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Welcome to our
41st Season!
DONATE TO DCWS For 41 seasons, your generosity has allowed us to create innovative musical experiences that are unsurpassed anywhere in our region. Thanks to your dedication and enthusiasm, we continue to push ourselves and our beloved art form to new heights. The success of DCWS is a result of our devoted donors.
Artistry. Intimacy. Informality. As we celebrate our 41st Season, we invite you to reconnect with Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings as we present three innovative concert series designed to create a personal connection between audience members and diverse repertoire: the Signature Series, the Nightnotes Series and the Structurally Sound Series.
Become a supporter of DCWS today by making a contribution. Your tax-deductible gift to our organization helps to ensure outstanding chamber music as a staple in our community.
Marcus Schoon
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2022-23 Ensemble Members MAURY OKUN, Musician Laureate H. ROBERT REYNOLDS, Artistic Advisor Laureate & Conductor Marcus Schoon, bassoon Garth Simmons, trombone Scott Strong, horn Kenneth Thompkins, trombone James VanValkenburg, viola TIMOTHY WEISS, Guest Conductor & Artistic Advisor Robert White, trumpet
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Reconnect
2022-23 24901 Northwestern Highway, Suite 312 Southfield, MI 48075
David Ammer, trumpet Stephen Anderson, trumpet Amanda Blaikie, flute MONICA FOSNAUGH, oboe and English horn Kevin Good, trumpet David Jackson, trombone Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy, violin Victoria King, Musician Laureate ALEX KINMONTH, oboe Laurence Liberson, clarinet Timothy McAllister, saxophone & Artistic Advisor
It all begins with the music. DCWS was born from our musicians’ desire to perform amazing repertoire that was not part of their professional life. These are great pieces, but their instrumentation doesn’t easily fit into the 21st-century American music world. For example, I love the Stravinsky Mass. It is scored for ten musicians — too small for symphony orchestras and bands but too large for standard quartets and quintets. Over the last forty years, I’ve only heard this piece performed live twice. Both performances were excellent, and both were by DCWS. In April, we’ll present this piece again, this time with the wonderful Western Michigan University Chorale both in Bloomfield Hills and Kalamazoo. Of course, great performances require great players. DCWS is honored to regularly present some of the region’s most celebrated artists. They make amazing music with their friends, and they share it with an adventuresome and appreciative audience. Chamber music is often described as an intimate conversation between musical friends. We present concerts in venues that offer the opportunity to share our musicians up close and personal. And we do it with reverence and humility. While we give the music all the respect in the world, we strive to break down the barriers between performers and audiences that sometimes pervade classical music. How formal can one be when sharing a great concert in a rug store? The music counts. The performers count. The formality? Not so much. As we enter our fifth decade, there is so much joy to share. Thank you for making that possible. Reconnect, and remember how much we have to be thankful for.
Maury Okun, President
Garth Simmons
Signature Series
Nightnotes series
Structurally sound
Ticket Information
This series provides the opportunity to experience chamber music in its traditional setting. The series features exceptional musicianship and innovative programming in exciting venues throughout metro Detroit.
This casual and intimate series has solidified itself as a fan favorite among DCWS attendees. Meet fresh faces and friends at Hagopian World of Rugs in Birmingham on Fridays at 7:30 p.m.
Our nationally recognized series returns with three amazing explorations of unique Detroit spaces. Structurally Sound is part concert, part historical presentation providing a one-of-a-kind look at architecturally or historically significant venues by relating musical repertoire to the unique qualities of each space. The 2022-23 series is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
TICKETs:
Advance Tickets: General $30 | Senior $25
Sunday, November 6 at 3PM | St. Matthew’s & St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church
DCWS subscribers receive benefits, including: • The greatest selection of seats in our reserved subscriber seating • 15% Discount when you purchase 6+ tickets • Invitation to a Subscriber only ‘Artist Meet & Greet’
Sunday, February 26 at 3PM | Detroit Institute of Arts at the Bearden Mural
Subscribe and Save! Choose six or more of our Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings concerts from any series to make your perfect season package!
Advance Tickets: General $30 | Senior: $25
HOLIDAY BRASS
Sunday, December 4 at 3PM | St. Matthew’s & St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church Saturday, December 10 at 3PM | Kirk in the Hills For Holiday Brass, accomplished young choirs from Rochester Stoney Creek and Ann Arbor Pioneer high schools join DCWS brass for seasonal favorites and a new holiday work from composer/conductor Scott Boerma.
THE SOLDIER’S TALE
Friday, January 27 at 7PM | Detroit Film Theatre at Detroit Institute of Arts Eisenhower Dance Detroit joins DCWS for a fully staged production of Igor Stravinsky’s miniature masterpiece, L’Histoire du soldat (The Soldier’s Tale). Following the dance performance will be the premiere of a Resonate reed quintet from Nathalie Joachim. This performance is part of the Detroit Institute of Arts’ “Friday Night Live” series. Tickets are free with museum admission. Online registration required. For more information call the DIA at 313-833-7900.
