MusicEvents

free

Sunday, March 3, 2024 - 4PM

Dexter Community Orchestra - Concert - Madcat and the DCO

Bernstein: Candide Overture

Price: Ethiopia's Shadow in America

DCO Youth Concerto Competition Winner - tbd

C. Brubeck: Blues Suite for Harmonica and Orchestra. Peter "Madcat" Ruth - harmonica

Dexter High School - Center for the Performing Arts

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

free

Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 4PM

Dexter Community Orchestra - Concert - Dexter Bicentennial Celebrations

Chambers: World Premiere of DCO Commissioned Work

Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 - featuring singers from the Ann Arbor Civic Chorus and the Dexter Community Choir

Karen TenBrink, director

Dexter High School - Center for the Performing Arts

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

free

Sunday, June 14, 2024 - 7PM

Dexter Community Orchestra - Gazebo Concert

marches, light classics and film music,

Gazebo - Monument Park

Baker Rd at Main St

Dexter, MI 48130

free

You can also check my facebook page for events.

Link back to Clarinet page: http://ralphkatz.pbworks.com/Clarinet

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Recent Past Events:

Sunday November 5, 2023 - 4PM

Dexter Community Orchestra - Concert - When In Rome

Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture

Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Thor Sigurdson - cello

Boyd: House of Fountains

Respighi: Pines of Rome

Dexter High School - Center for the Performing Arts

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

free

Sunday May 6, 2023 - 4PM

Dexter Community Orchestra - Concert - The Planets

Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture

Concerto Competition Winner - tbd

Women of Dexter Community Choir - tbd

Holst: The Planets

Dexter High School - Center for the Performing Arts

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

free

Thursday March 23, 2023 - 1PM

Klezmer Fusion Band - Concert

An hour of music in a retirement community.

Meer Apartments

6760 W Maple Rd

West Bloomfield Township, MI

(248)661-1836

Free for residents - call about other visitors

Sunday March 5, 2023 - 7:00PM

Dexter Community Orchestra - Concert

(rescheduled from 2/26)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 (Pastoral)

Liszt: Les Préludes, S.97

(note: because of the later time, "Raspberry Island Dreaming" has been dropped so the whole program will run to about an hour.)

Dexter High School - Center for the Performing Arts (CPA)

2200 N Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130 (Parker at Shield)

free

Sunday February 26, 2023 - 4PM - CANCELLED DUE TO ICE STORM / POWER OUTAGE

Dexter Community Orchestra - Concert - The Beauty and Power of Nature

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 - Pastoral

Libby Larsen: Raspberry Island Dreaming

Liszt: Les Préludes

Dexter High School - Center for the Performing Arts

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

http://annarborcivicband.org/

free

Saturday January 07, 2023 - 7PM

Twas Brillig and the Mazel Tovs - First Friday Dance

Ann Arbor Community for Traditional Music and Dance (AACTMAD)

7:00PM International; 8:00PM Contra

Pitsfield Grange (just South of Meijers)

3337 Ann Arbor Saline Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Drake Meadow calls international dances (7:00) and contras (8:00) aall to live music. Annual silent auction fundraiser - bring items to auction and money to buy. This is a good solution for those presents that would be happier in another home.

Admission: $12/$11 members/$7 students

http://aactmad.org/

Wednesday December 14, 2022 - 7:30PM

Saline HS Choir concert

I play a single Serbian tune Niška Banja with the Saline HS Choir.

Auditorium - Saline MI High School

1300 Campus Pkwy

Saline, MI 48176

Free.

Thursday December 1, 2022 - 5:00PM

A2/C4 Ann Arbor Clarinet Quartet - Holiday music at LaFontaine Chevrolet

LaFontaine gives the Dexter Community Orchestra a lot of support during the year, so we give them back music every December. A2/C4, a brass quintet, and a string quartet will each provide 40 minutes of holiday-themed music. This year's event is a meeting of the Huron Valley Corvette Club, so there will be lots of flashy vehicles on display.

LaFontaine Chevrolet - show-room

7120 Dexter Ann Arbor Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

free.

Saturday August 20, 2022 - 1:00PM

A2/C4 Ann Arbor Clarinet Quartet - concert

We are playing background music in the painting sale tent at the Paint Dexter / Plein Air Festival.

The Dexter Arts, Culture & Heritage Committee hosts this event each August. It brings together artists from all over the world to spend a week painting settings in and around Dexter, MI. The art works are judged, and then offered for sale.

Look for us in the large tent in Memorial Park in downtown Dexter, MI

Dexter, MI

https://paintdexter.com/

free.

Standing engagement - Tuesdays 1:30PM - ENDED due to COVID

Klezmer R&D -

We play whatever we feel like at the moment. Requests are fine. Ask beforehand if you want to sit in.

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital - main lobby

This won't happen every week - one or both of us may not be able to play any given week.

free

Wednesday July 14, 2021 - 8:00PM

A2/C4 Ann Arbor Clarinet Quartet - concert

We are the opening act in a chamber music concert that replaces the Ann Arbor Summer Civic Band concert, all of whom's programs have been cancelled for the season.

Four arrangements of light music for 4 clarinets.

West Park, in front of the Band Shell, Ann Arbor

https://www.a2gov.org/departments/Parks-Recreation/parks-places/Pages/west.aspx

Ann Arbor, MI

free.

Saturday, October 10, 2020

Klezmer Fusion Band - Simchat Torah Dance - CANCELLED

Beth Israel Congregation

Ann Arbor, MI

June 12 (unconfirmed)

Dexter Community Orchestra - Gazebo concert - CANCELLED

7 PM - Gazebo in downtown Dexter

Concert in the Park - light classics, broadway tunes, and marches

free

Saturday May 16, 2020

Dexter Community Orchestra - concert- "Dreams and Pictures" - CANCELLED

Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Stephanie Ann Boyd: House of Fountains

Youth Artist Competition Winner

Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

Dexter High School - Center for the Performing Arts

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

free

Saturday May 9, 2020 3:00PM - TO BE RESCHEDULED

Ann Arbor Clarinet Quartet concert - "Winds of Ann Arbor" - CANCELLED

Program tbd, at least these (maybe):

Yvonne Desportes: French Suite

Jorge Montilla: Four for Four

North Quad

105 South State Street

Ann Arbor, MI

free

Thursday March 5, 2020 12:30PM - 1:55PM

Klezmer R&D - What is Jewish Music? - talk

Washtenaw Community College

Room 150 - Morris Lawrence Building

4800 E Huron River Dr

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

free

Sunday March 1, 2020 4:00PM

Dexter Community Orchestra - concert - "Fiddling with the DCO"

With: Saline Fiddlers Philharmonic

Anderson: Fiddle Faddle

Still: The American Scene - The Far West

Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo

Carter: Lord of the Dance

Unger: Ashokan Fairwell

Daniels: The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Rouse: Orange Blossom Special

Dexter High School - Center for the Performing Arts

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

free

Standing engagement - Tuesdays 1:30PM

Klezmer R&D -

Yes - we are playing Tuesday February 25, 2020

We will play whatever we feel like at the moment. Requests are fine. Ask beforehand if you want to sit in.

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital - main lobby

This won't happen every week - one or both of us may not be able to play any given week.

free

Standing engagement - Tuesdays 1:30PM

Klezmer R&D -

Yes - we are playing Tuesday January 7, 2020

We will play whatever we feel like at the moment. Requests are fine. Ask beforehand if you want to sit in.

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital - main lobby

This won't happen every week - one or both of us may not be able to play any given week.

free

Standing engagement - Tuesdays 1:30PM

Klezmer R&D -

Yes - we are playing Tuesday December 31, 2019

We will play whatever we feel like at the moment. Requests are fine. Ask beforehand if you want to sit in.

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital - main lobby

This won't happen every week - one or both of us may not be able to play any given week.

free

Thursday, December 19, 2019 12:00PM - 1:00PM

Klezmer R&D / University of Michigan Hospital / Gifts of Art

This will be a little more formal than the Tuesday events at St. Joe's.

Main Hospital lobby

Ann Arbor, MI

free

Standing engagement - Tuesdays 1:30PM

Klezmer R&D -

Yes - we are playing Tuesday December 17, 2019

We will play whatever we feel like at the moment. Requests are fine. Ask beforehand if you want to sit in.

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital - main lobby

This won't happen every week - one or both of us may not be able to play any given week.

free

Saturday, December 7, 2019

Klezmer Fusion Band - private event / 45th Anniversary Party

Congregation Etz Chaim

Sylvania, OH

Standing engagement - Tuesdays 1:30PM

Klezmer R&D -

Yes - we are playing Tuesday December 3, 2019

We will play whatever we feel like at the moment. Requests are fine. Ask beforehand if you want to sit in.

