Thrilling, live chamber music performances are returning to the White Lake area! From August 5 - 13, the 14th annual White Lake Chamber Music Festival will present an impressive array of exceptional performances! Excellent programming, world-class artists, and inspiring classical music performances will take place in the White Lake area. What once was mostly found only in metropolitan cities, is now a yearly experience in the White Lake area.

The Chicago based, world-renowned Avalon String Quartet, described as “…deeply musical and sheerly gorgeous”, returns for two concerts presenting Mozart’s String Quartet in A Major, K. 464, Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D.810, “Death and the Maiden”, the Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D Major, and Mozart’s String Quintet in D Major, K. 593 with Michael Ouzounian, viola.

The Bayberry String Quartet will be performing here for the first time after a recent appearance at Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society. They will perform String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 “American” by Dvorak and then will be joined by oboist Margaret Butler for the Mozart Oboe Quartet in F major, plus much more.

A very special “Evening of Song” will feature soprano Angela DeVenuto and bass baritone Leo Radosavljevic. They will also perform at a newly added “An Evening of Cabaret” on Thursday, August 10 at 9:30PM at the Book Nook & Java Shop.

Other highlights include the Festival Trio featuring clarinetist Sergey Gutorov, cellist Marina Hoover, and pianist Andrea Swan. Also new to us this year is the Festival Piano Quartet performing Faure Piano Quartet Op. 15 and Brahms Piano Quartet Op 25.

Concluding the week will be the ever-popular Baroque concert featuring conductor and harpsichordist David Schrader and soprano Katelyn Lee in a wonderfully varied program.

This year’s nine-day festival is packed with so many exciting offerings: no cost daily 4PM Salon Concerts at the Book Nook & Java Shop, a children’s concert, a children’s recital, meet and greets, an “Evening of Cabaret” (more details to come), plus the Gala dinner where we will honor Bob Swan who has served as the Festival’s Artistic Director from the beginning. Marina Hoover will step into the Artistic Director position in September. There will once again be the world’s greatest music wonderfully played, combined with the soft summer weather, beaches, and spectacular sunsets. All of this makes the White Lake Chamber Music Festival a vacation destination for an ever-growing audience from near and far.

The Festival is grateful for the generous support of individuals and businesses that makes it possible to bring great artists and great music to the White Lake area.

Schedule:

Saturday, August 5, 2023

4PM: Student Recital

Students of area music instructors will perform!

Location: Book Nook & Java Shop, 8744 Ferry St., Montague, MI

7PM: Concert: Avalon String Quartet

- Mozart: String Quartet in A Major, K. 464

- Jesse Montgomery: Break Away

- Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D.810, “Death and the Maiden”

Blaise Magniere, violin; Marie Wang, violin; Anthony Devroye, viola; Cheng Hou, cello

Location: St. James Lutheran, 8945 Stebbins, Montague, MI

Monday, August 7, 2023

4PM: Salon Concert: 2 Cellos

Erin Wang and Pablo Mahave-Veglia

Location: Book Nook & Java Shop, 8744 Ferry St., Montague, MI

7PM: Concert: Festival Trio

- Johannes Brahms Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Violoncello A minor, Op.114

- Ludwig van Beethoven Trio in B-flat major, Op.11

- Nino Rota- Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano

Sergey Gutorov, clarinet; Marina Hoover, cello; Andrea Swan, piano

Location: St. James Lutheran, 8945 Stebbins, Montague, MI
 
Tuesday, August 8, 2023

11AM: Children’s Concert: Erin Wang, cello

Location: The White Lake Community Library, 3900 White Lake Drive, Whitehall, MI

4PM: Salon Concert: Cello & Piano Recital

Marina Hoover, cello; Andrea Swan, piano

Location: The Book Nook and Java Shop, 8744 Ferry St., Montague, MI

7PM: Concert: Avalon String Quartet - In Memory of Judy Stojak

- Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major

- Szymanowski: String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 37

- Mozart: String Quintet in D Major, K. 593 with Michael Ouzounian, viola

Blaise Magniere, violin; Marie Wang, violin; Anthony Devroye, viola; Cheng Hou, cello; Guest Michael Ouzounian, viola;