SYMPHONY IN BRASS
Sunday, March 5 at 3PM | Royal Oak First United Methodist DCWS’ big brass choir presents a performance including Eric Ewazen’s popular Symphony in Brass and a new Resonate brass quintet from composer George Lewis.
STRAVINSKY’S MASS with UNIVERSITY CHORALE
Sunday, April 2 at 3:30PM | Kirk in the Hills DCWS is joined by the Western Michigan University Chorale and conductor Kimberly Dunn Adams in a performance of Igor Stravinsky’s Mass, plus a new woodwind quintet from Resonate composer Pamela Z.
GREAT LAKES CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Advance Tickets: General $30 | Senior $25
BRAHMS CLARINET TRIO
October 7 | DSO clarinetist Jack Walters, cellist David LeDoux and pianist Jee-won Oh perform in a concert featuring the Brahms Clarinet Trio.
AMONG FRIENDS
November 18 | Our own DCWS trombonist David Jackson, Pittsburgh Symphony trumpeter Neal Berntsen and UofM Lecturer of Piano Amy I-Lin Cheng will join forces on works for trumpet, trombone and piano.
FRIDAY NIGHT FLUTES
March 24 | The DSO Flute Quartet curates an evening featuring music of one, two, three and four flutes.
CHILL VIBEs WITH BRANDEE YOUNGER
May 12 | Brandee Younger, Grammy Award-nominated jazz harpist, makes her DCWS debut.
Violinist Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy and pianist Alvin Waddles explore the intersection of gospel and classical music in this historic sanctuary.
Trombonist Kenneth Thompkins presents music by Black composers in front of Romare Bearden’s stunning mosaic “Quilting Time.” Tickets are free with DIA museum admission. Online registration required. For more information call the DIA at 313-833-7900
RECONNECT & RESONATE
Sunday, April 30 at 3PM | The Carr Center’s New Performance Studio The Kris Johnson Quartet presents music from the Big Band era in the Carr Center’s new performance studio.
Resonate Symposium
Thank you to our 2022-23 Institutional Funders
April 14-15, 2023 | at the Carr Center Join us for the conclusion of our Resonate series, a multi-year commissioning project, in partnership with the Carr Center, that explores the African Diaspora. This culminating symposium brings together all of the composers with musicians from each of the seven collaborating institutions: DCWS, the Carr Center, Oberlin Conservatory, Bowling Green State University, the University of Michigan/Ann Arbor, Michigan State University, and Western Michigan University. Learn more at detroitchamberwinds.org/programs.
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Butzel Long Center for Financial Planning Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Fred A. and Barbara Erb Family Foundation Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial Charitable Trust Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Hagopian World of Rugs The Kresge Foundation Michigan Council for Arts & Culture National Endowment for the Arts Pearl Planning Burton A. Zipser and Sandra D. Zipser Foundation
June 2 | A DSO String Quartet presents chamber music classics and a new Resonate work for piano and strings by Courtney Bryan.
Saturday, June 24 at 8PM | Seligman Performing Arts Center DCWS once again performs at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, sharing the stage with world-renowned chamber music luminaries.
Save the Date!
Advance Tickets: General $30 | Senior $25 Online - detroitchamberwinds.org | Phone - 248-559-2095 M-F 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
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Businesses and individuals who sponsor a concert during the DCWS season receive several benefits, including tickets and concert signage. This is a wonderful way to invest more fully in our concert programming. For more information, please contact Kameron Sheffield at 248-559-2095 or sheffield@art-ops.org
COVID-19 PROTOCOL
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ROARING ‘20S: RECONNECT CELEBRATION
How to Order Online – detroitchamberwinds.org | Phone – 248-559-2095 M-F 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Saturday, September 17 at 5 PM | Hunt Street Station For this year’s annual celebration, DCWS invites you to reconnect with friends and remarkable chamber performances. DCWS musicians take you through the ’20s in each century, with repertoire ranging from the 1720s to the 2020s. Performances will be interspersed throughout the celebration as you stroll through the historic Hunt Street Station.
Fees All tickets are $5 more when purchased at the door. We understand your concerns over safety during the COVID-19 pandemic and take them very seriously. If you can no longer make it to a concert and would wish to exchange your tickets for another concert, you may do so by calling 248-559-2095. We are currently waiving all exchange fees.
Tickets are limited to 100 and available on a first come, first served basis. Tickets: $80 | Contributor Recognition: $125 | Friend Recognition: $200
Discounts will be automatically taken after you complete your order. There is an additional $1.25 processing charge on all tickets. Refunds Refunds will only be offered if a performance is canceled. Due to the nature of the performing arts, programming and artists are subject to change. Please reach out to info@detroitchamberwinds.org or 248-559-2095 with any questions David Jackson
Alvin Waddles