This solo recital by Pauline Martin honors the memory of the legendary pianist Menahem Pressler, her lifelong mentor, with gratitude for his pivotal role in establishing Chamber Soloists of Detroit in 2012.

Concerts

Chamber Soloists of Detroit – Pauline Martin Piano Recital

Join the Rochester Symphony Orchestra as it celebrates its 62nd year in concert. Music Director Zeljko Milicevic has prepared A KALEIDOSCOPE OF MUSIC for the 2023-2024 season. This evening, &#8220;Les Souvenirs du Passe`&#8221; pays tribute to the French, featuring works by Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Francois Devienne. And though Mozart is not French, his &#8220;Paris Symphony&#8221; will be performed. Personal notes involve his being only 22 and suffering the loss of his mother at the time of the symphony&#8217;s debut.
This evening&#8217;s guest performer is Amanda Blaikie, who is serving this season as the Principal Flutist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
(Not to be overlooked is a special treat of cider and donuts at intermission, courtesy of Yates Cider Mill.)

Les Souvenirs du Passe`

Fabulous fun for all at the Historic Palmer Park Log Cabin this Sunday features: People for Palmer Park&#8217;s first ever art exhibit featuring artists of all ages who created art &#8220;Made in Palmer Park&#8221; with refreshments and meet the artists (2-6 pm), children&#8217;s StoryTime and book giveaways with Brilliant Detroit (2-4pm), and free concert featuring some of Detroit&#8217;s most gifted and exciting Jazz and creative musicians playing jazz and adventurous, original music— Michael Malis Trio (pianist/composer Michael Malis, bassist Jaribu Shahid and drummer David Alvarez III). and Dennard-Deas-Daher Trio (trumpeter Allen Dennard, bassist Josef Deas and drummer Matthew Daher). Food for purchase from the Pink FlaminGo to Go! Celebrate autumn in Palmer Park this warm and sunny Sunday.

Palmer Park Log Cabin EarthTones Concert & Art Opening

The Dodworth Saxhorn Band, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is living history, with musicians performing on authentic brass and percussion instruments made in the 1800s. Their performances delight audiences with authentic interpretations of middle-19th Century American music for 21st Century appreciation.
The band doesn’t just perform concerts; it brings the past to life through story and song. Their well-researched, historical vignettes explore life in the mid-19th Century, pairing music with story to bring history to life. This concert features the segments Two Brothers, Maritime, Temperance, and Base Ball.

Dodworth Saxhorn Band in Concert

Judith Bingham&#8217;s The Darkness is No Darkness is a fantasy on S. S. Wesley&#8217;s anthem, Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace, and embodies the choral passage from darkness to light in our opening concert of the season. Join us for a fugal Mendelssohn motet, a shimmering recent work by Jonathan Dove (Vast Ocean of Light), and much more, including jazz arrangements reflective of the theme.

The Darkness Is No Darkness – Vocal Arts Ensemble of Ann Arbor

Trinity in the Woods Episcopal Church invites you to HeartSong, the workshop that will enable you to deepen (or create!) your community of practice through increasing your capacity to stay present in the shared creation of sound and silence. We will listen deeply to the spirit within, share what we notice, reclaim the joy of group learning by rote, utilize repetition, and engage our oft ignored ability to harmonize on the spot. With simple chants and global songs, our time together will be transformative and deeply fun. Sing your way to your sweetest identity, individually and collectively, each person open to sharing more of who they are becoming and confident that the spiritual work they do to become their best selves will be honored and be integrated into the larger community. There will be singing, drumming, movement, and group improvisation &#8211; all of which will leave your community with more tools to invite, encourage, and include absolutely everybody to participate in the growth of the Beloved Community. Teams welcome! 
Please go to https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080948A4A629A1F94-44320285-heartsong#/ 
to register for the workshop. Donations will be happily accepted at the workshop.

Classes

HeartSong: A Workshop with Ana Hernandez

Featuring 90.9&#8217;s Dr. David Wagner on organ 
50 Choral Singers from Dearborn Area Churches 
Members of the Motor City Brass Band 
Charles Miller, conductor
HYMNS TRIUMPHANT: 
Great and Glorious Hymns of the Church 
Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 4:00pm
This festival of hymns features some of the most well-known and beloved 
hymns of the Christian faith, from Advent to Pentecost, sung by nearly every 
denomination. The hymns will be accompanied by the 2,500-pipe Austin organ, 
a nine-piece brass ensemble, timpani, drums, and flute, in arrangements 
by some of this country’s most celebrated church music composers. 
Readings from a wide variety of Christian authors, 
monastics, poets, and mystics will highlight the hymn texts.
Come help us raise the roof through joyous song!! 
CHERRY HILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 
24110 Cherry Hill Road, Dearborn, MI 48124 
Phone: 313-562-4800 
www.cherryhillchurch.org
The church’s main parking lot can be accessed from Cherry Hill Road, to the west of the intersection of 
Telegraph Road. Additional parking is available on Drexel Street, on the west side of the sanctuary. 
Wheelchair access to the Sanctuary and lower level is located at the southwest Drexel Street door. 
Wheelchair access to the church office &amp; Memorial Parlor is located at white double doors 
located at the west end of the main parking lot.
FEATURED HYMNS 
When In Our Music God Is Glorified (ENGELBERG) 
Christ is Made the Sure Foundation (LOS GATOS) 
Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending (HELMSLEY) 
See Amid the Winter’s Snow (HUMILITY) 
Be Thou My Vision (SLANE) 
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (HYFRYDOL) 
Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ (LINSTEAD) 
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (HAMBURG) 
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (EASTER HYMN) 
Crown Him With Many Crowns (DIADEMATA) 
Come, Holy Spirit (VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS) 
The Church’s One Foundation (AURELIA)
Freewill offering taken: suggested donation of $15 per person

Hymns Triumphant

Detroit legend, Alvin Wattles will present a solo piano concert in the Sanctuary of Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church in their series presentation of &#8220;Jazz at JAPC.&#8221;

Alvin Wattles in Concert

Ryan Buyers is the next artist in the Thistle Rose Concert Series! Join us Sunday September 24 at 3 pm for a free concert featuring Ryan Buyers and guest vocalists Paula Alejo Garza and Justin Bugeja. Ryan is currently a student at University of Michigan. A multi-talented artist, Ryan is a singer, an accomplished pianist, and composer. Most recently, Ryan was Leaf Coneybear in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee performed at the Village Theater at Cherry Hil. He was also a lead role in a film short for which he composed and conducted the film score. You won&#8217;t want to miss this fabulous concert! The concert is free but donations are graciously accepted.

Thistle Rose Academy of Arts Concert Series: Ryan Buyers

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute invites the community to the Screening Saves Lives: Cancer Screening and Educational Event. On Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Karmanos will provide colon screening consultations, head and neck examinations, lung cancer screenings, mammograms, skin cancer screenings, and wellness checks at their main location at 4100 John R. Street in Detroit.
This year, Karmanos not only expanded the types of screenings available, but they’ve added self-care activities that are free to attendees. Yoga movement classes and massages will be available at no cost. There will also be food stations, a free pop-up market, prevention and education opportunities with staff and experts, interactive exhibits, raffles and giveaways. Plus, Karmanos will provide information about their Screening and Prevention Program, genetic counseling, women’s wellness clinic and clinical trials.
Karmanos specialists will be on hand to help eligible women understand the services they qualify for through the Michigan Breast &amp; Cervical Cancer Control Program (BCCCP). This program gives free breast and cervical cancer screenings at no cost to patients. Those who qualify for this service are female, earning an income of 250% under the federal poverty level; uninsured or underinsured; age 21-39 and are referred to the program with an abnormal Pap test or clinical breast exam which requires a diagnostic service; or age 40-64 and in need of a breast, cervical, diagnostic or treatment service.
Screening Saves Lives: Cancer Screening and Educational Event is open to the public. Attendees who are requesting a cancer screening or consultation must pre-register for an appointment by calling 1-800-KARMANOS. Driver’s license or state ID and insurance cards are required for screening at the event. All attendees must be 12 or older.
If participants would like to take part in the activities happening during the event, but do not want a cancer screening, they must register to attend at karmanos.org/screeningsaves.

