Apr 26 Friday
Concert Theme: Over the Sea Music from Scotland, Spain, America, Venezuela & Australia plus original compositions by local composers
Special Guests: Manitou Winds...Jason McKinney, leader and composer
Apr 27 Saturday
On April 27 the Suttons Bay Bingham District Library will welcome Erin Bartels. This visit is part of the 2024 Michigan Notable Books Author Tour. Ms. Bartels will talk about her Michigan Notable Book Everything is Just Beginning, and we heard she will be bringing her guitar! Ms. Bartels is an award-winning author who writes “character-driven fiction for curious people.” This talk will be held at 3pm on Saturday, April 27 at the Suttons Bay Bingham District Library. Light refreshments will be provided. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at this event thanks to Bay Books.Pre-registration will not be required for this free event.
Grammy ® nominated Cellist, Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer, Producer Hans Christian will be performing at the Old Art Building!
Using the cello in combination with live looping and various ethnic string instruments, Hans Christian explores a universal musical language that transcends boundaries, cultures, and generations.
During a live looping concert, Hans will record musical phrases that create harmonic and ambient textures in ever changing colors and densities. Audiences will be offered a listening experience that ranges from meditative to passionate, at times with a soaring cello that is supported by a fully orchestrated layer of strings while at other times dissolving into ambient meditative sound paintings. The artist also incorporates esoteric string instruments, such as the Indian sarangi, to blend with the cello and thereby giving the concert an expanded ethnic flavor. Additionally, audiences may find sound bowls, cymbals, and flutes appear during a concert.
Apr 28 Sunday
Celebrate Earth Week with friends, live music and local cider from 3pm to 5pm. All ages welcome, no cover!
The Northern Michigan Brass Band (NMiBB) will present a concert at 3:00 P.M. on Sunday, April 28, at the United Methodist Church in St. Ignace. Continuing their long-standing tradition of programming something for everyone, this 30-piece, British-style brass band will perform an eclectic mix of traditional brass band classics, marches, transcriptions, contemporary contest pieces, pop and jazz. General admission for this concert is $10 for adults with all students admitted free. Tickets are available at the door.
Apr 29 Monday
The Leelanau Community Choir rehearses weekly on Monday nights for 8 weeks. No audition required and all are welcome. We sing a variety of music and culminate in three concerts on May 4 and 5.
May 01 Wednesday
Every Wednesday, join us for relaxed acoustic play at the Old Art Building. Share techniques, talents and good vibes. We play pop, blues, rock, jazz, bluegrass ... All levels of ability are welcome. Knowledge of basic chords is helpful. And of course, you are more than welcome to just hang out and listen. Jam session is hosted by Jim Redmond. Jim supplies lyrics and chords on large screen video so everybody can easily join and jam along.
Occasionally lessons are thrown in—Jim’s commentary about the history of a song and some music theory. Shared musical knowledge and songs by attendees add to the fun. Every session begins with “The Carp River Blues” and ends with “Sportin’ Life Blues”.
For questions or concerns, contact Jim Redmond directly at 720-965-0231
May 02 Thursday
The band’s core and founders Mike Merenda & Ruth Ungar write songs to heal hearts and rouse minds. They have recorded and performed together for two decades, as the duo Mike + Ruthy and with The Mammals. They make their home in the lush Hudson River Valley of New York where they host a thriving community folk festival called The Hoot.
This show will take place in the home of Paul and Nancy Brown. Feel free to bring your own beverage and snacks. Tickets for this show are $30.00 and are very limited.
Gopherwood recommends you get your tickets early.
May 05 Sunday
The Northern Michigan Brass Band (NMiBB) will present a concert at 3:00 P.M. on Sunday, May 5, in the Great Lakes Center for the Arts at Bay Harbor in Petoskey. Continuing their long-standing tradition of programming something for everyone, this 30-piece, British-style brass band will perform an eclectic mix of traditional brass band classics, marches, transcriptions, contemporary contest pieces, pop and jazz. The narrator for this program will be Judy Wagley from CMU Public Media.
The concert will begin with "Fanfare for the Vienna Philharmonic" written in 1924 by Richard Strauss to celebrate the famous orchestra’s 40th anniversary, followed by "Colonial Song" by Percy Grainger, one of his most original pieces. The program will continue with three selections from "Pineapple Poll," a comic ballet by Charles Mackerras based on the music of Gilbert and Sullivan, "Symphonic Concert March" by G. Bonelli and the "March for Archduke Albrecht" by the Austro-Hungarian composer, Karl Komzák. The second half of the program will open with "Farewell to a Slavic Woman," a pre-revolution patriotic Russian march by Vasily Agapkin followed by "Elton John in Concert," a medley of some of his biggest hits including Nikita, Blue Eyes and Don’t Go Breaking My Heart. Next, as a tribute to the big band swing era of the 1930’s, NMiBB’s own Bob Bellairs will be featured as the drummer on Louis Prima’s "Sing Sing Sing." Of course, no brass band concert would be complete without at least one traditional American march, and this time the band will close the program with "The Chimes of Liberty" by Edwin Franko Goldman.
May 08 Wednesday