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital - main lobby

This won't happen every week - one or both of us may not be able to play any given week.

free

Standing engagement - Tuesdays 1:30PM

Klezmer R&D -

Yes - we are playing Tuesday November 19, 2019

We will play whatever we feel like at the moment. Requests are fine. Ask beforehand if you want to sit in.

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital - main lobby

This won't happen every week - one or both of us may not be able to play any given week.

free

Sunday November 17, 2019

Klezmer Fusion Band - private event

Burns Park Senior Center

Ann Arbor

Standing engagement - Tuesdays 1:30PM

Klezmer R&D -

Yes - we are playing Tuesday November 5, 2019

We will play whatever we feel like at the moment. Requests are fine. Ask beforehand if you want to sit in.

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital - main lobby

This won't happen every week - one or both of us may not be able to play any given week.

free

Standing engagement - Tuesdays 1:30PM

Klezmer R&D -

Yes - we are playing Tuesday November 12, 2019

We will play whatever we feel like at the moment. Requests are fine. Ask beforehand if you want to sit in.

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital - main lobby

This won't happen every week - one or both of us may not be able to play any given week.

free

Sunday November 3, 2019 4:00PM

Dexter Community Orchestra - concert "Let's Dance!"

Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

Sibelius: Valse Triste

Debussy: Danses Sacrée et Profane

Granados: Intermezzo from Goyescas

Rodney Page: Danzan (with the composer as conductor/soloist)

Ginastera: Four Dances from Estancia

Dexter High School - Center for the Performing Arts

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

free - but donations are encouraged

Saturday, November 2, 2019 7PM - 11PM

Klezmer Fusion Band - private event

Concourse Hall

Ann Arbor

Saturday September 28, 2019

Dexter Community Orchestra - Concert - with Dexter High School strings

Program (similar to 11/3/2019)

Dexter High School - Center for the Performing Arts

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

free

September 14, 2019 7:00-9:00PM

Dexter Community Orchestra - Dr. Schultz Welcome/Season Kick-Off

Season Kick-off, and also welcoming new music director Dr. David Schultz

chamber music tbd including:

Ann Arbor Clarinet Quartet (Don Henig, Ralph Katz, Rebecca Pagels, Carrie Ross)

Uhl: Divertimento

Carter: Canonic Suite

Byrd/Katz: The Earl of Salisbury's Pavanne

Holst/Abeling: FIrst Suite in Eb, Op. 28/a

Mozart/Marani: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro

Ballard/Seesharp: Hombre de Arena

LaFontaine Chevrolet

7120 Dexter Ann Arbor Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

free

Friday, June 14, 2019

Dexter Community Orchestra - free concert

7 PM - Gazebo in downtown Dexter

Concert in the Park - light classics, broadway tunes, and marches

free

Sunday, May 19, 2019 - 11:00AM - 12:15PM

Jewish Food Festival - Klezmer Fusion Band

Shomer Emunim Toledo
6453 Sylvania Ave
Sylvania, OH 43560
https://www.templese.com
(419) 885-3341
Call for further information

Sunday, May 19, 2019 - 3:00PM - NOPE

Ralph & Deborah Katz - flute and clarinet background music - NOPE

Jewish Family Services fundraiser - call for information

A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
109 Zina Pitcher Place

Ann Arbor, MI 48109

(734)769-0209

This was tentative. Another, more appropriate group was booked for this event.

Sunday, April 28, 2019- 4:00PM

Dexter Community Orchestra - free concert

Dr. Michael Hopkins - Guest Conductor

VERDI: Overture to La Forza Del Destino

BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

FRANK MARTIN: Balade No. 1 for Flute and Orchestra, Elizabeth Li - Concerto Competition Winner

TCHAIKOVSKY: Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet

Dexter High School - Center for the Performing Arts

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

free

Thursday April 18, 2019 - 2:00PM

Klezmer R&D - free concert

A short program of music in the lobby

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital

5301 McAuley Drive

Ypsilanti, MI 48197

(734)712-3456

free

Thursday April 18, 2019 - 12:00PM

A2/C4 Ann Arbor Clarinet Quartet - concert

A short program of original music and arrangements for 4 clarinets.

Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor

2935 Birch Hollow Drive

Ann Arbor, MI

free. Preregistration required. 971-0990.

Sunday April 14, 2019 - 3:30PM

"Local Treasures": Ypsilanti Symphony Orchestra - concert

Paul Keller & the Sundown Quintet joins the YSO in a program of Keller's jazz arrangements for symphony orchestra.

Washtenaw Community College / Morris Lawrence Building / Towsley Auditorium

4800 E. Huron River Dr.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

$12 (seniors age 65 & over, students with ID, and kids under age 12, $6; family, $30, WCC students with ID, free) in advance at a2tix.com and at the door.

507-1451

I am subbing on 2nd clarinet for this event.

Sunday, March 31, 2019 - 1:30PM

Ann Arbor Clarinet Quartet A2/C4 - concert

A short program of original music and arrangements for 4 clarinets.

Silver Maples of Chelsea

100 Silver Maples Drive

Chelsea, MI 48118

(734)203-0484

Sunday, February 24, 2019- 4:00PM - RESCHEDULED Wednesday March 6, 2019 7:00PM

Dexter Community Orchestra - free concert

Dr. David Schultz - Guest Conductor

HIGDON: Blue Cathedral

SCHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 2 - John Boonenberg, soloist

DVORAK Symphony No. 6

Dexter High School - Center for the Performing Arts

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

free

I won't be performing

Sunday, December 16, 2018- 4:00PM

Dexter Community Orchestra - free concert

Matthew Deloria - Guest Conductor

Annual Holiday Concert

Dexter High School - Center for the Performing Arts

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

free

Monday, December 10, 2018 5PM-7PM

Fundraiser for Dexter Community Orchestra

with: Klezmer R&D

A2C4 (Ann Arbor Clarinet Quartet)

other groups tba

LaFontaine Chevrolet

7120 Dexter-Ann Arbor Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

free

Sunday, November 4, 2018- 4:00PM

Dexter Community Orchestra - free concert

Dr. Diego Piedra - Guest Conductor

BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80

ELGAR: Enigma Variations, Op. 36

SCHUMMAN: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

Dexter High School - Center for the Performing Arts

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

http://www.klezmerfusionband.com/

free

Sunday, October 21, 2018 - 3:00PM

Music for 13 Instruments - DCO Winds

Copeland: Appalachian Spring for 13 instruments (original version)

Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in Bb "Gran Partita"

St. Joseph Parish - Dexter Village Campus

3430 Dover St (this is the correct SJP location)

Dexter, MI 48130

Suggested donation: $10

Sunday, October 14, 2018 - 3:00PM

Chamber music concert - DCO Winds

Dexter, MI

Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in Bb "Gran Partita"

Copeland: Appalachian Spring for 13 instruments (original version)

Greenwood Campus First United Methodist Church

1001 Green Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Suggested donation: $10

Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 4:00PM

"Together In Concert" - Dexter Community Orchestra - Collaboration Concert

Valerie Palmieri - Guest Conductor

With Skyline High School Orchesta and Saline High School Orchestra strings

Elgar: Serenade for Strings, Mvt 2
Sibelius: Finlandia
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4, Finale Movement

Skyline High School Auditorium

2552 N Maple Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48103

free

Friday, June 15, 2018

Dexter Community Orchestra - free concert

7 PM - Gazebo in downtown Dexter

Concert in the Park - light classics, broadway tunes, and marches

free

Sunday, June 10, 2018

Private 90th Birthday Party - Klezmer Fusion Band

5:30PM Congregation Beth Ahm

West Bloomfield, MI

Sunday, May 13, 2018

Movie Opening - Ann Arbor

Aron Kaufman, Ralph Katz, Curt Kranke will play a tune Aron composed, that was used in the move to follow

Michigan Theater

Please contact the venue for admission and availability

Sunday, May 6, 2018

Klezmer Fusion Band - 25th Anniversary Celebration - Washtenaw Jewish Family Services

2:30PM - A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Bldg, UM Campus

Contact patron for information: https://jfsannarbor.org/jfs-25th-anniversary/

Sunday, May 6, 2018

Dexter Community Orchestra - free concert

4 PM at Dexter High School CPA

Berlioz: Hungarian March

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in Cm

Khatchaturian: Violin Concerto - 2018 Youth Artist Competition Winner: Yoav Hayut

N.B: This will be good but I won't be performing.

Sunday, March 11, 2018

Dexter Community Orchestra - free concert

4 PM at Dexter High School CPA

3/11/2017

Prokofief: Lieutenant Kije Suite

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G / Christopher Harding

Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D

Saturday, January 6, 2018

Twas Brillig and the Mazel Tovs - First Saturday Dance

Ann Arbor Community for Traditional Music and Dance (AACTMAD)

7:00PM International; 8:00PM Contra

Pitsfield Grange (just South of Meijers)

3337 Ann Arbor Saline Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Drake Meadow calls international dances (7:00) and contras (8:00) to live music. Annual silent auction fundraiser - bring items to auction and money to buy. This is a good solution for those presents that owuld be happier in another home. Preceded by a potluck dinner at 5:30.

