GREAT LAKES CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2008 DATES AND ARTISTS
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The 15th annual Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, scheduled for June 14-29, will highlight the music of the French school of composers. Several of the 19 concerts will occur at Temple Beth El which, along with St. Hugo of the Hills, Kirk in the Hills and the Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings, sponsors the Festival.

For each of the past 14 years, the Festival, dedicated to providing outstanding performances of some of the world’s finest chamber works, has brought world-class music to the Temple as well as other venues throughout southeast Michigan.

Combining the resources of Jewish, Protestant and Catholic congregations with those of a prominent chamber music organization has created a strong catalyst for institutional growth. It has also helped foster a dialogue between sponsoring congregations that has brought considerable unexpected rewards. For example, the annual ecumenical Thanksgiving service that involves Beth El with Kirk in the Hills and St. Hugo’s has been a great success.

The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival has received national recognition for the quality of its artist program. Of special note for 2008 is the appearance of four internationally renowned composers: John Harbison, Joan Tower, William Bolcom and John Corigliano. Awards between them include Pulitzers, Oscars, Grammy’s and MacArthur prizes. Each of these artists has previously served as Festival composer-in-residence, and each will turn 70 in 2008. All four composers will attend the Festival at various times, but each will be here for a special birthday performance on the evening of June 23 in the Maas Chapel.

Also new for 2008 is a concert celebrating the role of the harp in chamber music. This performance will take place June 24 at the Seligman Family Center at Detroit Country Day School and include international harp superstars such as Yolanda Kondanassis, Bridget Kibbey, and Judy Loman. The concert is co-sponsored by the American Harp Society, whose biennial meeting is in Detroit at the time.

Artists returning to the Festival in 2008 include James Tocco, Artistic Director and pianist; Jeremy Denk and Ursula Oppens, piano; Ida Kavafian, Joseph Silverstein and Yehonatan Berick, violin; Kim Kashkashian, viola; Andrés Díaz and Paul Katz, cello; Philip Dikeman, flute, Linda Hohenfeld, soprano, the Amernet String Quartet, and Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings.

Performing for the first time will be pianists Menahem Pressler and Edward Auer, violinist Nicholas Kendall, cellist Sara Sant’Ambrogio, clarinetist Anthony McGill, mezzo-soprano Joan Morris, and Beth El’s own Cantor, soprano Rachel Gottlieb. The cantor will sing at the June 23 composer’s concert in the Chapel. Other Festival performances in the Maas Chapel will take place on June 17-18.

For more information and/or individual and series tickets, call the Festival office, 248-559-2097, or visit www.greatlakeschambermusic.org.

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Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
June 14 - 29
Temple Beth El, St. Hugo of the Hills, Kirk in the Hills, Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings: Sponsors

Subcription Concerts
Saturday, June 14, 8:00 pm l Seligman Performing Arts Center

Sunday, June 15, 3:00 pm l Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church
James Tocco, Menahem Pressler, William Bolcom, Yehonatan Berick,
Kim Kashkashian, Paul Katz, Linda Hohenfeld

Tuesday & Wednesday, June 17-18, 7:30 pm l Temple Beth El Chapel
James Tocco, Edward Auer, Joseph Silverstein, Kim Kashkashian, Andres Diaz

Thursday, June 19, 7:30 pm & Friday, June 20, 10:45 am l Kirk in the Hills Refectory
Joseph Silverstein, Paul Katz, Sara Sant’Ambrogio, Anthony McGill,
Edward Auer, Pei-Shan Lee, Ameret String Quartet

Saturday, June 21, 8:00 pm l Seligman Performing Arts Center
Joseph Silverstein, Nicholas Kendall, Sara Sant’Ambrogio, Lori Gemmell,
Anthony McGill, James Tocco, Pei-Shan Lee, Amernet String Quartet
Monday, June 23, 7:30 pm l Temple Beth El Chapel

Composers’ Birthday Celebration
James Tocco, William Bolcom, Jeremy Denk, Edward Auer, Ida Kavafian,
Nicholas Kendall, Sara Sant’Ambrogio, Rachel Gottlieb, Joan Morris

Tuesday, June 24, 7:30 pm l Seligman Performing Arts Center
In Association with the American Harp Society
Jeremy Denk, Ida Kavafian, James VanValkenburg, Sara Sant’Ambrogio. Craig Rifel,
Philip Dikeman, Amernet String Quartet, Hausmann String Quartet, Cecilia String Quartet
Harpists: Judy Loman, Yolanda Kondanassis, Bridget Kibbey,
Jennifer Swartz, Patricia Masri-Fletcher, Kerstin Allvin

Wednesday, June 25, 7:30 pm l St. Hugo of the Hills Chapel
Adams Foundation Recital
In Recital-Ursula Oppens

Thursday, June 26, 7:30 pm l St. Hugo of the Hills Chapel
Jeremy Denk, Sara Sant’Ambrogio, Craig Rifel, Stephen Anderson, Hausmann String Quartet

Friday, June 27, 10:45 am l St. Hugo of the Hills Chapel
James Tocco, Nicholas Kendall, Trio Lunaire, Cecilia String Quartet

Saturday, June 28, 8:00 pm l Seligman Performing Arts Center
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings
James Tocco, Jeremy Denk, H. Robert Reynolds

GREAT LAKES CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL TICKET INFORMATION
Series Subscription Prices
Five Concerts…$130 Seven Concerts…$165
Advance Single Tickets
Saturday Nights $35 (all seats reserved) Weeknights $32 Age 25 & under $10
Tickets purchased at the door are an additional $5.
By phone, 248-559-2097 or 877-88-GLCMF, toll-free.
On-line www.greatlakeschambermusic.com

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