Community Support

Screening Saves Lives: Cancer Screening and Educational Event

Live classical music presented by the Festival Orchestra, composed of musicians from around the country who come to Lexington, a quaint village on the shores of Lake Huron, performing the works of Bach, Haydn, Piazzolla, Mendelsshohn and Mozart.

LEXINGTON BACH FESTIVAL

Thistle Rose Academy of Arts presents the Brendan Callies Ensemble featuring local cellist, Brendan Callies in the idyllic setting of Trinity in the Woods Episcopal Church, Sunday August 27th at 3 p.m. 26880 LaMuera Street, Farmington Hills, MI 48334. Please visit www.thistleroseacademy.org or follow Thistle Rose Academy on Facebook.

The Brendan Callies Ensemble

This BONUS concert will be offered the Friday before THUMFEST. The smooth folk sounds of the Boys of Summer will get you ready for this wonderful festival!

Music in the Park – Lexington Arts Council – The Boys of Summer

Dave Bennett doesn&#8217;t fit the mold. You may not find another clarinet virtuoso who occasionally breaks from his Swing Era repertoire to sing rock-a-billy hits while accompanying himself at the piano when he plays a mean barrelhouse boogie-woogie. Dave has been a crowd favorite in Lexington for many years, we look forward to him returning to our stage!

Music in the Park – Lexington Arts Council

From the 80&#8217;s to modern day hits, The Rhoedes play something for every listener. Bring your lawn chair and grab a spot early, it&#8217;s sure to be a great night!

Music in the Park – Lexington Arts Council – The Rhoedes

Grammy award honoree, Songwriters Hall of Fame member, and BBC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Don McLean will be performing live at the Flint Institute of Music in Flint, Michigan on Thursday, August 31 at 7:00 pm. He will be singing his classic hits “American Pie,” &#8220;Castles In The Air,&#8221; &#8220;Vincent,&#8221; as well as other fan favorites from throughout the years. McLean’s legendary voice will make for an unforgettable night of music and entertainment, often sharing the story behind his most well-known song. This will be an experience fans won’t want to miss as McLean puts his extraordinary talent and iconic career on display, surprising audiences with one-of-a-kind shows and new set lists every night!

Don McLean at Flint Institute Of Music

You might recognize this familiar face from WDIV Channel 4, but he&#8217;s more than just a news anchor! An accomplished musician and songwriter, Devin has released four albums. He and Arizona Son are sure to keep your toes tapping!

Music in the Park – Lexington Arts Council – Devin Scillian & Arizona Son

Annual interfaith picnic for all ages at Palmer Park, near Splash Pad. Potluck picnic &#8211; we supply the entrees, you bring the sides . Musical performers, dancing with DJ, free Bingo, games for kids, volleyball, networking. Free tabling for organizations to show how they are helping Detroit. Sponsored by the Detroit Interfaith Outreach Network, People for Palmer Park, Detroit Unity Temple and many others.

Family Fun

Suburban-Urban Interfaith Unity Picnic

Please register at https://madd.org/michigan. The walk begins at the Rochester Municipal Park at 10am on August 26, 2023. There will be a live DJ, a designated walk route, and lunch.

Benefit or Fundraiser

Walk Like Madd

The songs, the look, the feel of the Woodstock era is coming to join us on the Lexington stage! Magic Bus is a &#8220;journey to Woodstock&#8221; concert show that will transport you to a groovy place in time!

Music in the Park –  Magic Bus – Lexington Arts Council

METRO DETROIT’S 31ST ANNUAL DIVERSITY FESTIVAL 
JULY 19 – 23, 2023 
Concert of Colors is a FREE family-friendly event located indoors and outdoors at the Detroit Institute of Arts with performances at Metro Detroit’s cultural institutions.
Schedule page:
https://www.concertofcolors.com/2023-schedule
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Concert of Colors

MOTOWN LEGEND MARTHA REEVES SUPPORTS MICHIGAN ARTS ACCESS 
Detroit, Michigan &#8212;- July 9, 2023 &#8212; Michigan Arts Access is proud to 
announce that Motown legend Martha Reeves has agreed to be an 
ambassador for their nonprofit organization. Reeves, who just secured her 
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame through a grassroots effort, is eager to 
give back to the community that has supported her throughout her career. 
“The work that Michigan Arts Access does to ensure people with disabilities 
have access to the arts is wonderful,” states Reeves. She knows first hand 
about the impact music can have on a person’s life, and adds, “All people 
deserve access to the arts.” 
Michigan Arts Access Executive Director Michael Gielniak is thrilled about 
the relationship. “We are actually the sister organization to Special 
Olympics,” states Gielniak. Special Olympics and Very Special Arts were 
founded by sisters, Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Jean Kennedy Smith. 
Michigan Arts Access began as Very Special Arts of Michigan, the state 
affiliate of the national organization. “Our organization has been advocating 
for arts and cultural access for people with disabilities and providing arts 
instruction for special needs students since the 1980s, but nobody knows 
who we are. I am thrilled about our relationship with Ms. Reeves because 
she will raise awareness of our organization and our mission.” 
Reeves will be signing autographs at the 2nd Annual Midtown Art Fair on Sunday, July 16 as her 
first appearance for Michigan Arts Access. The Midtown Art Fair was created in order to 
ensure the inclusion of artists with disabilities in a professional art fair and model what access 
and inclusion that enriches everyone can look like. This is a fully accessible event that 
embraces the diversity, equity and inclusion of all Michigan citizens. Gielniak believes 
Michiganders will embrace the mission and invites everyone to come out and celebrate the 
beautiful tapestry of Michigan’s creative community. 
Event Details 
Date: Sunday, July 16, 2023 
Hours: 1 pm – 6 pm 
Location: 111 East Kirby St., Detroit, MI 48202 
Martha Reeves Autograph Signing: 3:00 pm &#8211; 6:00 pm 
Matrix Theatre Performance: 2:00 &#8211; 3:00 pm 
Daniel Cascardo Interactive Mural: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm 
Sundance Drum Circle: 4:00 pm 
Number of Artists Accepted: 40

Art & Literature

2ed Annual Midtown Art Fair

Please join Thistle Rose Academy of Arts for a classical performance by the Joey Gray Quartet. Joey Gray, a violin instructor at the Flint Institute of Music, will thrill you as he collaborates with his string quartet.

Thistle Rose Academy of Arts Summer Concert series featuring the Joey Gray Quartet

Captured Detroit is the ultimate Journey Tribute band that faithfully recaptures the thrill that generations of Journey fans remember.

Collision Six is a fun, energetic group that is no stranger to the Lexington stage. The Detroit based group is a crowd favorite that always brings an unforgettable evening of music!