Admission: $12/$11 members/$7 students

EMail: hellmann@umich.edu Phone: 734-769-1052,734-274-0773

http://aactmad.org/

Sunday, December 17, 2017

Dexter Community Orchestra - free concert

4 PM at Dexter High School CPA

Holiday Concert

Sunday November 12, 2017 - CANCELLED

DCO Wind Ensemble - free concert

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Dexter Community Orchestra - free concert

4 PM at Dexter High School CPA

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in Em / Chenyi Avsharian

Stravinski: Suite from “The Firebird”

Saturday, October 21, 2017

Dexter Community Orchestra - free joint concert with Skyline and Saline Orchestras

7 PM at Saline Middle School Auditorium

7190 N. Maple St.

Saline, MI

Friday, June 16th, 2017

7PM Dexter Gazebo

Dexter Community Orchestra - concert in the park

Monument Park in the Gazebo

3215 Central Street, Downtown Dexter.

Rain Location: Center for Performing Arts, Dexter High School.

Anthony Elliott, conductor

VARIOUS COMPOSERS Light classics and popular favorites

free

Sunday, May 7, 2017

4 PM at Dexter High School

Dexter Community Orchestra - free concert

Anthony Elliott, conductor

JEFFREY RYAN: And The Children Shall Lead

LALO: Cello Concerto, Alon Hayut - winner of DCO youth artist competition

GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony #1 "The Titan"

Free

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Klezmer R&D

Concert at Brookhaven Manner, Ann Arbor, MI - 2:00PM

Free (at least for residents)

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Klezmer Fusion Band - private event

8:30PM Jewish Community Center of Ann Arbor

Sunday, March 12, 2017

Dexter Community Orchestra - free concert

4 PM at Dexter High School CPA

Anthony Elliott, conductor

OTTORINO RESPIGHI Brazilian Impressions

OTTORINO RESPIGHI Adagio con Variazioni

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony #7 in A Op 92

Program subect to change

Free

Saturday January 28, 2017

50th Anniversary Celebration, Temple Beth Emeth

Polo Fields, Ann Arbor

with various groups

Private event

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Dexter Community Orchestra - free concert

4 PM at Dexter High School CPA

Anthony Elliott, conductor

HOLIDAY CONCERT

featuring:

The Dexter High School Orchestras and Choirs

Program featuring works of Handel, Anderson, Rutter, and Tchaikovsky

Sunday, November 6, 2016

Dexter Community Orchestra - free concert

4 PM at Dexter High School CPA

Anthony Elliott, conductor

PAUL CRESTON Invocation and Dance

HENRI FREDIEN TOMASI Concerto for Trumpet

William Campbell, Soloist

PETER TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony #4 in f Minor Op 36

Friday June 10, 2016 7:00PM

Dexter Community Orchestra - free concert

Monument Park, downtown Dexter (in the bandshell)

light classics, show tunes and marches

free

Sunday May 15, 2016 4:00PM

Concert - Dexter Community Orchestra

Anthony Elliott, conductor

BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

ANTONIN DVORAK: Symphony No. 8

DCO Concerto Competition winner

Dexter High School - Center for the Performing Arts

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

Saturday April 16, 2016

Klezmer Fusion Band - private party

Michigan State University Natural History Museum

Sunday April 10, 2016 3:00PM & 5:00PM

Klezmer Fusion Band - free concerts

West Bloomfield Township Public Library

4600 Walnut Lake Road

West Bloomfield, MI 48323

https://www.wblib.org/

Monday March 28, 2016 2:00PM

Klezmer R&D - free concert

Brookhaven Senior Living

Ann Arbor, MI

December 5, 2015

Klezmer Fusion Band

Private party

Ann Arbor, MI

Saturday, March 14, 2015, 7:00PM - 10:00 PM (note: new time)

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Balkan and Israeli line dancing, with live music played by The Ethnic Connection. No partner needed. Beginners welcome. (No teaching, but easy dances at the beginning, and you can watch and follow along.) Or just munch on snacks and listen.

Admission: $10 (students $5)

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Sunday, March 15, 2015 - 4 PM

Concert - Dexter Community Orchestra

Anthony Elliott, conductor

free

Dexter High School

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

Sunday, April 11, 2015 8:00PM (cacnelled due to breakup of Wisaal)

Joint Concert: Wisaal (Arabic fusion band) and Klezmer Fusion Band

April 19, 2015

Klezmer Fusion Band

Private party

Ann Arbor, MI

Saturday, January 10, 2015, 7:00PM - 10:00 PM (note: new time)

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Admission: $10 (students $5)

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Saturday, January 3, 2015

Contra Dance: Twas Brillig and the Mazel Tovs

AACTMAD 1st Saturday Dance

Caller: Drake Meadow

All dances are taught, all experience levels welcome!

Pittsfield Grange Hall

3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Road

Ann Arbor 48103

Admission $9 ($8 AACTMAD members)

Info: 734-332-7964.

Web: http://www.aactmad.org

Sunday, December 14, 2014 - 7 PM (NOTE: New Time for this concert only)
Concert - Dexter Community Orchestra (NOTE: New Location for this concert only: Hill Auditorium)

Anthony Elliott, conductor

The Dexter High School Concert and Chamber Orchestras

The Washtenaw Community Orchestra Chorus

Holiday Concert
- JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Part I Christmas Oratorio (for the first day of Christmas)
- DHS Concert Orchestra - pieces tbd
- LEROY ANDERSON Sleigh Ride
- FRED WARING Night Before Christmas
- JOHN RUTTER Donkey Carol
- ALAN HODDINOTT Puer Natus (Chorus and Organ)
- JOHN RUTTER Jesus Child & Star Carol
- LEROY ANDERSON Christmas Festival(Sing Along)

free

Hill Auditorium

825 N. University Ave

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Saturday, December 6, 2014, watch this space for the time

Cool Yule - Allegro Winds

Wind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon) playing holiday favorites

Chapel - South Lyon Park

Free

Concert - Dexter Community Orchestra

Anthony Elliott, conductor

Sphynx Competition winner Hannah White, violin
- Schipizki: Symphonic Messaging, Symphony No.3

- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto

- Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "From The New World"

free

Dexter High School

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

Saturday August 16, 2014 6:00PM -8:00PM

Music for Dinner: Klezmer R&D

Silvio's Organic Pizza

715 N. University

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

734-214-6666

Come eat and listen.

Saturday, August 9, 2014 12:20PM - 1:00PM

Dexter Daze: Dexter Community Orchestra Wind Ensemble

Dexter Gazebo

There will be music from the DCO all afternoon.

free

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Gala Concert, celebrating the retirement of Cantor Annie Rose

Vocal Arts Ensemble, Kol Halev Chorale, and others

BEN COHEN: world premier of a piece for mixed chorus, clarinet and piano

Saint Saens: Tarantella Op. 6 for flute, clarinet and piano - with Deborah Katz and Ray McLellan

Washtenaw Community College

Admission $100/person

Saturday, April 18, 2014, 7:00PM - 10:00 PM (note: new time)

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Admission: $10 (students $5)

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

http://www.jccannarbor.org/cultural-arts-education/sunday-brunch-concert-series/

Sunday, April 12, 2014 3:30PM

Concert - Ypsilanti Symphony Orchestra

Faure: Pagane

Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Bizet: Arlisienne Suites 1 & 2 (selections)

Saint Saens: Cello Concerto in D - with Dr. Robert Reed, cello soloist

Towsley Auditorium / Washtenaw Community College
4800 E. Huron River Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Admission $12 (seniors and students $6)

Sunday, March 23, 2014, 11:30PM

Brunch & Chamber Music Concert - members of the Dexter Community Orchestra

STRAUSS: Serenade for Winds, Op. 7

DVORAK: Serenade for Winds, Op 44

Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor

2935 Birch Hollow Drive

Ann Arbor, MI

$12 ($10 JCC members) includes brunch

Saturday, March 15, 2014, 2:30PM

Chamber Music Concert - members of the Dexter Community Orchestra

STRAUSS: Serenade for Winds, Op. 7

DVORAK: Serenade for Winds, Op 44

Chelsea Retirement Village

805 W. Middle Street

Chelsea, MI

free

Sunday, February 23, 2014 - 4 PM

Concert - Dexter Community Orchestra

Charles Ellis, guest conductor
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK: Sandman's song from Hansel and Gretel - Anthony Elliott, Cello Soloist
ERNST BLOCH : Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody - Anthony Elliott, soloist
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Symphony Number Two

free

Dexter High School

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

Saturday, February 15, 2014, 7:00PM - 10:00 PM (note: new time)

