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2007-2008 Season

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Steve Talaga and Mind's Eye OCTOBER 12, 2007 7:00PM Bethlehem Church Sanctuary From their performances at festivals such as the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and the Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival in Michigan to any of their four CDs, the jazz quartet, Mind's Eye, specializes in original cutting-edge jazz compositions. Steve Talaga, co-leader of Mind's Eye, has a 25 year performing career as a pianist, composer and arranger. This concert features jazz works from their CDs Children of the Glacier, Lucky Nine, Seasons, and Angst for the Spoiler. http://www.stevetalaga.com/

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Eastern Blok NOVEMBER 9, 2007 7:00PM Bethlehem Church Sanctuary The Chicago-based group Eastern Blok is a quartet featuring acoustic nylon-string guitar virtuoso Goran Ivanovic, jazz multi- instrumentalist Douglas Rosenberg, upright bassist Matthew Ulery, and drummer Michael Caskey. Influenced by jazz, classical, gypsy, and klezmer sensibilities, their concert will draw from works from their new 2007 CD release entitled Folk Tales which features compositions by Goran Ivanovic and Douglas Rosenberg as well as group arrangements/improvisations of traditional folk music from the Balkans (especially Macedonia, Bulgaria and Serbia). http://www.easternblok.net/

 

Download Concert Flyer	Grand Rapids Cantata Choir DECEMBER 14, 2007 7:00PM Bethlehem Church Sanctuary The Grand Rapids Cantata Choir is a 35 voice mixed choir from West Michigan. Suzanne Tiemstra, the founder and conductor of the group who specializes in choral music from Latin America, will conduct a holiday concert of Latin American Christmas music. http://www.grcantatachoir.org/

 

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Shakuhachi Grand Master Michael Gould with Brian Hedeen JANUARY 11, 2008 7:00 PM Bethlehem Church Sanctuary Michael Chikuzen Gould began learning the shakuhachi, the Zen flutes of Japan in 1982 in Kyoto under the guidance of world renowned masters Mr. Yoshinobu Taniguchi and Mr. Yokoyama Katsuya. In 1991 he earned the title of Dai Shihan (Grand Master), one of only a half dozen nonnative Japanese to do so. Since returning to the U.S. in 1996, he has made over 400 appearances. Mr. Gould will present a lecture recital on the shakuhachi with Brian Hedeen, a percussionist, singer, and sound synthesist that joins Mr. Gould on Tibetan singing bowls, gongs, piano, and synthesizer. http://www.chikuzenstudios.com/index.htm

 

Download Concert Flyer	Singer Songwriter Dean Windemuller FEBRUARY 8, 2008 7:00 PM Bethlehem Church Sanctuary Guitarist and singer songwriter from Dorr, Michigan, Dean Windemuller, will give a world premier performance of his original composition, Social Justice Suite, for voice, guitar, and chamber ensemble, commissioned by MAJIC. Dean Windemuller’s music is influenced by jazz, classical, and fingerstyle blues. After studying and performing in Chicago, Dean Windemuller returned to his native West Michigan in August of 2005 and began a steady performance career as an acoustic blues and folk artist performing with the Grand Rapids based tango group, Tango Folias, and the Chicago based jazz group Open Land. http://www.deanwindemuller.com/

 

Download Concert Flyer	Jazz Duo Sunny Wilkinson and Ron Newman MARCH 14, 2008 7:00 PM Bethlehem Church Sanctuary Michigan State University’s assistant professor of vocal jazz, Sunny Wilkinson, will be joined by jazz pianist Professor Ron Newman for an evening of voice and piano jazz duets featuring music from Sunny Wilkinson’s 2006 CD release A Gentle Time. Wilkinson’s wide range, intonation, agility, and passion for what she sings make her a one-of-a-kind vocalist. Wilkinson performs regularly at jazz festivals and clubs across the country. Her performance credits include singing with the Count Basie Band, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, Kenny Wheeler, Mark Murphy, Milt Hinton, Marvin Stamm, Bill Mays, Bill Watrous, Curtis Fuller, and Edgar Winter, among others. http://www.sunnywilkinson.com/

 

 

Download Concert Flyer	Grand Rapids Guitar Quartet APRIL 11, 2008 7:00 PM Bethlehem Church Sanctuary The Grand Rapids Guitar Quartet was formed in 2006 by Brian Morris, Jason Werkema, Andrew Bergeron, and Michael Stockdale, then the four faculty guitar teachers at Grand Rapids Community College. Their MAJIC concert debut presents original classical music transcriptions and the world premier of Andrew Bergeron's composition Argentine Dance Suite, written espeically for the group. http://www.grcc.edu/guitarQuartet

 

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Folias Latin Dance Project MAY 9, 2008 7:00 PM Bethlehem Church Sanctuary Andrew Bergeron and Carmen Maret of Folias combine with composer and percussionist Scott Harding and flutist Tess Miller for an evening of original compositions and arrangements of Latin and South American dance music. The group will present Scott Harding’s work Tango Fantasy, Andrew Bergeron’s arrangement of the Buenos Aires Four Seasons by Astor Piazzolla for two tango flutes, guitar, and percussion, and Carmen Maret’s arrangements of traditional dance music from Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Argentina. http://www.foliasmusic.com/

 

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