Three of the New York Philharmonic's most celebrated principal players, an internationally acclaimed soprano, and one of America’s leading voice teachers highlight the group of artists who will serve as mentors and guest performers during the inaugural Castleton Festival. Maestro Maazel has invited Glenn Dicterow, the Philharmonic concertmaster; Robert Langevin, the principal flute and Phil Myers, the principal horn, to ass...

The Amstel Quartet's recent appearance in Castleton included an outreach concert for students from the Rappahannock Public Schools. The event was a a great success for the artists and participants alike, and a wonderful account of the afternoon was featured in the Rappahannock News a few days later: Click here for the Rapphannock News article .

World renowned conductor Lorin Maazel, and his wife, Dietlinde Turban-Maazel, will inaugurate a new, annual music festival on their 550-acre property in Castleton, Virginia (Rappahannock County) in July 2009. The festival starts the week after Maestro Maazel’s final concerts as music director of the New York Philharmonic. To help launch the fundraising campaign for the Castleton Festival, the Oscar/Tony/Grammy/Pulitzer Prize-win...

As a thank you to the Rappahannock community and as a preview of next summer’s Castleton Festival, The Châteauville Foundation is delighted to present a free, public screening of its recent production of The Beggar’s Opera on Saturday evening, September 27, 2008 in Washington, VA. Projected on a large, outdoor screen, the showing will begin shortly after nightfall ( 7:30pm ), on the hillside lawn behind the County...

An Afternoon of Vocal Favorites: Broadway, Opera & Song Sunday, March 9, at 4pm, at the Sperryville School House. The Châteauville Foundation is pleased to announce a special event we are co-presenting with Headwaters, the Rappahannock County Public Education Foundation. On Sunday afternoon, March 9, at 4pm, at the Sperryville School House, the young artists of our 2008 Castleton Residency will offer a concert of to ben...