Celebrating the Leadership of Paul Watkins at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
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Rhythms of Place
Classical form meets folk rhythm
Closing Night Encore!
Following the Closing Night concert, join the Festival as we honor Paul’s artistic leadership and toast the future of the Festival.
Opening Night Reception
Following the Opening Night concert, join the Festival for a celebratory reception at Seligman. Suggested donation: $50 Tickets for Opening Night: Signatures in Sound are sold separately. Tickets can be purchased HERE.
Artistic Encounter: Jennifer Frautschi
FREE & Open to the Public
Behind-the-scenes coaching for Shouse Ensembles
Rising Stars
THE NEXT GENERATION SETS THE TEMPO
Bridge | Beethoven | Barber | Mendelssohn
Artistic Encounter: Philip Setzer
FREE & Open to the Public
Behind-the-scenes coaching for Shouse Ensembles
Romantic Dialogues
THE INTENSITY OF MUSIC
Strauss | Ravel | Schubert
Breath of Time
SCHUBERT’S GREAT C MAJOR QUINTET
Esmail | Elgar | Schubert
Counterpoint
TWO-PIANO CONCERT
Mozart | Poulenc | Debussy | Ravel | Piazzola
Measured Momentum
MUSIC PROPELLED BY PULSE & PRECISION
Beethoven | Bartók | Coleman | Mozart
Spirited Exchanges
HAYDN’S WIT, SHOSTAKOVICH’S EDGE,
SCHUMANN’S EXUBERANCE
Startin’ Sumthin’
A VIBRANT AND RHYTHM-FORWARD PROGRAM
Shaw | Coleman | Scott | Brahms
Artistic Encounter: Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt
FREE & Open to the Public
Behind-the-scenes coaching for Shouse Ensembles
Rule of Three
A RICHLY TEXTURED PROGRAM
Ludwig, Beethoven, Brahms
Artistic Encounter: Edward Arron
FREE & Open to the Public
Behind-the-scenes coaching for Shouse Ensembles
Tasting Notes
SIP, SAVOR, AND HELP SHAPE THE MUSIC
Waddles & Mondry in a dueling-keyboard style
The Architecture of Time
MESSIAEN’S TRANSCENDENT MASTERPIECE
Shaw | Brahms | Messiaen
Friday Night Lights
NEW VOICES & RADIANT CLASSICS
Green | Shin | Poulenc | Walton
Closing Night: Swan Song
A CELEBRATION OF PAUL WATKINS
Beethoven | Ludwig | Popper | Mendelssohn
Modulating Moods
MOZART’S CLARITY TO DVOŘÁK’S DANCE
Mozart | Stravinsky | Dvořák
Opening Night: Signatures in Sound
A vibrant, large-scale celebration featuring baroque brilliance, contemporary energy, and the exhilaration of multiple pianos and ensembles sharing the stage. Arrive early and view the pop-up gallery presented by our Time Signatures visual artists, Elizabeth...
Vignette, Opus 1: Yvonne Lam & Zhihua Tang
Grammy Award-winning violinist Yvonne Lam partners with renowned pianist Zhihua Tang for an evening of Hollywood’s most iconic themes. Lam enjoys challenging, delighting, and disarming audiences worldwide with her thoughtful musicianship, technical brilliance, and...
Vignette, Opus 2: Philip & Linda Setzer with David LeDoux
A founding member of the 9-time Grammy Award-winning Emerson String Quartet, Philip Setzer is joined in concert by narrator Linda Setzer and DSO cellist David LeDoux for a Vignette of works for violin, narrator, and cello including Ferdinand the Bull and Bach. P....
Vignette, Opus 3: Marion Hayden & Alvin Waddles
Detroit jazz legends and Festival favorites Marion Hayden and Alvin Waddles present a powerhouse concert of jazz, blues, and more! Hayden is one of the nation's finest proponents of the acoustic bass. In 2025, she was honored for her work as a performer and educator...
Artistic Encounter: Philip Setzer
Free! Get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be a professional musician.
Festival in Residence: Ann Arbor
Includes works by:
HAYDN | BACH | SHOSTAKOVICH
Sound Beams
Includes works by:
Debussy | Reich | Bach/Sitkovetsky