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Admission: $10 (students $5)

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

http://www.manresa-sj.org/bro_140303_Concert.pdf

Sunday, February 9, 2014 - Tentative / time TBD

Concert - Dexter Community Orchestra Wind Ensemble

Saturday, February 1, 2014 - cancelled

Concert - Klezmer Fusion Band

Congregation Bnai Israel

West Bloomfield, MI

Sunday, January 26, 2014 3:00PM

Wisaal (Arabic fusion band) and Klezmer Fusion Band

Concert: Manresa Jesuit Retreat House

$25

1390 Quarton Road

Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

(248)644-4933

Sunday, December 15, 2013 - 4PM

HOLIDAY CONCERT - Dexter Community OrchestraAnthony Elliott, conductor

featuring The Dexter High School Concert and Chamber Orchestras and The Washtenaw Community Orchestra Chorus
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Magnificat
Dexter High School Concert Orchestra - piece TBD
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth)
JOHN RUTTER: Gloria
LEROY ANDERSON: Christmas Medley (Sing Along)

free

Dexter High School

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

http://congbethshalom.org/calendar-events/events/dec-8-a-december-to-remember

Saturday, December 14, 2013 - 12PM

Concert - Dexter Community Orchestra Wind Ensemble

Briarwood Mall

Free

Sunday, December 8, 2013, 1:00PM

Concert - Klezmer Fusion Band

Free

Congregation Beth Shalom

Lincoln Blvd.

Oak Park, MI 48237

Saturday, December 7, 2013, time TBD

Cool Yule - Allegro Winds

Wind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon) playing holiday favorites

Chapel - South Lyon Park

Free

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Genesis of Ann Arbor - Erev Thanksgiving Service - 7:30PM

I have a brief solo in this annual joint service of St. Clare'a Episcopal Church and Temple Beth Emeth

2309 Packard Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

free but the sanctuary will be full

http://www.genesisa2.org/

Saturday, November 23, 2013, 7:00PM - 10:00 PM (note: new time)

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Admission: $10 (students $5)

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Saturday, November 3, 2013, 7:00PM - 10:00 PM (note: new time)

Dexter Community Orchestra
Anthony Elliott, conductor

DMITRY KABALEVSKY Colas Breugnon Overture
W.A. MOZART Piano Concerto #27
Featuring Soloist Louis Nagel
LEIGH DANIELS Curiosity, (Who Will I Be Next?)
AARON COPLAND Four Pieces from Rodeo

free

Dexter High School

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

http://www.pennyseats.org/

September 28, 2013

Klezmer Fusion Band

Journeys travel agency - 35th anniversary party

An international mix

Ann Arbor, MI

private event

Sunday, September 22, 2013, 1:45PM -

A Musical Taste of Dexter

- Canton Brass 1:45PM

- Bethlehem String Quartet 3:00PM

- Adverb Trio 4:00PM

- DCO Wind Ensemble 4:15PM (Ralph)

- Plus: other groups, silent auction, food vendors, drawings

K of C Hall

Dexter, Michigan

admission charged

see: http://www.dextercommunityorchestra.org

Saturday, August 10, 2013 (time tba)

Dexter Daze

Dexter Communit Orchestar Wind Ensemble

Dexter Gazebo

free

July 13, 2012 7:00PM

Little Me - pit orchestra (sub)

The Penny Seats Theatre Company

West Park Bandshell

Ann Arbor, MI

free - oops/not

Friday, June 14, 2013

Services, Dinner, and Dancing

Temple Israel

West Bloomfield, MI

Saturday, May 11, 2013, 7:00PM - 10:00 PM (note: new time)

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Admission: $10 (students $5)

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Sunday, May 5, 2013 4 PM

Dexter Community Orchestra
Anthony Elliott, conductor
MALCOLM ARNOLD Tam O'Shanter
CONCERTO COMPETITION WINNER To Be Announced
ALBERTO GINASTERA Panambi
ALBERTO GINASTERA Estancia
free

Dexter High School

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

Saturday, April 6, 2013: 7:30PM (date changed)

Concert: Katz & Co, Version 5

With: Dexter Community Orchestra Wind Ensemble

With: Jean Schneider, piano

With: The Ethnic Connection

Program:

- Carl Reinecke: Octet Op. 216 (flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons - 1892)

- Bernhard Heiden: Clarinet Sonatina (1954)

- Luigi Bassi: Fantasia on themes from Verdi's "Rigoletto" (1904)

- Balkan & pieces - tbd

Temple Beth Emeth

2309 Packard Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Tickets: $15, students and seniors $10

Info: 734-663-1288

Saturday, March 17, 2013 4:00PM

Chamber Music Concert, with Allegro Winds and others

- Paul Hindemith, Kleine Kammermusik Op 26 No 2, for 5 winds

St. James Episcopal Church

3279 Broad St, Dexter, MI 48130

Dexter, MI

Free will offering

Saturday, March 16, 2013, 7:00PM - 10:00 PM (note: new time)

Private Bat Mitzvah party with live music by Klezmer R&D

Ann Arbor, MI

Saturday, March 9, 2013, 7:00PM - 10:00 PM (note: new time)

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Admission: $10 (students $5)

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

February 24, 2013 - 4:00PM

Concert: Dexter Community Orchestra

- PAUL CRESTON: Dance Overture
- RALPH VAUGHN WILLIAMS: Variations on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
- JOHANNES BRAHMS: Symphony Number One
free

Dexter High School

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

Saturday, February 9, 2013, 7:00PM - 10:00 PM (note: new time)

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Admission: $10 (students $5)

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Saturday, January 26, 2013 11AM - 4PM
Dexter Community Orchestra Fund Raiser
Dexter Community Orchestra Wind Ensemble - 10AM (Note: new time)

music of Dvorak, Krommer, Berlioz, Novacek

Laura Hogan fl, Angie Noble ob, Ralph Katz cl, Sam Terrian cl, Dave Goldberg, hn, Clare Bowman hn, Jonathan Peters bn, Marc Gerstein bn

Allegro Wind Quintet - 11AM (Note: new time)

Laura Hogan fl, Angie Noble ob, Ralph Katz cl, Clare Bowman hn, Jonathan Peters bn

... and other groups from the DCO ...
Barnes and Noble
3235 Washtenaw Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

A portion of book purchases will be donated to the DCO.

Vouchers are here: http://ralphkatz.pbworks.com/DCO%20Barnes%20and%20Noble%20bookfair%20vouchers.pdf
Free - Come and listen.

Saturday January 12, 2013 8-9PM
Klezmer Fusion Band (with Niel Alexander, Cliff Monear)
Noreen DeYoung's 25th Anniversary Celebration
Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor
2935 Birch Hollow Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
http://www.jccannarbor.org/early-childhood/celebrate-noreen-de-young-s-25-years-of-service-to-the-jcc/
$18 per person or $36 per family
You can also honor Noreen with a contribution.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Twas Brillig and the Mazel Tovs

AACTMAD 1st Saturday Dance

Caller: Drake Meadow

Music by Twas Brillig and the Mazel Toves

All dances are taught, all experience levels welcome!

Pittsfield Grange Hall

3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Road

Ann Arbor 48103

Admission $9 ($8 AACTMAD members)

Info: 734-332-7964.

Web: http://www.aactmad.org

Wednesday December 19, 2012 6:30PM

Klezmer Fusion Band

Concert

Southfield Public LIbrary

26300 Evergreen Road
Southfield, Michigan 48076

(248) 796-4200
http://www.southfieldlibrary.org/events/jazz-blues-klezmer-fusion-band

$3.00

Sunday, December 16, 2012 4 PM

Dexter Community Orchestra
With: Dexter HS Orchestra, and Washtenaw Community Civic Chorus

Anthony Elliott, conductor
- FRANCIS POULENC Gloria
- JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
- JOHN RUTTER The Twelve Days of Christmas
- LEROY ANDERSON A Christmas Festival
And other Christmas favorites
free

Dexter High School

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

Saturday, December 1, 2012, 7:00PM - 10:00 PM (note: new time)

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Admission: $10 (students $5)

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Sunday, November 4, 2012 4:00PM

Dexter Community Orchestra
Anthony Elliott, conductor
JOAN TOWER Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
GUSTAV MAHLER Adagietto from Symphony Number 5
LEONARD BERNSTEIN Overture to West Side Story
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major op. 35 (Featuring Acclaimed Soloist Chen Yi )

free

Dexter High School

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

Friday November 2, 2012 7:30PM

Friday Night service, with music of composer Ben Steinberg (in residence)

With Deborah Katz (flute), Ko Kaiden (oboe), Diane Winder (cello), Laurel Federbush (harp), and Dr. Ray McClellan (pian)

Temple Beth Emeth

2309 Packard Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Free

http://cbitoledo.org/2012/09/gala-simchat-torah-celebration/

Saturday October 20, 2012 6:00PM -8:00PM

Music for Dinner: Klezmer R&D

Silvio's Organic Pizza

715 N. University

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

734-214-6666

Come eat and listen.