A KALEIDOSCOPE OF MUSIC. Join the Rochester Symphony Orchestra with Zeljko Milicevic, music director, as it begins its Sixty-Second Year in Concert. This first concert of RSO&#8217;s 2023-2024 season, &#8220;Tributes and Tales; Heroes and Dreams,&#8221; celebrates heroes both real and legendary. First come patriotic favorites like &#8220;Armed Forces Salute,&#8221; &#8220;Bugler&#8217;s Holiday,&#8221; and &#8220;National Emblem March&#8221; for our real heroes. Heroes of myth and imagination are reflected in &#8220;Overture to William Tell,&#8221; and Grieg&#8217;s &#8220;Peer Gynt Suite No. 1.&#8221; Then follow popular favorites such as Gershwin&#8217;s &#8220;An American in Paris,&#8221; selections from &#8220;Mamma Mia,&#8221; &#8220;Raiders of the Lost Ark,&#8221; and &#8220;Satchmo! A Tribute to Louis Armstrong.&#8221;
Nestled alongside Paint Creek in downtown Rochester, MI, Rochester&#8217;s Municipal Park offers a natural amphitheatre highlighted by Kiwanis&#8217; rustic bandshell. The RSO is presenting this event as a part of Kiwanis&#8217; 2023 &#8220;Music in the Park&#8221; series. The atmosphere is relaxed, the people are friendly, and the popcorn is fresh. Bring a blanket or chair and even a picnic for an evening of pleasure.

A Kaleidoscope of Music with the Rochester Symphony Orchestra

An evening of jazz with Hostess Linda Yohn of WRCJ 90.9 FM, held at Mill Pond Park in Saline, MI. Four World class performers, raffles, food trucks and fun.

Food Event

Saline Jazz in the Park

An exceptional 11-piece band specializing in high-energy dance floor favorites. Come sing and dance along.

Music in the Park – Mainstreet Soul – Lexington Arts Council

In partnership with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, The Henry Ford proudly presents Salute to America in Greenfield Village.
Begin your evening by walking through Greenfield Village at your own pace while listening to musical ensembles perform across the venue. At dusk, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra takes center stage on the Village Green for a triumphant musical performance in celebration of Independence Day. The evening ends with a stirring “1812” Overture performance, cannon fire and a brilliant fireworks finale.
Join us and take in the unique atmosphere of Greenfield Village at night. Enjoy your favorite summer treat as you stroll and listen to performance groups across the village, each showcasing a diverse assembly of music from American history, including choral singing, ragtime, jazz and more. Grab a blanket, get comfortable and take a seat on the Village Green for a three-part grand finale, including a full Detroit Symphony Orchestra performance.
An exuberant collection of songs, food and fanfare connects families, friends and neighbors to honor the great American experiment. We invite you to a Fourth of July celebration unlike any other at Salute to America.

Attractions

Salute To America

Fresh from SXSW, this new documentary tells the story of a musician whose far-reaching ambitions were inspired and challenged by the inequities of the society around him. Max Roach&#8217;s stunningly diverse seven-decade career marked him as one of the great musical artists of the 20th century—and a pioneering cultural activist—at times when the nation was steeped in racism.
The film follows Roach across a rich and complicated life, now-legendary achievements, personal struggles, and the price he paid for his outspoken views. His was an epic musical journey, from the revolutionary Jazz of the 1940s to the Civil Rights years; through experiments in hip hop, multi-media works, and beyond.
Co-directed by Sam Pollard (MLK/FBI, Lowndes County, Mr Soul!)
Doors at 7:00 p.m. 
Film starts 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are available at https://bit.ly/MaxRoachCD and also at the door. We accept Cash – Credit – PayPal – Venmo

MAX ROACH: THE DRUM ALSO WALTZES Preview Screening

Simone Browne plays the 53-bell carillon in Burton Memorial Tower for the University of Michigan&#8217;s &#8220;2023: A Century of Women and the Carillon&#8221; outdoor concert series. Her program opens with 3 works by Ukrainian composers. All concerts are free and family-friendly.
This year&#8217;s summer series features artists from across North America and the world playing the Charles Baird Carillon in downtown Ann Arbor. The carillon is an outdoor instrument, and attendees are encouraged to bring picnic blankets, chairs, and anything else they&#8217;d like to feel comfortable, and to seat themselves anywhere on Ingalls Mall. Concert programs and a carillon coloring book for kids are available from concert staff at or near the tower door. Dress for the weather, as concerts happen rain or shine. Accessible restrooms are available in the Michigan League.
The nearest municipal parking structures are at 324 Maynard and at 510 E Washington. Street parking is limited due to nearby construction.
To learn more about the centennial of women and the carillon, visit www.CarillonWomen.org

2023: A Century of Women and the Carillon, featuring Ukrainian-American carillonist Simone Browne

Hong Kong carillonist and organist Zoe Lei plays the 53-bell carillon of Burton Memorial Tower in the University of Michigan&#8217;s “2023: A Century of Women and the Carillon” summer concert series. All concerts are free and family-friendly. To learn more about the centennial, visit www.CarillonWomen.org.
This year’s series features performers from across the country and world playing the Charles Baird Carillon in downtown Ann Arbor. The carillon is an outdoor instrument, and attendees are encouraged to bring picnic blankets, chairs, and anything else they’d like to feel comfortable, and to seat themselves anywhere on Ingalls Mall. Concert programs and a carillon coloring book for kids are available from concert staff at or near the tower door. Dress for the weather, as concerts happen rain or shine. Restrooms are available in the Michigan League.
The nearest municipal parking structures are at 324 Maynard and at 510 E Washington. Street parking is limited.

2023: A Century of Women and the Carillon, featuring Hong Kong carillonist Zoe Lei

UC Santa Barbara&#8217;s University Carillonist Wesley Arai performs music by Emma Lou Diemer and in memory of carillon professor emerita Margo Halsted in the University of Michigan&#8217;s &#8220;2023: A Century of Women and the Carillon&#8221; summer concert series. All concerts are free and family-friendly. To learn more about the centennial, visit www.CarillonWomen.org.
This year’s series features performers from across the country playing the great 53-bell Charles Baird Carillon in Burton Tower. The carillon is an outdoor instrument, and attendees are encouraged to bring picnic blankets, chairs, and anything else they’d like to feel comfortable, and to seat themselves anywhere on Ingalls Mall. Concert programs and a carillon coloring book for kids are available from concert staff at or near the tower door. Dress for the weather, as concerts happen rain or shine. Restrooms are available in the Michigan League.
The nearest municipal parking structures are at 324 Maynard and at 510 E Washington. Street parking is limited.

2023: A Century of Women and the Carillon, featuring music by Emma Lou Diemer

Dr. Andrea McCrady, Dominion Carillonneur of the House of Commons, Ottawa, Canada, plays the 53-bell carillon of Burton Memorial Tower for the finale of the University of Michigan&#8217;s &#8220;2023: A Century of Women and the Carillon&#8221; summer concert series. All concerts are free and family-friendly. Dr. McCrady&#8217;s program features works and arrangements by Canadian women, including Indigenous composers Beverly McKiver (Anishinaabe), Rita Joe (Mi’kmaq), and Buffy Sainte-Marie (Piapot Cree). To learn more about the centennial of women and the carillon, visit www.CarillonWomen.org.
This year&#8217;s series features performers from across North America and the world playing the great Charles Baird Carillon in Burton Tower. The carillon is an outdoor instrument, and attendees are encouraged to bring picnic blankets, chairs, and anything else they&#8217;d like to feel comfortable, and to seat themselves anywhere on Ingalls Mall. Concert programs and a carillon coloring book for kids are available from concert staff at or near the tower door. Dress for the weather, as concerts happen rain or shine. Restrooms are available in the Michigan League.
The nearest municipal parking structures are at 324 Maynard and at 510 E Washington. Street parking is limited.

2023: A Century of Women and the Carillon, featuring Canadian Women & Indigenous Composers

Lexington Arts Council

Bring a blanket or lawn chair. Enjoy a variety of music genres and styles presented outdoors by the Royal Oak Concert Band.

