The Detroit Symphony Orchestra makes debut at Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival's closing night concert
June 6, 2012
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will make its Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival debut at the Festival's closing night concert on Saturday, June 23 at 8:00 p.m. A 7:15 p.m. prelude titled "Memories of Stravinsky: A Conversation with Musicologist Glenn Watkins" will precede the concert.
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The 19th Annual Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival celebrates Russian masters in opening night performance
May 29, 2012
The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival will kick off two weeks of world-class chamber music performances with an opening night concert on Saturday, June 9 at Seligman Performing Arts Center starting at 8:00 p.m.
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Igor Stravinsky’'s The Rite of Spring takes center stage at 19th Annual Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
May 25, 2012
The 19th Annual Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival will present two fully-staged performances of Igor Stravinsky’s famous ballet, The Rite of Spring, on Saturday, June 16 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 17 at 7:30 p.m. at Seligman Performing Arts Center.
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Announcing the 2012 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
April 12, 2012
The iconic music and songs of Russia will come to life at the 19th Annual Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival. In a season titled White Nights: A musical journey through Russia, the 2012 Festival will present music by Russia's greatest composers including Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and Shostakovich, among others.
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2012 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival Receives Support for Collaboration Pieces
October 20, 2011
The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival is pleased to announce a $20,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation that will allow for local artistic collaborations at the 2012 festival.
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Zhou Long Receives 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Music
April 30, 2011
Zhou Long, 2011 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival Stone Composer-in-Residence, received the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his opera "Madame White Snake." Zhou will be joined on the Festival by a second Stone Composer-in-Residence, Chen Yi.
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The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival Announces 2011 Season
February 11, 2011
In a season titled "Music of the 'Spheres,"" the 18th annual Great Lakes
Chamber Music Festival will feature music both earthly and heavenly. Global themes will play a central role
with the work of 2011 Stone Composers-in-Residence Chen Yi and Zhou Long. The Festival will close with a
chamber transcription of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.more...
2009 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival to Open with
Mendelssohn Favorites!
May 3, 2009 Saturday, June 6 marks the beginning of the highly-anticipated 2009 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival! Beginning at 8:00 p.m. at the Seligman Performing Arts Center, Opening Night’s program will be centered on the 2009 Festival theme: Mendelssohn and the Dawn of Romanticism. The Seligman Performing Arts Center is located at 22305 West Thirteen Mile Road in Beverly Hills, on the campus of Detroit Country Day School.
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2009 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival to focus on
"Mendelssohn and the Dawn of Romanticism"
March 27, 2009 200 years after the composer's birth, the 16th - annual Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival will highlight the music of Felix Mendelssohn and the Romantic era. Nearly 20 concerts will be presented throughout metro Detroit from June 6 - 21, 2009.
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2008 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival to Highlight
The French School of Composers
April 15, 2008 The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival's fifteenth annual series will occur June 14 – 29, 2008 and will feature the music of the French school of composers. During the Festival, musicians of international stature will perform at 19 concerts throughout southeastern Michigan.
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2007 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival to Highlight
Beethoven and Kirchner
February 2, 2007 The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival's fourteenth annual series will occur
June 9 – 24, 2007 and will feature the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Leon Kirchner, among others. During the Festival, musicians of international stature will perform at 18 concerts throughout the area. more...
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
Announces 2006 Dates, Artists
February 24, 2006 The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival will celebrate Mozart and Shostakovich during its 13th annual season, June 10 through June 25, 2006. This premier chamber music festival will bring many of today’s top names in chamber music to the Detroit area.
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Great Music. Great Artists. Great Friends.
Twelfth Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
Opens June 11
May 16, 2005 The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival's twelfth annual series begins on Saturday, June 11 at the Seligman Performing Arts Center. The contemporary music ensemble eighth blackbird will return, teaming with soprano Lucy Shelton and the Blair Thomas Theatre Company from Chicago to present a newly commissioned multi-media presentation of Arnold Schoenberg's 20th Century masterpiece, Pierrot Lunaire.
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Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
Announces 2005 Dates, Artists
February 4, 2005 Known for presenting world-renowned artists in intimate settings and for thoughtful yet adventuresome programming, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival is poised to deliver another exceptional series from June 11 through June 26, 2005.
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Great Music. Great Artists. Great Friends.
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
Snapshots / Elements String Quartet To Perform At State Theater
May 25, 2004 The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival will present the Elements String Quartet's Snapshots, a multi-media performance featuring 14 short works commissioned from a diverse group of composers, on Friday, June 25 at 8 p.m.
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Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
Announces 2004 Dates, Artists
April 12, 2004 Known for attracting exceptional artists, programming thoughtful repertoire and presenting intimate events, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival is poised to deliver another outstanding two-week series June 12 through June 27, 2004
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