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This summer the U.S. will resound with music as diverse as the land itself. Pop, rock, folk, jazz and avant-garde compete with Bach, Beethoven and Brahms in festivals ranging from three-day stands to all-summer affairs. A sampling:
DARTMOUTH CONGREGATION OF THE ARTS, Hanover, N.H. (June 29-Aug. 23), offers its usual imaginative programs of contemporary music by composers-in-resi-dence. Luigi Dallapiccola will be on campus (June 30-July 13), Roger Sessions (July 21-Aug. 3), Roberto Gerhard (Aug. 11-23). Other visiting composers are Walter Piston and Gladys Nordenstrom.
MARLBORO MUSIC FESTIVAL, Marlboro, Vt. (July 5-Aug. 17). Rudolf Serkin's haven for chamber-music lovers presents weekend concerts with noted artists such as Pablo Casals and Alexander Schneider.
TANGLEWOOD, Lenox, Mass. (July 4-Aug. 24). Conductor Erich Leinsdorf and guests such as Pierre Boulez, Daniel Barenboim and Josef Krips lead the Boston Symphony with Cellist Jacqueline Du Pre, Soprano Beverly Sills and other soloists in programs of traditional and 20th century works.
NEWPORT JAZZ, FOLK AND ROMANTIC FESTIVALS, Newport, R.I. From July 3 to 6, the famed resort will swing with Jazzmen Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, and Sun Ra; rock with Blood, Sweat & Tears; jam with Art Blakey and the Mothers of Invention; cool it with Dave Brubeck and Gerry Mulligan; tear the house down with James Brown, Buddy Rich and more. From July 16 to 20 folk fans can hear Buffy Sainte-Marie, Johnny Cash, et al. From July 31 to Aug. 9 the works of such Romantic composers as Liszt, Saint-Saens, Schumann and Brahms will be performed by Pianists Raymond Lewenthal and Eugene List, and a string quartet.
SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The New York City Ballet will dance from July 3 to 27 and the Philadelphia Orchestra will hold forth from July 31 to Aug. 24 under Eugene Ormandy and guest conductors. The festival is also sprinkled with popular fare: the rock musical Your Own Thing, Folkists Peter, Paul and Mary, Pop Singers Petula Clark and Janis Joplin.
NEW YORK CITY FESTIVALS. Manhattan's Central Park is once again the site of the Schaefer Music Festival, running through Aug. 23. This year the beer company has on tap Hugh Masekela, Chuck Berry, Tom Paxton, Lou Rawls and Nina Simone. The
New York Philharmonic will again play a series of park concerts in all five boroughs from July 29 to Aug. 22, with Conductors Josef Krips and Karel Ancerl, Pianists Byron Janis and John Browning.
WOODSTOCK MUSIC AND ART FAIR, Wallkill, N.Y. (Aug. 15-17), is a new venture that plans nonstop performances from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. by musical hot-rodders such as Canned Heat, Creedence Clear-water Revival, The Band, Richie Havens, Jefferson Airplane and The Who.
GARDEN STATE ARTS CENTER, Telegraph Hill Park, Holmdel, N.J. (through Aug. 25). Now in its second year, the center will present the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and Washington National Symphony; the American Ballet Theater is appearing and so are such pop artists as Henry Mancini and Liberace.
ROBIN HOOD DELL, Philadelphia (through July 24). Among this year's guest conductors for the Dell orchestra are Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Daniel Barenboim and Karel Ancerl; soloists include Violinist Pinchas Zuckerman and Pianist Alicia de Larrocha.