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Like most, I came to the Aspen Music Festival this year not knowing quite what to expect. ... What we heard was as good as, and in some ways better, than usual.

The most magical moment at the Aspen Music Festival so far this summer involved a piece about summer performed at Friday’s Aspen Chamber Orchestra concert by soprano Golda Schultz.

The Aspen Music Festival and School will honor and remember longtime opera program director Edward Berkeley with a concert at the Benedict Music Tent at 7 p.m. Aug. 7, the organization announced Monday afternoon. Young performers from the 2021 Aspen Opera Theatre and VocalARTS program will share works in remembrance of Berkeley at the free event. The show will run approximately 75 minutes with no intermission. Tickets are not required; attendees will be asked to respect protocols and vaccinated and distanced seating sections. The event also will be livestreamed on the Aspen Music Festival and...

Edward Berkeley with students this month at a master class in the Wheeler Opera House. (Carlin Ma/Aspen Music Festival) Edward Berkeley with students this month at a master class in the Wheeler Opera House. (Carlin Ma/Aspen Music Festival) Berkeley with opera students in Aspen in 2016 (Elle Logan/Aspen Music Festival) Berkeley with students at a 2010 master class (Courtesy photo/Aspen Music Festival) Aspen Opera Theater director Edward Berkeley outside the Benedict Music Tent (Courtesy photo/Aspen Music Festival) Longtime Aspen Music Festival and School opera program director Edward Berkeley ...

Edward Berkeley with students this month at a master class in the Wheeler Opera House. (Carlin Ma/Aspen Music Festival) Edward Berkeley with students this month at a master class in the Wheeler Opera House. (Carlin Ma/Aspen Music Festival) Berkeley with opera students in Aspen in 2016 (Elle Logan/Aspen Music Festival) Berkeley with students at a 2010 master class (Courtesy photo/Aspen Music Festival) Aspen Opera Theater director Edward Berkeley outside the Benedict Music Tent (Courtesy photo/Aspen Music Festival) Longtime Aspen Music Festival and School opera program director Edward Berkeley ...