• Sunday, May 4, 2008
  • 3:00pm
• $25 advanced, $30 door /$8 student

Woodwind sounds fill the concert hall with the music of Chicago based The Prairie Winds. Since their debut in 1996, The Prairie Winds have captivated audiences throughout the United States with performances of the finest wind quintet literature that entertain as well as enlighten.

Aaron Copland: Simple Gifts from Appalachian Spring
Anton Reicha: Quintet Op. 88 No. 2
Malcolm Arnold: Three Sea Shanties
Latin American Heat: A Composers Medley
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Gavotte and 6 Doubles
Endre Szervánszky: Woodwind Quintet

Featuring:
Jonathan Keeble, Flute
Timothy McGovern, Bassoon
Jelena Dirks, Oboe
David Griffin, French Horn
Susan Warner, Clarinet

Chamber Music North reaches out to classical chamber music devotees in the Grand Traverse Region. Notable musicians and chamber ensembles come to Traverse City to perform. "Sundays At Three" Concerts offer a variety of music from the canon of great chamber music repertoire.

• Sunday, June 22, 2008
  • 3:00pm
• $25 advanced, $30 door /$8 student

Mendelssohn was declared to be a great musical child prodigy, "the Mozart of the nineteenth century, the most illuminating of musicians." Come hear the powerful and eloquent Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 completed in 1839 is recognized as one of his most popular and greatest chamber works!

Featuring:
Annie Chalex Boyle, violin
Debra Fayroian, cello
Steve Larson, piano
With special guest, Nicole Philobosian, soprano

Words Before Music
Join us for a pre concert talk with some of Michigan's finest musicians Interviewed by Dick Wallace of IPR at 2:30 pm.

Chamber Music North reaches out to classical chamber music devotees in the Grand Traverse Region. Notable musicians and chamber ensembles come to Traverse City to perform. "Sundays At Three" Concerts offer a variety of music from the canon of great chamber music repertoire.

• Sunday, July 6, 2008
  • 3:00pm
• $25 advanced, $30 door /$8 student

Hear the ambient and meditative music of Karen Tanaka, Nightbird, for solo saxophone & electronics, Steve Reich's, Violin Phase, a classic work of early minimalist phase music. Also works of John Cage and Andrew Rzewski.
Comprised of highly accomplished and versatile musicians, New Music Detroit is dedicated to performing challenging and dynamic works from the late twentieth century to the present day-from seminal new music 'classics' to innovative and genre defying works written by today's emerging composers.

Find more information on New Museum Detroit at www.newmusicdetroit.com.

Words Before Music
Join us for a pre concert talk with some of Michigan's finest musicians Interviewed by Joseph Coffman at 2:30 pm.

Chamber Music North reaches out to classical chamber music devotees in the Grand Traverse Region. Notable musicians and chamber ensembles come to Traverse City to perform. "Sundays At Three" Concerts offer a variety of music from the canon of great chamber music repertoire.

The Multiphonic Singers of Drepung Loseling Monastery: A Concert of Sacred Music

• Saturday, October 6, 2007 • 8:00pm
• $25 advanced • $28 door
• Museum members pay $22 in advance by calling 231-995-1553.

In recent years The Mystical Arts of Tibet tours, featuring the famed multiphonic singers of Drepung Loseling monastery, have taken the world by storm. Endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as a means of p romoting world peace and healing through sacred performing art, they have performed in many of America's greatest theaters and music halls. They return to Dennos Museum Center’s Milliken Auditorium for a concert of sacred music in association with the creation of the Sand Mandela in the Museum’s Sculpture Court from October 4 – 7.  www.mysticalartsoftibet.org

Coco Montoya

• Friday, October 26, 2007 • 8:00pm
• $25 advanced • $28 door
• Museum members pay $22 in advance by calling 231-995-1553

Coco learned his chops as a member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Albert Collins' Icebreakers. His fiery blues rock has earned him the praise of fans and critics worldwide as well as a W. C. Handy award and numerous nominations. Blues Review described Coco’s playing as "Blistering contemporary blues...piercing attack, funky, shivery guitar tones and aggressive, soulful vocals,” and Billboard says, "In a world of blues guitar pretenders, Coco Montoya is the real McCoy. Be prepared to get scorched."  www.cocomontoya.com

Los Utrera

• Saturday, November 3, 2007 • 8:00pm
• $20 advanced • $23 door
• Museum members pay $17 in advance by calling (231) 995-1553

Described as one of the best Mexican Son Jarocho groups in today's traditional music scene, Los Utrera are a family of musicians and dancers who take their inspiration from the fiestas of Mexico.  The ensemble has toured throughout Mexico, the Caribbean and South America, offering the vibrant sounds of several generations, which in! clude an uplifting mix of Spanish, Indigenous, and West African influences. Performing with a zapateado dancer, each performance is a fandango in itself and promises to be a visual as well as musical feast.  This concert is part of ArtsMidwest’s Worldfest. The group will be in residence from October 29 doing musical performances and workshops for schools in Milliken Auditorium at the Dennos Museum Center.

