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LATEST ALBUM

Our 5th Album is OUT NOW! Released on Bright Shiny Things

With soprano Shara Nova and 7 small business owners. Original works by composers Annika Socolofsky and Nico Muhly.

NEWS

  • Meet the Artists Attending the Akropolis Chamber Music Institute May 29, 2023
  • Gramophone Review of Hymns for Private Use January 4, 2023
  • The Whole Note Review of Hymns for Private Use December 13, 2022
  • BBC Music Magazine 4-Star Review of Hymns for Private Use December 5, 2022
  • Join us in welcoming our new intern, Lauren! October 18, 2022

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🎉Congratulations to these 12 instrumentalists a 🎉Congratulations to these 12 instrumentalists and 4 composers on being selected to attend our Akropolis Chamber Music Institute at Bay View this summer! ⁠ ⁠ ✨Composers✨⁠ Lawton Hall @_greathorned⁠ Wenbin Lyu @wenbin_lyu⁠ Malaika Paralkar @paralkarmusic⁠ Harriet Steinke @HarrietComposer⁠ ⁠ ✨Instrumentalists✨⁠ Cherri Chen, Percussion @cherry_c02⁠ Molly Damitio, Flute @mollyplaysflute⁠ Winfred Felton, Bassoon @winfred_bassoonking⁠ Emily Geoffroy, Clarinet @emilygclarinet⁠ Hilary Hobbs, Oboe @hilz76⁠ Kaden Klein, Oboe @kadenklein_⁠ Kenny Kriha, Bassoon @_yassoon⁠ Milo Pomerance, Bass Clarinet @milopomerance⁠ Tyler Tashdjian, Multi-instrumentalist @tashwinds⁠ Ben Taylor, Clarinet and Bass Clarinet @bntylor⁠ Mio Yamauchi, Bassoon @mio_yamauchi⁠ Ben Yoder, Oboe⁠ ⁠ After receiving over 70 submissions from a highly competitive pool of applicants, Akropolis is pleased to introduce you to the artists attending the second annual Akropolis Chamber Music Institute! For 10 days, the 12 instrumentalists and 4 composers selected will work intensely with Akropolis: living, rehearsing, and creating 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 their 23/24 touring season.⁠ ⁠ Read more about these amazing artists at the 🔗 link in our bio!
🎉CONGRATULATUONS Matt and Kari on their new bab 🎉CONGRATULATUONS Matt and Kari on their new baby boy, Theo Emile Landry! 👏 #repost ・・・ Matt & I welcomed our beautiful baby boy, Theo Emile Landry, into the world 1 week ago today on May 2, 2023 at 1 pm. 💛 Theo was born at our house in Northville, MI, 🏡 and thanks to Celeste and the team at @gentlemamaholisticmidwifery, we had a beautiful and natural water birth in the heart of our home. At 8 lbs & 20” long, we’re overjoyed he’s so happy and healthy and that I had such a quick and smooth labor. Words can’t express the joy, love, and gratitude we feel for Theo and for going through this experience together. Birth is truly a portal to another world and I’ll never forget just how connected it made me feel to the universe and my baby boy. It’s also so surreal I was performing just 3 days before his birth with @akropolis5tet. I’m endlessly grateful I was able to keep doing so much right up to the finish line, and thankful to have this time at home over next few months with our new family. We love you so much, sweet Theo.❤️ Welcome to the world!
👏Such a memorable & meaningful experience with 👏Such a memorable & meaningful experience with @omarthomasmusic in Detroit @cass_tech @mlkbands @dsa_dpscd last week! Thank you Omar for coming into the 3 Detroit High Schools we’ve been working in for the past 7 years to share you insanely talented musical voice and to inspire so many young artists to keep pursuing their musical passions. These public school programs are SO important, and your personal story connected with so many young people. They are still raving about you!!! 🔥🔥🔥 This year, Akropolis is working with a total of 21 students at these 3 schools to compose new reed quintet works. Hearing Omar’s brand new composition, “Moods and Attitudes” and having him share more about his compositional process was deeply inspiring for these students ( and us too!! ) A big thanks to @neaarts for supporting this commission and our educational efforts in Detroit, and to @yamahamusicusa for helping make Omar’s trip possible 🙏 🎼 Music in this video is from the 1st movement of Omar’s new #reedquintet, titled “Blues shuffle kerfuffle” performed live at @nolachamberfest @unosota.
🧠 “I got more out of this than I ever thought 🧠 “I got more out of this than I ever thought possible”⁠ ~2022 Akropolis Mastermind Participant⁠ ⁠ Back for our 4th year, Akropolis Mastermind is a 1-week, completely online, artistic business intensive to help emerging musicians and ensembles turn their artistry into a thriving business and the career of their dreams! ⁠ ⁠ Over the last 3 years, we've worked with over 100 artists and ensembles in this transformative online program and we would love to work with you! ⁠ ⁠ 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟳 - 𝟮𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯⁠ 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯⁠ 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: 𝗮𝗸𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘁.𝗼𝗿𝗴/𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱/⁠ ⁠ ✨2023 Guest Speakers ✨ ⠀⁠⁠ Rachel Barton Pine @rbpviolinist⁠ Dana Putnam Fonteneau of @wholeheartedmusician⁠⠀⁠⁠ Megan Ihnen, ED of @livemusicproject⁠ Emily Bookwalter of @thenewgroupnyc⁠ David Srebnik of All Art is Personal⁠ @davidsrebnik⁠⠀⁠⁠ ⁠ We're teaming up with @fischoffchambermusic again this year where the Senior Wind Division Gold Medalist will receive a full scholarship to participate in Akropolis Mastermind. 👏⁠ ⁠ The @umichsmtd EXCEL program is also once again collaborating with us to sponsor the tuition for up to three SMTD student-led ensembles and/or soloists to participate thanks to the Eileen Weiser EXCEL Fund. 💙💛⁠ ⁠ ✨Mastermind Alumni ✨ ⁠ B2 Duo @becca_frederick20 @abuckleyclarinet⁠ @bennett_kai_imai ⁠@civitasolisquintet⁠ @guts_baroque⁠ @mariatorres.sax⁠ @mixedmedia.sax⁠ @novusquintet⁠ @billinclarinet⁠ @saxvonix⁠ @simianduo⁠ @aeroquartet ⁠⁠ @blackboxnewmusic ⁠⁠@colerequartet ⁠⁠@chloeflute ⁠⁠ @clarelongendyke ⁠⁠@ensembleurbain ⁠ @jacob.hargrove.percussion ⁠⁠@lati2de ⁠⁠@somaquartet ⁠⁠@just.a.tad.duo ⁠⁠The Ladies' Reeding Society (@trio_de_bois, @ladies_quintessential_quintet) ⁠⁠@quintocracywinds ⁠⁠@arunaquartet @group2quartet @khemiaensemble @kleinekammermusik @laranet @marylandchamberwinds @purewinds @quintillia_ensemble @shadeswq @thirdplacemusicfest⁠
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