October 8, 2012 - 7:00PM

Simchat Torah Service: Klezmer Fusion Band

Congregation Bnai Israel

6525 Sylvania Ave
Sylvania, OH 43560

free

October 7, 2011 - 6:30PM

Simchat Tora Service: Klezmer R&D

Temple Beth Emeth

2309 Packard Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

free

October 6, 2012

Bat Mitzvah Oneg

With Edward Wyman (piano)

Temple Beth Emeth

2309 Packard Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

free

Sunday, September 23, 2012 2:00PM - 6:00PM

"A Musical Taste of Dexter"

A combined music and food event presents members of the Dexter Community Orchestra and friends, with food sampling from 16 area restaurants and other food purveyors.

The entertainment changes every 20 minutes. I will be playing with Klezmer R&D (2:40-3:00PM) and the DCO Wind Octet (4:40-5:00PM).

Entry: $7 (12 and under free). Taste coupons $1

Dexter Knights of Columbus Hall

8265 Dexter-Chelsea Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

http://www.musicaltaste.dextercommunityorchestra.org/

musicaltaste@dextercommunityorchestra.org

Friday August 24, 2012

Friday night service and dancing

Klezmer Fusion Band: Cliff Monear (keyboard), Dan Maslanka (drums), Neil Alexander (dance leader)

Temple Beth El

7400 Telegraph Road

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48301

Sunday August 19, 2012 5:30PM - 7:30PM

Music for Dinner: Klezmer R&D

Silvio's Organic Pizza

715 N. University

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

734-214-6666

Come eat and listen.

Sunday, August 12, 2012 11:30PM - 1:30PM (times changed)

Klezmer R&D

Ann Arbor Artisans Market (Farmers Market grounds)

315 Detroit St

Ann Arbor, MI

free

Sunday July 22 - Saturday July 28

Wellesley Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center

Deb & I are attendees this year

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA

http://www.composersconference.org/

July 13, 2012

Klezmer R&D

Private party

Northville, MI

May 20, 2012 - 4:00PM

Concert: Dexter Community Orchestra

- RESPIGHI   Fountains of Rome
- TBD   Youth concerto competition winner (TBD)
- TCHAIKOVSKY   Symphony No. 5
free

Dexter High School

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

Saturday, May 12, 2012, 7:30PM - 10:30 PM (NOTE: times changed)

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Admission: $10 (students $5)

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Sunday April 22, 2012 5:30PM - 7:30PM (NOTE: times changed)

Music for Dinner: Klezmer R&D

Silvio's Organic Pizza

715 N. University

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

734-214-6666

Come get some food, and listen.

April 15, 2012 3PM-4PM, and 5PM to 6PM

Concert: Klezmer Fusion Band

West Bloomfield Public Library

4600 Walnut Lake Rd. (west of Orchard Lake Rd)

West Bloomfield, MI

March 31, 2012 6:30-7:30PM

Private 91st birthday party

I will be providing some unaccompanied sounds at the family's request.

Sunday March 25, 2012 6:00PM - 8:00PM

Music for Dinner: Klezmer R&D

Silvio's Organic Pizza

715 N. University

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

734-214-6666

Come get some food, and listen.

March 18, 2012 - 4:00PM

Concert: Dexter Community Orchestra

- RAVEL Mother Goose Suite
- SPOHR Duo Concertante No. 2 in b minor (Paul and Linda Rosenthal, violins)
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
free

NOTE: VENUE MOVED due to Dexter tornado

Saline Middle School

7190 N. Maple Rd

Saline, MI 48176

Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 12:50PM

Memorial for Wilbur DeHart (1920-2012)

Carl Maria Von Weber: Concertino , Op. 26

First United Methodist Church

Ann Arbor, MI

I sat next to Will for 9 years in the Ann Arbor Summer Civic Band and am honored to have been asked to do this.

Sunday February 12, 2012 6:00PM - 8:00PM

Music for Dinner: Klezmer R&D

Silvio's Organic Pizza

715 N. University

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

734-214-6666

Come get some food, and listen.

Saturday, February 11, 2012, 6:30PM - 9:00PM

Klezmer Fusion Band

Private event

City Club of Ann Arbor

Friday, February 10, 2012 7:00PM - 7:30PM

Allegro Winds

University Living

Wind Quintets by Cambini and Gould.

Saturday, February 4, 2012, 8 - 11 PM

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Admission: $10 (students $5)

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Sunday January 29, 2012 6:00PM - 8:00PM

Music for Dinner: Klezmer R&D

Silvio's Organic Pizza

715 N. University

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

734-214-6666

Come get some food, and listen.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Klezmer R&D

Jewish Commity Center of Ann Arbor

more information to follow

Friday December 16, 2011, 8 - 11 PM

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Admission: $10 (students $5)

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Sunday November 13, 2011, 7:15PM - 8:30PM

Concert: Klezmer Fusion Band

Fox Run (near 13 Mile Rd & M-5, West Bloomfield, MI)

Details to follow

Sunday November 6, 2011 - 12:00PM

Dexter Community Orchestra Wind Ensemble

Harmonie Music (8 winds) at the Grand Opening of the new Mott Childrens' Hospital

In the lobby.

Free

Sunday November 6, 2011 - 5:00PM

Concert: Dexter Community Orchestra

- SHOSTAKOVICH   Festive Overture
- DEBUSSY   Danses Sacred and Profane (Celisa Gutierrez, harp)
- BEETHOVEN   Symphony No. 6
free

Dexter High School

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

Saturday November 5, 2011 - 11:00AM

Dexter Community Orchestra Wind Ensemble

Music for 4 winds & Piano at the Grand Opening of the new Mott Childrens' Hospital

In the lobby.

Free

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Opera on Tap

"Under the Havest Moon"

The Side Track Bar & Grill

56 East Cross Street

Ypsilanti, MI 48197

(Right next to the railroad tracks In Depot Town.)

Free (subject to food/drink minimum). Cash Bar, Food

Dinner at 7:30PM. Music starts at 8:30PM. Call for table reservations (734)483-1035.

October 20, 2011 - 7:00PM

Simchat Torah Service: Klezmer Fusion Band (NOTE: venue corrected)

Congregation Bnai Israel

6525 Sylvania Ave
Sylvania, OH 43560

free

October 19, 2011 - 5:00PM

Simchat Tora Service: Klezmer R&D

Temple Beth Emeth

2309 Packard Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

free

September 17, 2011

private party: Klezmer Fusion Band

Concourse Hall

4531 Concourse Drive

Ann Arbor, MI

Sunday September 11, 2011 - 2:00PM

Don Parrish Memorial Concert: Dexter Community Orchestra

Anthony Elliott and Matthew Deloria, conductors
- BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture

   - MOZART      Quartet in G minor for piano and strings, K. 478, mvt. 1
   - NARDINI      Melody for cello and piano
   - WALTON      "Touch her soft lips and part" from Henry V
   - SHORE (John Walton, arr.)      Suite from Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
   - ELGAR      "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations
   - WAGNER      Prelude to "Die Meistersinger"
free

Dexter High School

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

http://www.aactmad.org/sa/dits.html

Sunday September 4, 2011 3:00PM-4:00PM

Dancing in the Streets: Twas Brillig and the Mazel Toves

Main Street Stage

Downtown Ann Arbor, MI

Free

Sunday August 28, 6:00PM - 8:00PM

Music for Dinner: Klezmer R&D (with Dave Gitterman)

Silvio's Organic Pizza

715 N. University

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

734-214-6666

Come get some food, and listen.

Saturday August 27, 2011 7:30PM - 8:45PM

Concert: Klezmer Fusion Band

At: International Association of Yiddish Clubs conference

Sheraton Detroit Novi

21111 Haggerty Rd

Novi, MI 48375

August 10, 2011 10AM - 12PM (oops - cancelled)

Dexter Community Orchestra Chamber Winds

wind octets by Mozart, Schubert and Dvořák

Dexter Daze

Downtown Dexter, MI

free

Sunday July 24, 6:00PM - 8:00PM

Music for Dinner: Klezmer RND (with Nan Nelson & Dave Gitterman)

Silvio's Organic Pizza

715 N. University

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

734-214-6666

Come get some food, and listen.

Saturday June 9, 2011 6:30PM - 8:30PM

Dexter Civil War Days: Dexter Community Orchestra Chamber Winds

dinner music: wind octets by Mozart, Schubert and Dvorak.