Royal Oak Concert Band

Bring a blanket or lawn chair. Enjoy a variety of music genres and styles presented outdoors by the Royal Oak Concert Band and the Woodward Avenue Jazz Orchestra.

2023—This summer, the Twin Cities-based Minnesota 
Boychoir hits the road for its 37th annual summer tour. The Minnesota Boychoir, the oldest 
in Minnesota, is considered one of the finest traditional boy choirs in the country. Its four 
ensembles — Allegro, Cantabile, Cantando, and Cantar— are known for their excellent 
musical offerings, as well as the positive impact participation in the choir has on the lives of 
its members. 
Each year, the Minnesota Boychoir embarks upon an international or domestic 
performance tour, singing everywhere from St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica in Rome, Montserrat Abbey 
in Nice and the Sydney Opera House to Winnipeg, Kansas City, and the American 
Southwest. This year, 52 boys from the Cantabile and Allegro ensembles will hit the road 
from June 16 &#8211; 23 to perform across Michigan— including concerts in Detroit, Farmington 
Hills, Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Iron Mountain.

Minnesota Boychoir Performance

When most people think of defiant music, they think of punk rock or outlaw country. But defying genres while transcending eras and resisting clichés is hard to pin down when it comes to artistry—unless you’re talking about Miss Tess. Swinging for the fences and from the branches of jazz, country, blues and old school rock and roll, she has employed all of her influences and talents on a tour-de-force, while cleverly taking standard perspectives and ideas, like the definition of a love song, to task. After over a decade on the road, now making her home in Nashville — by way of Baltimore, Boston, and Brooklyn — Miss Tess has found a creative community that encourages and embraces wide artistic exploration and expression as much as she does.
However varied Tess’ music can be, front and center sits her voice that has been described as “alternately seductive and sexy, and a pure joy to listen to” (Pop Matters). Her music is further heightened by her partner, Thomas Bryan Eaton, who helps to shape the songs and arrangements with a deft touch on guitar &amp; pedal steel. Tess brings along her 1940s electric Weymann archtop guitar, often trading leads with Thomas, generally backed up by a rotating rhythm section.
In the winter of 2018 the two teamed up with veteran producer Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Hurray for the Riff Raff) at his studio in East Nashville to create a new record that both reaches back to Tess’ roots, yet also signals a new chapter in her career. She has employed all of her influences and talents on a tour-de-force, while cleverly taking standard perspectives and ideas, like the definition of a love song, to task. Combining Thomas’s arranging ideas and skilled instrumental work with Andrija’s studio full of vintage mics, tube amps, keyboards, and tape machines, the resulting record has a rich, buttery warmth well-suited to Miss Tess’s voice and authentic, retro-contemporary songwriting style. Her sixth full-length studio album to date, “The Moon is an Ashtray”, was released Feb 7, 2020. The album lived in the top 20 of the Americana Radio Charts for several weeks and has received it’s due share of critical acclaim. “Miss Tess swings and swaggers, rooted in a retro groove that’s equal parts blues, mid-century rock &amp; roll and Booker T-worthy R&amp;B.” – Rolling Stone Country
In over a decade of touring Miss Tess has won fans from New York City to New Orleans and Alabama to Alaska. Over the years she has shared the stage with the likes of Lake Street Dive, NRBQ, The Holmes Brothers, Eilen Jewell, and Todd Snider, and done many headlining tours of her own. Her band has graced stages at Blissfest, Cayamo, Clearwater Jazz Holiday, Floydfest, Ossippee Valley Music Festival, Bristol Rhythm &amp; Roots Reunion, Burlington Jazz Festival, The Green River Festival, Red Wing Roots, Shakori Hills, and many more. Miss Tess’s music has been heard from coast to coast on taste maker programs such as XM/Sirius’s The Loft and Outlaw Country, NPR’s Folk Alley, Santa Cruz’s KPIG and Boston’s WUMB.

Miss Tess

Katmandu &#8211; Bob Seger Tribute Band

Lexington Arts Council – Music in the Park

Just announced: Special Guests Grammy nominated Detroit saxophonist, Saxappeal, and Detroit vocalist, Kisma Jordan.
BLKBOK, neo-Classical piano renegade &amp; cultural innovator, returns home to Detroit to headline his first annual Juneteenth Celebration, and as part of his Mixtapes &amp; Counterpoint 2022 Tour. BLKBOK&#8217;s live, high-energy performance is culturally reflective and seeks to entertain with a live piano-based performance like nothing you have ever seen before. BLKBOK&#8217;s vision is to illuminate awareness for all, encouraging dialogue and counterpoint in the way we perceive ourselves and the world we live in together.
Born and raised in Detroit, BLKBOK grew up in a music-filled house. By the time he was 8, BLKBOK was an acclaimed piano prodigy, winning statewide accolades and college-level competitions. No stranger to the industry grind, he has worked on the road as lead pianist or musical director with artists including Rhianna, Justin Timberlake, Demi Lovato, Cirque du Soleil, and more. Known for explosive and immersive live music performances, BLKBOK engages audiences with his incredible talent and channels his experience from sharing the stage with the world’s biggest performers.
&#8220;Bach in his left hand, Debussy in his right.&#8221; &#8211; The New York Times 
&#8220;Best of Classical&#8221; &#8211; Amazon Music 
&#8220;Generation Next Featured Artist&#8221; &#8211; The Today Show 
&#8220;An Extraordinary Artist&#8221; &#8211; WDET 
&#8220;A Stunning Performance&#8221; &#8211; The Recording Academy
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BLKBOK    New Single Release and Juneteenth Celebration with special guests Kisma Jordan and Saxappeal

Donna Herula is a blues singer, songwriter, resonator slide guitarist, and Chicago Blues Hall of Fame inductee. Playing a variety of blues styles, her songwriting tips the hat to the tradition while creating a fresh, contemporary perspective on blues and roots music.
Donna won “Best Traditional Blues Artist” and her album, “Bang at the Door” won “Best Acoustic Blues Album” at the 2022 Independent Blues Awards. Her original song “Bang at the Door” won “Best AAA/Alternative Song” at the 2022 International Acoustic Music Awards. Donna was also voted “Artist of the Year” by the 2021 Doc’s Blues Awards in the UK.
The album, “Bang at the Door,” received rave reviews from all over the world (e.g., France, Italy, Spain, Croatia, Holland, Hungary, UK, Australia). It was listed on numerous “Best of 2021” music lists for the year including: Living Blues Magazine Top 50 Albums, “IBBA Most Played Albums – Top 40 Annual Chart for 2021” (UK Blues DJs), and charted #1 on the Acoustic Blues Album “Best of 2021 List” according to the Roots Music Report. Songs from her album were also played multiple times on the BBC and, for 8 weeks, her song “Can’t Wait to See My Baby” was on SiriusXM – BB King’s Bluesville’s Top 15 Rack of Blues (most played songs).
Shari and Dave first met in the summer of 1991, crossing paths as performing blues musicians: Shari was the partner of harmonica legend, Madcat Ruth, (Madcat &amp; Kane), while Dave was leading the electric blues band, Big Dave and the Ultrasonics. A happy marriage, thousands of miles of touring, and more than twenty-five years later, they are loving life on the road together.
Friends, neighbors, fellow musicians and fans have asked over the years, “When are you two going to start playing together?” The truth is, they’ve been playing together since their first date. In many ways their playing has developed side by side, listening to and learning from great acoustic blues guitarists from the past – Reverend Gary Davis, Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Robert Lockwood Jr. to name just a few. Whether stomping out a blues on the front porch, deciphering a rag in the basement, or swinging on a lazy day in the back yard, they’ve been finding ways to put guitar parts together for years.
As an acoustic blues duo, Shari and Dave throw a four handed guitar party of original and time-honored blues, gospel, swing and ragtime. Steeped in Dave’s smoky vocals, percussive rhythm and innovative lead lines, Shari’s crisp picking style, rootsy leads, and stinging slidework, their music has been described as “street swing and stomp blues,” – like a testament to sounds once heard on the streets of Harlem, the juke joints of Mississippi, the Carolina hills or the jug bands of Memphis .

