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NEWS

  • Meet the 13 Artists Attending the Akropolis Chamber Music Institute May 31, 2022
  • Our Mastermind is back! With new guest speaker Rachel Barton Pine April 4, 2022
  • Announcing the Akropolis Chamber Music Institute at Bay View January 29, 2022
  • New Video! Maurice Ravel’s Toccata from Le Tombeau de Couperin December 20, 2021
  • Ghost Light in the running for Grammy nominations! October 27, 2021

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🎺Finally got to meet & rehearse with the awesom 🎺Finally got to meet & rehearse with the awesome flugelhornist and composer @krisjohnsonmusic today! We’ll be premiering Kris’ new work for Akropolis & flugelhorn titled “In Excess, Everything Suffers” in Detroit on July 16th with ProMusica Detroit. 📅 7:30 pm at The Players 🎟 Tickets at the link in our bio
🎉Congratulations to these 9 instrumentalists an 🎉Congratulations to these 9 instrumentalists and 4 composers on being selected to attend our first Akropolis Chamber Music Institute at Bay View this summer! 👏⁠ ⁠ ✨Composers✨⁠ Brittney Benton @bbenton618⁠ Aaron Hendrix @aaronchendrix⁠ Oswald Huỳnh⁠ Ryan Lindveit @ryanlindveit⁠ ⁠ ✨Instrumentalists✨⁠ Kristen Diederichs, oboe @kristendieder⁠ Taylor Francis, flute @fluteandpiccolo1⁠ Max Hammond, piano @max.hammond19⁠ Rachel Hertz, clarinet @rachelhertzmusic⁠ Gretchen Hill, clarinet @ghill.cl⁠ Noel Q. Holloway, percussion @noel.holloway⁠ Gabrielle Hsu, bassoon @gabriellem.h⁠ Zach Robarge, saxophone⁠ Jacob Wolf, clarinet @jacobwolfclarinet⁠ ⁠ After receiving over 50 submissions from a highly competitive pool of applicants, Akropolis is pleased to introduce you to the artists attending the first inaugural Akropolis Chamber Music Institute! For 10 days, the 9 instrumentalists and 4 composers selected will work intensely with Akropolis: living, working, playing, and relaxing together as an artistic collective. ⁠ ⁠ The 4 composers will each have a world premiere given by the collective during the festival, in addition to writing a new reed quintet work that Akropolis will premiere during our 22/23 touring season.⁠ ⁠ Read more about these amazing artists at the 🔗 link 🔗 in our bio!
🎶Our Together We Sound festival started today a 🎶Our Together We Sound festival started today at MLK Jr. Sr. High School in Detroit! MLK is one of the 3 Detroit @detroitk12 high schools we’ve been in residence at since 2017. In our residency, we visit each band class throughout year and help students compose music. Today we premiered 3 imaginative new works by MLK students Daouda Kane, Jason Dyer, and Reece Lillard. 👏👏👏 Bravo to these three students, and stay tuned for recordings of these pieces later this summer! Plus, a BIG thank you to our guest bass clarinetist Shannon Orme @crank_adventures of the @detroitsymphony for playing with us this week while Andrew recovers from a knee surgery. 🏥 Send Andrew some good recovery vibes!
📣 Announcing our 2022 Together We Sound new mus 📣 Announcing our 2022 Together We Sound new music festival! 14 concerts and events this summer in Detroit, MI. ⁠ ⁠ Built by Akropolis in 2017, this festival uses new music wind power to bring people together.⁠ ⁠ The festival kicks off next week with six K-12 educational concerts, where we'll be premiering 10 new works composed by Detroit Public School @detroitk12 high school students! 👏👏👏⁠ ⁠ ✨Guest Artists✨⁠ 🎺 @krisjohnsonmusic, flugelhorn ⁠ 🎹 @pascalleboeuf, piano⁠ 🥁 christianeuman, drums⁠ 🎵 Shannon Orme, bass clarinet⁠ 🎙️ @marsha_music, poet ⁠ ⁠ ✨World Premieres✨⁠ • "In Excess, Everything Suffers" by Kris Johnson for reed quintet and flugelhorn⁠ • "Limitation & Locomotion" by @jonahcohen.music⁠ • "Are We Dreaming the Same Dream?" by Pascal Le Boeuf, for Akropolis, piano, and drumset ⁠ • 10 new works composed by Cass Technical High School, DSA Detroit School Of Arts High School, Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School students this academic year⁠ ⁠ ✨First Concert✨⁠ 📅 July 16 with ProMusica Detroit⁠ Akropolis with Kris Johnson ⁠ 7:30 pm The Players⁠ ⁠ Explore the festival & learn more about all this new music at the 🔗 link in our bio 🔗
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