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Metro Detroit Chamber Music Performances

2009-2010 Subscription Season

GOTHIC GLORY
Sunday, October 4, 3:00 p.m.
Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church
Sponsored by: Environmental Research Associates
Luck's Music Library
The season opens with a concert spanning the centuries, from baroque to contemporary, featuring mixed chamber works for brass, strings, winds and organ. A fantastic concert to set the stage for the new season.
Preview: 2:15 p.m.
"How many keyboards and how many keys?" On the organ and harpsichord, with Glenn Miller.

HOLIDAY BRASS
Sunday, December 6, 4:00 p.m.
Christ Church Cranbrook
Sponsored by: Charity Motors

Sunday, December 13, 7:30 p.m.
Grosse Pointe Memorial Church
Sponsored by: Butzel Long
The DCWS seasonal spectacular returns, with performances in two of the area's most magnificent settings. Always a seasonal favorite!
Preview: December 6, 3:15 p.m.
December 13, 6:45 p.m.
Holiday Sing-Along!

THE TRUMPETS SHALL SOUND
Sunday, January 31, 3:00 p.m.
First United Methodist Church of Birmingham
Sponsored by: The Family of Burton D. Jones
The Family of Carroll V. Williams
Preview: January 31, 2:15 p.m.
Trumpet Takes, with Kevin Good

Sunday, February 7, 4:00 p.m.
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit
Sponsored by: Macro Connect
Plunkett Cooney
Six trumpets take center stage in a sonic spectacular featuring works for multiple trumpets, trombones and organ.

FACADE
Sunday, March 7, 3:00 p.m.
Birmingham Unitarian Church
Sponsored by: The Center for Financial Planning
Preview: March 7, 2:15 p.m.
Poetry in Music, with John Guinn

Sunday, March 14, 3:00 p.m.
Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church
Sponsored by: The Betty & Art Blair Fund
William Walton's masterful settings accompany the works of British poet Edith Sitwell in a unique marriage of music and words.

SERENADE
Sunday, April 25, 3:00 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church - Birmingham
Sponsored by: National City
One of the all-time great works for winds and strings, Dvorak's Serenade, Op. 44 is accompanied by a new work from composer David Ludwig, co-commissioned by DCWS.
Preview: 2:15 p.m.
In conversation, composer David Ludwig

GREAT LAKES CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Saturday, June 19, 8:00 p.m.
Seligman Performing Arts Center
The season concludes with a fantastic concert bringing together DCWS musicians and world-class artists from the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival.
Preview: 7:15 p.m.

All programs and performers subject to change.