Schedule of the Event:

June 8, 2025

Opening Night: Latticework

Begin the 2025 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival with a concert that brings our theme, Blueprints in Sound, to life. This program explores how composers use structure—like a blueprint—to shape musical ideas. From the world premiere of Sean Shepherd’s Latticework and Britten’s reflections on transformation to Haydn’s classical elegance and Beethoven’s bold reimagining, each piece shows a different take on how form and creativity interact.

Artists
Gloria Chien, piano
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Philip Setzer, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola
Edward Arron, cello
Paul Watkins, cello
Alexander Kinmonth, oboe
The Dolphins Quartet, Shouse ensemble
The Paddington Trio, Shouse ensemble
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings

Time: 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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Opening Night: Dinner

Kick off the 2025 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival in style at our Opening Night Dinner—an evening of delicious cuisine, flavorful wine, and engaging conversation with Festival artists and fellow chamber music supporters.

Enjoy a buffet catered by Plum Market and take the opportunity to mingle with the talented musicians who will be performing throughout the Festival.

The evening features an exciting live auction with a variety of exclusive prizes, including a luxurious Viking European River Cruise. Don’t miss our annual Wine Pull—a chance to take home a bottle of fine wine from a curated selection.

This celebratory dinner will take place at Detroit Country Day School in the Octagon Room, immediately following the opening night concert.

Donation to Attend

A $100 per person donation secures your place at this VIP event. Your contribution helps support the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival’s mission to advance the art of chamber music and inspire diverse audiences through extraordinary performances.

Reserve Your Spot

Call 248-559-2097 for more information and to make your reservation, or email [email protected] to have our staff reach out to you.

Join us as we open the 2025 Festival with an unforgettable evening of music, fine cuisine, and artistic camaraderie. Spaces are limited—reserve your place today!

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Location: Seligman Performing Arts Center

June 9, 2025

Artistic Encounter: Philip Setzer

The Catherine Filene Shouse Chamber Music Institute, led by Philip Setzer, provides a platform for emerging professional ensembles. Artistic Encounters are public coachings for Shouse Institute fellows in a setting similar to a masterclass. You are invited to attend these Artistic Encounters to get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be a professional musician.

Contact: 248-642-5800

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Time: 11:00 am

Location: Bloomfield Township Public Library

June 10, 2025

Sound Beams

Gloria Chien, piano
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola
Edward Arron, cello
Third Coast Percussion

Sound Beams’ program invites you to experience how composers use structure to create beauty and expression. Debussy’s Violin Sonata offers a heartfelt conversation between violin and piano. Reich’s Music for Pieces of Woodtransforms simple rhythms into something mesmerizing and intricate. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, arranged for string trio, reimagines a single theme in thirty different ways—each one a fresh perspective on a familiar idea.

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Time: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Location: Kirk in the Hills

June 11, 2025

Artistic Encounter: Jennifer Frautschi with Third Coast Percussion

The Catherine Filene Shouse Chamber Music Institute, led by Philip Setzer, provides a platform for emerging professional ensembles. Artistic Encounters are public coachings for Shouse Institute fellows in a setting similar to a masterclass. You are invited to attend these Artistic Encounters to get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be a professional musician.

Time: 11:00 am

Location: Bloomfield Township Public Library

Contact: 248-642-5800

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Shouse Soundscapes

Dillon Scott, viola
The Dolphins Quartet
The Paddington Trio
Trio Dolce

Program:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478
(1756-1791)
Allegro
Andante
Rondo (Allegro)
Scott & The Paddington Trio

Dillon Scott: A Moment in Time
Scott

The Dolphins Quartet: Tales from the Great Lakes
The Dolphins Quartet

Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
(1833-1897)
Allegro con brio – Tranquillo – In tempo ma sempre sostenuto
Scherzo: Allegro molto – Meno allegro – Tempo primo
Adagio
Finale: Allegro

Time: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Location: Birmingham Unitarian Church

Contact: (248) 647-2380

June 12, 2025

Textures

Gloria Chien, piano
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola
Edward Arron, cello
Paul Watkins, cello
Third Coast Percussion

Program:

Franz Schubert: String Trio in B-flat Major, D.471
(1797-1828)
Allegro
Andante Sostenuto
Neubauer, Arron, Setzer

Joan Tower: To Sing or Dance (premiere)
(b. 1938)
Frautschi, Third Coast Percussion

Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
(1906-1975)
Andante – Moderato
Allegro con brio
Largo
Allegretto – Adagio
Chien, Josefowicz, Watkins

To Sing or Dance was commissioned by GLCMF, Chamber Music Northwest and Emerald City Music.

