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Metro Detroit Chamber Music Performances

LUCKY SEVENS, CRAZY EIGHTS
Sunday, October 21, 3:00 p.m.
Birmingham Unitarian Church
Sponsored by: The Center for Financial Planning,
The Family of Burton D. Jones
The season begins with a performance featuring DCWS winds and strings in Beethoven’s Septet, Op. 20 and a world-premiere octet by composer Andrea Reinkemeyer. Preview: 2:15 p.m.
In conversation, composer Andrea Reinkemeyer

HOLIDAY BRASS
Sunday, December 9, 4:30p.m.
Christ Church Grosse Pointe
Sponsored by: Butzel Long
Frances Twiddy Associates
Sunday, December 16, 7:30 p.m.
Christ Church Cranbrook
Sponsored by National City Bank
DCWS brass players take center stage for their annual seasonal spectacular, joined by the choirs of Grosse Pointe South and Bloomfield Hills Andover high schools. A reprise of an annual holiday sell-out.
Preview: December 9, 3:45p.m.
December 16, 6:45p.m.
Holiday Sing Along!

ALL BRASSED UP
Sunday, January 27, 4:00 p.m.
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit
Sponsored by: Henry Ford Health System
Sunday, February 3, 3:30 p.m.
First United Methodist Church – Birmingham
Sponsored by: Buick
A sonic spectacular featuring a dozen brass players presenting world-class performances of works spanning four centuries.
Preview: February 3, 2:45 p.m.
Horn Masterclass, with Bryan Kennedy

GENIUSES AND WANNABES
Sunday, March 16, 3:00 p.m.
Birmingham Unitarian Church Sponsored by: Luck’s Music Library
Masco
A nearly spring serenade to the beauty of Mozart, couched in the charm of Salieri and the genius of Beethoven!
Preview: 2:15 p.m.
Steven Whiting on Mozart vs. Salieri

SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW
Sunday, April 13, 3:00 p.m.
Birmingham Unitarian Church
Sponsored by: Macro Connect
Plunkett & Cooney
Sunday, April 20, 3:00 p.m.
Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church
Sponsored by: Environmental Research Associates
Music from Baroque through today, including Beethoven’s masterful Sextet for Winds, Op. 71 and a world-premiere for trombone, piano, bass, percussion and woodwind octet by Matthew Tommasini.
Preview: April 13, 2:15 p.m.
Satire in Music, with composer Matthew Tommasini

RHAPSODY IN BLUE
Saturday, June 28, 8:00 p.m.
Seligman Performing Arts Center
DCWS concludes its 26th season with a performance of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue on the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival.
Preview: 7:15 p.m.

All programs and performers subject to change.