The Donna Herula Trio w/ Shari Kane and Dave Steele

Our final concert of our 30th anniversary season teases and reprises, as we bring back audience favorites and look ahead to repertoire we will be singing next season. Motets, madrigals, Romantic partsongs mix with contemporary arrangements of jazz and pop standards in a concert that includes a set devoted to the theme of Comings and Goings.

VAE Potpourri

Local farmers market with local farmers with produce &amp; plants, specialty food vendors with specialty foods and artists/crafters with arts crafts. Accepted: cash, EBT, Double Up Food Bucks, WIC Project Fresh, Senior Project Fresh, Credit/Debit.

Lincoln Park Farmers Market

Sponsored by James Tocco 
As the Emerson String Quartet marks another Turning Point, the GLCMF invites you to meet the artists at a special farewell reception at Andiamo Restaurant, starting at 9:15 p.m.

Farewell Reception at Andiamo

Sponsored by Linda &amp; Maurice Binkow
ARTISTS 
Emerson String Quartet
PROGRAM 
RAVEL | String Quartet in F major 
WEBERN | Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9 
BARTÓK | String Quartet No. 2, BB 75, Op. 17, Sz. 67 
-INTERMISSION- 
KIRKLAND SNIDER | Drink the Wild Ayre (2023) 
SHOSTAKOVICH | String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major, Op. 133
Emerson String Quartet Performance Sponsors 
Ravel Quartet | Franziska Schoenfeld 
Webern Six Bagatelles | Christine Goerke 
Bartók Quartet No. 2 | Marguerite Munson Lentz &amp; David Lentz 
Kirkland Snider Drink the Wild Ayre | Virginia &amp; Michael Geheb 
Shostakovich Quartet No. 12 | Kathleen O’Toole Schein &amp; Randy Schein 
Major support of the Emerson String Quartet by David Nathanson

CLOSING NIGHT: Emerson String Quartet: Final Farewell

ARTISTS 
Ying Li, piano* 
Shai Wosner, piano 
Robyn Bollinger, violin 
Njioma Grevious, violin** 
James Kang, viola** 
Brian Gladlow, cello** 
*Member of AYA Piano Trio 
**Member of Abeo Quartet
PROGRAM 
SCHUBERT | Rondo in A major, Op. 107, D. 951 
BEETHOVEN | Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 “Spring” 
-INTERMISSION- 
MOZART | Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478

Sounds of Spring

Sponsored by Bridget &amp; Michael Morin
ARTISTS 
Alvin Waddles, piano
Imagination amplifies across artistic boundaries. Detroit legend Alvin Waddles shines his incredible light onto interesting turning points in the works of composers ranging from Scriabin and Stravinsky to Fats Waller.

Audio/Visual with Alvin Waddles

Sponsored by Isabel &amp; Lawrence Smith
ARTISTS 
Philip Setzer, Shouse Institute Director/violin 
Abeo Quartet, Sphinx Apprentice Ensemble 
AYA Piano Trio, Shouse ensemble 
Hesper Quartet, Shouse ensemble 
Pelia String Quartet, Shouse ensemble
Shouse Institute musicians mix and match as they take turns performing in a rotating ensemble under the direction of Shouse Institute Director Philip Setzer.

Musical Chairs with Philip Setzer

Sponsored by Josette Silver
ARTISTS 
Shai Wosner, piano 
Emerson String Quartet
PROGRAM 
MENDELSSOHN | String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12 
BRAHMS | String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67 
-INTERMISSION- 
DVOŘÁK | Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81, B. 155
Emerson String Quartet Performance Sponsors 
Mendelssohn Quartet No. 1 | Kathleen Block 
Brahms Quartet No. 3 | Martha Pleiss 
Dvořák Piano Quintet | Beverly Baker &amp; Edward Treisman 
Major support of the Emerson String Quartet by David Nathanson.

Emerson String Quartet: Romantic Visions

ARTISTS 
AYA Piano Trio, Shouse ensemble 
Pelia String Quartet, Shouse ensemble
PROGRAM 
BABAJANIAN | Piano Trio in F-sharp minor 
BEETHOVEN | String Quartet No. 10, Op. 74 “Harp”

Shouse: Beethoven & Babajanian

ARTISTS 
Hesper Quartet, Shouse ensemble
Enjoy a 60-minute yoga class for everybody with yoga maestra Gail Mondry, accompanied by the Hesper Quartet.

Beyond the Notes: Music Meets Mindfulness

Sponsored by Joy &amp; Allan Nachman and Linda Goodman in memory of Dolores Curiel
ARTISTS 
Robyn Bollinger, violin
PROGRAM 
ARR. BOLLINGER | Ciaccona: The Bass of Time

Tasting Notes: Ciaccona n Cheese

Opening Night Dinner 
Sponsored by Virginia &amp; Michael Geheb 
Join the artists after the performance for our Opening Night Dinner, kicking off the 2023 Festival. Catered by Plum Market. 
Call 248-559-2097 for more information.

Business Special Event

Opening Dinner

Sponsored by Paul &amp; Barbara Goodman
The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival brings together the world’s finest musicians to offer extraordinary musical performances and experiences. Through performance and education, they preserve the art of chamber music for generations to come. The Catherine Filene Shouse Chamber Music Institute, led by violinist Philip Setzer of the Emerson String Quartet, provides a platform for emerging professional ensembles. Artistic Encounters are public coachings for Shouse Institute fellows in a setting similar to a masterclass. You are invited to attend these Artistic Encounters to get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be a professional musician.

Artistic Encounter: Gilles Vonsattel

Sponsored by Marguerite Munson Lentz &amp; David Lentz
ARTISTS 
Alessio Bax, piano 
Gilles Vonsattel, piano 
Robyn Bollinger, violin 
Yvonne Lam, violin 
Tessa Lark, violin 
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola 
Eric Nowlin, viola 
Paul Watkins, cello 
Peter Wiley, cello 
Hesper Quartet, Shouse ensemble
PROGRAM 
HAYDN | String Quartet in G major, Op. 77, No. 1, “Lobkowitz” 
SAINT-SAËNS | Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32 
-INTERMISSION- 
SIMON | be still and know 
BEETHOVEN | String Quintet in C major, Op. 29

Theatre & Performance

Every Move, Every Decision

Sponsored by the Morris &amp; Beverly Baker Foundation
ARTISTS 
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola 
Peter Wiley, cello 
Hesper Quartet, Shouse ensemble
PROGRAM 
BEETHOVEN | String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59, No. 3 
-INTERMISSION- 
BRAHMS | String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18

The Festival in Residence: Windsor

Sponsored by Joy &amp; Allan Nachman and Linda Goodman in memory of Dolores Curiel
ARTISTS 
Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy, violin 
Philip Setzer, violin 
Paul Watkins, cello 
Linda Setzer, narrator
PROGRAM 
MOZART | Divertimento No. 2 in C major, K.Anh.229/439b 
BARTÓK | Selections from 44 Duos for 2 Violins, Sz. 98 
RIDOUT | Ferdinand the Bull, for speaker and violin

Tasting Notes: Divertimento with a Side of Pimento

Sponsored by Plante Moran
ARTISTS 
Alessio Bax, piano 
Yvonne Lam, violin 
Tessa Lark, violin 
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola 
Peter Wiley, cello 
Abeo Quartet, Sphinx Apprentice Ensemble 
Pelia String Quartet, Shouse ensemble
PROGRAM 
BRAHMS | Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 
-INTERMISSION- 
RAVAEI | The Little Things (WORLD PREMIERE) 
MENDELSSOHN | Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20, MWV R20

Youthful Inventions

Sponsored by Beverly Baker &amp; Dr. Edward Treisman
ARTISTS 
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola 
Kenneth Thompkins, trombone 
Joseph Becker, percussion 
AYA Piano Trio, Shouse ensemble
PROGRAM 
SCOTT | Silenced Angels Speak 
BEETHOVEN | Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 16 
-INTERMISSION- 
BRAHMS | Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8
This concert will be followed by a reception with Festival Visual Artist Senghor Reid at 1 p.m. Reid draws inspiration for his paintings from current events and from his hometown of Detroit.

