Village Series

The beauty of the country side sets perfect surroundings for extraordinary music and unique experiences at these charming concert venues.

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Mills Community House
Glen Lake Community Reformed Church

Artists and programs subject to change.

Mills Community House
Sundays, 7 PM

July 20
Trio Soufflage -Woodwind Trio

Christopher Kantner, flute Sarah Bowman, oboe
Martha Bowman, bassoon and Suzanna Bratton guest clarinet

Extraordinary musicians from the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra collaborate in this rich and varied program with music spanning 300 years. Trio Soufflage performs an exciting and diverse program of works by Antonio Vivaldi to Heitor Villa-Lobos. This concert debuts CMN’s Village Series at the Mills Community House.

August 3
Duo Diorama

Minghuan Xu, violin Winston Choi, piano

Two compelling and versatile artists whose partnership demonstrates a startlingly fresh and powerful approach to music for violin and piano.

September 7
Intermezzo

Three acclaimed string instrumentalists unite as a String Trio of poise and perfection. Intermezzo has programmed an evening of music by Hungarian composers Kodály and Dohnányi.

Intermezzo

Annie Chalex Boyle, violin Elisabeth Kufferath, viola
Debra Fayroian, cello

Glen Lake
Community Reformed Church
Fridays, 7 PM

June 20
Brassissimo! -Brass Quintet

Michael Davison, trumpet John Aley, trumpet
Kelly Daniels, horn Tom Riccobono, trombone
Matthew Lyon, tuba

The world of brass performers and instructors is well represented in Brassissimo! With a program of music spanning 450 years this brass quintet brings sparkle and finesse to the concert stage.

Quintet No. 3           Victor Ewald
Dance                     Renwick Wilke
Quintet Op. 73         Malcolm Arnold
Renaissance Dances Tielman Susato

John Aley Michael Davison

Kelly Daniels Tom Riccobono Matt Lyon

August 22
The Merling Trio

Benata Artman Knific, violin
Bruce Uchimura, cello
Susan Wiersma Uchimura, piano

The Merling Trio is recognized as one of today’s premier ensembles; a truly international trio bringing together musicians from Polish, Japanese, and Dutch backgrounds. The Merling Trio has been hailed as a brilliantly distinguished group endowed with remarkable gifts of communication, magnificent precision, and an impeccable blend of sound.

The Merling Trio

Merling Trio Website

September 5
Mendelssohn's Melancholy -Piano Trio & Soprano

Four of Michigan's most notable musicians collaborate in this classically beautiful program of early romantic composers.

Mendelssohn was declared to be a great musical child prodigy, “the Mozart of the nineteenth century, the most illuminating of musicians.” The powerful and eloquent Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 completed in 1839 is recognized as one of his most popular and greatest chamber works.

Trio in E flat Op. 100 Franz Schubert
Trio in D minor Op. 49 Felix Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn Songs—Ms. Philibosian sings a selection of haunting Mendelssohn melodies set to words of the great German poets Goethe, Heine and Hungarian-Austrian poet Lenau.

Annie Chalex Boyle, Violin
Annie Chalex Boyle, violin Debra Fayroian, cello