Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra

Sunday Series: Drumheads with guest Tony Manfredonia
2021-03-28 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Detroit) | St. Mary Parish, Charlevoix, 1003 Bridge Street, Charlevoix, MI, 49720, United States
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The Music:
Conversation for Two Trombones
Duet for Marimba and Vibraphone
Baires
Digga-digga Digga-digga Digga-digga Digga-digga Deegot
Trois Gymnopedies: Lent et douloureux, Lent et triste, Lent et grave
Three in the Afternoon
Selections from Image: 20 Children’s Songs for Marimba: 1. From the Cradle, 2. Cat-Nap, 3. Stepping-Stone, 4. Crocodile Tears, 6. Slip’N’Slide, 7. Mobile, 9. Merry-Go-Round, 20. Music Box
Double Take

The Musicians:
Tim Mocny is a performer, educator, and arranger based in mid-Michigan. He is the principal percussionist for the Baroque on Beaver Festival Orchestra, the co-principal percussionist for the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra, and the section percussionist with the Saginaw Bay Symphony. He has performed as a substitute with the Traverse Symphony, the Midland Symphony, the Michigan Sinfonietta, the Flint Symphony, and the Lansing Symphony. In the educational sphere, Tim coaches the drumline of the Chippewa Marching Band at Central Michigan University, and maintains a studio of over 40 private students at B’s Music Shop in Mt. Pleasant, where he also serves as the coordinator of the lesson and recital program. He also enjoys working with area schools, most recently Gladwin and Breckenridge. Finally, he creates all of the percussion arrangements for the Chippewa Marching Band. His hobbies include long-distance running, gardening, fixing his vehicles and home, and spending time with his wife and four children.

Rob Kratz-Hahn is an active percussionist, educator, and arts administrator in southeast Michigan. He taught at the Flint School of Performing Arts from 2009-2020 before becoming the FSPA Program Coordinator in June 2020, overseeing all of FSPA’s outreach programs and major performances. Rob is very active as an orchestral percussionist, serving as the Principal Timpanist in the Midland Symphony Orchestra and performing regularly with the Flint, Saginaw Bay, and Lansing Symphony Orchestras. He is currently the President of the Michigan Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society, and serves as the Percussion Award Chair for the Michigan Federation of Music Clubs. Rob holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Percussion Performance from Western Michigan University, a Master of Music degree in Percussion Performance from Cleveland State University, and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Instrumental Performance from Oakland University. Rob lives in Ann Arbor with his wife and son.
Tony Manfredonia is a composer and orchestrator for video games and concert halls living in Petoskey, MI. He provides a multi-layered and sensory experience through expressive, colorful orchestration and intricate melodies. Tony’s compositions, arrangements, and orchestrations have been played and commissioned worldwide, with performances and readings from renowned ensembles such as Apollo Chamber Players, the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, the Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, the Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
While Tony branches out into multiple styles, many of his projects involve sacred music, such as the full, orchestral score for Saint Luke Productions’ latest drama, “Tolton: From Slave to Priest,” as well as their upcoming film, “Heart of Mercy.” Most recently, he finished composing Joyfully We Adore Thee, commissioned by Strake Jesuit’s Symphonic Band in Houston, TX, which takes the plainchant Adoro Te Devote and presents it in the style of a fanfare.

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with Chorus (CANCELLED)
2020-07-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Michigan
This event has been cancelled.
Experience one of the most performed symphonies in the world with a chorus of 80 voices!

Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Libor Ondras, Conductor
Risa Renae Harman, Soprano
Elise DesChamps, Mezzo-Soprano
Brian Banion, Baritone
John Bragle, Tenor
In celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, the orchestra entertains with the last complete symphony by Beethoven. Hear it Tuesday, July 21 at 8 p.m. at the Great Lakes Center for the Arts in Bay Harbor. Regarded as one of his greatest works and one of the supreme achievements in the history of western music, “Beethoven’s 9th” stands as one of the most performed symphonies in the world. Joining the larger than usual orchestra will be guest choirs from across the state, combining over 80 voices to accompany the orchestral masterpiece. Tickets: $25-50, age 18 under Free. Tickets and more information at glcorchestra.org or call 231.487.0010

This event will be held at the Great Lakes Center for the Arts.
Reserved Seating: $50, $35, $25
Ages 18 and under are FREE.

