

Idyllwild native first chair flutist at Idyllwild Arts
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Idyllwild’s own Erec VonSeggern, second from left, made first chair in the Idyllwild Arts Wind Ensemble flute section. Erec poses briefly with other members of the flute section just prior to their first summer concert held Saturday, July 30, at the Idyllwild Arts Theatre. Photo by Cid Castillo

Anna Derschmidt is now in her senior year at Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA). The two-year student started her IAA schooling as a junior in the fall of 2019. Before attending IAA, she attended a public boarding arts high school as a music major — performing violin and singing in the choir — in Vienna, Austria….
This weekend is the 20th-annual Jazz in the Pines festival and third festival Marsha Lytle has chaired. “I feel great about it,” Lytle said Friday, Aug. 9. “Ticket sales are exceeding expectations. I’m sure the special two-day deal helped. The last two weeks have been huge. I don’t remember sales this strong this close to…
Guest speaker Edith Brix spoke at the Garden Club Annual Souper Membership Meeting at the Community Church Tuesday. Brix specializes in designs, centerpieces and floral arrangements made from natural materials from Idyllwild’s forest.
A new film biography of dancer and choreographer Bella Lewitzky, “Bella,” will be included in this year’s Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema (IIFC) scheduled to be screened at 6 p.m. Friday, March 10, in Town Hall. Lewitzky was a giant of modern dance, founding dance programs at both ISOMATA (now Idyllwild Arts Academy [IAA]) and…
Films at Idyllwild Library The ninth-annual Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema will present its fifth-annual Children’s Film Fest, the brainchild of Andrea Charles, executive artist liaison for the IIFC. “It was my first year; I volunteered to view movies,” Charles said. After several weeks of watching films for submission to the festival, she asked Stephen…