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.

Food Event

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

Concerts

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.

Art & Literature

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.

Attractions

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.

Classes

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.

Family Fun

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

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

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

Back by popular demand it’s 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

Back by popular demand it&#8217;s 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
Robyn Bollinger, violin 
Caroline Coade, viola 
Wei Yu, cello

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.

Benefit or Fundraiser

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 
DATE CHANGED 
​ 
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

Rising Star Vocal Jazz Competition at Aretha’s Jazz Café, 350 Madison Street, Detroit MI, on May 21st at 7 pm. Five finalists will compete before a live audience for the chance to open for Ramona Collins at the 2023 Michigan Jazz Festival. The finalists are Melody Balos, Taylor Sims, Christopher Kendall, Kait Wiegand, and Aniya Gray. Ramona will be the host and the vocalists will be accompanied by the Scott Gwinnell Trio with Scott on piano, Takashi Iio on bass and Jeff Trudell on drums. Food and drinks will be available for purchase during the concert. Cabaret seating tickets are $30 and are available at Eventbrite.com. This is a fundraising event for the Michigan Jazz Festival.

2023 Rising Star Vocal Jazz Competition fundraiser for Michigan Jazz Festival

Wine, Wit and Wisdom set for April 29
It’s time to get ready for one of the Rochester area’s annual prime social events — The Friends of the Rochester Hills Library’ s Wine, Wit and Wisdom!
Set for Saturday, April 29 from 6-9:30 p.m., the evening consists of entertaining and informative speakers, beverages and food, as well as a silent auction and 50/50 raffle. (Because alcohol will be served, guests must be 21 or older.)
Each guest will have the opportunity to: 
• Attend two 45-minute presentations by choosing from the six presentations. 
• Enjoy a buffet dinner and beverages (wine, beer, soft drinks). 
• Bid on an array of silent auction items, and enter to win a 50/50 raffle prize.
Ticket prices are $80 per person when purchased March 1st – April 10th &#8211; $80 per person. From April 11-17, the price is $90 per person.
Tickets? Sale begins March 1. Click on rhpl.org/friends for the registration form and the latest info. Tickets will be sent to email address listed on registration form. 50/50 Raffle Tickets: 1 for $10, 3 for $20, cash only, and you must be present to win. Suggested attire: Smart Casual.
The six presenters at a glance: 
• Car Design: From Sketch to Reality by Darby Barber, a Rochester resident and General Motors car designer. 
• Home Vintner: How to Make Your Own Wine by Michael Gerstenlauer, Rochester home vintner. 
• Never Stop Growing: In Pursuit of Low Maintenance Gardening by Janet Macunovich, gardening expert. 
• The Dockporter: Life on Mackinac Island by Jim Bolone and Dave McVeigh, co-authors of a book about their experiences on the legendary resort island. 
• A Walk Across Michigan: Oscoda to Empire by Will Swartz, who’ll conduct a virtual hike across Michigan’s hidden hiking trails. 
• Selfridge Air Force Base: at the Beginning of American Military Aviation by Steven Mrozek. The Executive Director of the Selfridge Military Air Museum will discuss the origins of powered flight and military aviation.

Community Support

Wine, Wit and Wisdom

The 2023 Detroit Jazz Festival Livestream Preview will be happening April 12 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Learn more about this year&#8217;s Festival and see a performance from the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation’s Artist-in-Residence Karriem Riggins. More news to come!  https://www.detroitjazzfest.org/
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2023 Detroit Jazz Festival Livestream Preview

Every Labor Day weekend, jazz lovers from around the world converge upon Hart Plaza in Detroit for a free music experience like no other.

2023 Detroit Jazz Festival

Hear Mozart performed live by violinist Dmitri Makhtin and pianist Julia Siciliano in the Cranbrook House Library.

Steinway Piano Recital: Dmitri Makhtin & Julia Siciliano

The Philippine Madrigal Singers is one of the most acclaimed choirs in the world and has the distinction of being the first choir to win two times (1997 and 2007), the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing, the most prestigious choral competition in the world also called the Olympics for Choral Singing. This is part of their 2023 World tour.

