Tag: Jason McKinney
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 January 20, 2017
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2016 was a dynamic year for Manitou Winds — many opportunities to get out into the community and share the intimate quality of chamber music while also spreading imagination, creativity, and inspiration through visual art from our collaborating artist, Ellie Harold. In April, Jason… Continue Reading “Manitou Winds in the media!”
Category: PerformancesTags: art, Chamber Music, Collaborating Artist, Ellie Harold, Frankfort, Jason McKinney, manitou winds, Marlaina Scarbrough, MINews 26, New Voices, Oliver Art Center, Summer Fantasies, Traverse City, WTCM radio
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 April 27, 2016
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“I did not sit down, one day, and decide I would write “Three Narratives,” says Jason McKinney. “The piece just happened to come together during a very difficult time in my life. The structure of the piece, the melodies inside the structure—these were all comforts to me, a way of coping.”
Category: Musical Musings, New Voices, PerformancesTags: bassoon, Benzie County, Benzie Wild Rose Society, chamber group, Chamber Music, clarinet, Classical Music, coming out, concert, flute, Frankfort, Jason McKinney, manitou winds, modern music, New Voices, Northern Michigan, oboe, piano, Three Narratives, woodwind
Posted on February 25, 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! With everyone here and all the dishes assembled and in place, it’s clear we’re… Continue Reading “Our Virtual Potluck: Part VI”
Category: Virtual Potluck, Woodwind GourmetTags: Anne Bara, bassoon, chamber group, Chamber Music, Christina Duperron, clarinet, composers, concert, dessert recipes, flute, french horn, gingerbread, horn, Jason McKinney, Laura Hood, Leelanau County, manitou winds, New Voices, Northern Michigan, oboe, pears, potluck, recipes, Sam Clark, Traverse City, trifle
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