Take to the Sky (CANCELLED)
2020-06-07 16:00 - 18:00 | Location TBD
This event has been cancelled.
Featuring award-winning violin soloist, Dmitri Berlinsky!
Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, “Pastoral Symphony” or Recollections of Country Life” expresses Beethoven’s affinity for nature and his love for walks through the country outside Vienna.
Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending is a gentle, introspective work. It is one of the supreme achievements of English landscape painting extoling the untroubled joys of nature, the call of the lark, and the genial folk music of earlier times.
Resphighi, Gli Uccelli “The Birds” is a suite of pieces is based on various 18th century composers. The Birds is an attempt to depict the bird songs and fluttering wings of the Dove, the Hen, the Nightingale and the Cuckoo.
Einojuhani Rautavaara, Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61 Probably Rautavaara’s best-known work, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra, incorporates tape recordings of birdsongs recorded near the Arctic Circle and on the bogs of Liminka in northern Finland.
Reserved Seating: $50, $35, $25
General Admission: $25
Ages 18 and under are FREE.

Sunday Series: Violin, Horn, Piano Trio
2020-02-23 16:00 - 17:00 | First Presbyterian Church, Petoskey, 501 E Mitchell St, Petoskey, MI, 49770
The trio of Paul Sonner, violin; Julie Schleif, Horn; and Steve Larson, piano will perform Trio, opus 44 by Lennox Berkeley and Sonata, opus 93 by Andrew Downes at First Presbyterian Church in Petoskey at 4:00 PM Sunday February 23.
Sunday Series provides free chamber music with small ensembles of musicians from the orchestra. The venue location rotates throughout northern Michigan neighborhoods. Generous support for the Sunday Series is provided by Carolyn Klender.

Sunday Series: The Complete Chopin Preludes and Harp Selections
2020-01-12 16:00 - 17:00 | First Presbyterian Church, Harbor Springs
Sunday Series provides free chamber music with small ensembles of musicians from the orchestra. The venue location rotates throughout northern Michigan neighborhoods. Generous support for the Sunday Series is provided by Carolyn Klender.
Cheryl Staats received a Master of Fine Arts degree in piano performance from the University of Minnesota, and later invested in extensive post-graduate performance study at Indiana University and The University of Texas at Austin. She has presented solo piano recitals and collaborative vocal and instrumental recitals in Ohio, Colorado, Indiana, Minnesota, and Texas. In addition to performing, Ms. Staats also has been active in professional music teacher associations, serving in many executive positions, including as President, for music organizations in several states, and organizing various competitions and festivals. She served as Executive Director of the Boulder Bach Festival for many years, administering an annual budget of $100,000+ and producing performances throughout the year which featured the great Baroque composer.
Joan Raeburn Holland is the Associate Professor of Harp for the University of Michigan and Instructor of Harp for the Interlochen Arts Academy and Arts Camp. Joan performs as principal harp for the Midland Symphony, Co-Principal for the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, the Lexington Bach Festival and also, played several years with the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra. An avid chamber musician and soloist, Joan participates in various chamber music series recitals and as concerto soloist.

Handel's Messiah
2019-12-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Great Lakes Center for the Arts, 800 Bay Harbor Dr., Petoskey, Michigan, 49770
The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra and Chorus is proud to present our annual Messiah concert. The performance includes Parts I, II and III of this beloved work. Handel’s Messiah, an oratorio, is set in three sections, the first concerns the Prophecy and the Nativity, the second the Passion and Resurrection and the final section, the Resurrection of all humankind. This event will be held at The Great Lakes Center for the Arts.
Reserved Seating: $50, $35, $25
Ages 18 and under are FREE.

NEW VENUE! Handel's Messiah
2019-12-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Great Lakes Center for the Arts, 800 Bay Harbor Dr., Petoskey, Michigan, 49770
The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra and Chorus is proud to present our annual Messiah concert. The performance includes Parts I, II and III of this beloved work. Handel’s Messiah, an oratorio, is set in three sections, the first concerns the Prophecy and the Nativity, the second the Passion and Resurrection and the final section, the Resurrection of all humankind. This event will be held at GREAT LAKES CENTER FOR THE ARTS.
Reserved Seating: $50, $35, $25
Ages 18 and under are FREE.

