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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. Each year in June, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival brings an impressive contingent of internationally-renowned artists to metro Detroit for two weeks of world-class chamber music performances. 2009 is no exception – Opening Night alone will include performances by acclaimed pianist and Festival Artistic Director, James Tocco; beloved Israeli-American cellist, Yehuda Hanani; former Cleveland Quartet cellist, Paul Katz; and the exciting and energetic Biava Quartet, among others. Works programmed for Opening Night are as follows: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture for Piano Four Hands...........Mendelssohn Preludes from the Well-Tempered Clavier for Cello and Piano....Bach/Moscheles Sextet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 41...........................................Eduard Franck Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 66......................................................Mendelssohn Advance tickets for Opening Night are $35 and $10 for students. To purchase tickets, please call 248-559-2097, or visit us online at www.greatlakeschambermusic.org. Tickets may be purchased at the door for an additional $5 per ticket. Seating at the Seligman Performing Arts Center is reserved. A variety of Subscription options for 2009 are also available – subscribers receive significant discounts off of single-ticket prices, in addition to preferential seating and other benefits. The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival is an annual, two-week-long event, with performances held nearly every day throughout the Detroit metro region. The 2009 Festival will take place from June 6 – June 21, 2009. For a complete listing of Festival events, or to find out about becoming a Festival Subscriber, please contact the Festival office at 248-559-2097 or visit www.greatlakeschambermusic.org.
2009 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival to focus on "Mendelssohn and the Dawn of Romanticism" March 27, 2009 METRO DETROIT, MI - 3/27/09 - Each year in June, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival brings an impressive contingent of internationally-renowned artists to metro Detroit for two weeks of world-class chamber music performances. 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. Artistic Director James Tocco has programmed remarkable works stretching from Beethoven, Schubert and Chopin to Debussy, Copland, and even jazz composer Wynton Marsalis! Of special note will be the music of Stephen Hartke , the Festival's Composer-in-Residence for 2009. A performance exclusively featuring Hartke's chamber works will take place on Monday, June 15th at 7:30 p.m. at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Hills. Always a favorite among Festival patrons, pianist Jeremy Denk will participate this June in his fifth consecutive year with the Festival. Denk returns to Detroit after making his debut with the Detroit Symphony this year in March. Other returning artists include violinists Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, and Yehonatan Berick, violist Kim Kashkashian, and cellists Paul Katz, Yehuda Hanani, and Debra Fayroian. Also joining the roster this year will be the DSO's superstar cellist, Robert deMaine. Guest ensembles for 2009 include Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings, as well as the Biava Quartet and eighth blackbird, both former participants in the Festival's Shouse Institute. A program designed to help young ensembles that are emerging to professional status, the Shouse Institute brings talented young musicians from across the country to receive coaching from and perform with the Festival's more senior artists. Several years after making their Festival debuts, eighth blackbird and the Biava Quartet return this year as Shouse Institute success stories. Tickets for the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival will be available to the public beginning April 15. Tickets to single events may be purchased, in addition to several discounted Subscription options ranging from $80 (three concerts) to $165 (seven concerts). Advance single tickets are $35 for Saturday night concerts, $32 for all other concerts, and $10 for those 25 & under. For further information, please call the Festival office at 248-559-2097. For a full concert listing, or to purchase tickets online, visit www.greatlakeschambermusic.org. A secular event, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival is sponsored by Kirk in the Hills, St. Hugo of the Hills, Temple Beth El, and Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings. Presented with major support from EDS, the Festival receives additional support from Compuware, Cromwell Technologies, Honigman, the Edw. C. Levy Co., and Solomon Friedman Advertising.

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. more... 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. more... 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. more... 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. more... 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. more... 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 more...

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