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Thank you for another incredible season! We look forward to seeing you in 2025!

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Latest Past Events

June 22 @ 7:15 pm - 9:15 pm

Creative Perfection

Birmingham Unitarian Church 38651 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills

June 21 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Festival in Residence: Ann Arbor (June 21)

Kerrytown Concert House 415 N 4th Ave, Ann Arbor

June 21 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Audio/Visual with Tessa Lark

Wasserman Projects, Detroit 3434 Russell St, Detroit

Announcing the 2024 Festival Theme: Creative Connections

The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival is thrilled to present “Creative Connections” as the theme for our 31^st season. Our stages will come alive with a captivating mix of artists and repertoire that transcends boundaries and gracefully crosses over into the heart of traditional chamber music. “Creative Connections” is a testament to the idea that when musicians from various backgrounds converge, they weave together a rich and vibrant tapestry, forging a deeper understanding of our shared human experience. Join us on this musical journey as we seek to highlight the beauty of collaboration, the fusion of diverse genres, and the universal language that is chamber music.

Where Great Music Comes to Play

Every summer, the heart of the Great Lakes is witness to an extraordinary cultural phenomenon.

A bold international musical event where the world’s most celebrated artists gather to perform chamber music.
Their passion and artistry move us to collectively experience the fullest range and depth of
emotion with every crescendo, turn of the page, and stroke of the bow.

Chamber music at its best – Fresh. Dynamic. Soul-stirring.

The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival.

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2024 GLCMF Season Announcement

26/03/202409/04/2024Lauren CichockiPress Releases

2024 GLCMF Season Announcement

Over 40 musicians, some returning and others making their debut, will arrive in Michigan this summer for the return of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival. From June 10 to 25, the Festival will host a series of chamber music concerts, workshops, artistic discussions and community events across metro-Detroit.

2024 GLCMF Vignettes Announcement

30/01/202401/02/2024Bridget FavrePress Releases

2024 GLCMF Vignettes Announcement

Over 40 musicians, some returning and others making their debut, will arrive in Michigan this summer for the return of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival. From June 10 to 25, the Festival will host a series of chamber music concerts, workshops, artistic discussions and community events across metro-Detroit.

Emerson String Quartet

12/04/202328/04/2023Bridget FavrePress Releases

The Emerson String Quartet to perform three concerts in Michigan as part of their farewell tour

2023 GLCMF Season Announcement

17/03/202317/03/2023Bridget FavrePress Releases

2023 GLCMF Season Announcement

Over 40 musicians, some returning and others making their debut, will arrive in Michigan this summer for the return of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival. From June 10 to 25, the Festival will host a series of chamber music concerts, workshops, artistic discussions and community events across metro-Detroit.

“One of metro Detroit’s most vital cultural events…”

Mark Stryker

Detroit Free Press

“James Tocco has created a festival here in Detroit which has grown into an internationally respected organization.”

Paul Watkins

Artistic Director

“Reaching the milestone of a quarter century of great music, great artists and great friends, the Festival is truly a cause for celebration.”

Glenn Miller

Former Director of Music, Kirk in the Hills Church

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We hope to see you at Bloomfield Township Public L

We hope to see you at Bloomfield Township Public Library on Saturday, June 15 at 11 AM for a free and educational experience led by Accent Pontiac!

Join Accent Pontiac for a fun and unique children’s music workshop. Through percussion lessons using drumsticks and buckets, these “bucket bands” learn rhythmic skills and percussion techniques. More importantly, participants experience what it is like to be part of an ensemble, sharing responsibility and pride with each other.

