Posted on November 6, 2018
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As musicians, we translate written music—the composer’s instructions and all the technical demands—into an active, emotional experience for an audience. During our rehearsals, we often discuss where we think a piece is going—the story it’s telling, the images it brings to our minds, or…
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Category: Musical MusingsTags: composition, concert, featured winter, Grace Episcopal Church, Jan Ross, Jason McKinney, Leelanau County, manitou winds, narration, Northern Michigan, temporal art, Traverse City, Winter, Winter Songs & Carols, wintertime
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…
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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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A story ripped from its song, turned into a poem, and then married to a tune borrowed from yet another song — what a tangled web!
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Category: A Celtic Summertide, PerformancesTags: A Celtic Summertide, Benzie County, Celtic Music, Down By the Salley Gardens, Emily Curtin Culler, 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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Collaborating artist Emily Curtin Culler, soprano, will premiere a new collection of Irish songs and join us in other traditional works specially arranged for this concert.
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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, flute, folk music, Frankfort, french horn, horn, Ireland, Jason McKinney, 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….
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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 27, 2017
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“One tiny child can save the world One shining light can show the way Beyond these tears for what I’ve lost There’s still my joy for Christmas Day.” — from There’s Still My Joy by Beth Nielsen Chapman If you’ve attended a recent musical…
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Category: Performances, Winter Songs & Carols, WS&C 2017Tags: art of collaboration, chamber group, Chamber Music, Christmas Carols, Christy Burich, concert, Grace Episcopal Church, grief and loss, Leelanau County, manitou winds, Northern Michigan, The Leelanau School, Traverse City, 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…
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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 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…
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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 13, 2017
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In the final variation in our Dolce e Delizioso collection, we’ll turn a single cake layer into a decadent layered dessert that will make an impressive presentation in a trifle dish or can be made into elegant individual servings.
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Category: dolce e delizioso, Theme & Variations, Woodwind GourmetTags: Beulah, chamber group, Chamber Music, coffee, concert, dessert, dolce e delizioso, Frankfort, manitou winds, Mozart, musical recipes, Northern Michigan, recipes, theme and variations, toffee, toffee-coffee trifle, Variety: It's the Spice, woodwind gourmet
Posted on August 30, 2017
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In this final collection of recipes, we’ll play sweetly in the kitchen; calling upon a single versatile cake recipe to deliver an array of tempting treats fit for finishing a meal or rounding out a special occasion.
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Category: dolce e delizioso, Theme & Variations, Woodwind GourmetTags: Beulah, blueberry compote, butter cake, chamber group, Chamber Music, dolce e delizioso, easy yellow cake, Frankfort, golden butter cake, manitou winds, musical recipes, Northern Michigan, recipes, strawberries, Variety: It's the Spice, woodwind gourmet, yellow cake
