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"Pure Gold" - San Francisco Chronicle

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ABOUT AKROPOLIS

Celebrating over a decade of music making, the Akropolis Reed Quintet, with their “infallible musicality and huge vitality” (Fanfare), has sparked a revolution in wind chamber music. An untamed band of 5 reed players and entrepreneurs, the members of Akropolis are united by a shared passion: to make new music that connects and reflects real people.

Akropolis delivers an average of 120 concerts and educational events nationwide each year; has premiered more than 130 works; runs an annual new music festival in Detroit called “Together We Sound”; is in residence at 3 Detroit high schools; their third album, The Space Between Us, was dubbed “pure gold” (San Francisco Chronicle), and Akropolis’ 4th album, Ghost Light, will be released on April 9, 2021 on New Focus Recordings. Generously supported by 200+ donors and foundations nationwide, Akropolis is a 7-time winner of America’s foremost chamber music prizes including the 2014 Fischoff Gold Medal, and was founded at the University of Michigan in 2009. Read More +

UPCOMING EVENTS

Princeton Livestock Exchange
Virtual Event
April 23, 2021
Virtual Event
Remote attendance is free!
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

FEATURED VIDEO

Watch the trailer for Akropolis' 4th album Ghost Light, coming out 4.9.21 on New Focus Recordings

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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

  • Ghost Light Live Stream CD Release Concert! April 9 at 4 pm EST March 16, 2021
  • Welcome to our new intern, Drew! March 15, 2021
  • 3 New Videos From Our Fall Residency With Swarthmore College! February 22, 2021
  • 📣 Announcing our 4th album, Ghost Light, out April 9, 2021 on New Focus Recordings February 14, 2021
  • Out today! 🐦 BIRDS EP on Bandcamp, Spotify, & iTunes January 7, 2021

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🎈Happy Birthday to our boss bassoonist @ryanrey 🎈Happy Birthday to our boss bassoonist @ryanreynoldsbassoon! 🥳🎂🎉 To celebrate, check out this unbelievably beautiful solo of him on Ghost Light 💿from the 2nd movement of Theo Chandler’s Seed to Snag entitled “Stretch.”

🎂Celebrate Ryan’s bday by checking out his playing on our album on Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, & more!

https://akropolisquintet.org/ghostlight or 🔗🔗🔗link in BIO! 🎉
Akropolis is in @thewiremagazine! 🔥🔥🔥 Che Akropolis is in @thewiremagazine! 🔥🔥🔥 Check out this killer review of Ghost Light! ⁠⁠
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"Playing together intensively for more than a decade, Akropolis Reed Quintet have evolved a collective voice that appears to be organically integrated. If their technical ability, its scope, precision and finesse, enables these five Detroit based musicians to gel as a unit, total trust has to be a vital factor too. There's nothing tentative in their approach, and that extends to their programming of multifariously challenging and imaginative new works.... Ghost Light finds this exceptional outfit audibly driven by real excitement and a sense of adventure." ~Julian Cowley⁠⁠
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The Wire 447 is out here!⁠⁠
http://thewire.co.uk/issues/447⁠⁠
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Get the album! 💿 https://akropolisquintet.org/ghostlight⁠⁠
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@newfocusrecordings @unfinishedside @gilbyonthebeach @niloufar.nourbakhsh @jeffscott9167⁠⁠⁠⁠
@marsha_music ⁠⁠@slypupproductions @dee_schizzo⁠⁠⁠⁠
@ashton_springer @iparkct @chambermusicamerica⁠⁠
@karidlandry @tgocks @ryanreynoldsbassoon @andrewkoeppe @akropolis5tet⁠⁠
👀💿Look at that CD 🎉Enjoy this little unwr 👀💿Look at that CD 🎉Enjoy this little unwrapping of Ghost Light featuring the music of @gilbyonthebeach! Still can’t get over how beautiful this bad boy is 💛@ashton_springer @newfocusrecordings 

Get a physical copy of our new album ➡️ https://akropolisreedquintet.bandcamp.com/
Have you checked out our Akropolis Mastermind yet? Have you checked out our Akropolis Mastermind yet?! Applications are due May 1st! ⁠⁠
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🎉 Let us help you take the leap & make the music business of your dreams!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠
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★ Dates ~ July 26-30, 2021⁠⁠⁠
➜ Apply here: akropolisquintet.org/mastermind⠀⁠⁠⁠
[p.s. it's totally FREE to apply and super simple!] ⁠⁠⁠
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Our 1-week, completely online, artistic business intensive is back in full force to help emerging musicians and ensembles turn their artistry into a thriving business and the career of their dreams! ⁠⁠⁠
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★ Akropolis Mastermind offers:⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
➜ 1-on-1 mentorship sessions⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
➜ Workshops on a variety of business topics⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
➜ Peer-to-peer networking & idea generating⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
➜ Connections to a community of like-minded performers⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
➜ Direct access to experts within our field who've advised leading artists on how to create successful and sustainable careers.⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
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★ 2021 Guest Speakers ~⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
Afa Sadykhly Dworkin of @sphinx⁠⁠⁠
Dana Putnam Fonteneau of @wholeheartedmusician⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
Megan Ihnen of @newmusicusa⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
Emily Bookwalter of @roulette_intermedium⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
David Srebnik of All Art is Personal⁠ @davidsrebnik⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
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★ Learn more & apply~⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
https://akropolisquintet.org/mastermind⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
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★ Application deadline ~ May 1, 2021⁠⁠
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10 Years and 40,000 Students Later...Support Akropolis' 10 Year Educational Impact with a Tax Deductible Donation Today!

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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New Album Out Now! Ghost LightBuy on Bandcamp, iTunes, & Spotify

Check out Akropolis 4th Album, Ghost Light! Featuring a diverse collection of 5 world premiere recordings, Ghost Light shines a light on the ghosts all around us and grapples with the issues of mortality and with our personal and collective history. We hope you enjoy & thanks for listening!

Listen to Ghost Light