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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 July 26, 2018
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Picture the scene: The year, 1880-ish. Ballysadare (Irish: Baile Easa Dara) – a tranquil bayside village in County Sligo. The poet William Butler Yeats, who had spent many summers here as a child, returns for another sojourn. In his wanderings about the village, he… Continue Reading “A Story that Lingers, a Tune that Wanders”
Category: A Celtic Summertide, PerformancesTags: A Celtic Summertide, Benzie County, Celtic Music, Down By the Salley Gardens, Emily Curtin Culler, featured anytime, featured celtic, flute, folk music, Frankfort, Gaeilge, harp, Ireland, Jason McKinney, Northern Michigan, Oliver Art Center, poetry, Sam Clark, soprano, The Mourlough Shore, W.B. Yeats, William Butler Yeats, Ye Rambling Boys of Pleasure
Posted on November 13, 2017
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In our annual winter concert, Manitou Winds presents a program of music, poetry, and prose inspiring you to embrace winter. Embracing winter can be tricky for some of us as it tends to arrive on our doorstep with a significant amount of baggage, doesn’t… Continue Reading “Listening for Silence”
Category: Musical Musings, Performances, Winter Songs & Carols, WS&C 2017Tags: Archibald Lampman, bassoon, clarinet, concert, Emily Curtin Culler, featured winter, flute, harp, Northern Michigan, piccolo, poetry, Snow, Winter, Winter Songs & Carols, Winter Songs and Carols, wintertime
Posted on September 25, 2017
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Our September 24th concert was an experiment: a test to see just how much variety could be crammed into a single concert program performed by a single ensemble. To up the ante, we also added an element of chance; allowing the audience to play… Continue Reading “Variety: It’s the Spice!”
Category: Performances, Variety: It's the SpiceTags: art, artist, bassoon, Benzie County, Beulah, chamber group, Chamber Music, Christina Duperron, concert, english horn, eric olson, flute, Frankfort, guitar, harp, horn, Jason McKinney, Laura Hood, Leelanau County, lever harp, lori feldpausch, manitou winds, oboe, piano, piccolo, Sam Clark, saxophone, st. andrews presbyterian church, Variety: It's the Spice
Posted on May 17, 2017
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In her latest work, “Sky Dance”, Laura composed both the music and the lyrics, arranging for flute, clarinet, ukulele, guitar, harp, and a very special mother-daughter vocal duet.
Category: Music Speaks, Musical Musings, PerformancesTags: Aurora Borealis, chamber group, Chamber Music, clarinet, composers, concert, Da Sister Hood, flute, folk music, Grace Episcopal Church, guitar, harp, Jessie Hood, Laura Hood, manitou winds, Music Speaks, Northern Lights, Northern Michigan, poetry, Sky Dance, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Traverse City, ukulele, words and music, world premiere
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
Posted on September 28, 2016
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This post was written in preparation for our September 2016 summer program. “The Secret Life of Barns (Cedar)” by Ellie Harold, 2016 Collaborating Artist For our Summer Fantasies concert, we invite you to join us in a colorful journey for the imagination as we… Continue Reading “Three Fiddle Tunes”
Category: Musical Musings, Performances, Summer FantasiesTags: Anne Bara, Cape Breton, ceilidh, Celtic Music, Chamber Music, clarinet, concert, featured celtic, flute, folk dances, folk music, Frankfort, harp, hornpipe, J.S. Skinner, Jason McKinney, Joey Beaton, manitou winds, Northern Michigan, Nova Scotia, Oliver Art Center, piano, reel, Sam Clark, Scotland, Scottish Music, Summer Fantasies
Posted on September 21, 2016
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This post was written in preparation for our September 2016 summer program. “The Secret Life of Barns (Cedar)” by Ellie Harold, 2016 Collaborating Artist For our Summer Fantasies concert, we invite you to join us in a colorful journey for the imagination as we… Continue Reading “Summer Waltzes Out”
Category: Musical Musings, Performances, Summer FantasiesTags: Benzie County, chamber group, Chamber Music, clarinet, composers, composition, Ellie Harold, flute, Frankfort, guitar, harp, Laura Hood, Leelanau County, manitou winds, Northern Michigan, Oliver Art Center, quartet, Summer, Summer Fantasies, Summer Waltz
Posted on February 3, 2016
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The table is set, the buffet dishes are in place, the napkins are neatly folded, the kitties are on their best behavior. It’s time for the Manitou Winds Virtual Potluck! The table is filling up… it’s already starting to smell great in here. Did… Continue Reading “Our Virtual Potluck: Part III”
Category: Virtual Potluck, Woodwind GourmetTags: Brown Bread, chamber group, Classical Music, harp, Irish Recipes, Jason McKinney, Leelanau County, manitou winds, Northern Michigan, oboe, piano, potluck, recipes, Shepherd's Pie, Winter Songs and Carols, woodwind, woodwind gourmet