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Sarasota News Leader May 17, 2013 Page 91 HERMITAGE ARTISTS TO PRESENT 'INSIDER' STORIES AT SUNSET On Friday, May 17, internationally acclaimed artists will entertain the public on the Hermitage Artist Retreat beach with behind-thescenes stories from some of the world's most well known venues for orchestras, operas and other performing arts experiences. Visual artist and set designer Anne Patterson; conductor, composer and director Robert Spano; and English composer Julian Grant will present insider information about colorful experiences they have had and share their music on the beach in front of the Hermitage Artist Retreat, the Hermitage has announced. The program will begin at 6 p.m. with tours of the historic Hermitage House and an open studio with Patterson. At 7 p.m., the beach entertainment will begin. The grand finale will Anne Patterson/Contributed photo be "Mother Nature's sunset at 8:15," a news release says. The event is free; visitors are encouraged to bring their beach chairs and refreshments, the release adds. "Our beach readings have become popular events that draw from all around our region," Bruce E. Rodgers, executive director for the Hermitage Artist Retreat, says in the release. Spano is the music director of the Atlanta Symphony and the Aspen Music Festival and School. He is also a Fellow of the Aspen Institute as part of the Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence Program. He "has appeared with some of the greatest orchestras in the world and has been called one of the brightest and