Chamber Music North • PO Box 212 • Maple City, MI 49664 • 231. 228. 2172
www.chambermusicnorth.com  • info@chambermusicnorth.com

Media Contact: Debra Fayroian, Director • 231 228-2172 • dfayroian@chambermusicnorth.com
Press photos: Wesley Jacobs • wes@encoremupub.com

Chamber Music North • “Sundays at Three” Concerts
at Milliken Auditorium, Dennos Museum Center

Chamber Music North reaches out to classical chamber music devotees in the Grand Traverse Region. Notable musicians and chamber ensembles come to Traverse City to perform. The Sundays At Three performances offer a variety of music from the canon of great chamber music repertoire. For more info please visit www.chambermusicnorth.com

WHAT: Spring into The Prairie Winds

WHEN: Sunday / 3pm / May 4, 2008 featuring
The Prairie Winds (Woodwind Quintet: Clarinet, Oboe, Flute, Bassoon, French Horn)

WHERE: Milliken Auditorium / at Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College
1701 E. Front St, Traverse City, MI 49686

WHO: The Prairie Winds
Since their debut in 1996, The Prairie Winds have captivated audiences throughout the United States with performances that present the finest wind quintet literature in concert programs that entertain as well as enlighten. These musicians blend powerful musical technique with humor and intriguing background information to create what one critic called "a unique approach to the shaping of the concert experience (that) is sure to keep them in demand." (Tryon Daily Bulletin)

The members of the quintet-Jonathan Keeble, flute; Jelena Dirks, oboe; Susan Warner, clarinet; David Griffin, horn; and Timothy McGovern, bassoon-pursue active musical careers outside the group, as teachers, touring artists, or members of world-renowned performing ensembles such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra. Each musician is dedicated to musical education, and the Prairie Winds encourage a love of music in tomorrow's audiences with workshops that enhance the traditional concert experience through theater improvisation, movement, and composition.

"(Their) remarkable ability to blend creates magic...gorgeous tone qualities..."--American Record Guide

"These personable and attractive young musicians played with amazing technical facility and ensemble while achieving exemplary tones on their individual instruments."--Stockton Record

"The Prairie Winds played brilliantly. Their audience responded with an enthusiastic standing ovation."--Joseph Fabbioli, Ravinia Festival

TICKETS: $25 advance / $30 at door / $8 student Available online www.dennosmuseum.org/milliken/

INFORMATION: Chamber Music North / Phone: 231-228 -2172
Dennos Museum Center/ Phone: 231-995-1055/Milliken Box Office: 231-995-1553

About CMN Mission: In its inaugural year Chamber Music North is already enriching the cultural experience in the Grand Traverse region and northern Michigan. This positive and immeasurable impact on our community is attained in significant ways:

Enhance beautiful Traverse City’s cultural offerings with a Subscription Series of premiere performances at showcase venues such as Traverse City’s Milliken Auditorium at the Dennos Museum Center or City Opera House.
Showcase the area’s picturesque villages such as Frankfort, Leland, Glen Arbor, Northport, Suttons Bay, Omena, Elk Rapids or Bellaire through Chamber Music North’s Village Series. The beauty of the country side sets perfect surroundings for extraordinary music and unique entertainment experiences at charming concert venues.
Enrich the educational community with master classes and clinics by visiting artist/musicians; exploring the fun and creativity of music making and inspiring and accelerating academic achievement.
Complete the evolving arts “neighborhood” and offerings of the Grand Traverse region with its stunning landscapes; visual arts; film arts; folk arts; symphonic music; and now, world-class chamber music concerts!