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In “On Holt Avenue”, each of the four movements presents a small vignette from Jenni’s memories of daily life in her apartment in a particular Los Angeles neighborhood.
Category: Musical Musings, New Voices, PerformancesTags: Benzie County, Benzie Wild Rose Society, California, Classical Music, composers, concert, female composers, Interlochen, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Jason McKinney, Jenni Brandon, Los Angeles, manitou winds, modern music, New Voices, Northern Michigan, oboe, On Holt Avenue, piano, sonata, Susan Snyder, woodwind
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In Baldwin’s “Landscapes”, the music delves into the life story of the artist, evoking the symbolism of the imagery while translating it into the unique timbres of the quartet.
Category: Musical Musings, New Voices, PerformancesTags: Anne Bara, bassoon, Benzie County, Benzie Wild Rose Society, chamber group, Christina Duperron, clarinet, Classical Music, composers, concert, Daniel Baldwin, Frankfort, Frederic Edwin Church, french horn, horn, Jason McKinney, Landscapes, Laura Hood, manitou winds, modern music, New Voices, Northern Michigan, piano, quartet, woodwind
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Laura composed “First Flight” to honor her friend Rebecca Lessard, founder of Wings of Wonder, a raptor rehabilitation center and sanctuary based in Empire, MI.
Category: Musical Musings, New Voices, PerformancesTags: Anne Bara, Benzie County, Benzie Wild Rose Society, chamber group, Chamber Music, clarinet, Classical Music, composers, Empire, flute, guitar, harp, Jason McKinney, Laura Hood, Leelanau County, manitou winds, modern music, New Voices, Northern Michigan, performance, quartet, Rebecca Lessard, Sam Clark, Wings of Wonder, woodwind
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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 April 14, 2026
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One of my fondest memories of moving to our home in Northern Michigan was waking up on that first morning, looking out the window, and seeing the old ash tree at the edge of the front lawn. It was majestic and stately, easily setting… Continue Reading “The Old Ash Tree”
Category: A Celtic Summertide, PerformancesTags: A Celtic Summertide, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Stories, BASO feature, bassoon, Benzie County, Chamber Music, clarinet, composition, concert, featured summer, flute, Frankfort, guitar, harp, Jason McKinney, lever harp, manitou winds, Oliver Art Center, The Old Ash Tree
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Do inanimate objects have a narrative, a story to tell from their perspective? Can ordinary objects be viewed as works of art? Artists have explored this concept throughout history in one form or another, but composer Jenni Brandon (b. 1977) may be the first… Continue Reading “Found Objects”
Category: Found ObjectsTags: Anne Bara, bassoon, Christina Duperron, clarinet, concert, Found Objects, Grace Episcopal Church, Jason McKinney, Jenni Brandon, manitou winds, oboe, PEN Trio, Reed Trio, spring concert, Traverse City, Trio D'Anches, woodwind, woodwind trio
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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, featured summer, 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
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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
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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
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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, Frankfort, Gaeilge, harp, Jason McKinney, jt mckinney, jtmckinney, Laura Hood, lever harp, Oliver Art Center, orkney islands, Scotland, Scottish Music, SeoithÃn Seo Hó, shetland islands, The Garden Theater, Thugamar Féin an Samhradh Linn
