unveiling their newest outrageous musical revue following a two-decade run of hilarious performances.

Four Bitchin’ Babes “stir the heart as well as the funny bone,” says Billboard, and their new show unveils the mysteries of how a new millennium has changed the face of the diva. The Babes proclaim “Diva Nation” a magical place where chocolate is a vegetable, wine is in the food pyramid and all songs are sung with pride, attitude and terrific accessories.

Ultimately, it’s the stuff of life that feeds the flame for Four Bitchin’ Babes’ poignant humor. They’re modern women with a long list of talents and attributes that are ripe for comedic picking – like admittedly knowing what to do with all 95 pieces in a Sears Craftsman tool kit, making homemade pesto from the garden, having a husband who both cooks and cleans, never having made the high school cheerleading squad, furniture building, electrical wiring, quilting, and learning to both make and extinguish a flaming dessert. It’s all fair game for Four Bitchin’ Babes.

“Together they tell humorously observant tales of modern urban life, and harmonize like a heavenly chorus,” says The Chicago Tribune.

Reserved seating tickets are $32, and are available at Strings Music Festival (970-879-5056 x105, www.stringsmusicfestival.com or the box office).