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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

Club Paradise Virtual Soirée with Composer Jeff Scott
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July 15, 2020
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Club Paradise Virtual Soirée with Composer Jeff Scott
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July 16, 2020
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Club Paradise Virtual Soirée with Composer Jeff Scott
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July 17, 2020
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Club Paradise Virtual Soirée with Composer Jeff Scott
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July 18, 2020
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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

"Pure gold, shot through with tenderness and grace" Review from San Francisco Chronicle

NEWS

  • Buy Tickets ✨ Announcing Our 6 Show Club Paradise Virtual Soirée with Composer Jeff Scott July 15 – 19 June 26, 2020
  • We stand with you. Akropolis pledges to be a better ally. June 3, 2020
  • Meet the 2020 Akropolis Mastermind Participants May 29, 2020
  • A strong Akropolis 🏛️💛 with your support! May 28, 2020
  • Akropolis Premieres Concerto by Roshanne Etezady with the University of Michigan Symphony Band March 10, 2020

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WAIT... then why do they call it a saxoPHONE 🎷📞?! 🎉HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉to our stellar saxophonist and fabulous fearless leader, Matt Landry!
𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗥 #𝟮✌️ From the Bant 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗥 #𝟮✌️ From the Bantu language of Swahili, "Roho, Pumzika Kwa Amani" (Spirits, Rest Peacefully) is a lullaby. Composer Jeff Scott shares, "This 3rd movement of Homage to Paradise Valley is my humble offering to the many souls who came before me, and preserved through the middle passage, decades of slavery, disenfranchising laws, and inequality. I am who I am because of those who stood before me. May their spirits rest peacefully." ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Want to hear the whole piece, attend the 💻 online premiere, and learn about the displaced black Detroit neighborhoods this piece honors? Join Akropolis, composer Jeff Scott, and Detroit writer and historian Marsha Music at our 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗶𝗿𝗲́𝗲, an intimate, interactive, 6-show online concert experience, July 15 - 19.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ★ Tickets & Details ★ https://akropolisquintet.org/clubparadise/⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮 was commissioned by and composed for Akropolis in 2019, with support from the @chambermusicamerica Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The web premiere was shot at the Staples Family Concert Hall at the @cmumusicschool. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ We hope to Zoom with you soon! 🎥 🎧 🖥⁠⠀
*𝑻𝑬𝑨𝑺𝑬𝑹* Here's a little preview *𝑻𝑬𝑨𝑺𝑬𝑹* Here's a little preview of the 2nd Movement of Jeff Scott's Homage to Paradise Valley, titled "Hastings Street Blues." Hastings Street was a major Detroit thoroughfare of black businesses, churches, and culture before it was razed in the late 1950s and 1960s. This movement features a solo by our 🎶bass clarinetist, Andrew Koeppe. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Want to hear the whole piece, attend the 💻online premiere, and learn about this pivotal point in Detroit's history? Join Akropolis, composer Jeff Scott, and Detroit writer and historian @marsha_music (also a bass clarinetist!) at our 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗶𝗿𝗲́𝗲, an intimate, interactive 6-show online concert experience, July 15 - 19.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ★ Tickets & Details ★ https://akropolisquintet.org/clubparadise/⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮 was commissioned by and composed for Akropolis in 2019, with support from the @chambermusicamerica Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The web premiere was shot at the Staples Family Concert Hall at the @cmumusicschool. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ We hope to Zoom with you soon! 🎥🎧🖥⁠ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀
The one day a year where Ryan’s bathing suit mak The one day a year where Ryan’s bathing suit makes sense 🇺🇸 Happy 4th! Wear a mask 💥✨🌈
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