Philippine Madrigal Singers Concert

The Order of Canada Spotlight featuring guitarist Reg Schwager 
Lead sponsor: Port Windsor
During a career spanning over forty years, Toronto&#8217;s Reg Schwager has proven to be one of Canada&#8217;s leading jazz artists while making a mark internationally.
Reg is a four-time winner of Canada&#8217;s National Jazz Award for &#8220;Guitarist of the Year,&#8221; and is on five Juno Award winning albums. In 2021, he was invested to The Order of Canada “for his indelible contributions to the Canadian jazz scene as a leading guitarist and composer.”
He has led bands playing all of Canada&#8217;s major jazz festivals and stages and has performed with Canadian greats Diana Krall, Oliver Jones, Dave Young and Peter Appleyard. From 1994 to 2004 Reg performed around the world as a member of the legendary George Shearing Quintet.
In Windsor, Reg performs with Mike Karloff, piano; Mike Palazzolo, bass and Chris Tabaczynski, tenor sax. The program will feature many hits associated with George Shearing including Lullaby of Birdland, September in The Rain, East of The Sun, A Foggy Day&#8230;as well as other American Songbook Standards.

Order of Canada guitarist Reg Schwager at Mackenzie Hall

Washtenaw Chorale presents our Spring Concert, in honor of its long-awaited return, entitled “Come Rain or Come Shine.” It will include music by Daniel Elder, Oja Gleilo, Haydn, Robert Lowery, Johnny Mercer, Thomas Morley, and others.

Washtenaw Chorale Spring Concert: Come Rain or Come Shine

InkTown Derby Day

Ferndale Community Concert Band has been making music in Ferndale and the surrounding area for 7 years. 
The band&#8217;s conductor and musical director is Mr. Ed Quick. Maestro Quick was the Band director at Detroit School of the Arts for many years and has performed with his bands at Carnegie Hall and in Europe over many years. 
Taylor Made Jazz, a 7 piece jazz combo will open the show with a short set at 2:45 p.m. 
The title of Sunday&#8217;s concert is Musical Landscapes Real and Imagined.

Ferndale Community Concert Band

Come join us as we sing songs of inspiration, imagination and the indomitable human spirit from stage and screen.

“Follow Your Star!” Choral concert by Cantata Academy Chorale

We are delighted to bring you songs of inspiration, imagination and the indomitable human spirit from stage and screen. Cantata Chorale will be joined by choirs from Troy High School and Troy Athens High School, under the direction of Adrienne Covian.

“Follow Your Star” Choral concert by Cantata Academy Chorale

Join us as we sing songs of inspiration, imagination and indomitable human spirit from stage and screen.

“Follow your Star” Choral concert by Cantata Academy Chorale

On March, 26 at 4:30pm, Jazz at JAPC will present a fine afternoon of music with the smooth vocals of Robert McCarthur. The concert will feature:
Robert McCarther &#8211; vocalist 
Buddy Budson- piano 
Marion Hayden &#8211; bass 
Tariq Gardner &#8211; drums 
Rafael Leafar- saxophones
The concert is free and a reception will follow. Please bring a friend! The concert will also be live streamed from the JAPC facebook page.

Jazz at JAPC presents Robert McCarthur

Fresh from a season of recordings and gripping performances around the globe, this electrifying ensemble returns to the open arms of our growing audience. Their captivating program of works by Haydn, Mendelssohn and Bartok promises to be memorable indeed.
As always, our friends in the Ehnes Quartet look forward to interacting with you from the stage at our trademark Just Between Us artist talk back, immediately following the concert.
Program: 
Quartet Op. 20 No. 5 Franz Joseph Haydn 
Quartet No. 6 Béla Bartók 
Quartet Op. 44 No. 2 Felix Mendelssohn

Ehnes Quartet Returns

The Michigan Jazz Festival has announced a new competition for area amateur jazz vocalists. 
The 2023 Rising Star Vocal Jazz Competition invites singers ages 14 to 114 to submit YouTube videos of their vocal performances. A panel of judges will select 5 finalists who will be invited to perform in the Finals Competition hosted by Ramona Collins at Aretha’s Jazz Café on Sunday, May 21. The first-place vocalist will win a cash prize and will perform with Collins in the 28th annual Michigan Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 16th. 
Visit the Festival’s website: michiganjazzfestival.org to register for the competition, to purchase tickets for the Finals, and to get more information. Application deadline is April 1st.

