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Our concert with Alvin Waddles was one of the most

Our concert with Alvin Waddles was one of the most dynamic we've ever presented! Held at the Marygrove Conservancy, we watched as Waddles brilliantly performed works from an enormous range of composers.

Ranging from Scriabin and Stravinsky to Thomas Dorsey and Fats Waller, Waddles gave insights into the history behind the musicians and music in between each song. We're grateful to be able to present concerts that expand our understanding of chamber music!

In 2023 and 2024, our friends at @detchamberwinds

In 2023 and 2024, our friends at @detchamberwinds invite you to experience a season of musical brilliance. Join us for 13 concerts starting October 1st, each inspired by the voices of our community. Tickets available now at the link in their bio!

As many students go back to school these next few

As many students go back to school these next few weeks, our President Maury Okun is also heading back to school! This semester, Maury will be teaching a course called "The Music of Entrepreneurship" at Michigan State University's College of Music. This course studies and explores the business elements – the development, finance, marketing, relationship building, logistics, and legal structures – that fuel the successful musical enterprise.

Congratulations, Maury!

Just over two months ago, the Emerson String Quart

Just over two months ago, the Emerson String Quartet performed their first of two concerts at Kirk in the Hills as part of their farewell series at the Festival this year.

�Turning Points brought us the sounds of Purcell/Britten, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Taking place in the Kirk's Refectory, the sold out Turning Points concert was certainly one to remember.

More good news from our festival's young collabora

More good news from our festival's young collaborators! @kianravaei, our youngest commissioned composer of the 2023 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, has received a Barlow Commission to compose a new work for the @abeoquartet, one of our extraordinary Shouse Ensembles. Out of 178 applications for the commission, only 12 composers were selected.

At our Youthful Inventions concert last month, the Abeo Quartet performed The Little Things, Ravaei's composition that the Festival commissioned. We cannot wait to see what the collaboration between these up-and-coming artists brings the second time around!

At the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, we're a

At the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, we're always trying to accentuate chamber music with innovative experiences and various other art forms. For the past several years, the Festival has been incorporating an annual yoga event into our programming.

Led by yoga maesto @gailmondry, this year's class was sound tracked by the Hesper Quartet, one of our wonderful Shouse ensembles. Music truly met mindfulness in this dynamic event in the historic Temple Beth-El.

We love to see new local events that celebrate inn

We love to see new local events that celebrate innovation and progression within chamber music. In Southeast Michigan, @newmusicdetroit is leading that charge! Check out their three upcoming local performances.

BONUS: our talented staff is featured on TWO of these events! The September 7th concert will feature vocal performance from our Development Officer, Jocelyn Zelasko! Additionally, our Patron Engagement Associate, Gramm Drennen, will be playing cello at the September 9th concert.

The lighting and atmosphere was absolutely stunnin

The lighting and atmosphere was absolutely stunning for our Juneteenth Recital in the DIA's Rivera Court! This concert, which highlighted the compositions of Black composers in the United States, featured numerous original compositions from @carlos_simon_music, our 2023 Stone Composer Fellow.

With performances by Gilles Vonsattel, Paul Watkins, Caen Thomason-Redus, Nicole Joseph, the Abeo Quartet, and the Hesper Quartet, this was a concert for the books.