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Posted on September 9, 2022
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Here is my bouquet, here is a singsong of all the things you makeme think of, here is obliquepraise for the height and depthof you and the width too.Here is my box of new crayons at your feet. from “Colors Passing Through Us”, (New… Continue Reading “Colors Passing Through Us”
Category: Colors Passing Through Us, PerformancesTags: avian suite, Central United Methodist Church, Chamber Music, featured autumn, J.T. McKinney, manitou winds, marge piercy, Northern Michigan, organ, organ music, richard rodney bennett, stacey j. berk, swansea town, Thomas Bara, tom bara, travel notes 2, Traveling Mercies, Traverse City, wind quintet, Woodwind Quartet
Posted on September 9, 2022
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This article was published in preparation for our Spring 2018 performance. We’re proud to collaborate once again with Thomas Bara on October 15, 2022, and so we’re sharing it again! The organ studio at Interlochen Arts Academy is thoroughly alive and continues to thrive… Continue Reading “The Art of Collaboration: Thomas Bara”
Category: Colors Passing Through Us, PerformancesTags: art of collaboration, Central United Methodist Church, chamber group, Chamber Music, concert, featured autumn, J.T. McKinney, manitou winds, organ, organ music, Sojourn of Spring, spring concert, teaching music, Thomas Bara, Traverse City
Posted on May 18, 2022
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This post was originally published in preparation for our May 2016 performance. We’re sharing it again in anticipation of the world premiere of Jason’s first two works for symphony orchestra! We hope you’ll join us Saturday, July 9, as Manitou Winds joins with the… Continue Reading “It starts with a downbeat”
Category: PerformancesTags: BASO feature, Benzie Area Symphony Orchestra, chamber group, Chamber Music, Classical Music, composers, featured autumn, jt mckinney, manitou winds, modern music, Northern Michigan, Platte Plains, Ransom Lake, Tom Riccobono
Posted on November 15, 2021
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Ah, yes again, the mellow sun is cooler. Days are short and nights are longer by the fire of family love. The evening speaks of hearts together now; the harvest done, and gone to rest for winter’s coming home. – G. Norbett I’m sure… Continue Reading “2021 Winter Songs & Carols”
Category: Performances, Winter Songs & Carols, WS&C 2021Tags: Advent Concert, Christmas Concert, Christmas Music, Emily Curtin Culler, Grace Episcopal Church, Holiday Concert, manitou winds, Northern Michigan, Traverse City, Winter Songs & Carols
Posted on September 14, 2019
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Another original piece premiering at our 2019 A Celtic Summertide concert is a colorful quartet for flute, clarinet, guitar, & harp by our own Laura Hood! Entitled Happy Feet, it’s an up-tempo, spirited rejoinder to her quiet and serene Summer Waltz (which was included… Continue Reading “The Pitter-Patter”
Category: A Celtic Summertide, PerformancesTags: A Celtic Summertide, Anne Bara, BASO feature, Celtic Music, clarinet, composition, family memories, featured celtic, flute, Frankfort, guitar, harp, Jason McKinney, Laura Hood, Sam Clark, The Garden Theater
Posted on September 4, 2019
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One of the new selections on our 2019 A Celtic Summertide program was composed by Jason based on an old Irish folk tune. Folk tunes often have origins that are difficult or downright impossible to trace. Jason found his tune of choice was no… Continue Reading “Beneath Leafy Branches”
Category: A Celtic Summertide, PerformancesTags: A Celtic Summertide, Anne Bara, Baint Áirnidhe faoi Ghílúr na gCraobh, Celtic Music, clarinet, featured celtic, Frankfort, Gaeilge, guitar, harp, Irish Tunes, Jason McKinney, Kim Robertson, Laura Hood, The Garden Theater
Posted on August 24, 2019
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In the summer of 2018, we performed a concert at Frankfort’s Oliver Art Center featuring traditional and original music from Ireland, Scotland, Nova Scotia, & the United States. That August 2018 concert was such a resounding success and received such a positive response from… Continue Reading “A Celtic Summertide 2019”
Category: A Celtic Summertide, PerformancesTags: A Celtic Summertide, Beidh Aonach Amárach, Benzie County, Celtic Music, composer, Down By the Salley Gardens, Emily Curtin Culler, featured celtic, Frankfort, Gaeilge, harp, Jason McKinney, jt mckinney, jtmckinney, Laura Hood, lever harp, Oliver Art Center, orkney islands, Scotland, Scottish Music, Seoithín Seo Hó, shetland islands, The Garden Theater, Thugamar Féin an Samhradh Linn
Posted on May 1, 2019
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This post was written in preparation for our May 2019 concert, Found Objects. “Music takes a long time to speak—much longer than words by themselves” —Ralph Vaughan Williams Poetry and song have been natural companions since time immemorial, but in Western Classical music, it… Continue Reading “Finding the Words”
Category: Found Objects, PerformancesTags: art songs, concert, Emily Curtin Culler, Found Objects, Grace Episcopal Church, Jason McKinney, jt mckinney, jtmckinney, manitou winds, oboe, poetry, Ralph Vaughan Williams, soprano, spring concert, Ten Blake Songs, William Blake
Posted on April 24, 2019
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Inspiration can turn up anyplace, whether or not you’re searching for it. It can be found trailside on a walk through a familiar nature preserve, casually absorbed while people watching from your favorite café window, or even scribbled amid the pages of an old… Continue Reading “Whoa!”
Category: Found Objects, PerformancesTags: Anne Bara, bassoon, Bay View Wind Institute, Christina Duperron, clarinet, composition, flute, Found Objects, french horn, horn, horses, Jason McKinney, Laura Hood, oboe, paint horse, Sam Clark, Tony Manfredonia, Whoa!, wind quintet
Posted on April 17, 2019
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This post was written in preparation for our May 2019 concert, Found Objects. What is a bagatelle? Is it a fancy pasta shape traditionally served in a light béarnaise sauce? A hearty Italian bread served alongside a cheeseboard? Actually, it’s neither of those things,… Continue Reading “Spinning Tales from Seven Bagatelles”
Category: Found Objects, PerformancesTags: Anne Bara, Bagatelle, bassoon, Christina Duperron, clarinet, creative writing, fiction, flute, Found Objects, Jan Ross, Jason McKinney, jt mckinney, jtmckinney, oboe, PDQ Bach, peter schickele, reading, Sam Clark, Seven Bagatelles, Seven Unfinished Stories, short stories, Woodwind Quartet