Michigan Jazz Festival Vocal Competition

Get your dancing shoes! The Cube’s favorite salsa instructor, Mambo Marci, returns to host Salsa Dance Party. The evening will begin with a group salsa dance lesson led by Mambo Marci, followed by an open dance floor the rest of the night featuring live music by Orquesta Ritmo and DJ sets by DJ Fercho.

Salsa Dance Party in The Cube

Stephen Hough, whom The Guardian calls “a whole orchestra in himself,” performs Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto. It is a piece full of stunning moments, such as the first movement’s tempestuous chords giving way to ethereal trills in the piano’s high register. Markus Stenz leads the orchestra in Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony, almost overwhelming in its grandeur, with majestic horn calls and mesmerizing themes.

Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto & Bruckner’s Fourth

LaShaun phoenix Moore hosts a star-studded event featuring the best of Cube R&amp;B, Rap, and Poetry artists. Johdi &amp; Miz Korona return as featured musical guests with spoken word sets by Peace Bell, Ben Will, Justin Rogers, and Kelly Brown. DJ Stacye J will be spinning throughout the evening. One night only, don’t miss your chance to experience this live.

Poetry & Music: Worlds Collide in The Cube

Join us in The Cube for an intimate evening of live music featuring the Mark Guiliana Quartet. Mark Guiliana has become recognized as one of the world’s leading drummers, admired and in demand across the spectrum from jazz to rock to electronic music for his rhythmic sophistication, creative impulse, and individual sound. You can hear his work on David Bowie’s final multi-Grammy Award-winning album, Blackstar, and he has performed with Brad Mehldau, Donny McCaslin, John Scofield, Lionel Loueke, and Gretchen Parlato.

Mark Guiliana in The Cube

Stravinsky’s Firebird, awash in orchestral colors, crackles with wild rhythms and an iridescent finale. Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers commissioned Arturo Márquez—one of today’s leading Mexican composers—to write Fandango, a mariachi-inspired concerto, for which he drew on his childhood immersion in that style (his father was a mariachi musician). Inspired by a visit to a ballroom in Veracruz, Márquez’s Danzón No. 2 sways with animated dance rhythms. The program opens with a dramatic selection from Khachaturian’s ballet about the gladiator who led a slave uprising in ancient Rome.

Jader Bignamini Conducts Stravinsky’s Firebird

As one of the world&#8217;s longest-running and most iconic jazz events, the Monterey Jazz Festival celebrates its 65th year with a must-hear once-in-a-lifetime ensemble. Featuring Tony and Grammy Award-winning NEA Jazz Master vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater alongside Grammy Award-winning vocalist Kurt Elling and critically acclaimed rising star saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, this stellar band will be directed by visionary pianist Christian Sands and anchored by his longtime rhythm section, bassist Yasushi Nakamura and drummer Clarence Penn.

Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour

Please join us for an exciting evening with the Detroit Community Orchestra and Detroit Community Concert Band! These ensembles are comprised of adults of all ages from the Metro Detroit area.

Detroit Community Ensembles

Hear the DSO perform iconic songs from memorable movies and binge-worthy series, all in one concert. Featuring music from A Star Is Born, Tommy, Stranger Things, Rocketman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Back to the Future, Rock of Ages, Mad Men, and Yesterday.

Hollywood Rocks

Augustin Hadelich, a violinist whose rhapsodic expressiveness has gained worldwide attention, solos in not one but two works for violin and orchestra. Stravinsky’s concerto blends neoclassical clarity and proportion with rich, playful textures. Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 5, No. 2 by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, is a delicate work by a contemporary of Mozart and Haydn. JoAnn Falletta also conducts a new piece by Brian Raphael Nabors, as well as Kodály’s work infused with the sounds of Central European folk music.
Amplifying Voices is a New Music USA initiative, which is powered by the Sphinx Ventures Fund, with additional support from ASCAP and the Sorel Organization.

