The Calendar - Classical Music

This Week's Events

Classical Music
Between the Kerrytown Concert House and the University Musical Society, an energized Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and dozens of smaller ensembles, Ann Arbor's classical music calendar has an opus for every taste.

Highlights this week:

"13th Annual Parisian Soiree": Kerrytown Concert House.

Audrey Luna: Great Lakes Performing Artists Associates.

"Creating U-M Composers": Michigan Chamber Players.

Monday
September, 2008

7-8:30 p.m.
"Coming into Our Years": Ann Arbor District Library. Local musician and social worker Jeanne Mackey hosts a celebratory program of song and discussion for people entering or about to enter the second half of their lives. AADL Pittsfield Branch, 2359 Oak Valley Dr. between Scio Church Rd. and Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. Free. 327-4200.

7:30-9:30 p.m.
Large Ensemble Meeting: Ann Arbor Recorder Society. All beginning and advanced players of the recorder and other early instruments invited. Directed by local flutist Corrine Hillebrand. Music provided; bring your own music stand. Preceded at 6:30 p.m. by a beginners class. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 306 N. Division. Free to visitors ($30 annual dues). 213-3172.

Tuesday
September, 2008

7:30 p.m.
Wavegarden: Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tea Room. Full-body world music by Carlos Michael and LeAnn Eriksson, a Bonn-based duo whose music blends singing and the sounds of vibrating crystal singing bowls with various kinds of flutes, zither/dulcimers, and percussion. Bring pillows, blankets, and/or mats. Crazy Wisdom, 114 S. Main. Free. 663-8460, 665-2757.

7:30-9 p.m.
Weekly Rehearsal: Treetown Community Chorus. Every Tues. beginning Sept. 9. All invited to join this fun-loving independent local mixed chorus to sing mostly familiar tunes, along with some serious music, in various genres. David Perample directs. West Side United Methodist Church, 900 S. Seventh at Davis. Free to visitors ($80 per semester membership dues). 213-3770.

Wednesday
September, 2008

Thursday
September, 2008

12:10 p.m.
Gifts of Art: U-M Hospitals. Every Thurs. Performances and presentations by local musicians and artists. Today: jazz pianist Tad Weed plays tunes from the American Songbook. U-M Hospital lobby, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr. (off Fuller). Free. 936-ARTS.

Friday
September, 2008

4:45-6:15 p.m.
Michigan Marching Band Practice. Every Mon.-Sat., except Sept. 13, 20, & 24. The U-M's highly disciplined 200-plus-member marching band or sections thereof can be seen and heard practicing on Elbel Field under the George R. Cavender Tower used by bandleaders for observation. All are welcome to find a spot in the bleachers and get a sneak preview of upcoming halftime shows. Elbel Field, Hill at Division. Free. 764-0582.

8 p.m.
"13th Annual Parisian Soiree": Kerrytown Concert House. Sept. 12 & 13. This popular annual concert with an elegant Parisian-cabaret ambience features a program of music with various sorts of Parisian connections, from works by French-speaking composers like Gustave Charpentier and Gabriel Faure to works by enthusiastic visitors to Paris like Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, and Kurt Weill. Also, the Hot Club of Detroit, a popular jazz quartet that plays in the style of the great Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt. The singers' part of the show is an entertaining, fast-paced pastiche of opera and musical theater. The lineup includes mezzo-soprano Deanna Relyea, violinist Yehonatan Berick, pianists Kevin Bylsma and Michele Cooker, and sopranos Emily Benner, Kisma Jordan, and Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers. Champagne reception at intermission. KCH, 415 N. Fourth Ave. $20 & $30 assigned seating, $15 general admission. Reservations recommended. 769-2999.

8 p.m.
Joel Schoenhals: EMU Music Department. This EMU piano professor performs works by Schubert and Rachmaninoff . Pease Auditorium, EMU campus, W. Cross at College Place, Ypsilanti. Free. 487-2255.

Saturday
September, 2008

8 p.m.
"13th Annual Parisian Soiree": Kerrytown Concert House. Sept. 12 & 13. This popular annual concert with an elegant Parisian-cabaret ambience features a program of music with various sorts of Parisian connections, from works by French-speaking composers like Gustave Charpentier and Gabriel Faure to works by enthusiastic visitors to Paris like Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, and Kurt Weill. Also, the Hot Club of Detroit, a popular jazz quartet that plays in the style of the great Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt. The singers' part of the show is an entertaining, fast-paced pastiche of opera and musical theater. The lineup includes mezzo-soprano Deanna Relyea, violinist Yehonatan Berick, pianists Kevin Bylsma and Michele Cooker, and sopranos Emily Benner, Kisma Jordan, and Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers. Champagne reception at intermission. KCH, 415 N. Fourth Ave. $20 & $30 assigned seating, $15 general admission. Reservations recommended. 769-2999.

Sunday
September, 2008

2 p.m.
Frederic Lacroix: U-M School of Music. This Canadian composer performs Beethoven's Sonata in G Major, Sonata in D Minor, and Sonata in E-flat Major on the fortepiano. U-M Music School Britton Recital Hall, 1100 Baits Dr. (off Broadway), North Campus. Free. 764-0594.

4 p.m.
Audrey Luna: Great Lakes Performing Artists Associates. This local soprano is accompanied by pianist Bob Caldwell in a program TBA. Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave. $10, $15, & $25 (students, $5). Reservations recommended. 769-2999.

5 p.m.
"Creating U-M Composers": Michigan Chamber Players. This ad hoc ensemble of U-M music professors performs works by faculty composers. With flutists Amy Porter and Sarah Frisof, clarinetist Daniel Gilbert, cellist Mary Ann Ramos, violinists Stephen Shipps and Andrew Jennings, and pianists Bright Sheng, David Gilliland, and Paul Schoenfield. U-M Music School Britton Recital Hall, 1100 Baits Dr. (off Broadway), North Campus. Free. 764-0594.

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