Enter the Haggis

• Saturday, November 17, 2007 • 8:00pm
• $22 advanced • $25 door
• Museum members pay $19 in advance by calling 231-995-1553

"An electrifying, high-speed collision of rock, Celtic and world styles, soaring melodies, funked-out grooves and air-tight vocal harmonies” with “pure energy" is how Canadian Music Magazine describes Toronto’s Enter The Haggis. Haggis has appeared on several national broadcasts in the United States including Breakfast with the Arts and Regis and Kathy Lee and maintains a rigorous touring schedule. This concert is sure to be the most fun you can have on a Saturday night in Traverse City. You will have smile on your face and be searching for a “pint” when it is all over.  www.enterthehaggis.com

The Chenille Sisters

• Saturday, January 12, 2008 • 8:00pm
• $25 advanced • $28 door
• Museum members pay $22 in advance by calling 231-995-1553

Great music and great fun are guaranteed wherever the Chenille Sisters perform. “These women may be Michigan’s best contribution to music since Motown blew out for th! e coast,” – Utne Reader. “…Their sound, remini scent of the Andrews, Boswell and McGarrigle Sisters, is sublime…they move deftly, with meticulous harmonies, from parody to pastiche to country to folk.” – People Magazine.   www.thechenillesisters.com

The Chenille Sisters are CANTOO RECORDS RECORDING ARTISTS and are represented by ZAJONC/VALENTI  MANAGEMENT.

Shemekia Copeland

• Saturday, January 26, 2008 • 8:00pm
• $25 advanced • $28 door
• Museum members pay $22 in advanceby calling 231-995-1553

Powerhouse blues vocalist Shemekia Copeland returns of another spectacular concert. “Copeland has blues in her blood (daughter of the late blues legend Johnny “Guitar” Copeland)…and sizzling, simmering soul” Living Blues. In a flaming mix of funky blues, R&B and Memphis soul, all delivered with searing gospel-influenced intensity, “Copeland belts out songs with a passion rarely heard in someone so young; she roars with a sizzly hot intensity.” Boston Globe www.shemekiacopeland.com

Rachael Price

• Saturday, February 2, 2008 • 8:00pm
• $25 advanced • $28 door
• Museum members pay $22 in advance by calling 231-995-1553

What’s a 20-year-old from Nashville, Tennessee doing singing jazz? It’s a good question, but one that Rachael Price finds easy to answer. “I appreciate all kinds of music, but jazz hit an inner chord with me at the age of five. I heard Ella Fitzgerald’s rendition of ‘The Lady is a Tramp.’ I didn’t underst! and the lyrics, but I liked the feeling it gave me.” Noted actress/singer Kathryn Grayson of MGM fame says of Price: "The best young voice I've heard, period. No one around can even touch her voice and style -- a style all her own" www.rachaelpricesings.com

Esta

• Saturday, February 16, 2008 • 8:00pm !
• $20 advanced • $23 door
• Museum members pay $17 in advance by calling 231-995-1553

Esta is a multi-ethnic Israeli ensemble with a unique blend of original music and innovative sound that draws on the diverse cultures of Israel.  All Esta members were born first generation in Israel and they are deeply influenced by the musical traditions of their parents’ generation who were immigrants from Bulgaria, Iraq, Poland, Iran, Romania, Russia, and Turkey.  With this background, Esta has created a rich, hot, musical stew simmering with Middle Eastern, Balkan, Mediterranean, Jewish, Celtic, African influences while also drawing from contemporary rock and roll and jazz.  Esta has performed widely including The White House, the Blue Note in NYC, the House of Blues in Los Angeles, Cite De La Music in Paris, and Dranouter Festival in Belgium to name a just a few.   This concert is part of ArtsMidwest’s Worldfest. The group will be doing workshops for school! s in Milliken Auditorium at the Dennos Museum Center the week of February 11, 2008. www.estamusic.com.

Jeff Haas Trio and the Phoenix Quartet

• Saturday, March 15, 2008 • 8:00pm
• $25 advanced • $28 door
• Museum members pay $22 in advance by calling 231-995-1553

Traverse City’s own composer and pianist Jeff Haas brings his engaging mix of jazz, classical and world music to the Milliken stage in a special performance of his Double Quartet Project. Jeff's quartet featuring bassist Marion Hayden, drummer Alex Trajano and multi-instrumentalist Rob Smith (who toured with jazz diva Dianne Reeves last winter) is joined by the highly-acclaimed string quartet, the Phoenix Ensemble led by dynamic and entertaining violinist Gabe Bolkosky. A must see for both jazz and classic! al music lovers of all ages! www.jeffhaasmusic.com

Leon Redbone

• Saturday, April 5, 2008 • 8:00pm
• $27 advanced • $30 door
• Museum members pay $24 in advance by calling 231-995-1553

Leon Redbone continues his very real love affair with the tunes from flapper era radio, Depression spawned ragtime and folk-jazz. Yet, there is always something oddly modern a! bout this musician. His lyrical satire and cynicism wear well with any generation. “The man in the white straw boater and shades emphasizes the era when Bing Crosby was considered a jazz singer and Fats Waller was a pop act. Not many artists who play Ragtime-era music can say they have sold 500,000 albums, appeared on Saturday Night Live numerous times and popularized the Pepsi and Budweiser jingles (This Buds For You); – The Washington Post. www.leonredbone.com.

The John Jorgenson Quintet presented in collaboration with WCMU Public Radio

• Saturday, April 26, 2008 • 8:00pm
• $25 advanced • $28 door
• Museum members pay $22 in advance by calling 231-995-1553

The John Jorgenson Quintet features guitarist John Jorgenson, a founding member of the Desert Rose Band, the Hellecasters, and six-year member of Elton John's band. Artists ranging from Barbra Streisand to Bonnie Raitt to Earl Scruggs have sought out Jorgenson's guitar work.  Recently, John Jorgenson was chosen to portray Django Reinhardt in the feature film Head in the Clouds.

At a John Jorgenson Quintet performance, audiences are amazed by John's dazzling guitar work as well as his mastery as a clarinet player and vocalist.  Whether playing his own accessible compositions or classic standards, John and his band make music that is equally romantic and ecstatic, played with virtuosity and soul.  www.johnjorgenson.com