Tag: Northern Michigan
Posted on August 24, 2017
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For the final variation in our Lines & Spaces series, we’ll swap out the greens for some colorful beans; and take out the ricotta, replacing it with nutty, creamy fontina to make a lasagna like no other!
Category: Lines & Spaces, Theme & Variations, Woodwind GourmetTags: Beulah, chamber group, Chamber Music, concert, Frankfort, Lasagna, lasagna con fagioli, Lines & Spaces, Lines and Spaces, manitou winds, musical recipes, no-boil lasagna, Northern Michigan, recipes, theme and variations, Variety: It's the Spice, woodwind gourmet
Posted on August 21, 2017
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Our concert on September 24th is going to be a celebration of musical variety — a daring departure from organization and the expected! Not only is everything on the program a secret, but even the musicians don’t know the order the concert will be… Continue Reading “Variety: It’s the Spice!”
Category: Performances, Variety: It's the SpiceTags: Beulah, chamber group, Chamber Music, concert, Crossword Puzzle, manitou winds, Music Puzzle, musical recipes, Northern Michigan, Variety: It's the Spice, wind quintet, woodwind quintet
Posted on August 16, 2017
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Our first variation spins our lines and spaces in a new, green direction — replacing meat with leafy Swiss chard for a lighter lasagna that still delivers the warm-fuzzies we expect from comfort food.
Category: Lines & Spaces, Theme & Variations, Woodwind GourmetTags: Beulah, chamber group, Chamber Music, Frankfort, Lasagna, Lines & Spaces, Lines and Spaces, musical recipes, Musical Staff, no-boil lasagna, Northern Michigan, recipes, swiss chard, Variety: It's the Spice, Vegetarian, woodwind gourmet
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 April 19, 2017
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This post was written in preparation for our May 2017 concert, Music Speaks In our 2017 spring concert, Manitou Winds explores the meandering, mystical path connecting music and words. Music and words are often united through a composer’s use of poetry or prose (i.e.,… Continue Reading “What’s in a Title?”
Category: Music Speaks, Musical Musings, PerformancesTags: chamber group, Chamber Music, concert, featured anytime, featured spring, Grace Episcopal Church, Leelanau County, manitou winds, Margie Guyot, Music Speaks, Northern Michigan, Pastoral, Pastorale, Persichetti, wind quintet
Posted on April 12, 2017
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We visit Possum Hollow, the home and gallery of our Spring 2017 collaborating artist, Margie Guyot.
Category: Music Speaks, Musical Musings, PerformancesTags: Antrim County, art, art of collaboration, artist, chamber group, Chamber Music, Collaborating Artist, concert, Fields North of Petoskey, manitou winds, Margie Guyot, Music Speaks, Northern Michigan, oil on canvas
Posted on November 9, 2016
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For our 2016 collaborating artist, Ellie Harold, winter is often a season of inner discovery. With the weather outside inhospitable for her paints and canvas, where else might an artist turn but inward?
Category: Performances, Winter Songs & Carols, WS&C 2016Tags: art, art of collaboration, artist, Benzie County, Chamber Music, Classical Music, Collaborating Artist, collaboration, concert, Ellie Harold, Frankfort, Glen Arbor, Glen Arbor Artists Association, Grace Episcopal Church, Grand Traverse County, landscape, Landscapes, Leelanau County, manitou winds, Michigan, Northern Michigan, SnowLight, The Leelanau School, Traverse City, Winter, Winter Songs & Carols, Winter Songs and Carols, Winter Sunset, wintertime
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 September 14, 2016
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Within our Summer Fantasies concert program, there are three pieces I’ve dubbed “reveries”. I refer to them this way primarily as an intentional nod to their French origins, but also because each was inspired by or intended to evoke a dream-like fantasy.
Category: Musical Musings, Performances, Summer FantasiesTags: bassoon, Benzie County, Cakewalk, Chamber Music, clarinet, Classical Music, Claude Debussy, concert, Debussy, Ellie Harold, Faure, flute, Frankfort, french horn, Gabriel Fauré, Gabriel Pierné, Golliwogg, horn, Impressionism, Lake Michigan, manitou winds, Northern Michigan, oboe, Oliver Art Center, paintings, piano, Pierne, Summer Fantasies, wind quintet, woodwind