Contact: 248-626-2515

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Time: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Location: Kirk in the Hills

June 13, 2025

Tasting Notes at Wasserman Projects

Third Coast Percussion

Program:

Danny Clay: Playbook: Teeth
(b. 1989)

Third Coast Percussion: Niagara

Clarice Assad: The Hero
(b.1978)

JLIN: Obscure
(b.1987)

Philip Glass: Metamorphosis
(b. 1937)

JLIN: Please Be Still
(b.1987)

Jessie Montgomery: Lady Justice
(b.1981)

Tigran Hamasyan: Sonata for Percussion
(b. 1987)

Performance sponsored by Fay Herman

Relaxed concert format includes a companion tasting of wine and cheese.

Time: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Location: Wasserman Projects, Detroit

Festival in Residence: Ann Arbor

Our Festival-in-Residence series brings the spirit of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival beyond metro Detroit, offering performances in Ann Arbor and Windsor. These concerts embody our commitment to accessibility, collaboration, and artistic excellence—bringing world-class chamber music to new communities.

Kerrytown Concert House – Ann Arbor
In a quiet corner of Ann Arbor, an old house hums with new life. Kerrytown Concert House—a 19th-century residence transformed into an intimate recital space—embodies the architectural charm and acoustic brilliance that make chamber music feel personal, immediate, and deeply moving. Its L-shaped hall draws listeners into the heart of every performance, where the boundaries between audience and artist dissolve. In this beautifully preserved space, Blueprints in Sound finds resonance in the historic bones of the house and the living artistry of its concerts.

Artists:

Stephanie Tang, piano
Philip Setzer, violin
Dillon Scott, viola
Edward Arron, cello
The Paddington Trio, Shouse ensemble
Trio Dolce, Shouse ensemble

Program:

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba in G major, BWV 1027
(1685-1750)
Adagio
Allegro ma non troppo
Andante
Allegro Moderato

Arron, Tang

Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
(1906-1975)
Prelude: Lent – Poco più mosso – Lento
Fugue: Adagio
Scherzo: Allegretto
Intermezzo: Lento – Appassionato

Setzer, Scott, Paddington Trio

Contact: 734-769-2999

Time: 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Location: Kerrytown Concert House

June 14, 2025

Cornerstone

Step inside St. Hugo of the Hills for an evening that explores the musical building blocks at the heart of great compositions. World-renowned organist James O’Donnell, former Master of Music at Westminster Abbey, leads a powerful program featuring organ concertos by Handel and Poulenc. Joined by works from Saint-Saëns and Composer-in-Residence Hannah Kendall, Cornerstone reveals how composers embed structure, contrast, and emotion into the smallest musical ideas—each one a foundation for something extraordinary.

Artists:

James O’Donnell, organ
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Luke Henderson, violin
The Dolphins Quartet, Shouse ensemble
The Paddington Trio, Shouse ensemble

Program

Huw Watkins: Piece d’orgue
(b. 1976)
O’Donnell

George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 5 Op 7 (HWV 310)
(1685-1759)
Allegro ma non troppo, e staccato
Andante larghetto, e staccato (Basso ostinato)
Menuet
Gavotte

O’Donnell, Shouse & DCWS Strings

Hannah Kendall: Tuxedo: Crown; Sun King
(b. 1984)

Henderson

Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
(1835-1921)
Allegro agitato
Adagio
Allegretto moderato
Allegro molto

Vonsattel, Frautschi

Francis Poulenc: Organ Concerto in G minor, Op. 36
(1899-1963)
Andante
Allegro giocoso
Subito andante moderato
Tempo allegro, molto agitato
Tres calme: Lent
Tempo de l’allegro initial
Tempo introduction: Largo

O’Donnell, Shouse & DCWS Strings

Contact: 248-644-5460

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Time: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Location: St. Hugo of the Hills

June 15, 2025

Negative Space

Kimberly Keloyanides Kennedy, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola
Dillon Scott, viola
Paul Watkins,cello
Jack Walters, clarinet
The Paddington Trio, Shouse ensemble

*Event is free with museum admission. Visit dia.org or call 313-833-7900 for details.