Admission to this event is free, so be sure to save your spot today by registering at https://greatlakeschambermusic.org/performance/accent-pontiac-bucket-band/

Sponsored by Gwen & S. Evan Weiner

The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival is thrilled

The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival is thrilled to announce pianist Andrew Litton as part of the 2024 Festival lineup! He will be featured in a number of this year’s concerts, including:

- Conversions Across Centuries on June 11 at 7 PM
- Crossing Borders on June 13 at 7 PM
- Festival in Residence: DIA on June 14 at 7 PM
- Creative Connections on June 15 at 7 PM

Pianist and director Andrew Litton currently sits as the music director of the New York City Ballet, earning praise from critics, dancers, and audiences, bringing new prominence to the Ballet’s orchestra. He began his ballet work while still a Juilliard student, performing as on-stage pianist for Rudolf Nureyev, Natalia Makarova, and Cynthia Gregory. He is also Conductor Laureate of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and was previously Music Director Laureate of Norway’s Bergen Philharmonic, which under his leadership, gained international recognition through extensive recording and touring, making debuts at the BBC Proms, at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and appearances at Vienna’s Musikverein, Berlin’s Philharmonie, and New York’s Carnegie Hall. For his work with the Bergen Philharmonic, Norway’s King Harald V knighted him with the Norwegian Royal Order of Merit.

In addition to conducting over fifty performances at the New York City Ballet, Litton returns regularly to the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (where he is a former Principal Guest Conductor) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, and guest conducts with a wide range of international orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Swedish Orchestra.

An accomplished pianist, Litton often performs as piano soloist, conducting from the keyboard. An acknowledged expert on George Gershwin, he has performed and recorded Gershwin widely as both pianist and conductor and serves as Advisor to the University of Michigan Gershwin Archives. After leading the Covent Garden debut of Porgy and Bess, Litton arranged his own concert suite of the work, which is now performed around the world.

Sponsored by Adrienne & Herschel Fink

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The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival is excited

The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival is excited to welcome back pianist Shai Wosner to the 2024 festival lineup! He will be performing in several of this year’s concerts, including:

- Festival in Residence: Windsor on June 12 at 7 PM
- Festival in Residence: DIA on June 14 at 7 PM
- Creative Connections on June 15 at 7 PM
- Written for the Stars on June 18 at 7 PM

Pianist Shai Wosner has attracted international recognition for his exceptional artistry, musical integrity, and creative insight. His performances of a broad range of repertoire—from Beethoven and Schubert to Ligeti and the music of today—reflect a degree of virtuosity and intellectual curiosity that has made him a favorite among audiences and critics, who note his “keen musical mind and deep musical soul” (NPR’s All Things Considered).

This season, Wosner gave the world premiere of Vijay Iyer’s Piano Concerto Handmade Universe with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra presented by the Peoples’ Symphony Concerts (PSC) in New York, where he is the 2020-2024 Artist-in-Residence.

In September 2023, Wosner's latest album, a recording of Wosner's performance of Beethoven’s 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120, was released on Onyx Classics. With this album, Wosner joins the ranks of legendary pianists who have recorded Beethoven’s monumental 33 variations.

Wosner is a recipient of Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award, an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. He was in residence with the BBC as a New Generation Artist, during which he appeared frequently with the BBC orchestras, including conducting Mozart concertos from the keyboard with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Born in Israel, Wosner enjoyed a broad musical education from an early age, studying piano with Opher Brayer and Emanuel Krasovsky, as well as composition, theory, and improvisation with André Hajdu. He later studied with Emanuel Ax at The Juilliard School, where Wosner is now on the piano faculty.

Sponsored by Franziska Schoenfeld

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Violinist Tessa Lark is recognized as one of the m

Violinist Tessa Lark is recognized as one of the most captivating artistic voices of our time. Her performances are consistently praised for their astounding range of sounds, technical agility, and musical elegance.

Join our hosts, Gail & Ira Mondry and Gwen & S. Evan Weiner, TOMORROW (May 3) at 5 PM for a delightful evening of music amidst the inspiring backdrop of David Klein Gallery in Birmingham, accompanied by an assortment of wine and cheeses.

