Traverse City's Milliken Auditorium at the Dennos Museum Center resonates with masterful performances by noted musicians and chamber ensembles.
Milliken Auditorium
Concert at 3:00 PM
February 24
Lyrical Landscapes
Fantasy Pieces Op. 73 for Clarinet and Piano
Robert Schumann
Seven Mozart Variations (Magic Flute) for Piano and Violoncello
Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio in A Minor Op. 114 for Piano, Clarinet and Violoncello
Johannes Brahms

Laurence Liberson, Debra Fayroian, Cello
Assistant Principal Clarinet
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Michele Cooker, Piano
Concert at 3:00 PM
May 4
The Prairie Winds
Aaron Copland Simple Gifts from Appalachian Spring
Anton Reicha Quintet Op. 88 No. 2
Malcolm Arnold Three Sea Shanties
Latin American Heat A Composers Medley
Jean-Philippe Rameau Gavotte and 6 Doubles
Endre Szervánszky Woodwind Quintet

Jonathan Keeble, Flute Timothy McGovern, Bassoon Jelena Dirks, Oboe David Griffin, French Horn Susan Warner, Clarinet
Concert at 3:00 PM
June 22
Mendelssohn's Melancholy
Mendelssohn was declared to be a great musical child prodigy,
“the Mozart of the nineteenth century.” Chalex Boyle, Fayroian and Larson join forces in a performance of Mendelssohn's powerful and eloquent Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 completed in 1839 and recognized as one of his most popular chamber works. The concert opens with Franz Schubert's Trio in E flat Op. 100.
Special guest Nicole Philibosian sings a selection of haunting Mendelssohn melodies set to words by great German poets Goethe, Heine and Hungarian-Austrian poet Lenau.

Annie Chalex Boyle, violin Debra Fayroian, cello

Steve Larson, piano Nicole Philibosian, soprano
Concert at 3:00 PM
July 6
New Music Detroit
Comprised of highly accomplished and versatile musicians, New Music Detroit is dedicated to performing challenging and dynamic works from the late twentieth century to the present day—from seminal new music ‘classics’ to innovative and genre defying works written by today’s emerging composers. Hear the ambient and meditative music of Karen Tanaka, Nightbird, for solo saxophone & electronics, Steve Reich’s, Violin Phase, a classic work of early minimalist phase music. Also works of John Cage and Andrew Rzewski.
Gina DiBello, Violin Ian Ding, Percussion
Adrienne Rönmark, Violin Erik Rönmark, Saxophone
Robert Tye, Electric Guitar
Concert Information
Where:
Milliken Auditorium /
Dennos Museum Center,
Northwestern Michigan College
1791 E Front St
Traverse City MI 49686
Purchase Tickets:
$25 Advanced / $30 At Door / $8 Student
Box Office (231) 995-1055
Map
“Words Before Music”
2:30 pm Join us for a pre concert talk with musicians of The Prairie Winds. Interviewed by Joseph Coffman.
Purchase Tickets:
$25 Advanced / $30 At Door / $8 Student
Box Office (231) 995-1055
Map
“Words Before Music”
2:30 pm Join us for a pre concert talk with the performers. Interviewed by Brad Aspey of IPR.
Purchase Tickets:
$25 Advanced / $30 At Door / $8 Student
Box Office (231) 995-1055
Map
“Words Before Music”
2:30 pm Join us for a pre concert talk with musicians of New Music Detroit. Interviewed by Joseph Coffman
Purchase Tickets:
$25 Advanced / $30 At Door / $8 Student
Box Office (231) 995-1055
Map