Summer Dreaming
The Renova Festival chamber orchestra performs
Bartok - Romanian Folk Dances
Mendelssohn - Midsummer Night’s Dream Incidental Music
Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
Masterful Display II - Faculty Artist Concert
Featuring Faculty Artists
Wendy Case & Carol Chung, Violins; Simon Ertz, Viola; Mingyao Zhao, Cello; Kathryn Umble, Flute; Abby Held, Oboe; Margarite Waddell, Horn
Friday Night Live
A performance of quartets and quintets by the pre-professional festival participants at the lovely Henry Banquet and Events Center in Downtown New Castle.
Simply Classical
Villa Maria Community Center - Magnificat Chapel
Final performance of the Renova Festival Orchestra
Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 , ”Classical”
Mozart - Symphony No. 35, ” Haffner”
Festival Finale
Villa Maria Community Center - Magnificat Chapel
Final performance of the Renova Festival Orchestra with Soprano Sarah Nadler
Rossini - “Barber of Seville” Overture
Arias from “The Marriage of Figaro”
Mendelssohn Symphony No . 4, “Italian”
"Musical Confluence"
A performance of quartets and quintets by the young artist festival participants in the relaxed atmosphere of The Confluence coffee shop in downtown New Castle.
Faculty Artist Concert
Featuring Faculty Artists
Carol Chung, Violin, Kathryn Umble, Flute, Leah Forsyth, Oboe, Sara Petokas, Horn
J.S Bach - Prelude from Cello Suite in C Major
F.J. Haydn - Divertimento in C Major
Amram - Blues and Variations for Monk for Solo Horn
Grazyna Bacewicz - Trio for Oboe, Violin, and Cello
Handel-Halvorsen - Passacaglia
Festival Chamber Orchestra
Our participant chamber orchestra performs
A. Honneger - Pastorale d’ete
R. Strauss - Serenade for Winds, op. 7
Judy Bruce - “Waves” for String Orchestra (World Premiere)
W.A. Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G minor
Music at Nova Cellars Winery
Our student chamber groups will present familiar classics while you enjoy the wine offerings at Nova Cellars in Pulaski, PA.
Faculty Artist Concert
Featuring faculty and gusts artists
Wendy Case, Violin; Taylor Shea, Viola; Evan Drachman, Cello, Susan Nelson, Bassoon, and Nanette Kaplan Solomon, Piano
S. Rachmaninoff - Andante from Sonata in G Minor for cello and piano
B. Garfield - Quartet for Bassoon and Strings
J. Brahms - Piano Quartet in C Minor
Festival Preview at Belladonna
A fun and informational session led by our Music Director Joshua Zona will give you everything you wanted to know about the music that will be performed on our 2023 festival concerts.
Coffee, Tea, Wine, and Treats are also on the menu.
This event is free and open to all.
Faculty Artist Concert
Featuring Faculty Artists Karen Strittmater Galvin , Violin; Taylor Shea, viola; and Paula Tuttle, cello
Mozart - Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat, K 404a
Reger - String Trio No. 2, Op 141b
Faculty Artist Concert
Featuring faculty and gusts artists
Wendy Case and Carol Chung, Violin; Kimberly Sparr, Viola; Evan Drachman, Cello, and Nanette Kaplan Solomon, Piano
L. van Beethoven - String Quartet, Op 18, No.6
Amy Beach - Piano Quintet, Op. 67
Festival Finale
Villa Maria Community Center - Magnificat Chapel
Final performance of the Renova Festival Orchestra
Including Dvorak - String Serenade in E Major, op. 22
"Musical Confluence"
A performance of quartets and quintets by the young artist festival participants in the relaxed atmosphere of The Confluence coffee shop in downtown New Castle.
EVENT POSTPONED - “Hitting the Right Notes” Fundraiser
EVENT POSTPONED. Keep watching for a reschedule date this fall!
“Hitting the Right Notes with Cool Jazz, Hot Pops, and Brews”
Join us for a night of food, music and a special beer selection (cash bar) at the Crane Room in New Castle. Live music from jazz standards to blues and more will be provided by The Rich Harper Band, Nanette Solomon with Janice Coppola, and the Renova Festival Jazz Group let by Tom Zumpella.
Tickets are available for $35 at
"A Heroic Finale"
Villa Maria Community Center - Magnificat Chapel
Final performance of the Renova Festival Orchestra including Rossini - The Barber of Seville Overture, Schumann - Manfred, and Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
"Virtuoso Exhibition"
Hoyt Center for the Arts
Faculty Performers
Joseph Kromholz, violin; Evan Drachman, cello; Kathryn Umble, flute; Susan Nelson, Bassoon and guest pianist Nanette Solomon
Including Dvorak - PianoTrio; Chick Correa - Trio for Flute, Bassoon. and Piano; Martinu - La revue de cuisine
"Music Fit for a King" - Renova Chamber Orchestra
Villa Maria Community Center - Magnificat Chapel
Including Handel - Suite from Water Music and more
Free Bonus Performance - Sweet Jeanie's
Festival string quartets providing sweet entertainment at Sweet Jeanie's ice cream shop in downtown Grove City, PA.
More about Sweet Jeanie's
"The Sound of Experience" - Our Faculty Artists
Northminster Presbyterian Church, New Castle
Faculty performers
Ken Long, clarinet; Petrea Warneck Oboe; Joshua Zona, Horn; Naha Greenholtz, violin; Timothy Deighton, Viola; Lynn Kabat, cello
Including Schubert -String Trio D 581; Irving Fine - Partita for Wind Quintet; Martinu - Nonetto
Cafe Soiree
A performance of quartets and quintets by the young artist festival participants in the relaxed atmosphere of The Confluence coffee shop in downtown New Castle.
Faculty Artist Showcase II
Northminster Presbyterian Church
Faculty Performers
Joseph Kromholz, violin; Evan Drachman, cello; Kathryn Umble, flute; Petrea Warneck, oboe and gust pianist Nanette Solomon
Including Arensky Piano Trio and a "Tecate" for Violin and Piano by Judy Bruce
Renova Chamber Orchestra
Villa Maria Community Center - Magnificat Chapel
Francaix - Seven Dances
Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings
Sibelius - Peleas and Melisande
Faculty Artist Showcase
Northminster Presbyterian Church, New Castle
Faculty performers
Ken Long, clarinet; Susan Nelson, bassoon; Naha Greenholtz, violin; Luke Fleming, viola; Lynn Kabat, cello with guest pianist Nanette Solomon and oboist Shawn Reynolds
Including Schumann - Piano Quartet, Ibert - Woodwind Trio and more!