For more information, please visit https://greatlakeschambermusic.org/performance/vignette-opus-3-tessa-lark-violin/

The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival would like

The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival would like to invite you out to Seligman Performing Arts Center June 15 at 7 PM for our astonishing concert, Creative Connections.

Artists | Andrew Litton, Shai Wosner, Tai Murray, Philip Setzer, Katharina Kang Litton, Peter Wiley, Han Lash, Hesper Quartet

LASH Stalk (2008)
SCHUBERT Impromptu in G-flat major
GERSHWIN Impromptu in Two Keys
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
RAVEL String Quartet in F major
MUSTONEN Nonetto II (2000)

This will be a night filled with beautiful piece after piece. In order to experience this grand performance, secure your tickets today, as they will sell out fast.

Tickets and additional information can be found at https://greatlakeschambermusic.org/performance/creative-connections/

Sponsored by Josette Silver

We're so appreciative of everyone who made it to o

We're so appreciative of everyone who made it to our Children's Concert: Musical Elements at Bloomfield Township Public Library.

A big round of applause to our talented artists: Merideth Hite Estevez, James Gardin, Marion Hayden, and Kris Johnson. Their performances were not only entertaining but also educational, bringing musical terms to life in a fun and engaging way.

A huge thank you to our sponsors, Gwen & S. Evan Weiner, for their support in making this event possible.

Musical Elements isn't just about music—it's about learning and having fun together. From exploring different instruments to discovering melody, harmony, and tempo, there was something for everyone to enjoy.

Bloomfield Township Public Library
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@krisjohnsonmusic
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Artists for Joy: Creative Well-Being

The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival is pleased

The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival is pleased to welcome back violinist @lyonmaven to the 2024 festival lineup! She will be performing in several of this year’s concerts, including:

- Festival in Residence: Ann Arbor on June 14 at 7:30 PM
- Shouse: Price & Mozart on June 20 at 2PM

Grammy Award-winning violinist Yvonne Lam enjoys challenging, delighting, and disarming audiences worldwide with her thoughtful musicianship, technical prowess, and fearless performance aesthetic.

She served as a co-artistic director and violinist/violist of Eighth Blackbird for eight years, performing 50 concerts a year internationally with the groundbreaking chamber ensemble. She has also performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony, the Kansas City Symphony, the Cincinnati Symphony, the Lexington Philharmonic, the New World Symphony, and the Tasmanian Symphony. In 2017, she co-founded the Blackbird Creative Lab, an intensive tuition-free training program for performers and composers in Ojai, California, as a way to inspire future generations of artists to champion new work and engage audiences with innovative and dynamic performances.

Lam studied violin and piano at the Colburn School of Performing Arts. She continued her studies for two years at the Peabody Institute, where she studied violin with Victor Danchenko and piano with Boris Slutsky and Brian Ganz. She earned her Bachelor of Music from the Curtis Institute of Music, and her Master of Music from the Juilliard School, where she studied with Robert Mann.

Her upcoming debut solo album Watch Over Us was inspired by a piece written for her by Nathalie Joachim featuring solo violin and electronic track. The album also features works by Missy Mazzoli, Anna Clyne, Kate Moore, Katherine Balch and Eve Beglarian.

Henry Meyer Endowed Violin Chair

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Founded in 1885, @diadetroit covers 658,000 square

Founded in 1885, @diadetroit covers 658,000 square feet that includes more than 100 galleries, a 1,150-seat auditorium, a 380-seat lecture/recital hall, an art reference library, and a state-of-the-art conservation services laboratory, providing a full day of enjoyment and good memories for all who come.

This incredible venue will be host to a number of this year’s festival concerts, including:

- Festival in Residence: DIA on June 14 at 7 PM
- Pride at the DIA on June 16 at 2 PM

Both of these events are free with museum admission, so be sure to enjoy the breathtaking sights of the museum before each concert!

Please visit dia.org or call 313-833-7900 for details.

Find out more about the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and performances at greatlakeschambermusic.org