Gordon Hall

Dexter, MI

Saturday June 4, 2011, 11:00AM - 1:00PM

Music for Lunch - Klezmer RND (with Nan Nelson & Dave Gitterman)

Silvio's Organic Pizza

715 N. University

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

734-214-6666

Come get some food, and listen.

Sunday, May 22, 2011 - 4:00PM

Concert - Dexter Community Orchestra - Anthony Elliott, conductor

"Spain"

- Debussy: Nocturnes: Nuages, Fêtes

- De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat: Dances from Part 2

- Bartok - Violin Concerto No. 2, first movement - Davis West, violin (concerto competition winner)

free

Dexter High School

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

Saturday May 21, 2011, 12:00PM - 2:00PM

Private Bat Mitzvah Luncheon - Klezmer R&D (with Dave Gitterman)

Temple Beth Emeth

2309 Packard Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Saturday May 7, 2011, 8 - 11 PM

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Admission: $10 (students $5)

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - 8:30PM

Opera On Tap

(see other OOT linstings below)

Saturday, April 20, 2010

Guerrilla Chamber Music: Dexter Community Orchestra Wind Ensemble

Charles Gounod: Petite Symphony (9 winds)

-> 11:00AM Foggy Bottom Cafe

7065 Dexter Ann Arbor Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

-> 3:00PM Barnes and Noble

3235 Washtenaw Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Come and listen.

Sunday April 3, 2011, 2:00PM

Chamber Music Concert - Dexter Community Orchestra Wind Ensemble

Featuring: Charles Gounod - Petite Symphonie (for 9 winds) - only 2 of 4 movements

Admission: free

Dexter District Library

3255 Alpine Street

Dexter, MI 48130

Phone: 734-426-4477

Saturday March 26, 2011, 8 - 11 PM

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Admission: $10 (students $5)

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Sunday, March 6, 2011 - 4:00PM

Concert - Dexter Community Orchestra - Anthony Elliott, conductor

free

Dexter High School

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 8:30PM

Opera on Tap

The Ann Arbor/Ypsi chapter of this national non-profit once again presents local singers in need of a venue. C'mon by and hear some voices fill the place up with music.

The Side Track Bar & Grill

56 East Cross Street (Right next to the railroad tracks In Depot Town.)

Ypsilanti, MI 48197

Free (subject to food/drink minimum). Cash Bar, Food

Dinner at 7:30PM. Music starts at 8:30PM. Call for table reservations (734)483-1035.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 - 8:30PM

Opera on Tap

The Ann Arbor/Ypsi chapter of this national non-profit once again presents local singers in need of a venue. C'mon by and hear some voices fill the place up with music. This time the theme is "Love Is All I Need!".

The Side Track Bar & Grill

56 East Cross Street (Right next to the railroad tracks In Depot Town.)

Ypsilanti, MI 48197

Free (subject to food/drink minimum). Cash Bar, Food

Dinner at 7:30PM. Music starts at 8:30PM. Call for table reservations (734)483-1035.

http://www.jccannarbor.org/news/2011/01/26/headlines/ann-arbor-party-expo-at-the-jcc/

Sunday, January 30, 2011 - 2:00PM - 5:00PM

JCC Party Planning Expo - Klezmer R&D (with Dave Gitterman)

Planning a Wedding, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Graduation, Retirement or Bris? Here is one-stop shopping for all your party needs! Free samples and door prizes.

Admission: Free

Jewish Community Center

2935 Birch Hollow Drive

Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Sunday, December 19, 2010 - 4:00PM

Concert - Dexter Community Orchestra - Anthony Elliott, conductor

"Holiday Concert" with: Washtenaw Community Chorus

Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Hodie" (1954)

Cantata in 16 movements, for tenor, baritone and soprano soloists, with chorus, organ, and orchestra

Dexter High School

2200 N. Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 8:30PM

Opera on Tap

The Side Track Bar & Grill

56 East Cross Street (Right next to the railroad tracks In Depot Town.)

Ypsilanti, MI 48197

Free (subject to food/drink minimum). Cash Bar, Food

Dinner at 7:30PM. Music starts at 8:30PM. Call for table reservations (734)483-1035.

http://www.templeemanuelgr.org/

Sunday, December 5, 2010 - 12:30PM

Chanukah Concert - Klezmer Fusion Band

Jewish Federation of Grand Rapids - Temple Emanuel

1715 East Fulton

Grand Rapids, MI

Saturday December 4, 2010, 8 - 11 PM

Folk dance and CD RELEASE party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Balkan and Israeli line dancing, played by The Ethnic Connection. No partner needed. Beginners welcome. (No teaching, but easy dances at the beginning, and you can watch and follow along.)

Admission: $8.

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

CD Flyer: EC CD flyer, B&W.pdf

Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 8:00PM

Katz & Company version 4.0 - A benefit concert for Temple Beth Emeth Brotherhood

With: Jenny Young (alto), Dave Gitterman (piano), Edward Wyman (piano), Fran Wakefield (violin), Mike Garrahan (violin), Carol Palms (viola), Margeret Weiss (cello), and Cary Kocher (percussion).

- Brahms 2 songs for Voice, Cello & Piano (with Dave Gitterman & Jenny Young)
- Sergei Prokofief: Op. 34 Overture on Hebrew Themes (1909 - clarinet, string quartet, piano)

- Hernhard Heiden: Quintet for Clarinet and Stings (1955)

- Debussy: Premier Rhapsody for Clarinet & Piano (1910)
- New Horizons in Clarinet Playing (untraditional), clarinet with effects, synthesizers, percussion

- Freilachs (traditional Klezmer piece)

Temple Beth Emeth / Genesis of Ann Arbor

2309 Packard Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Tickets: $15, students and seniors $7.50

Info: 734-663-1288

http://www.etzchayimtoledo.org/

Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 8:00PM

Klezmer Fusion Band

Congregation Etz Chayim

3853 Woodley Rd

Toledo, OH

Sunday, October 30, 2010

Concert - River Raisin Ragtime Revue

see 10/24

Hillsdale, MI (see website for info)

Monday, October 25, 2010

Gala Fundraiser - River Raisin Ragtime Revue

Cobblestone Farm

2781 Packard Road

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Phone: 734-794-6230

=> $45, or $75 a couple. $20 for children 12 and under. Food, Silent Auction.

Sunday, October 24, 2010 - 6:00PM

Concert - River Raisin Ragtime Revue

Featuring Jewish contributions to American popular music via Tin Pan Alley. R4 will be joined by TBE Choir Kol Halev and cantor Annie Rose.

Temple Beth Emeth

2309 Packard Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

=> general admission $22, $18 for seniors, and $10 for youth (12 and under.)

=> poster: Tin Pan A2 Poster 92210.pdf

September 30, 2010

Simchat Torah service with dancing - Klezmer Fusion Band

Congregation B'nai Israel

6525 Sylvania Avenue

Sylvania, OH 43560

Admission: free

Information: 419-517-8400

Web: http://www.cbitoledo.org/

September 29, 2010 - 5:15PM-6:00PM

Simchat Torah celebration with dancing - with Dave Gitterman

Temple Beth Emeth

2309 Packard Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Admission: free

September 25, 2010 - 7PM

Private Wedding - Klezmer Fusion Band

The Roostertail

100 Marquette Dr

Detroit, MI 48214

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Opera on Tap

The Side Track Bar & Grill

56 East Cross Street (Right next to the railroad tracks In Depot Town.)

Ypsilanti, MI 48197

Free (subject to food/drink minimum). Cash Bar, Food

Dinner at 7:30PM. Music starts at 8:30PM. Call for table reservations (734)483-1035.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Private Wedding Ceremony - with Deborah Scott Katz

Ann Arbor, MI

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Opera on Tap

Under the leadership of tenor and Divo Ko Kaiden, the Ann Arbor/Ypsi chapter of this national non-profit once again presents local singers in need of a venue. C'mon by and hear some voices fill the place up with music. Tonight's seasonal theme is "Hot and Steamy".