Morning Glories

ARTISTS 
Hesper Quartet, Shouse ensemble 
Pelia String Quartet, Shouse ensemble
PROGRAM 
SCHUMANN | String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 41, No. 3 
SHOSTAKOVICH | Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11 
-INTERMISSION- 
SHOSTAKOVICH | String Quartet No. 15 In E-flat minor, Op. 144

Shouse: Schumann & Shostakovich

ARTISTS 
Gilles Vonsattel, piano 
Yvonne Lam, violin 
Tessa Lark, violin 
Paul Watkins, cello
PROGRAM 
RAVEL | Sonata for Violin and Cello, M. 73 
BEETHOVEN | Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux” 
-INTERMISSION- 
SHOSTAKOVICH | Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67

The Festival in Residence: Ann Arbor

Sponsored by Gwen &amp; S. Evan Weiner
ARTISTS 
Hesper Quartet, Shouse ensemble 
Jocelyn (Zelasko) Conselva, narrator
PROGRAM 
DAVIS | Songs for Little Red Riding Hood
Songs for Little Red Riding Hood was co-commissioned by the Detroit Chamber Winds &amp; Strings and the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Classical Family: Little Red Riding Hood

Sponsored by JPMorgan Chase
ARTISTS 
Gilles Vonsattel, piano 
Tessa Lark, violin 
Philip Setzer, violin 
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola 
Paul Watkins, cello 
Peter Wiley, cello 
AYA Piano Trio, Shouse ensemble
PROGRAM 
MOZART | Piano Trio in B-flat major, K. 502 
SIMON | Sleep Well 
SIMON | Lickety Split 
-INTERMISSION- 
SCHUBERT | String Quintet in C major, Op. 163, D. 956
This concert will be preceded by a pre-concert talk with Carlos Simon and Paul Watkins at 6:15 p.m.

In Search of the Sublime

Sponsored by Sandra &amp; Claude Reitelman and Lauren &amp; Dwight Smith
ARTISTS 
Gilles Vonsattel, piano 
Njioma Grevious, violin* 
James Kang, viola* 
Brian Gladlow, cello* 
Paul Watkins, cello 
Caen Thomason-Redus, flute 
Nicole Joseph, soprano 
Hesper Quartet, ensemble 
*Member of Abeo Quartet
PROGRAM 
SIMON | Loop 
SIMON | Sleep Well 
BARNES | Songs for the African Violet 
SIMON | Between Worlds 
SIMON | Elegy 
SIMON | Lickety Split 
OKPEBHOLO | On a Poem by Miho Nonaka: Harvard Square 
SIMON | Generations

Juneteenth Chamber Recital: Carlos Simon and Friends

Sponsored by Nancy Duffy
ARTISTS 
Emerson String Quartet
PROGRAM 
PURCELL/BRITTEN | Chacony in G minor, Z. 730 
HAYDN | String Quartet Op. 33, No. 5, Hob. III:41 
MOZART | String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421/417b 
-INTERMISSION- 
BEETHOVEN | String Quartet No. 8, Op. 59, No. 2 “Razumovsky”
Emerson String Quartet Performance Sponsors 
Purcell/Britten Chacony | Isabel &amp; Lawrence Smith 
Haydn Quartet Op. 33, No. 5 | Aviva &amp; Dean Friedman 
Mozart Quartet K. 421 | Adrienne &amp; Herschel Fink 
Beethoven Quartet Op. 59, No. 2 | Gail &amp; Ira Mondry 
Major support of the Emerson String Quartet by David Nathanson

Emerson String Quartet: Turning Points

Artistic Encounter: Shai Wosner

Olivia Van Goor presents a vocal jazz concert with her and Caity Gyorgy at Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church on Sat, June 3rd, 2023 at 7:00PM. Doors open at 6:30.
This is the first show Olivia Van Goor has produced herself and she is thrilled to be doing it with one of her favorite jazz vocalists of this century: Caity Gyorgy!
The concert is at Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Its open sanctuary is perfect for an intimate concert event with 2 sections of first come first serve seating available.
VIP- Front row(s) + Afterglow meet &amp; greet with Olivia &amp; Caity after the show 8:30-9:30, pictures, CD signing, and food &amp; drink.
General Admission in the main room.
Wheelchair accessibility is available upon request.
THE BAND: 
Scott Gwinnell &#8211; Piano 
Samuel Chase Harris &#8211; Bass 
Dave Zwolinski &#8211; Drums

Olivia Van Goor & Caity Gyorgy – 2 Young Jazz Vocalists Together In Concert

ARTISTS | Alessio Bax, Nathan Stark, Detroit Chamber Winds &amp; Strings, Abeo Quartet, Hesper Quartet, Francesco Milioto 
DETROIT OPERA RESIDENT ARTISTS | Elizabeth Polese, Melanie Spector, Gabrielle Barkidjija, Leo Williams, Ben Reisinger 
DETROIT CHAMBER WINDS &amp; STRINGS | Amanda Blaikie, Merideth Esteves, Geoffrey Johnson, Jack Walters, Marcus Schoon, Greg Quick, Scott Strong, Natalie Fritz, Derek Lockhart, Carrie Schaffer, Douglas Perkins, Kim Kaloyanides Kennedy, Yvonne Lam, James VanValkenburg, David Ledoux, Chris Hamlen 
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 
MOZART Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1

Masterful Mozart: Così fan tutte

ARTISTS 
Alessio Bax, piano 
Tessa Lark, violin 
Nathan Stark, bass-baritone 
Pelia String Quartet, Shouse ensemble
PROGRAM 
BARTÓK | String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85 
BEETHOVEN | Der Kuß (The Kiss), Op. 128 
BEETHOVEN | Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur (The Glory of God in Nature) from Six Songs, Op. 48 
BEETHOVEN | Erlkönig (The Erl King), WoO 131 (based on Beethoven’s sketches and reconstructed by Cees Nieuwenhuizen) 
SCHUBERT | Der Atlas from Schwanengesang, D. 957 
SCHUBERT | Prometheus, D. 674 
-INTERMISSION- 
HANKERS | Elapse (WORLD PREMIERE) 
FRANCK | Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major

Adventures in Harmony

MONDAY, JUNE 12 | 11 AM 
Sponsored by Paul &amp; Barbara Goodman 
Bloomfield Township Public Library. 
Violist Hsin-Yun Huang has forged a career by performing on international concert stages, commissioning and recording new works, and nurturing young musicians. She is the first solo violist to be presented in the National Performance Center of the Arts in Beijing and was featured as a faculty member with Yo-Yo Ma and his new initiative in Guangzhou. A native of Taiwan, she received degrees from the Yehudi Menuhin School, the Curtis Institute of Music, and The Juilliard School. She now serves on the faculties of Juilliard and Curtis and lives in New York City.

