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"Pure Gold" - San Francisco Chronicle

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ABOUT AKROPOLIS

Celebrating their 10th anniversary, the Akropolis Reed Quintet was founded in 2009 at the University of Michigan and is the first ever ensemble of its makeup to win seven national prizes including a Fischoff Gold Medal (2014) and Fischoff Educators Award (2015). Hailed by Fanfare Magazine for its “imagination, infallible musicality, and huge vitality”, Akropolis has performed from Juneau to Abu Dhabi and delivers more than 120 annual performances and workshops annually. A maverick of new wind music, Akropolis has commissioned over 70 reed quintet works and recorded three albums, including its 2017 release, The Space Between Us, which the San Francisco Chronicle calls, “pure gold”. Akropolis has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs & Chamber Music America for their adventurous artistry and compelling community programming in Detroit, MI.
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UPCOMING EVENTS

Akropolis Reed Quintet with BodyVox Dance: NINETEEN•TWENTY
Portland
November 19, 2021
BodyVox Dance Center
Chamber Music Northwest
Akropolis Reed Quintet with BodyVox Dance: NINETEEN•TWENTY
Portland
December 9, 2021
BodyVox Dance Center
Chamber Music Northwest
Akropolis Reed Quintet with BodyVox Dance: NINETEEN•TWENTY
Portland
December 10, 2021
BodyVox Dance Center
Chamber Music Northwest
Akropolis Reed Quintet with BodyVox Dance: NINETEEN•TWENTY
Portland
December 11, 2021
BodyVox Dance Center
Chamber Music Northwest

FEATURED VIDEO

Watch Akropolis perform Club Paradise Jump! by Jeff Scott

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SEASON UNDERWRITERS

Thank you to our 19/20 Season Underwriters, Karen and Bob Koeppe, for their generous support.

LATEST ALBUM

Listen on Bandcamp, iTunes, & Spotify

Two works which paint vivid portraits of birds by composers Natalie Draper and Octavio Vazquez

NEWS

  • Out today! 🐦 BIRDS EP on Bandcamp, Spotify, & iTunes January 7, 2021
  • 6 new videos! New student compositions from our West Chester University residency January 1, 2021
  • 🙏With gratitude on #GivingTuesday December 2, 2020
  • Warm Welcome to our new interns Cameron and Lydia! October 14, 2020
  • Come intern with us! Fall internship opportunities available. Apply here! August 24, 2020

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Absolutely unreal! If you had told us 10 years ago Absolutely unreal! If you had told us 10 years ago when we were sitting in this very Symphony Band that Akropolis would be where we are today, we wouldn't have believe it. What a privilege to come out of this program and now be invited back to celebrate the #reedquintet and our 10 years of music making together. ⁠⠀
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Roshanne Etezady, thank you for writing an absolutely killer concerto and thank you to Professor Michael Haithcock for your enormous support and for making this collaboration and world premiere possible. ⁠⠀
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And finally, thank you to so many of our friends, family, teachers, and fans for coming out to hear us on Friday night. Always and forever #goblue!⁠⠀
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@umichsmtd @umicharts @uofmichigan @michiganalumni⁠⠀
⚡There's a storm coming! If you're in Ann Arbor, ⚡There's a storm coming! If you're in Ann Arbor, come join us TONIGHT for the world premiere of our concerto Storm Warning by Roshanne Etezady with the @umichsmtd Symphony Band! Here's just a taste of what's brewing...⁠⠀
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📅Concert ~ 8 pm at Hill Auditorium⁠⠀
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📅Pre-Concert Conversation ~ 7:15 pm in the Lower Lobby with Roshanne Etezady, Akropolis, and director Michael Haithcock⁠⠀
We’re back at @umichsmtd! So far our week is off We’re back at @umichsmtd! So far our week is off to an awesome start rehearsing ⚡️Storm Warning with the Symphony Band and @ryanreynoldsbassoon giving a bassoon master class for the students of his former teacher @bsnlyman. All the students are sounding fantastic and we’re so pumped to be back working with all of these awesome musicians!
10 years later and we're heading back to Hill Audi 10 years later and we're heading back to Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor to perform a concerto with the very band we all met in 🥰🤩#allthefeels #flashbackfriday⁠⠀
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1 WEEK FROM TODAY, we'll be premiering Roshanne Etezady's concerto for reed quintet and wind band, ⚡Storm Warning⚡, with the University of Michigan Symphony Band—the ensemble in which the five of us met ten years ago—under the direction of our long-time mentor and teacher, Professor Michael Haithcock.⁠⠀
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📅 Friday, February 7 at 8 pm ⁠⠀
Hill Auditorium In Ann Arbor, MI ⁠⠀
FREE admission ⁠⠀
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More info at the link 🔗 in our bio⁠
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Over the past 10 years, we’ve conducted 412 educational events for 41,560 students around the world. That’s right! Over 40,000 students have worked with Akropolis over the last decade!

We couldn’t be prouder of the educational legacy you’ve helped us build as we enter into our second decade of award-winning music and community engagement. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation to support Akropolis’ educational programming before 2019 ends. Thank you for your support!

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