Sue McCollum and renowned artist, Dale Chihuly, have joined together to create this engaging book about the Sun Valley Summer Symphony. In Sue’s unique voice of rhyme and meter she chronicles the growth and development of this special  Symphony from its first note. Using celebrated artist Dale Chihuly’s beautiful artwork to depict each stage, you will feel as if you are present at each concert as your fingers dance through the pages of this book. 

Dale Chihuly lives and works in Seattle, Washington and is well known for his series of works with Cylinders, Baskets, Seaforms, Persians, and Venetians.  His most recent and ambitious exhibition opened at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in 2008 and his Mille Fiori (detail) from that exhibition is featured on both the cover and back of this book.

This book describes, in poetic rhyme, the many summer concerts we have all enjoyed in Sun Valley. It is a great gift to buy for a friend - or for yourself - so that you may take a bit of the magic of Sun Valley home with you.

The orcehstra does sit under the tent,
But the action is on the lawn.
People gather in their usual place
Staying long after the musicians are gone.

It's rather a Sun Valley custom
To gather each night to hear,
The Sun Valley Summer Symphony
It's a tradition we all hold dear.

Free it is to all who come,
To hear these gifted musicians' play.
A magical time it is for all,
It's how they finish their day.

Babies, little children, and older folks too,
Are all touched in their own way.
Hearing the extraordinary and complex music
That these talented musicians do play.