Posted on November 13, 2019
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Manitou Winds’ 2019 Winter Songs & Carols program celebrates home, holidays, and hygge. To prepare for this year’s concert, we’re excited to bring you Comfort & Joy: a new series of musically and seasonally-inspired recipes from the Woodwind Gourmet. My most cherished holiday memories… Continue Reading “Cáca Nollag”
Category: Comfort & Joy, Woodwind GourmetTags: Cáca Nollag, Christmas, featured winter, fruitcake, holiday baking, Ireland, Irish Christmas Cake, Irish Recipes, Irish Whiskey, Nollaig, Winter Songs & Carols, Winter Songs and Carols, woodwind gourmet
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 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 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 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 November 19, 2015
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This post was written in preparation for our December 2015 Winter Songs & Carols concert. For information about our next Winter Songs & Carols program or our other seasonal performances, visit our Performances page. While putting together arrangements and selections for Manitou Winds’”Winter Songs… Continue Reading “Three Celtic Carols”
Category: Musical Musings, Performances, Winter Songs & Carols, WS&C 2015Tags: bassoon, Brittany, Carlos Nunez, Celtic Christmas, Celtic Music, chamber group, Chamber Music, clarinet, featured winter, flute, France, Galicia, horn, Ireland, jt mckinney, jtmckinney, manitou winds, Northern Michigan, oboe, Spain, Three Celtic Carols, wind quintet, Winter Songs and Carols, world premiere