Artistic Encounter: Hsin-Yun Huang

The free annual all day Michigan Jazz Festival!! 35 Events on 6 stages! Over 180 musicians! Come and join us! The Free, 28th Annual Michigan Jazz Festival takes place on the 3rd Sunday in July, this year is July 16, 2023 from Noon to 9 PM at the VisTaTech Center at Schoolcraft College, 18600 Haggerty Road in Livonia MI. Jazz, Jazz, and more Jazz. Educational Clinic for students and jazz enthusiasts at 10:30 AM.. Free parking. Food and beverages available. Souvenir merchandise available. Big Bands, Quartets, Solo pianists, Jazz Vocalists, All-Star High School Band and more! Visit our website for all of the Festival details and Performance Line Up. www.michiganjazzfestival.org.

Michigan Jazz Festival

Get your tickets now for the Classical Brunch Concert Series at the Community House in Birmingham! Join us November 19th for great music and a tasty brunch. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the Community House website, www.communityhouse.com or call 248.644.5832.
Cheryl Losey Feder, harp 
Abe Feder, cello

Classical Brunch

Get your tickets now for the Classical Brunch Concert Series at the Community House in Birmingham! Join us October 15th for great music and a tasty brunch. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the Community House website, www.communityhouse.com or call 248.644.5832.
• $55.00 per person, per concert 
• $150.00 per person for the series
Hai-Xin Wu, violin, Assistant Concertmaster 
Caroline Coade, viola, Classical Brunch Artistic Director 
Una O’Riordan, cello 
Alex Volkov, violin

Back by popular demand it’s the Classical Brunch Concert Series at the Community House in Birmingham! The brunch and concert was on hiatus for awhile due to the pandemic but you asked for it, so we’ve brought it back! Join us June 11th for great music and a tasty brunch. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the Community House website, www.communityhouse.com or call 248.644.5832.
• $55.00 per person, per concert 
• $150.00 per person for the series
From Beethoven to Brazil
Program includes: 
Beethoven Sextet 
Arranged for woodwind quintet by Albert J. Andraud
Aires Tropicales for Woodwind quintet 
By Paquito D’Rivera
Suite Popular Brasileira 
By Julio Medaglia
Hannah Hammel Maser, flute 
Alex Kinmonth, oboe 
Jack Walters, clarinet 
Conrad Cornelison, bassoon 
Scott Strong, French horn

The 4th annual Gesher Human Services’ Frame of Mind Benefit and Arts Showcase will be held on Sunday, May 21 from 2-5 p.m. at The Eastern (3434 Russell Street #501, Detroit, MI 48207). The immersive music, singing, theater and art event will feature the talents of 70 participants in Gesher Human Services’ Creative Expressions program, an artistic enrichment program run by the nonprofit for individuals who have intellectual or developmental disabilities or who are living with serious mental health disorders. Musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, including a flautist, cellist, violinist, violist and percussionist, will perform with participants. Detroit Opera provided vocal coaching and mentorship, along with equipment for the event, and a Detroit Opera pianist will be accompanying a vocal performance. Solo singing performances and outdoor music featuring a drum circle performance with percussionist Sundance DiDomenico will also be part of the program. Participants in Creative Expressions have been working with artists from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. Art on display will include acrylic paintings, drawings, chalk pastel works, ceramics, murals with a collage, photography, sculptures. In addition, because the event is happening on Flower Day at Eastern Market, there will be floral-inspired art on display.

Frame of Mind Benefit and Arts Showcase

New Sounds concert at Grosse Pointe Woods Presbyterian Church featuring the music of Colin Payne and New Mexico pianist/composer Natasha Stojanovska. Performances by Macedonian American pianist Marina Stojanovska and others. 
Works include premieres for piano trio, piano 4 hands, and a piece for flute, alto sax, and cello

New Sounds

Dan Miller, organist, will help us celebrate the installation of a Rodgers organ on Friday May 12th at 7 p.m.

Trinity in the Woods Inaugural Organ Recital

The Warren Concert Band presents a very exciting spring concert of beautiful music which you&#8217;ll recognize for the memories and beauty it evokes within each of us. This concert features the passionate and stirring Carmina Burana by Carl Orff with its melodic rhythms and power. Led by the talented musical director, Jeremy Duby. 
The concert begins at 3pm at the Warren Woods Community Auditorium. 
Join us for an afternoon of music!

Warren Concert Band Spring Concert

Tickets are on sale The Farmington Chorus’ Spring 2023 concert! The theme of this season will be “It’s on the Calendar”. We’ll be performing music from Disney’s Frozen, Broadway’s Wicked, Rodgers &amp; Hammerstein’s Carousel, The Beatles and more!

The Farmington Chorus Spring Concert

Join us for the 21st Annual Detroit Greek Independence Day Parade in the historic Greektown district in downtown Detroit. The parade is a celebratory, family-friendly, and community-oriented way to preserve and promote the proud Hellenic heritage of the Greek community in Detroit, Windsor and Southeast Michigan. Featuring 60+ groups, including church and student organizations, traditional dance groups, Evzones (Greek Honor Guards), church and community leaders, and more.
The Detroit Greek Independence Day Parade also helps support the Hellenic Museum of Michigan, through community grants and awards, school and collegiate outreach, and fundraising.
Schedule of Events: 
12:00 p.m.: Doxology at Annunciation: Join His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas for a prayer service before the parade.
1:30 p.m.: Dignitary reception, dance performance and press preview inside the Atheneum Suite Hotel.
3:00 pm.: Parade begins from Campus Martius Park, travels up Monroe Street and through historic Greektown, then concludes at the Greektown Hotel. Dignitaries include Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist, Deputy Mayor of Detroit Todd Bettison, and Consul General of Greece in Chicago, Emmanouil Koubarakis.
4:00 p.m.: KEFI! Post-parade ceremony, dance performances and street festival.
5:00 p.m.: Stay for dancing and celebration at Exodus Rooftop Lounge!

21st Annual Detroit Greek Independence Day Parade

Under the direction of Dr. Brandon Ulrich, Madrigal Chorale (MC) has a rich history of choral performance and community service that dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. MC is comprised of over 40 men and women who share an unequaled commitment to excellence in vocal music performance.
“It is our mission to promote the appreciation and enjoyment of choral music through commitment to excellence in performance and to enrich the community through outreach program.&#8221;
More information at www.madrigalchorale.org

Spring Concert

The Ann Arbor Concert Band concludes its 44th concert season in outstanding fashion. Artistic Director and Conductor David Leach steps to the podium presenting, “A John Williams Celebration”, highlighting the imagination and musical genius of one of the world’s greatest composers. Thrill to symphonic works from the haunting “Adventures on Earth from ET the Extra Terrestrial”, the exhilarating “The Cowboys”, awe-inspiring “Jurassic Park Soundtrack Highlights”, the dynamic “Star Wars Trilogy” and more! 
We are thrilled to welcome Ryo Morita, our 2023 Andrew J. Lum &amp; David R. Juillet Young Artist Scholarship Winner. Ryo, a senior from Ann Arbor Pioneer High School, will perform the “Concerto for Trumpet in F minor, Op. 18”, by Oskar Böhme. This year Ryo also won the Ann Arbor Pioneer Concerto Competition and the MSBOA Concerto Soloist Competition. We look forward to sharing the stage with this very talented musician.

Ann Arbor Concert Band presents A John Williams Celebration!

