2023 MICHIGAN CITY CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL (August 12-20)
“Many Peoples, Many Musics”
1st Presbyterian Church, 121 W. 9th Street (FPC), Michigan City, IN;
AUGUST 12, “Opening night – MUSIC & PSYCHE”
Sonata in a minor for violin & piano – Robert Schumann
“Is Now Not Enough?” String quartet – Dosia McKay
Adagio-andante con moto (from Concerto in F) – George Gershwin
Trio Elegiac #2 for piano and strings – Sergei Rachmaninov
AUGUST 14, “TRIUMPH OVER DISABILITY”
Faure song set
Holst songs for violin & soprano
Horowitz – clarinet and piano sonata
String quartet in c# minor, opus 131 – Beethoven
AUGUST 15, “HAKENPALOOZA 2!!”
A concert for families featuring demonstrators of modern electric instruments and the University of Illinois Electronic String Ensemble with Rudolf Haken & Sunny Gardner!
AUGUST 16, “YOU GO GIRL!”
“Wonders” for violin, cello, clarinet, & piano – Karalyn Schubring
Java Suite excerpt – Leopold Godowsky
U of Illinois Electric String Ensemble
Trio for piano and strings in C Major – Johannes Brahms
AUGUST 17, “Baby Beethoven”
A family concert about Beethoven’s younger years featuring Sunny Gardner and MCCMF musicians. Puppets, live music, interactive activities, and lessons about healthy families.
AUGUST 18, “CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN/EUROPEAN MUSICIANS
Sonata for 2 violins – Chevalier St. Georges
3 rags – Scott Joplin
“Strum” for string quartet – Jessie Montgomery
Song Set – Florence Price
Quintet for Clarinet & Strings – Coleridge Taylor
AUGUST 19, “Come Together!”
Our 3rd family concert of the festival celebrating girl power and music by minorities! Kim Jones, Jasmin Arakawa, Sunny Gardner Orbovich and other festival musicians!
AUGUST 20
Concerto for Cello for solo & chamber group – Antonin Dvorak
World premiere for soprano and cello – Paul A. Epstein
Gran Partita for winds – W.A. Mozart
All the concerts will be back at 1st Presbyterian Church, except for the children’s programs, which will be at Niemann Head Start Elementary School. “Meet the Artists” receptions will follow all performances!