Location: St. James Lutheran, 8945 Stebbins, Montague, MI

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

4PM: Salon Concert: Clarinet & Piano Recital

- Robert Schumann, Fantasy Pieces for clarinet and Piano, Op. 73
- Claude Debussy, Premiere Rhapsodie.
- Francis Poulenc, Sonata for clarinet and Piano
- Bela Kovacs, Hommage de Manuel de Falla for clarinet solo
- Giuseppe Verdi, La Forza del Destino, Act 3 clarinet solo
- Astor Piazzolla, Oblivion
- Bela Kovacs, Shalom Aleichem, Rov Feidman
 
Sergey Gutorov, clarinet; Andrea Swan, piano

Location: The Book Nook and Java Shop, 8744 Ferry St., Montague, MI

7PM: Recital: An Evening of Song
 
- Schubert: Schwanengesang
- Copland: Emily Dickinson songs (Angela)
- Finzi: Let us garlands bring (Leo)
- Poulenc: Deux poems de Louis Aragon (Angela)
- Banalités (Angela)
- Parisiana (Leo)
- (Angela) Handel: O sleep or ombra mai fu
- (Leo) Mozart: Hai gia vinta la causa from Nozze
- (Angela) Bellini: O quante volte from I capuletti e i montecchi
- (Leo) Rossini: Un dottor della mia sorte from Barber of Seville
- (Angela) Puccini: O mio babbino from Gianni Schicci
- (Duet) Mimi/Marcello duet from Act III of La Boheme
- (Duet) Donizetti: Adina/Dulcamara duet from L’Elisir d’Amore
 
Angela De Venuto, soprano; Leo Radosavljevic, bass-baritone; Andrea Swan, piano

Location: St. James Lutheran, 8945 Stebbins, Montague, MI

Thursday, August 10, 2023

4PM: Salon Concert: Classical Guitar

Brian Morris and Jon Marshall, guitar

Location: The Book Nook and Java Shop, 8744 Ferry St., Montague, MI

7PM: Concert: Bayberry String Quartet - In Memory of Jon Blyth

- String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major, Op. 74 by Beethoven
- Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370/368b by Mozart
- String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 “American” by Dvorak
 
Guest Margaret Butler, oboe; Nurit Pacht, violin; Steffani Kitiyama, violin; Gabe Bolkosky, viola;Laura Usiskin, cello

Location: St. James Lutheran, 8945 Stebbins, Montague, MI

9:30PM: Party: An Evening of Cabaret $25

Angela De Venuto & Leo Radosavljevic

Location: Book Nook & Java Shop, 8744 Ferry St., Montague, MI

Friday, August 11, 2023

4PM: Salon Concert: Bayberry String Quartet

Mozart Quartets

Nurit Pacht, violin; Steffani Kitiyama, violin; Gabe Bolkosky, viola; Laura Usiskin, cello

Location: The Book Nook and Java Shop, 8744 Ferry St., Montague, MI

7PM: Baroque Concert

- Sonata in G minor, J.S. Bach, Margaret Butler, oboe
- Domenico Scarlatti: Two sonatas in A Major, K. 208 K. 113, David Schrader, harpsichord
- Sonata in F Major, G.F. Handel, Richard Young, violin
- Arioso, J.S. Bach, Marina Hoover, cello
- Wenn die Frühlingslüfte streichen BWV 202
- Mein gläubiges Herze BWV 68
- Seufzer, Tränen, Kummer, Not BWV 21
- Ich essen mit Freuden BWV 84, J.S. Bach, Katelyn Lee, soprano
- Trio Sonata in A minor, G.F. Telemann, Margaret Butler, oboe

Katelyn Lee, soprano; Margaret Butler, oboe; Richard Young, violin; Marina Hoover, cello; David Schrader, harpichord

Location: St. James Lutheran, 8945 Stebbins, Montague, MI

Saturday, August 12, 2023

4PM: Salon Concert: 4 - Hand Piano
 
Bryan Uecker and Steve Thielman, piano

Location: The Book Nook and Java Shop, 8744 Ferry St., Montague, MI

7PM: Concert: Festival Piano Quartet

- Faure Piano Quartet Op. 15, c minor
- Brahms Piano Quartet Op 25, g minor
 
Richard Young, violin; Michael Ouzounian, viola; Marina Hoover, cello; Andrea Swan, piano

Location: St. James Lutheran, 8945 Stebbins, Montague, MI

Sunday, August 13, 2023

6PM: Summer Gala

Location: White Lake Golf Course Pavilion, 6355 Michillinda Rd., Whitehall MI

Tickets: $60

Date:
August 5-13, 2023

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