The Side Track Bar & Grill

56 East Cross Street (Right next to the railroad tracks In Depot Town.)

Ypsilanti, MI 48197

Free (subject to food/drink minimum). Cash Bar, Food

Dinner at 7:30PM. Music starts at 8:30PM. Call for table reservations (734)483-1035.

http://www.foggybottomcoffeehouse.com

Saturday, June 19, 2010 - 9:00PM - 10:30PM

American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT) National Conference

Contra and International Dancing with Bow Echo - with Brad Battey (violin), Deborah Jackson (piano), Drake Meadow (dance leader/caller)

Concordia College

Ann Arbor, MI

private event

Gazebo "Pops" Concert - Dexter Community Orchestra

At the Gazebo in downtown Dexter, MI

Free

Saturday, May 29, 2010, 9AM - 11AM

With Dave Gitterman, Nan Nelson (name that band)

Foggy Bottom Cafe

7065 Dexter Ann Arbor Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

734-424-9630

Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 4:00PM

Concert - Dexter Community Orchestra, Anthony Elliott - conductor

- Tchaikovsky - Francesca Di Rimini

- Tchaikovski - Violin Concerto, Movement I, with competition winner - this is not to be missed

- Hanson - Romantic Symphony

Dexter High School

2200 N Parker Rd

Dexter MI 48130

Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 11:30AM - 1:30PM

Private Bar Mitzvah luncheon - with Dave Gitterman

Temple Beth Emeth

2309 Packard Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Friday, April 30, 2010, 8PM - Dance

AACTMAD 5th Friday Fusion Dance

Callers: Drake Meadow and friends teach English, contras, and international dancing.

Music by Twas Brillig and the Mazel Toves, and Scalar Scalawags.

All dances are taught, all experience levels welcome!

Pittsfield Grange Hall

3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Road

Ann Arbor 48103

Admission $9 ($8 AACTMAD members)

Info: 734-332-7964.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Opera on Tap

Under the leadership of baritone and Divo Ko Kaiden, the Ann Arbor/Ypsi chapter of this national non-profit once again presents local singers in need of a venue. C'mon by and hear some voices fill the place up with music on a cold winter's evening.

The Side Track Bar & Grill

56 East Cross Street

Ypsilanti, MI 48197

(Right next to the railroad tracks In Depot Town.)

Free (subject to food/drink minimum). Cash Bar, Food

Dinner at 7:30PM. Music starts at 8:30PM. Call for table reservations (734)483-1035.

Saturday March 27, 2010, 8 - 11 PM

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Balkan and Israeli line dancing, played by The Ethnic Connection. No partner needed. Beginners welcome. (No teaching, but easy dances at the beginning, and you can watch and follow along.)

Admission: $8.

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Concert - Dexter Community Orchestra, Don Parrish - conductor

Copland - Hoe Down from "Rodeo" (clarinets: Katz, Meyer, Pagels)

Grieg - Piano Concerto (J. Bennett, soloist) (clarinets: Katz, Meyer)

Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (clarinets: Meyer, Linkner)

Sunday February 21, 2010 - 5:00PM-6:00PM

Concert: Klezmer Fusion Band

West Bloomfield Public Library

4600 Walnut Lake Rd. (west of Orchard Lake Rd)

West Bloomfield, MI

Sunday, February 7, 2010 - 2:00PM

Chamber Music Concert - members of Dexter Community Orchestra

including: J.N. Hummel - Clarinet Quartet (movements 1 & 2)

Ralph Katz (cl), Mike Garrahan (vn), Joseph Lange (va), Margaret Weiss (vc)

Dexter District Library

3255 Alpine Street

Dexter, MI 48130

Phone: 734-426-4477

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Opera on Tap

*OOT A2Y is taking part in OOT's national campaign this February to raise funds for relief organizations working in Haiti. All donations made at performances will be donated to Doctors Without Border's Haiti Project. We hope you will consider contributing to this important cause*

The Side Track Bar & Grill

56 East Cross Street

Ypsilanti, MI 48197

(Right next to the railroad tracks In Depot Town.)

Free (subject to food/drink minimum). Cash Bar, Food

Dinner at 7:30PM. Music starts at 8:30PM. Call for table reservations (734)483-1035.

Friday, January 29, 2010, 8PM - Dance

AACTMAD 5th Friday Fusion Dance

Callers: Drake Meadow and friends teach English, contras, and international dancing.

Music by Twas Brillig and the Mazel Toves, and Katun.

All dances are taught, all experience levels welcome!

Pittsfield Grange Hall

3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Road

Ann Arbor 48103

Admission $9 ($8 AACTMAD members)

Info: 734-332-7964.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Private Wedding

With Dave Gitterman and Nan Nelson

Congregation Keter Torah, West Bloomfield Michigan

Sunday, December 20, 2009 (oops - I got a sub and won't be playing this - come anyway)

Concert - Dexter Community Orchestra, Robert Boardman - Conductor

Wagner - Meistersinger Overture

Copland - Quiet City

Theofandis - Rainbow Body

Beethoven - Choral Fantasy, with Louis Nagel (piano)

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 7:00PM

Vocal Concert - (I play on 1 piece)

Scarlett Middle School

3300 Lorraine

Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Saturday December 5, 2009, 8 - 11 PM

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Balkan and Israeli line dancing, played by The Ethnic Connection. No partner needed. Beginners welcome. (No teaching, but easy dances at the beginning, and you can watch and follow along.)

Admission: $8.

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Sunday, November 15, 2009 2:00PM

Chamber Music Concert - members of Dexter Community Orchestra

Ralph Katz, Deborah Scott Katz, Mike Garrahan, Suky Morita, Margaret Weiss

Dexter District Library

3255 Alpine Street

Dexter, MI 48130

Phone: 734-426-4477

Saturday, November 14, 2009 12:15PM

Private Bat Mitzvah luncheon - with Dave Gitterman.

Kensington Court Hotel

Ann Arbor, MI

Saturday, November 7, 2009 8:00PM

Katz & Co III - a benefit concert for Temple Beth Emeth Brotherhood

with: Edward Wyman (piano), David Gitterman (piano), Jenny Young (soprano), Suky Morita (violin), Joseph Lange (viola), Margaret Weiss (cello), and Nan Nelson (vocals & bass)

Spohr: 6 German Songs for Soprano, Clarinet & Piano (selections)

Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in Eb

Hummel: Clarinet Quartet (selections)

Plus works by Elgar, Beirish Katz & F.W. John

Temple Beth Emeth

2309 Packard Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

734-665-4744

Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 door

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Private Bat Mitzvah Party - Klezmer Fusion Band

Michigan League

Ann Arbor, MI

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Private Bat Mitzvah luncheon - with Dave Gitterman.

Temple Beth Emeth

Ann Arbor, MI

Friday, October 30, 2009, 7:00PM

Concert - Dexter Community Orchestra, Warren Puffer Jones - conductor

Haydn - Creation (selections)

Smetana - The Moldau

GLIÈRE- Concerto for Coloratura Soprano & Orchestra - Kelly Holst, soloist

This is accesible, tuneful, inventive music, with a great soloist. Want to hear a High F?

Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Fantasy

Dexter High School

2200 N Parker Rd

Dexter, MI 48130

Free

Monday, October 19, 2009 5PM - 9PM

Gala Fundraiser - River Raisin Ragtime Revue

Cobblestone Farm

2781 Packard Road

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Phone: 734-794-6230

$25 per person. Children 18 and under $10

Sunday, October 18, 2009 3PM
Concert - River Raisin Ragtime Revue

First United Methodist Church

209 Washtenaw Rd.

Ypsilanti, MI 48197

general admission $15, seniors $12, students $10

Sunday, October 11, 2009 2PM

Concert - River Raisin Ragtime Revue

Dexter Public Library

Dexter, MI

Saturday, October 10, 2009 8PM

Concert - River Raisin Ragtime Revue

First Presbyterian Church

211 W. Chicago Blvd.

Tecumseh, MI

general admission $15, seniors $12, students (18 and under) $10

Friday, October 9, 2000, 7:30PM

Simchat Torah service - Ralph Katz & Annie Rose

admission: free

Temple Beth Emeth

2309 Packard Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

For more information call TBE at: 734-665-4744

Web: http://www.templebethemeth.org

Sunday, September 20, 2009 2:00PM

Chamber Music Concert - members of the Dexter Community Orchestra

J.N.Hummel Clarinet Quartet - movements 3 & 4

Dexter District Library

3255 Alpine Street

Dexter, MI 48130

Phone: 734-426-4477

Saturday, August 29, 2009 6:30 - 10:30PM

Private event - Klezmer Fusion Band

Livonia Rec Center

Livonia, MI

Sunday, October 6, 2009 2:15PM - 3:15PM

Dancing in the Streets

Community music event - Twas Brillig and the Mazel Tovs

Downtown Ann Arbor, MI

Saturday, July 5, 2009 5:30PM - 8:30PM

Private Wedding Reception: Klezmer Fusion Band and Royal Garden Trio alternate sets (!!!).

Congregation Beth Shalom

14601 Lincoln St

Oak Park, MI 48237

Friday, May 29, 2009, 8PM - Dance

AACTMAD 5th Friday Fusion Dance

Callers: Neil Epstein, Ray Bantle and Drake Meadow teach English, contras, and international dancing.

Music by Twas Brillig and the Mazel Toves, and Scalar Scalawags.

All dances are taught, all experience levels welcome!

Pittsfield Grange Hall

3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Road

Ann Arbor 48103

Admission $9 ($8 AACTMAD members)

Info: 734-332-7964.