Program

Michi Wiancko: Fantasia for Tomorrow
(b.1976)
Movement I
Movement II
Movement III
Movement IV
Movement V

Kennedy, Neubauer

Hannah Kendall: Vera, for string trio and clarinet
(b.1984)

Walters, Kennedy, Scott, Watkins

Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A Minor
(1875-1937)
Modéré
Pantoum
Passacaille
Final

The Paddington Trio

Contact: 313-833-4005

Time: 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Location: Detroit Institute of Arts

June 16, 2025

Artistic Encounter: Gilles Vonsattel

The Catherine Filene Shouse Chamber Music Institute, led by Philip Setzer, provides a platform for emerging professional ensembles. Artistic Encounters are public coachings for Shouse Institute fellows in a setting similar to a masterclass. You are invited to attend these Artistic Encounters to get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be a professional musician.

Contact: 248-642-5800

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Time: 11:00 am

Location: Bloomfield Township Public Library

June 17, 2025

Strata Echo

Inspired by Ruth Adler Schnee’s textile Strata Echo, this concert explores the beauty of layered design in both fabric and sound. Hannah Kendall’s Network Bed weaves melodies in intricate patterns, followed by Frank Bridge’s Cello Sonata, where lines of music stretch and pivot with emotional depth. The evening concludes with Dvo?ák’s Piano Quintet No. 2, blending folk themes with sweeping romanticism.

ARTISTS:

Inon Barnatan, piano
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Hsin-yun Huang, viola
Paul Watkins, cello
The Dolphins Quartet, Shouse ensemble
Trio Dolce, Shouse ensemble

Program

Hannah Kendall: Network Bed for Piano Quartet
(b. 1984)

Huang, Trio Dolce

Frank Bridge: Cello Sonata in D minor, H. 125
(1897-1941)
Allegro ben moderato
Adagio ma non troppo

Gilles Vonsattel, Watkins

Antonín Dvo?ák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
(1841-1904)
Allegro ma non tanto
Dumka: Andante con moto
Scherzo: Molto vivace, poco tranquillo
Finale: Allegro

Barnatan, The Dolphins

Contact: 248-851-1100

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Time: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Location: Temple Beth El

June 18, 2025

Musical Chairs Plus Performance & Pop-up

6 PM Pop-Up Exhibition
7 PM Concert

Inon Barnatan, piano
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Philip Setzer, violin
Hsin-yun Huang, viola
Dillon Scott, viola
Paul Watkins, cello
The Dolphins Quartet, Shouse ensemble
Trio Dolce, Shouse ensemble

A favorite of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Musical Chairs comes from the imagination of Shouse Institute Director Philip Setzer. Shouse groups, made up of emerging professional ensembles, are deconstructed and reassembled as fellows are challenged to perform together for the first time. Each group will include one special member and coach from our outstanding line-up of Festival artists.

Strings and Things: The Whimsical Works of Ruth Adler Schnee

Arrive at 6 PM to enjoy the exhibition prior to the concert

Contact: (248) 645-3323

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Time: 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Location: Cranbrook Art Museum

June 19, 2025

Tasting Notes at 333 Midland: Reflections of the Great Migration

Marion Hayden, bass
Alvin Waddles, piano
A. Spencer Barefield, guitar
Tariq Gardner, drums
Jean Alicia Elster, narrator

Program:

HAYDEN: Up South: Reflections of the Great Migration
(2023)

Elster, Hayden, Waddles

Prose and original music and arrangements for quartet with harmonica celebrating the spirit of African American migrants through the lens of Hayden’s family.