Sunday Series: The Cummings String Quartet
2019-11-03 16:00 - 17:00 | First Presbyterian Church, Boyne City
The Cummings String Quartet is a northern Michigan-based ensemble of professionals who perform with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra and the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra. Named after the benefactors of the Dorothy Gerber Strings Program, the quartet also serves as teachers and artistic representatives of the Gerber program.
Sunday Series provides free chamber music with small ensembles of musicians from the orchestra. The venue location rotates throughout northern Michigan neighborhoods. Generous support for the Sunday Series is provided by Carolyn Klender.

Angels and Demons
2019-10-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Great Lakes Center for the Arts, 800 Bay Harbor Dr., Petoskey, Michigan, 49770
Join the The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra on Sunday, October 27th at 7:00PM, as they welcome the Crooked Tree Arts Center School of Ballet dancers on stage during the Angels and Demons concert, featuring music by Schubert, Death and the Maiden, André Caplet’s Masque of the Red Death and Ravel, Pavane for a Dead Infante. This performance will be at the Great Lakes Center for the Arts. Pre-Concert talk by Music Director Libor Ondras at 6:00 PM

Reserved Seating: $50, $35, $25
Ages 18 and under are FREE.

The Violet Viola Concerto
2019-09-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Great Lakes Center for the Arts, 800 Bay Harbor Dr., Petoskey, Michigan, 49770
Season opening concert presenting the World premiere of a newly commissioned work by composer, David Lockington entitled, The Violet Viola Concerto. This piece was written for the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra and Music Director and violist, Libor Ondras, and was inspired by the birth of Lockington’s granddaughter, Violet. ll Señor Bruschino Overture by Gioachino Rossini and Variaciones Concertantes by Alberto Ginastera will also be on the program. This performance will be at the Great Lakes Center for the Arts. Pre-Concert talk by Music Director Libor Ondras and composer, David Lockington at a special time- 5:45 PM

Reserved Seating: $50, $35, $25
Ages 18 and under are FREE.
Veterans call 231.487.0010 for special pricing.

Celestial Summer with GLCO!
2019-07-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Raven Hill Discovery Center, 4737 Fuller Road, East Jordan, MI, 49727
Our summer concert series features pieces that are inspired by space exploration, as well as by planets in the solar system. These selections provide adequate tempo and stylistic contrast, and represent different historical periods. Selections include: G P. Telemann: Klinende Geographie, P. Sarasate: Navarra op 33, A. J. Kernis: Musica Celestis, and Gustav Holst: The Planets.
This event takes place at Raven Hill Discovery Center, 4737 Fuller Road, East Jordan. There is no charge for this concert.

Celestial Summer with GLCO!
2019-07-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Mission Point Resort, Mackinac Island, One Lakeshore Drive, Mackinac Island, MI, 49757
Our summer concert series features pieces that are inspired by space exploration, as well as by planets in the solar system. These selections provide adequate tempo and stylistic contrast, and represent different historical periods. Selections include: G P. Telemann: Klingende Geographie, P. Sarasate: Navarra op 33, A. J. Kernis: Musica Celestis, and Gustav Holst: The Planets.
This event takes place at Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island. There is no charge for this concert.

Midsummer Night's Dream
2019-07-11 20:00 - 22:00 | Great Lakes Center for the Arts, 800 Bay Harbor Dr., Petoskey, Michigan, 49770
A delightful classic. As a part of the Great Lake Center for the Arts’ summer concert series, the Orchestra presents Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture and Symphony No. 3 along with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4. Pre-Concert Talk by Music Director Libor Ondras at 7:00 PM
Reserved Seating: $50, $35, $25

Woodwind Ensemble
2019-05-05 16:00 - 18:00 | First Presbyterian Church, Harbor Springs
Sunday Recital Series: Woodwind Ensemble
Generous support for the Sunday Recital Series is provided by Carolyn Klender.

