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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 March 13, 2019
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On Saturday, March 9, 2019, we invited everyone to Rove Estate Vineyard & Winery in Leelanau County to celebrate with us in the release of our debut album, First Flight. An afternoon of excellent local wine and beautiful local music, it was great to… Continue Reading “Album Release Party!”
Category: PerformancesTags: Anne Bara, bassoon, CD release party, Celtic Music, Christina Duperron, clarinet, composer, First Flight, flute, french horn, guitar, harp, horn, Jason McKinney, Laura Hood, Leelanau County, lever harp, oboe, Rove Estate Vineyard & Winery, Sam Clark, soprano saxophone, Traverse City
Posted on August 18, 2018
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Thank You to everyone who came out to experience “A Celtic Summertide” with us at the Oliver Art Center in Frankfort! It was a lovely evening of music and art made all the lovelier by the warmth of your company. The gallery became filled… Continue Reading “A Celtic Summertide: Thank You!”
Category: A Celtic Summertide, PerformancesTags: A Celtic Summertide, Anne Bara, bassoon, Cape Breton, Celtic Music, Chamber Music, Christina Duperron, clarinet, composition, concert, Ellie Harold, Emily Curtin Culler, english horn, flute, Frankfort, french horn, guitar, harp, horn, In Studio A, Interlochen Public Radio, IPR, Ireland, Jason McKinney, Laura Hood, manitou winds, Northern Michigan, Nova Scotia, O'Carolan, O'Carolan's Symphony, oboe, Oliver Art Center, Sam Clark, Scotland, soprano
Posted on August 1, 2018
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When I began studying lever harp in 2010, one of the volumes of harp music I purchased was a collection of tunes by O’Carolan*. Exploring the tunes while also teaching myself to play the harp, I eventually read more and more about the composer,… Continue Reading “O’Carolan Reimagined”
Category: A Celtic Summertide, PerformancesTags: A Celtic Summertide, bassoon, Benzie County, Carolan, Celtic Music, Chamber Music, clarinet, composition, concert, featured celtic, featured spring, flute, Frankfort, french horn, George Brabazon, harp, horn, Ireland, Jason McKinney, jtmckinney, Lady Athenry, manitou winds, Mrs. Power, O'Carolan, O'Carolan's Symphony, Oliver Art Center, Planxty Burke
Posted on July 18, 2018
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If you’ve attended a Manitou Winds concert, recently, you’ve no doubt experienced the wonderful voice of Emily Curtin Culler. Whether singing an aria from a Baroque cantata, a classic German lieder, or a traditional Irish lullaby, Emily’s voice has tremendous dynamic range and is… Continue Reading “A Celtic Summertide: The Art of Collaboration”
Category: A Celtic Summertide, PerformancesTags: A Celtic Summertide, art of collaboration, bassoon, Bealtaine, Beidh Aonach Amárach, Benzie County, Celtic Music, Chamber Music, clarinet, composers, composition, concert, Dandling Songs, Emily Curtin Culler, featured celtic, featured summer, flute, folk music, Frankfort, french horn, horn, Ireland, Jason McKinney, jt mckinney, jtmckinney, lullaby, manitou winds, Northern Michigan, oboe, Oliver Art Center, Seoithín Seo Hó, soprano, Summer, Thugamar Féin an Samhradh Linn, Trí Amhrán as Éirinn, wind quintet
Posted on December 9, 2017
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Thank you to everyone who came to hear Manitou Winds’ 2017 Winter Songs & Carols program. Each year, we put together a unique collection of songs in various styles performed on many different instruments to inspire you to embrace the entire season of winter.… Continue Reading “Winter Songs & Carols: Our 2017 Concert Program”
Category: Performances, Winter Songs & Carols, WS&C 2017Tags: bassoon, chamber group, Chamber Music, Christmas Carols, Christy Burich, concert, Emily Curtin Culler, flute, french horn, Glen Arbor, Glen Arbor Art Association, Grace Episcopal Church, guitar, harp, horn, Jan Ross, Leelanau County, lever harp, manitou winds, Northern Michigan, oboe, piano, piccolo, soprano saxophone, The Leelanau School, Traverse City, ukulele, Winter, Winter Songs & Carols, Winter Songs and Carols
Posted on November 20, 2017
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“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” — Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) from The Rest is Noise When my paternal grandmother passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in December 2005, I had recently moved to Chicago and was unable to travel… Continue Reading “What the Stars Saw on the Prairie”
Category: Performances, Winter Songs & Carols, WS&C 2017Tags: bassoon, clarinet, collaboration, composition, featured winter, flute, french horn, Glen Arbor, Glen Arbor Art Association, Grace Episcopal Church, horn, Jason McKinney, Kathleen Ryan, Northern Michigan, piano, The Leelanau School, Traverse City, What the Stars Saw on the Prairie, Winter Songs & Carols, Winter Songs and Carols
Posted on May 3, 2017
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This post was written in preparation for our May 2017 concert, Music Speaks In our 2017 spring concert, Manitou Winds explores the meandering, mystical path connecting music and words. We’ve been discussing for the past few weeks how music can enliven poetry and prose… Continue Reading “A Bunch of Nonsense?”
Category: Music Speaks, Musical Musings, PerformancesTags: art songs, bassoon, chamber group, Chamber Music, clarinet, Classical Composers, composers, concert, David Jones, Edward Lear, Emily Curtin Culler, featured spring, flute, french horn, Grace Episcopal Church, horn, Jabberwocky, Lewis Carroll, manitou winds, Music Speaks, nonsense poetry, oboe, soprano, The Owl and the Pussycat, Traverse City, wind quintet, woodwind quintet
Posted on November 30, 2016
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In our annual winter concert, Manitou Winds presents a program of music, poetry, and prose inspiring you to embrace winter. Have you ever heard a tune that just kinda grabbed you by surprise and then stuck around? We have a lot of terms for… Continue Reading “St. Basil’s Hymn”
Category: Musical Musings, Performances, WS&C 2016Tags: bassoon, Chamber Music, Christmas Carols, clarinet, concert, Ellie Harold, featured winter, flute, french horn, George Winston, Glen Arbor, Glen Arbor Art Association, Greek Music, Greek Tradition, harp, horn, Jason McKinney, jt mckinney, jtmckinney, Malcolm Dalglish, Manitou Music Festival, manitou winds, SnowLight, St. Basil of Caesarea, St. Basil's Hymn, Traverse City, Winter, Winter Songs and Carols
Posted on November 16, 2016
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In our annual winter concert, Manitou Winds presents a program of music, poetry, and prose inspiring you to embrace winter. As creative director of Manitou Winds, I spend a lot of time searching through titles and listening to music, curating the individual pieces that… Continue Reading “A Manitou Christmas Medley”
Category: Musical Musings, Performances, Winter Songs & Carols, WS&C 2016Tags: Alfred Burt, Anne Bara, bassoon, chamber group, Chamber Music, Christina Duperron, Christmas Carols, clarinet, composers, composition, concert, Ellie Harold, featured winter, flute, french horn, Glen Arbor, Grace Episcopal Church, Grand Traverse County, guitar, harp, horn, Jason McKinney, Laura Hood, Leelanau County, manitou winds, oboe, oil on canvas, piano, Sam Clark, The Leelanau School, Traverse City, Winter, Winter Songs & Carols, Winter Songs and Carols, Winter Sunset, wintertime, woodwind