








PHOTOS: Idyllwild Master Chorale Winter Solstice and Jazz Fusion
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Dwight “Buzz” Holmes, left, conducts the Idyllwild Master Chorale during its annual traditional holiday concert. The eclectic holiday selections and classic jazz standards were performed to two full audiences at Idyllwild School Saturday night, Dec. 22, and Sunday afternoon. Photo by Jenny Kirchner









Idyllwild resident author Joy Sikorski, writing with co-author Michael Silversher, changes the fare for this fourth season of Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild Authors Series when she and Silversher present their biblical historical novel, “Tamar of the Terebinths” (Whispering Voices Publications, 2013). It is the first time the series has featured an historical biblical novel. Sikorski calls…
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Construction of the William M. Lowman Concert Hall on the Idyllwild Arts Academy and Summer Programs campus will occur in the next year or two. The Idyllwild Arts Foundation successfully completed a $6.3-million campaign to fund the project by its Dec. 31 deadline. A 298-seat, acoustically brilliant facility, the concert hall will become the centerpiece…
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