[1] It occurs each summer in July and August in Park City, Utah at the Deer Valley Resort, St. Mary's Church, Temple Har Shalom, and salon performances in local homes.
The festival is known for collaborations between popular artists and the Utah Symphony including Elvis Costello, LeAnn Rimes, Gladys Knight, Frederica von Stade, Jewel, Tony Bennett, Ben Folds, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Pink Martini, Randy Travis, Idina Menzel, Kansas, and Earth, Wind & Fire.
Intimate salon performances by guest artists and members of the Utah Symphony at area homes are also a staple of the festival.
Friday night performances included the return of Utah Opera to the festival with an evening of opera arias (performed by the Utah Opera Chorus and guests Celena Shafer, Jennifer Welch-Babidge, Sishel Claverie, Darrell Babidge and Ryan MacPherson), the annual 1812 Overture performance which also included the Children's Dance Theater joining the orchestra for the Carnival of the Animals, and "The American Songbook" with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
The final performance of the series included three pieces written by Beethoven, Mozart, and Haydn during the brief period when all three composers were alive and active.