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2011-2012 Subscription Season

GREAT LAKES CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Saturday, June 23, 8:00 p.m.
Seligman Performing Arts Center

Concert preview at 7:15 p.m. - To be announced.

The season concludes with a fantastic concert bringing together DCWS musicians and world-class artists from the 2012 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival.

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Announcing the 2012-2013 Subscription Season

ON THE HORIZON

Sunday, November 4 at 3:00 p.m.

Location TBD

DCWS kicks off the 31st season with a concert that looks forward to another 30 years of great music-making! The performance will feature DCWS musicians from the string, woodwind, and brass families.

Join us for the Annual Gala following the performance. Tickets for the gala must be purchased separately.

HOLIDAY BRASS

Sunday, December 9 at 7:30 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church of Royal Oak

Sunday, December 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Christ Church Grosse Pointe

This annual celebration of the holiday season returns with yuletide favorites for brass ensemble and choir. Enjoy new works prepared especially for the 2013 performances.

BRING IT BRASS

Sunday, February 17 at 3:00 p.m.

First United Methodist Church of Birmingham

Fight off the winter blues with this lively concert of brass favorites performed by talented DCWS brass musicians. For the first time, local amateur brass players will be invited on stage for a joint performance of a single work with DCWS musicians.

ALL STRINGS CONSIDERED

Sunday, March 17 at 3:00 p.m.

Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church

Japanese harp virtuoso Naoko Yoshimo joins DCWS in a performance of works for harp, strings, and winds.

MUSICAL TALES

Sunday, April 14 at 3:00 p.m.

Birmingham Unitarian Church

A concert for both children and children-at-heart! Musical Tales will combine music with story-telling to present three children's fables during the concert's first half. After intermission, children will be invited to partake in music-related activities while adults enjoy the concert's second half.

GREAT LAKES CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL - RHAPSODY IN BLUE

Saturday, June 22 at 8:00 p.m.

Seligman Performing Arts Center

DCWS joins forces with the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival for a performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and other masterpieces.

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STRUCTURALLY SOUND

After the exciting success of the first Structurally Sound performance in April of 2012, DCWS is thrilled to present two performances of this exciting new series during the 2012-13 season.

BITS, BYTES AND 'BONES

Sunday, November 18 at 3 p.m.

Chase Bank Lobby - Detroit

Trombonist Ken Thompkins joins with artists from Detroit's international techno music world in a concert that mixes acoustic and electronically created music.

TO MARKET, TO MARKET

Sunday, April 28 at 3:00 p.m.

Eastern Market

Cellist Debra Fayroian and pianist Luis Resto team up for a concert where classical and jazz converge in the rustic, historic, and uniquely Detroit setting of Eastern Market.

*Structurally Sound is not part of DCWS' subscription series and cannot be used as part of a subscription package.

All programs and performers subject to change