Performance sponsored by Joy & Allan Nachman and Linda Goodman in memory of Dolores Curiel

Relaxed concert format includes a companion tasting of wine and cheese.

Contact: (313) 649-3243

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Time: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Location: 333 Midland

June 20, 2025

Audio/Visual with Robyn Bollinger

Robyn Bollinger, violin

Program:

Robyn Bollinger: CIACCONA: The Bass of Time
(b.1991)

Bollinger

Performance Sponsored by Gwen & S. Evan Weiner

Event is free with museum admission. Visit dia.org or call 313-833-7900 for details

Contact: 313-833-4005

Time: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Location: Detroit Institute of Arts

Festival in Residence: Ann Arbor

Our Festival-in-Residence series brings the spirit of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival beyond metro Detroit, offering performances in Ann Arbor and Windsor. These concerts embody our commitment to accessibility, collaboration, and artistic excellence—bringing world-class chamber music to new communities.

Artists:

Inon Barnatan, piano
Matt Albert, violin
Hsin-yun Huang, viola
Dillon Scott, viola
The Dolphins Quartet, Shouse ensemble
Trio Dolce, Shouse ensemble

Program

Ethan Soledad: Poems from Angel Island
(b.1999)

Albert, Scott, Trio Dolce

Johannes Brahms: Viola Sonata in F minor, Op. 120
(1833-1897)
Allegro appassionato
Andante un poco adagio
Allegretto grazioso
Vivace

Barnatan, Huang

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No.16 in E-flat major, Op. 10 “Haydn”, K. 428
(1756-1791)
Allegro non tropo
Andante con moto
Menuetto, Allegro
Allegro vivace

The Dolphins

Contact: 734-769-2999

Time: 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Location: Kerrytown Concert House

June 21, 2025

Summer Solstice Celebration

The Dolphins Quartet, Shouse ensemble

Join us for the second annual Summer Solstice Celebration, a day of music and making at Cranbrook Art Museum (CAM) and Cranbrook Institute of Science (CIS)!

Inspired by traditional Scandinavian solstice festivities, this modern celebration embraces art, science, and the beauty of nature on the longest day of the year—when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. At CIS, explore the wonders of the cosmos by sky-gazing through the observatory telescope, attending solstice-themed planetarium shows, and participating in interactive science activities. At CAM, enjoy Cranbrook’s beloved Maypole dance, sun-inspired music on the peristyle, and hands-on artmaking activities. Adding to the festivities, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival will present The Dolphins, a dynamic Juilliard string quartet dedicated to excellence, adventure, and accessibility. Educators from The Henry Ford Museum will lead special making activities while guests can enjoy yard games, delicious food, and festive treats on the museum grounds. Celebrate the magic of midsummer with us!

Advanced registration includes admission to both Cranbrook Art Museum and Cranbrook Institute of Science. $12 general admission / $10 ArtMembers and Cranbrook Institute of Science Members; $15 on-site admission.

Visit cranbrookartmuseum.org or call 248-645-3323 for details

Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location: Cranbrook Art Museum

Closing Night: Wireworks

Inon Barnatan, piano
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Christine Goerke, voice
Matthew Duvall, percussion
Jonathan Smith, percussion
Trio Dolce, Shouse ensemble

Closing Night Reception
Sponsored by Park West Gallery

GLCMF invites you to meet the artists at a special reception at Park West Gallery in Southfield.

Program:

FAURÉ Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 45
BRAHMS Two Songs for Voice, Viola, and Piano, Op. 91
BERNSTEIN/MUSTO Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Time: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Location: Seligman Performing Arts Center

Closing Night: Reception

Join us for a festive conclusion to the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival at the Closing Night: Reception. The reception will take place at Park West Gallery following the final performance of Closing Night: Wireworks. Mingle with the extraordinary musicians who brought Blueprints in Sound to life and connect with fellow chamber music enthusiasts over light hors d’oeuvres and warm conversation.

Time: 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Location: Park West Gallery

Date: June 8-21, 2025

Location: Various Location in Michigan

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