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PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALEX IRVIN THE NEW ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL CAMPUS, JULY 8, 2013 O nce the snow starts to melt in Aspen, conversation inevitably involves the Aspen Music Festival and School's summer lineup. A town institution, founded in 1949 by Walter and Elizabeth Paepcke, the school is now celebrated as one of the preeminent classical music festivals in the country. Students have included pianist and former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, violinist Joshua Bell, violinist Sarah Chang, and composer Philip Glass, and it has staged collaborations with Wynton Marsalis, Edgar Meyer, and more. Today, thanks to a $25 million lead gift by Kay and Matthew Bucksbaum, the campus is as note- worthy as its caliber of 630 students and the eight-week-long summer concert season. Designed by Aspen architect Harry Teague, the sleek, con- temporary new campus was dedicated on July 8, 2013. Robert Spano, Aspen Music Festival and School music director, may have captured the mood best, noting the buildings are "not nouns, but verbs," acknowledg- ing the music being made between the new walls. 2014 Aspen Music Festival Season, June 26 – August 17; aspenmusicfestival.com AP Sarah Chang performs during an Aspen Music Festival and School summer concert. Classically SPEAKING ASPENPEAK-MAGAZINE.COM 155 148-155_AP_F_Anniversary_V2_SUM_FALL_14.indd 155 5/6/14 4:53 PM