02 · GALLERY
Five frames.
Banff Centre sits on Tunnel Mountain in Banff National Park. The campus has been a residency programme since 1933. The Eric Harvie Theatre seats 959. The Rolston Recital Hall seats 250 and looks straight at Mount Rundle through a glass back wall. Composers walk between sessions along elk trails. The Banff Summer Arts Festival runs June through August, most events pay-what-you-can or free. The acoustic is the mountains' contribution.
Banff Summer Arts Festival, June-August. Most events pay-what-you-can or free.
The beautiful place half perfected. Mountains, music, monastic. Pure Sonic Paths.
Banff Summer Arts Festival, June through August. Most events pay-what-you-can or free. The Rolston Recital Hall's mountain-view performances at sunset (around 20:30) are the most-photographed listening sessions in Canada.
Box office variable, check banffcentre.ca. Summer Arts Festival programming June-August. Year-round residency-programme performances open to public on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Drive from Calgary 90 minutes west on the Trans-Canada Highway to Banff, then 5 minutes south up Tunnel Mountain Drive. From Calgary airport, 2 hours. Local Roam buses from downtown Banff to the Centre.