Violins of Hope – Music of Terezín
2019-04-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Great Lakes Center for the Arts, 800 Bay Harbor Dr., Petoskey, Michigan, 49770
Concert: Violins of Hope – Music of Terezín
Violins of Hopefounder, Amon Weinstein, has spent decades restoring violins once played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust. Experience the emotion of hearing a Violin of Hope performed by members of the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra presenting works from P. Haas and G.Klein, composers and musicians at Terezin, in addition to selections from the Mozart Requiem with chorus, Symphony for Strings by Shostakovich and the theme from Shindler’s List by John Williams.
Reserved Seating: $25, $35, and $50
Ages 18 and under are FREE
Please call the GLCO office to purchase handicapped seats, 231-487-0010.

Double Reeds
2019-04-07 16:00 - 18:00 | Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Petoskey
Sunday Recital Series: Double Reeds
Generous support for the Sunday Recital Series is provided by Carolyn Klender.

The Cummings String Quartet
2019-03-24 16:00 - 18:00 | First Presbyterian Church, Boyne City
Cummings String Quartet will perform the String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 by Felix Mendelssohn and the String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber.
The Cummings String Quartet is a northern Michigan-based ensemble of professionals who perform with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra and the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra. Named after the benefactors of the Dorothy Gerber Strings Program, the quartet also serves as teachers and artistic representatives of the Gerber program.

Mozart Clarinet Quintet & Brass Ensemble
2019-02-24 16:00 - 18:00 | First Presbyterian Church, Harbor Springs
*CANCELLED* Due to poor weather conditions, this concert has been cancelled.
The Mozart Clarinet Quintet performs the Mozart Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet, in A Major, K 581.Amy Glover, clarinetist, joins violinists, Paul Sonner, Kaylee Erlewein, Ann Schoelles, viola and cellist, Crispin Campbell. The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra Brass quintet will perform Paul Dukas’s Fanfare from La Peri, Victor Ewald’s Quintet No. 1, Lowell Shaw’s Pocket Full of Wry, and Leonard Lebow’s Popular Suite. Members of the Quintet include,Par Jarve, trumpet, Carl Hawkins, tuba, Bev Isenbarger, horn, Vern Campbell, trumpet, and Ed Bahr trombone.

Piano Duo
2019-01-13 16:00 - 18:00 | First Presbyterian Church, Harbor Springs
Sunday Recital Series: Piano Duo
Featuring: Michelle Mitchum & Robin McCarty
Generous support for the Sunday Recital Series is provided by Carolyn Klender.

Handel’s Messiah
2018-12-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Great Lakes Center for the Arts, 800 Bay Harbor Dr., Petoskey, Michigan, 49770
Concert: Handel’s Messiah
The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra and Chorus is proud to present our annual Messiah concert. For the first time in many years, the performance includes Parts I, II and III of this beloved work. Handel’s Messiah, an oratorio, is set in three sections, the first concerns the Prophecy and the Nativity, the second the Passion and Resurrection and the final section, the Resurrection of all humankind.
Featuring: Laura Osgood Brown, soprano, Christine Amon, mezzo soprano, Richard Fracker, tenor, Jason Coffey, baritone
Reserved Seating: $50, $35
General Admission: $25
Ages 18 and under are FREE.

Handel’s Messiah
2018-12-20 19:00 - 21:00 | St. Francis Xavier Church, Petoskey

L'Histoire du Soldat
2018-11-04 16:00 - 18:00 | First Congregational Church, Charlevoix
Sunday Recital Series: L’Histoire du Soldat
Based on the Russian folktale The Runaway Soldier and the Devil, this piece composed by Igor Stravinsky brings to life the parable of the soldier who trades his fiddle to the devil in return for riches. A performance not to be missed!
Generous support for the Sunday Recital Series is provided by Carolyn Klender.

Young People's Concert
2018-10-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Petoskey Middle School
Concert: Young People’s Concert
Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra and music by John Williams including selections from Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park and ET.
Special appearance by: Local FIRST Robotics Teams
Featuring: Thomas Agee, Trumpet, Winner of the 2018 Charles F. Davis Young Artist Competition
Ages 18 and under are FREE.

Great Lakes. Great Music.
2018-09-08 15:00 - 17:00 | Great Lakes Center for the Arts, 800 Bay Harbor Dr., Petoskey, Michigan, 49770
Concert: An Evening of the World’s Greatest Music
Smetana, Bartered Bride Overture
Bernstein, Choruses from Candide
Copland, El Salon Mexico
Brahms, Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra Op. 102.
Featuring: Dylana Jenson, violin, and David Lockington, cello
