Beaver Island Michigan

To the Island:

Each difficult situation we face can be an opportunity for something positive, so please allow me to speak for a moment about the Island, Baroque, its musicians and you.

I have come to your home for the past eleven years, and I can tell you I love Beaver Island deeply. I look forward to my return each year, and each year it is a bit more difficult to say goodbye. I have brought my wife and daughter, friends and extended family, and my musical colleagues - they have all been enchanted by this place and could not imagine their lives without it.

All of us at Baroque are keenly aware that we are your guests. We take great pride in the cultural, economic and educational value we try to provide to you each summer. We are delighted to present our events here and for you, and it is with gratitude that we arrive and perform. We revel and immerse ourselves in this place, its nature, people and culture.

Mr. Mooreâ??s heart is in the right place, and I understand his wish to provide music to those who are unable to attend our events. My email had nothing to do with either Mr. Mooreâ??s generosity or capability, and I offer my sincere apology if my words sounded disrespectful as there was no disrespect intended.

As Baroque on Beaverâ??s 16th season comes to a close, I wish to say a heartfelt â??thank youâ?￾ to the Beaver Island community from all of us. To all the year-round residents, the summer folk, the local businesses, sponsors and advertisers, thank you for your hundred-thousand welcomes and great support.  

Until next time,

Please join us Friday, August 4 at 11:00 a.m. in the
BI Community School Gym:

Bill Schneider, piano restorer and master technician, will be discussing the Mason and Hamlin piano that the Beaver Island Cultural Arts Association purchased this year. Bill knows the history of this gorgeous instrument, and was pivotal in its acquisition. Heâ??ll explain all the work that goes into keeping a concert grand piano â??concert ready.â?￾ Youâ??ll learn about voicing, tuning, the importance of humidity control and why no two pianos are exactly alike.

This is an informal presentation, more a conversation than a lecture. Billâ??s knowledge of pianos in general, and of this one in particular, is detailed and fascinating. Please join us â?? youâ??ll hear the Mason and Hamlin even more clearly!

Correction:

Tickets are $50 for each individual performance, or $75 for a combo of both nights.

Please join us Friday July 28 and Saturday July 29 as Baroque kicks off its 16th season! Tickets are $75 separately or $50 if both evenings are purchased. Both Gala evenings are open to the public. Included in the ticket prices are PRE-CONCERT complimentary wines and hors dâ??oeuvres. Doors open @ 6...

â??A World Premiereâ?￾

With the Festival Chorus, Orchestra, May Phang, piano and Robert Nordling, conductor. This concert features the world premiere of the BICAA-commissioned work "Secret Sky: one hundred veils to fall" by composer Mara Gibson, along with Mozartâ??s Symphony No. 39 and Ludwig van Beethovenâ??s Piano Concerto No. 2. Admission is free.

â??Lightsâ?¦Cameraâ?¦Music! Baroque Goes Hollywoodâ?￾

With the Festival Orchestra and Chorus; Kevin Simons, conductor. Please join us for an evening of popular favorites featuring the music of Richard Rodgers, John Williams, Suo Gan, and Ennio Morricone. Admission is free.

â??Pop-Up Performance: Meet the Artistsâ?￾

Featuring the Donegal Bay Winds. Please join us for an informal afternoon of music as you browse the works of local artisans. Admission is free.

â??Mozart, Purcell*, Handelâ?￾

With Robert Nordling, conductor. Please join us as we welcome special guests The Choral Scholars. Program to include the US Premiere of Marisa Hartantoâ??s "Rumble to the Past: Purcell Revisited", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartâ??s "A Musical Joke", Handelâ??s "Dixit Dominus" and more.
Admission is free.

â??Small Numbers, BIG Ideasâ?￾

Please join us for a concert featuring J.S. Bachâ??s Double Violin Concerto with Jamie and Megan Crawford, violins; works of Igor Stravinsky and Johann Christian Bach. Admission is free.

â??High & Dry Brass Happy Hourâ?￾

The Metallurgy Brass Quintet plays popular favorites from the Great American Songbook, Broadway, and film. Bring your lawn chairs and a growler of your favorite beverage! Admission is free.

â??I am the Orchestra!â?￾ - A family concert.

Featuring Music Director Robert Nordling and student guest conductor Sydney Stein, itâ??s an inside-out look at how the orchestra works. Be ready to join in and perform! Works include Franz Joseph Haydnâ??s Toy Symphony and George Bizetâ??s Carmen. Admission is free.

â??Lifting Our Voicesâ?￾: The Founders Concert

Dedicated in tribute and remembrance of Martin Maehr (1932 â?? 2017).

A vocal recital featuring vocal soloists and the Festival Chorus. With Kevin Simons, conductor. Admission is free.

"Just Among Friends"

Please join us for an evening of chamber music with the Beaver Island String Quartet, Emerald Isle Woodwind Quintet and the Metallurgy Brass Quintet. Works of J. S. Bach, Tomaso Albinoni and G. F. Handel.
Admission is free.

At the BI Community Center Auditorium -

â??Tinseltown and Classical Musicâ?￾ Movie Night: AMADEUS (1984)

Nominated for eleven Academy Awards and winner of eight, including Best Picture, Director and Actor, this lavish story, based upon a Viennese urban legend and hit Broadway play, recounts the downfall of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as orchestrated by his nemesis, the less talented but politically favored Antonin Salieri. Starring Academy Award-winner F. Murray Abraham, Academy Award-nominee Tom Hulce, and directed by Oscar-winner Milos Forman.

Please join us Saturday July 29 at the Community Center as pianist May Phang returns to Beaver Island to appear in recital. Described as possessing â??a crystalline, light-fingered style that makes the music shimmerâ?￾ and an artist with â??great interpretationsâ?￾ (musicaltoronto.org), donâ??t miss this chance to hear Ms. Phang inaugurate the Cultural Arts Associationâ??s newest acquisition â?? a Mason & Hamlin concert-grand piano.

Both our Gala evenings are open to the public. Included in the $50 ticket price are complimentary wines and hors dâ??oeuvres, which will be offered each night prior to gala performances. Doors open @ 6:30pm, performance at 7:30pm. Tickets are now available and may be purchased at the Beaver Island Community Center Desk or by calling (231) 448-2022.