Augustin Hadelich & Stravinsky

Get to know the DSO and discover all the orchestra can do! Young People&#8217;s Family Concerts are an exciting introduction to classical music that often include dance, theater, storytelling, and video. Young People&#8217;s Concerts have introduced generations of children to classical music—a friendship that lasts a lifetime.

Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Hear DSO musicians perform Shostakovich&#8217;s String Quartet No. 10 and Prokofiev&#8217;s String Quartet No. 1 in an intimate setting.

Shostakovich & Prokofiev | String Quartet

Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony is one of his most jovial works, and contains some of the composer’s cleverest musical humor as well as bouncy dance rhythms with unexpected accents. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra&#8217;s Principal Trombone Kenneth Thompkins performs the world premiere of a concerto written for him by Carlos Simon, based on Underground Railroad conductor William Still’s account of the hardships and struggles of the enslaved seeking freedom at any cost. The program opens with Brahms’ imaginative variations on a majestic theme.

Beethoven’s Eighth & Simon’s Trombone Concerto

With a voice that goes from a velvety purr to a mighty Valkyrie cry in a single phrase, Cube fan favorite Storm Large returns, singing Great American Songbook standards, Broadway tear-jerkers, rock goddess anthems, and some of her own gorgeous originals — all delivered with a fierce personal style.
Please be advised Storm&#8217;s shows are fabulous fun and may contain adult content and explicit language.

Storm Large in The Cube

The New York Times calls him “amazing.” Variety says he’s “brilliant.” You stood and cheered after his Music of Billy Joel show with the Symphony. Now, Michael Cavanaugh returns to the DSO to perform the music of the other great piano man, Elton John. Beloved tunes include “Your Song,” “Tiny Dancer,” “Rocket Man,” and many more. Whether you loved his last show or missed it, be sure to join Michael and the Symphony for a Crocodile Rockin’ night.

The Music of Elton John featuring Michael Cavanaugh

Mendelssohn was struck by the rugged landscape of Scotland during a walking tour there, and later infused his Third Symphony with hints of Scottish dances and reminiscences of the countryside. Helen Grime’s Violin Concerto is a study in contrasts—from the frenzy of wild virtuosity to sensitive, reflective melodies—and is played here by Leila Josefowicz, a leading performer of new music for the violin. Conductor and composer Daníel Bjarnason begins with one of his own pieces, inspired by the energy and brightness of the Pacific Ocean.

Leila Josefowicz & Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3

Enjoy works for winds by a range of Latin American composers, including Lalo Schifrin&#8217;s jazz-infused tribute to New Orleans, which sways with mystery before launching into a vibrant dance. Other composers on the program include Astor Piazzolla, Julio Medaglia, Paquito D&#8217;Rivera, Alberto Ginastera, and Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Latin American Winds

Join us in The Cube for an intimate evening of music by award-winning harpist Brandee Younger. Premiering music from her latest album Impulse!, Younger pays homage to the legendary Detroit harpist Dorthy Ashby at this one-night-only event.
A leading voice of the harp today, performer, composer, and educator Brandee Younger defies genres and labels. Recently nominated for a 2022 GRAMMY® for Best Instrumental Composition and NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album, she has performed and recorded with artists including Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane, Jack Dejohnette, Charlie Haden, Common, John Legend, The Roots and Lauryn Hill.

Brandee Younger in The Cube

Janáček named his Second String Quartet &#8220;Intimate Letters,&#8221; as it was inspired by his passionate obsession with a woman to whom he wrote over 700 letters; the work contains some of the composer&#8217;s most ardent music. Paired with this piece is Sibelius&#8217;s only mature string quartet, which he referred to as &#8220;Inner Voices&#8221; for its inwardness and contemplation. Join musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for this stunning and intimate evening of chamber music.

