Festival Napa Valley
festival napa valley music food wine lifestyle festival held napa valley california presented napa valley festival association nonprofit corporation governed board vintner local leader musician winery resort theater restaurant chef vintner participate every year festival present summer season every july year spring fall performance take place theater winery resort estate vineyard setting throughout napa valley festival also present yearround school programming leading private funder art education napa county public school taste napa part festival showcase wine culinary delicacy approximately local winery restaurant food artisan many winery participate rarely open public festival wellness event include conversation led health practitioner kk sun run proceeds supporting napa county alliance art education art gala take place first sunday festival summer season every july evening feature alfresco dinner live performance surprise guest culminates charity wine auction featuring oneofakind lifestyle experience art gala held hall napa valley raised record million placing among successful charity wine auction united state proceeds event provide free affordable access festival performance support public school art education program napa county scholarship emerging musician festival tuitionfree blackburn music academy festival presented tribute sophia loren far niente loren son carlo ponti debuted los angeles virtuoso orchestra ensemble devoted advocacy support music education whoopi goldberg emceed tribute guest included robert redford francis ford coppola former speaker house newt gingrich robert de niro former president bill clinton sent tribute via video festival presented tribute margrit mondavi also far niente jazz musician dave koz vocalist monica mancini performed notable guest included sophia loren lidia bastianich among celebrating m mondavi person video beth nickel maria manetti shrem francis ford coppola thomas keller jacques pepin boz scaggs piero antinori lamberto frescobaldi tribute one margrit mondavis last public appearance died less six week later festival feted founding chair darioush khaledi wife shahpar culminating private concert dinner featuring sarah chang aldo lopezgavilan hosted jeff valerie gargiulo gargiulo vineyard festival returned live programming full schedule running july – festival napa valley awarded million support napa county public school visual performing art program festival fulfilled teacher wish list classroom resource material underwritten creation napa county firstever art education master plan partnership art council napa valley napa valley unified school district taken lead role ensuring access quality art education k student festival grant provided funding districtwide visual performing art coordinator music teacher serve napa three largest middle school creation professional development program encourage art integration classroom festival napa valley also partnered napa county office education ensure art education county disenfranchised student camille creek community school funding weekly art education class establishing creative room campus initiating annual concert green camille creek campus april mcdonald finalist nbcs voice inaugurated concert green performance question answer session student festival bouchaine young artist series admissionfree concert series featuring performance emerging star festival napa valley funded two tuitionfree summer camp boy girl club napa american canyon clubhouse serving student age – program feature robust art curriculum designed encourage student create explore discover daily interactive music experience attendance festival concert kid featuring headlining artist festival napa valley blackburn music academy offer tuitionfree immersive training performance experience emerging preprofessional musician around world academy inaugural year application submitted hundred student school conservatory state seven country support festival napa valley benefactor jan shrem maria manetti shrem festival present leading vocalist emerging talent concert hall intimate setting throughout napa valley including lincoln theater napa valley opera house meadowood jarvis conservatory castello di amorosa san francisco philanthropist dede wilsey underwrites festival dance series featured dancer american ballet theatre bandaloop bolshoi ballet joffrey ballet le ballet trockadero de monte carlo national ballet canada new york city ballet royal ballet san francisco ballet staatsballett berlin stuttgart ballet among others napa regional dance company program young dancer also presented series festival napa valley founded san francisco bay area attorney art manager richard walker img artist chairman barrett wissman along executive producer charles letourneau festival launched financial support ann gordon getty tatiana gerret copeland maria manetti jan shrem athena timothy blackburn diane wilsey john traina robert margrit mondavi among noted philanthropist founding partner winery included plumpjack darioush far niente bouchaine vineyard hall napa valley peju winery quintessa blackbird vineyard castello di amorosa gargiulo vineyard robert mondavi winery founder sought create festival would define napa valley cultural destination festival del sole official website