ABOUT AKROPOLIS
Celebrating their 13th year making music with a “collective voice driven by real excitement and a sense of adventure” (The Wire), Akropolis has “taken the chamber music world by storm” (Fanfare). As the first reed quintet to grace the Billboard Charts (May 2021), the untamed band of 5 reed players and entrepreneurs are united by a shared passion: to make music that sparks joy and wonder.
Winner of 7 national chamber music prizes including the 2014 Fischoff Gold Medal, Akropolis delivers 120 concerts and educational events each year and has premiered over 130 works. They are the first ensemble of their kind to grace the stage on noteworthy series like Oneppo (Yale University), Chamber Music San Antonio, Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.), Summerwinds Münster (Germany), Flagler Museum (Palm Beach), and many more.
Their 22-23 season will include premieres of the music of Augusta Read Thomas and Omar Thomas; imaginative renditions of music by Ravel, Bernstein, Rameau, Shostakovich, and Gershwin; and touring their 4th album, Ghost Light, lauded for its “range, agility, and grace” (The Whole Note). Read More +
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Kulas Concert Series at the University of Akron: Outreach
- Akron
- University of Akron School of Music
- Kulas Concert Series at the University of Akron: Concert
- Akron
- University of Akron School of Music
- Friends of Music: Akropolis Reed Quintet
- Stamford
- Stamford United Methodist Church
- Akropolis Reed Quintet with BodyVox Dance: NINETEEN•TWENTY
- Portland
- BodyVox Dance Center
- Chamber Music Northwest
FEATURED VIDEO
Watch Jeff Scott's new 25-minute master work for reed quintet, Homage to Paradise Valley, commissioned for Akropolis by Chamber Music America.
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SEASON UNDERWRITERS
Thank you to our 20/21 Season Underwriters, Karen and Bob Koeppe, for their generous support.