Intimate Letters & Inner Voices | String Quartet

The story of Aretha Franklin is the story of America in the second half of the twentieth century. Her music, her activism, her faith, and her strength are woven into the fabric of our history. Celebrate the singer, the icon, the leader, and the woman with her greatest hits, including “Respect,” “Chain of Fools,” “Natural Woman,” “Think,” and “Amazing Grace.” The DSO is joined by superb vocalists Tamika Lawrence, Coco Smith, and Blaine Krauss.

RESPECT: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin

Join us in The Cube for an intimate evening of music presented by DSO musicians with a program highlighting composers who are hidden gems or unstoppable rising voices from the past 200 years.

DSO at The Cube: Hidden Gems

From the opening horn calls signaling unstoppable fate to the delirious ending full of cymbal crashes and orchestral fireworks, Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony serves, in the composer’s words, as a “faithful echo” of an intense emotional journey. Martucci’s Nocturne employs gentle, beautiful melodies to portray nighttime calm, and Dohnányi’s set of variations humorously transforms a familiar childhood melody through a variety of musical styles.

Jader Bignamini Conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony & Dohnányi

On our final classical program of the season, the rhythms and harmonies of Spain infuse Lalo’s exciting work for solo violin and orchestra. The soloist on these concerts is the young Spanish violinist María Dueñas, winner of the Yehudi Menuhin Competition 2021. Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra, the first minute of which features prominently in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, is a lush, thrilling tone poem inspired by Friedrich Nietzchse’s book of the same name. The concert opens with a new fanfare by Wynton Marsalis, Herald, Holler and Halleujah!

Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra & Dueñas performs Lalo

Take a journey by listening to Brahms&#8217;s Second String Quartet, in which melancholy restlessness, stormy dissonances, flowing melodic lines, and vivacious dance rhythms are all found in abundance. It is a mature work from a composer fully in control; Brahms wrote and destroyed 20 string quartets before allowing the two forming his Opus 51 to be published, and his demanding perfectionism shines through.

Brahms at The Commons | String Quartet

Two of today’s most celebrated artists—Michael Feinstein and Jean-Yves Thibaudet—join forces for the first time in an innovative program for two pianos celebrating the music of George Gershwin and his world.
Born of a serendipitous encounter between the two artists at Festival Napa Valley 2021, Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More? showcases each artist’s unique gifts for creativity, virtuosity, and sheer joy of music making. Michael Feinstein is the renowned vocalist/ pianist/conductor and the leading authority on the Great American Songbook, while Jean-Yves Thibaudet has built a 30-year reputation not only as one of today’s finest pianists, but also for his imaginative partnerships in film, fashion, and visual art. Together, Feinstein and Thibaudet form a uniquely prodigious artistic and creative force.
There is an extraordinary heritage of music from the 20th Century that is hybrid, straddling the worlds of classical and popular music, and this presentation will resonantly connect the dots with rich anecdotes and rare musicality. A centerpiece of the program will feature lost and unknown Gershwin works, some originally conceived for two pianos, alongside his more beloved works including Rhapsody In Blue. Other works will include those penned by Alec Wilder, Cole Porter, a suite of charming waltzes by Richard Rodgers, a suite of beloved Latin melodies, along with forays into Jazz, Ragtime, and Stride.
The 2023 DSO Heroes Gala honors DSO supporter and Chair Emeritus Peter D. Cummings. To purchase gala tickets, please click here: https://www.dso.org/events-and-tickets/events/22-23-spring/heroes-gala

Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More?

Our final chamber concert of the season features familiar and unfamiliar piano trios from the baroque period to the present day, including works by underrepresented composers.

DSO Piano Trio at Steinway Gallery

Eight-time Grammy Award-winning bassist, composer, and bandleader Christian McBride brings his cutting-edge band New Jawn to Orchestra Hall. As one of the most important figures in the jazz world for the last 20 years, McBride delights audiences with his adventurous chordless quartet featuring two horns (saxophone and trumpet) and no piano. From jazz to R&amp;B, neo-soul to classical, McBride is a luminary with one hand ever reaching for new heights.

Christian McBride’s New Jawn

Curtain up! The DSO celebrates Broadway legends Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Leonard Bernstein, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and more. Relive your favorite Broadway hits with a full orchestra and spectacular vocalists led by Broadway musical director and conductor Andy Einhorn.

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