Saturday, May 23, 2009, 11:30AM - 2:30PM

Private Bar Mitzvah party: Dave Gitterman and Ralph Katz

Temple Beth Emeth

Ann Arbor, MI

Sunday, May 17, 2009 - Concert

Orchestra concert: Dexter Community Orchestra

Donald Parrish, conductor

MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture

DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8 in G Saturday, December 20, 2008. 7:30PM

KABALEVSKY: Cello Concerto No. 2 - Nathaniel Pierce, cello

Admission: free

Dexter High School

2200 N Parker Rd

Dexter MI 48130

For more information: http://www.dextercommunityorchestra.org/

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Private Bar Mitzvah party: Klezmer Fusion Band

Jewish Community Center

Ann Arbor, MI

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Anniversary event for Rabbi Robert Levy's 25th anniversary at Temple Beth Emeth

Washtenaw Community College

Ann Arbor, MI

Sunday, March 1, 2009, 4:00PM - Concert

Orchestra concert: Dexter Community Orchestra

Donald Parrish, conductor

DUKAS - Fanfare from La Peri

GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue - J. Bennett, piano

SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 in D

Admission: free

Dexter High School

2200 N Parker Rd

Dexter MI 48130

For more information: http://www.dextercommunityorchestra.org/

Saturday February 14, 2008, 8 - 11 PM

Folk dance party with live music by The Ethnic Connection

Balkan and Israeli line dancing, played by The Ethnic Connection. No partner needed. Beginners welcome. (No teaching, but easy dances at the beginning, and you can watch and follow along.)

Admission: $6.

The Barn at Gretchen's House

2625 Traver Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Sunday, February 1, 2009, 4:30PM - 6:30PM

University Musical Society

Jewish Culture Immersion Event - Klezmer Fusion Band

- sponsored by University Musical Society

Beth Israel Congregation

Ann Arbor, MI

Mock wedding, possibly toward music educators.

Saturday, January 31, 2009, 8PM - Dance

AACTMAD 5th Friday Fusion Dance

Callers: Drake Meadow, Don Theyken and Nancy Morrison teach English, contras, and international dancing.

Music by Twas Brillig and the Mazel Toves and Friends.

All dances are taught, all experience levels welcome!

Costumes and Jack-o-lanterns celebrated and encouraged!!!

Pittsfield Grange Hall

3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Road

Ann Arbor 48103

Admission $9 ($8 AACTMAD members)

Info: 734-332-7964.

Saturday, January 3, 2009, 7PM - 11PM

AACTMAD 1st Saturday Dance

Callers: Don't know - the website ends at 12/31/08.

Music by Twas Brillig and the Mazel Toves

All dances are taught, all experience levels welcome!

Pittsfield Grange Hall

3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Road

Ann Arbor 48103

Admission $9 ($8 AACTMAD members)

Info: 734-332-7964.

Web: http://www.aactmad.org

Saturday, December 20, 2008. 7:30PM

Vocal Arts Ensemble concert

"Spanish Carols & Sephardic Songs"

Admission: $15 (Seniors & Students $10)

Genesis of Ann Arbor

2309 Packard Rd.

Ann Arbor, MI

http://vaeannarbor.org

Sunday, November 23, 2008, 4:00PM - Concert

Orchestra concert: Dexter Community Orchestra

Doug MacQueen and Matt Briere, conductors

GABRIELI: Canzon Duodecimi Toni

WEINBERGER: Polka and Fugue from "Shwanda"

HAYDN: Violin Concerto No. 1 in C - Katie VanDusen, violin

LISZT: Les Préludes

Admission: free

Dexter High School

2200 N Parker Rd

Dexter MI 48130Admission: $9/8/5 students

For more information: http://www.dextercommunityorchestra.org/

Friday October 31, 2008, 8PM - Dance

AACTMAD 5th Friday Fusion Dance

Callers: Drake Meadow, Don Theyken and Nancy Morrison teach English, contras, and international dancing.

Music by Twas Brillig and the Mazel Toves and Friends.

All dances are taught, all experience levels welcome!

Costumes and Jack-o-lanterns celebrated and encouraged!!!

Pittsfield Grange Hall

3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Road

Ann Arbor 48103

Admission $9 ($8 AACTMAD members)

Info: 734-332-7964.

Saturday, October 25, 2008, 8PM - Concert

BENEFIT CONCERT

Ralph Katz & Company - A Benefit Concert

Sponsored by Temple Beth Emeth Brotherhood

admission: $10

Temple Beth Emeth

2309 Packard Rd.

Ann Arbor, MI

Music by Franz Schubert, Camille Saint-Saens, Alan Hyams, Dave Tarras, German Goldenshteyn, and others.

Supported by: Dave Gitterman (piano), Ted Wyman (piano), Jenny Young (soprano), Deborah Katz (flute), Nan Nelson (bass).

Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 7:15PM

Simchat Torah service - Klezmer Fusion Band

Admission: free

Congregation B'nai Israel

6525 Sylvania Avenue

Sylvania, OH 43560

Information: 419-517-8400

Web: http://www.cbitoledo.org/

Monday, October 20, 2008

Simchat Torah service - Ralph Katz & Dave Gitterman

admission: free

Temple Beth Emeth

2309 Packard Rd

Ann Arbor, MI 48105

For more information call TBE at: 734-665-4744

Web: http://www.templebethemeth.org

Sunday, August 30, 2008

Dancin' in the Streets - Twas Brillig and the Mazel Toves

Main and Liberty Streets in Downtown Ann Arbor are blocked off for this free, annual dance and music event.

Friday, August 29, 2008

AACTMAD Fifth Friday Fusion Dance - Twas Brillig and the Mazel Toves

Ann Arbor Council for Traditional Music and Dance

Contra, English, French, Swing, Balkan and more - a fabulous fusion of dance styles!

Dance Leaders: Neil Epstein and Friends

Admission: $9/8/5 students

Pittsfield Grange

3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Road

Ann Arbor, MI

734-332-7964

Friday, June 13, 2008, time tba

Orchestra concert: Dexter Community Orchestra

Gazebo Concert

Admission: free

Dexter Gazebo

Dexter MI 48130

For more information: http://www.dextercommunityorchestra.org/

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Private Bar Mitzvah party: Klezmer Fusion Band

Neil Alexander (vocals), Dave Gitterman (keyboard), Cary Kocher (drums), David Sterns (bass)

Troy Marriott

Troy, MI

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Benefit honoring Chuck & Sharon Newman: Klezmer Fusion Band

Jewish Community Center of Washtenaw County

Ann Arbor, MI

Friday, May 30, 2008

Fifth Friday Fusion Dance

Contra, English, Scandi, Balkan and more - a A fabulous fusion of dance styles!

Beginner-friendly dance - everyone welcome. Ray Bantle, Drake Meadow, and Pat Micks lead music by Twas Brillig and the Mazel Tovs and special guest band Brad Battey & Friends.

Admission: $9/8/5 students

Pittsfield Grange

3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Road

Ann Arbor, MI

734-332-7964

http://dextercommunityorchestra.org/concerts.html

Saturday, May 17, 2008, 7PM

Orchestra concert: Dexter Community Orchestra

Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 (1st movement only)

Erika B Nelson: Locusta (World Premier - written by a member of our Cello section)

Admission: free

Dexter High School

2200 N Parker Rd

Dexter MI 48130

For more information: http://www.dextercommunityorchestra.org/

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Bat Mitzvah party: Ralph Katz & Ted Wyman

With dance leader Drake Meadow

Ann Arbor, MI

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Private Wedding: Klezmer Fusion Band

Neil Alexander, Ralph Katz, Dave Gitterman

Lovett Hall, Henry Ford Museum

Dearborn, MI

Sunday, March 2, 2008, 3-5PM

Orchestra concert: Dexter Community Orchestra

Brahms: Symphony No. 2

Gershwin: An American In Paris

Admission: free

Dexter High School

2200 N Parker Rd

Dexter MI 48130

For more information: http://www.dextercommunityorchestra.org/

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Klezmer Fusion Band - Private Party

Ann Arbor, MI

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 3-5PM

Dexter Community Orchestra

with Dexter Community Band

Holiday Concert

- Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Nos. 1, 4 (bummer - No. 2 has a fabulous clarinet part)

- Tchaikovski: Nutcracker (selections - I schlep my bass clarinet just to play 13 very important notes)

- Anderson: Sleigh Ride

- Holiday sing-along

Admission: free

Dexter High School

2200 N Parker Rd

Dexter MI 48130

Saturday, December 15, 2007, 7-11PM

Pittsfield Open Band - Contra Dance, with Susan Songer http://www.theportlandcollection.com/

Admission: $6

Pittsfield Grange

Ann Arbor, MI