We cordially invite you to join us at the 2023 Detroit Greek Independence Day Parade in historic Greektown, Detroit. More than 200 years ago, our ancestors in Greece declared independence from the Ottoman Empire, re-establishing freedom, and democracy in our beloved country. To observe and celebrate Greek Independence Day, communities throughout the world hold parades each year. The Detroit Greek Independence Day Parade, now in its 21st year, is one of the largest cultural parades in the United States. Thousands of Hellenes from Michigan, Ohio, and Canada gather in Greektown for the celebration.
Schedule of Events: 
11:00 a.m. – Explore Greektown 
Enjoy lunch and shopping in Greektown, walk around the neighborhood, talk to business owners and community members.
12:00 p.m. – Annunciation Cathedral Doxology (707 E. Lafayette Street) 
Join His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas for a prayer service before the parade.
1:30 p.m. – Pre-Parade Reception &amp; Photos at the Atheneum Hotel (1000 Brush Street) 
Meet &amp; greet and photos with parade dignitaries and VIPs. The Evzones, a traditional Greek honor guard, and other parade participants in traditional dress will be on-hand.
3:00 p.m. – 21st Annual Detroit Greek Independence Day Parade Kicks Off 
Our annual tradition, celebrating Greece and Greek-American culture in metro Detroit, Michigan, and beyond. Nearly 60 Greek-American organizations, churches, community groups, businesses, and other participants.
4:00 p.m. – Post-Parade Dancing &amp; Photos in Monroe Street 
Embrace your KEFI &#8211; the Greek spirit of joy! Music, dancing, and photos, with six local student dance groups participating and showcasing the rich culture of Greece.
We hope that you will join us and celebrate the values of democracy and freedom treasured by Greeks and Americans alike, and to recognize the many contributions of Greek Americans in Michigan, Ohio, and Canada.

Willie and Poncho: Elegant World of Jazz 
Presented by the Societie of the Culturally Concerned
Sunday April 30, 2023 
Trinosophes 
1464 Gratiot Ave, 
Detroit, MI 48207 
4:00 PM &#8211; 7:00 PM 
$25 
Willie Bolar talks about the first Bebop singer, Kenny Poncho Haygood 
and the evolution of bebop in Detroit.

Willie and Poncho: Elegant World of Jazz

Featuring Ukrainian and Polish music performed by concert organist Dr. Gail Archer 
Joining us will be Note for Note, a men&#8217;s choral ensemble who will perform &#8220;Prayer for Ukraine&#8221; by Mykola Lysenko 
We will be led by professors from the Slavic Department at UM: Dr. Michael Makin and Dr. Svitlana Rogovyk, who will offer insight about the historical and current contexts that inform the current war. All donations will go to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.

Organ Concert to benefit Ukraine

Dave Wagner joins the Birmingham Concert Band this Sunday for a free concert at Church of the Redeemer. Music by Richard Strauss, Pietro Mascagni, and Jack Stamp. Hope you can join us!
Dave Wagner, organ
Margaret Albrecht, clarinet
Nick LeVeck, composer

Birmingham Concert Band 45th Anniversary Concert

Sunday April 23rd at 7pm in Grosse Pointe’s Our Lady Star of the Sea, DSO violinist and Grosse Pointe Symphony Orchestra Music Director Joseph Striplin leads the ensemble with fellow DSO violinists Jiamin Wang and Gregory Staples. Wang plays Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 and concertmaster Staples is featured in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. 90.9’s Peter Whorf will attempt to play a few notes from stand four of the violin section and Davis Gloff gives the pre-concert talk. Hope to see you there!

Grosse Pointe Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert

Celebrate the group’s 50th birthday with music by Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tallis, Palestrina, Josquin des Prez and more. A note on the program from Peter Phillips: In this program I wanted to give a snapshot of the musical scene as it was in England and on mainland Europe during the renaissance. Some of these composers flourished early in the period – Josquin and Fayrfax. Some were writing by the mid 16th century – Tallis, Gombert and White. Some were the undisputed masters of the High Renaissance – Gibbons, Lassus, Palestrina and Victoria. But they all used the same polyphonic techniques. And it is fascinating to hear how this refined style developed as the years went by, as these geniuses successively turned their minds to expressing themselves through it.

The Tallis Scholars

The Music Series at Jefferson Avenue in collaboration with our Jazz at JAPC Series will present Holland based organist Rhonda Sider Edgington with renowned B3 artist and educator, Tony Monaco! The two organists will take turns featuring works on our mighty Skinner Organ and with the Hammond B3. Admission to the concert is free and it will also be live-streamed on our facebook page.

Dueling Organs – Featuring Rhonda Sider-Edgington and Tony Monacco

Oratorical contest for Highschool seniors 
1st place: $2000 2nd place: $1000 3rd place: 500 
Topic: College: waste of time or worth the investment

Public Talk

100 Black Men of Greater Detroit: 23rd Annual Oratorical contest

Come and celebrate those often unsung with Copland&#8217;s &#8220;Fanfare for the Common Man,&#8221; and Tower&#8217;s &#8220;Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman.&#8221; Also featured are Still&#8217;s &#8220;Symphony No. 1 in A flat major &#8216;Afro-American&#8217; &#8221; and Custer&#8217;s arrangement of &#8220;Duke Ellington!&#8221; Finish with Bernstein&#8217;s stirring &#8220;Symphonic Dances&#8221; from WEST SIDE STORY. 
The evening&#8217;s featured soloist is Troy, MI, student Shawn Lee, winner of the RSO&#8217;s Young Artist Competition, playing Grieg&#8217;s Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16. 
Zeljko Milicevic, conducting

The Rochester Symphony Orchestra presents “A New Horizon”

Motor City Comic Con  will have over 250 comic book creators, writers, and artists, as well as actors from the television and movie industry, will highlight the attraction. Over a million comics will be for sale, along with collectible toys, anime, movies, pop culture crafts, and gaming merchandise. One of the most highly anticipated attractions of the year in the D, Motor City Comic Con 2023 will feature all the excitement and inspiration you’ve come to expect, plus so much more.
MAY 19-21, 2023
Suburban Collection 
Showplace
46100 Grand River Ave 
Novi, MI 48374

Motor City Comic Con

SPOTTED SNAKES and the 
SWEET BIRD&#8217;S THROAT
Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 3:30 PM &amp; 5:30 PM 
Pre-Concert Talks at 3:15 and 5:15 
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The words to Shakespeare&#8217;s songs have inspired composers for centuries, and this program will bring out the timeless beauty, bawdiness, melancholy, and exuberance both musically and theatrically, in a range of styles. In this choral-drama premiere, VAE and featured actor Malcolm Tulip will intertwine choral and solo settings of Shakespeare with scenes from the plays in a curated story of conflict, flight and return.

Spotted Snakes & The Sweet Bird’s Throat

MSU Extension 4-H will have live animal presentations, games and hands on activities and information about 4-H programs.

4-H Discovery Day 2023

Naima Shambourger &amp; Friends in Tribute to 90.9&#8217;s Legendary Jazz Hosts 
with performers 
Naima Shambourger &amp; Robert McCarther, vocalists 
Sven Anderson, piano 
Djalla Djakate, drums 
Marion Hayden, bass 
Vincent Bowen, reeds 
with MC Jim Gallert 
Doors open at 3pm 
Call or email for advance tickets or tickets available at the door.

Jazz Da Jay

Father’s Day Brunch, a fundraiser for the Michigan Jazz Festival, will be held on Sunday, June 18th at the VisTaTech Center at Schoolcraft College at 18600 Haggerty Rd, Livonia MI 48152. The Gourmet Brunch Buffet will be served from Noon to 1pm and will be provided by the fabulous Schoolcraft Culinary Arts program. The concert is from Noon to 2:30 pm and features vocalist Barbara Ware with the Cliff Monear Trio and special guest Dave Tatrow. Tickets are $45 and must be purchased in advance by June 9th. See our website: www.michiganjazzfestival.org for ticket purchase information or call 734-462-4403.

Fathers Day Brunch fundraiser for Michigan Jazz Festival

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