Little Bay LIVE!
strives to open up programming that serves a wide spectrum of the population. This program brings music to the community through FREE small ensemble performances and engages the general public in local music experiences, lifting exposure to diversity in and through music.
Summer 2023 Performances
Wednesday, June 21st, 2:00 PM
Charlevoix Library Children’s Garden
Clarinet Quartet with JoCindee Gasco, Tim Topolewski, Jayne Winchester, and Kris McKay
Tuesday, June 27th, 6:00 PM
Harbor Springs Night of the Arts (downtown next to Oil Paintings by Karen Rolfes)
Horn Quartet with Emily Boyer, Brian Carter, Laura Hood, and Julie Schleif
Thursday, June 29th, 5:00 PM
Bluestem Meadow Labryinth Dedication & Celebration, Offield Family Viewlands
String Trio with Cheryl Zetterholm, violin, Sherri Marttilla, violin, and Marga Eickholt, cello
Tuesday, July 11, 1:00 PM
Perry Farm Village, Harbor Springs
Timm Johnson, bass; Tim Mocny, percussion; Libor Ondras, viola; Bob Sagan, percussion
Lookback:
Summer 2022 Performances
Thursday, June 9, 4 PM
Charlevoix Summer Open House
String Duo with Trisha Berquist and Byron Farrar
Tuesday, June 28, 5:30 PM
Harbor Springs Night of the Arts (downtown next to Oil Paintings by Karen Rolfes)
Horn Ensemble
Thursday, July 7, 2 PM
Perry Farm Village, Harbor Springs
Ann Schoelles, viola, & Lynn Hansen, oboe
Friday, July 8, 12 PM
Pennsylvania Park Gazebo, Petoskey
Tim Mocny, percussion ensemble
Sunday, July 31, 4:00 PM
Marina Park, Harbor Springs
Hannah Harris, fiddle, and John Warstler, guitar
Northern Michigan duo Hannah Harris
and John Warstler bring out the area’s Irish heritage with their
traditional music performance. They have been performing together since
2017 and in 2020 released an album, Tea for Tunes. From lively dance
tunes to haunting melodies, they encompass a truly authentic picture of
Irish traditional music.”
Monday, August 22, 4 PM
St. Anne’s Church, Mackinac Island
‘Clarinets on the Loose’ ensemble
Tim Topolewski is a Professor Emeritus from the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, New York. He is a published author, arranger and conductor who has lectured and performed throughout the United States, Canada, Australia and Mexico. He played with the US Army Band – thank you for your service, Tim. He spends his free time working on his wood lathe. “Turning wood gives new life to everyday items that may otherwise end up in a land fill.” He uses old piano parts to create amazing works of art.
Charlie MacInnis plays clarinet and bass clarinet and has played in various symphonic bands, community bands and ensembles around the area. He has been with the GLCO for at least a dozen years and especially loves the big bass clarinet. He’s a pilot and each year donates a sightseeing flight to the Crescendo fundraiser to help raise money for the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra. Charlie lives in Harbor Springs with his wife, Kate.
JoCindee Gasco graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy studying clarinet and creative writing. Her focus was in music performance and she has played the clarinet in various orchestras, bands and ensembles throughout Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky. Her day job is as a psychologist in private practice in Petoskey. She specializes in substance use addiction and trauma recovery. We like having her in the group as she is a good listener!
Jayne Bennett Winchester is a former Band Director and Music Teacher graduating from CMU with a music performance degree and an elementary endorsement which lead her to teach everything from Computers, to PE, Art, Choir, Band and Orchestra. She plays in two jazz bands in the area, GLCO, and various other small ensembles and Community Bands. Her hobbies include working with fabrics in quilting including various artistic renditions created with cloth.
We all LOVE playing our instruments and it is something we can continue to do as long as we like. We encourage young people to learn to play a musical instrument because there are always local groups in which to play and no one ever sits on the bench in music.
Wednesday, August 24, 5 PM
Bay View, Petoskey
Los Altos (viola ensemble)
Tuesday, August 30, 5:30 PM
Bidwell Outdoor Plaza, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey
***MUSICIAN UPDATE 8/29/22***
Elizabeth Bert, Cello, and Lynn Hansen, Oboe
