Newport Classical Children’s Concert
Inspire your little one’s love for classical music with the GRAMMY® Award-winning Akropolis Reed Quintet in a lively, free, and family-friendly concert perfect for kids and adults alike. This fun and interactive hour features upbeat selections from their last six albums, spanning a wide range of musical styles, including favorites like Death Metal Chicken and Circusmuziek, musical storytelling games, and more. Come early to explore the instrument petting zoo, grab a hot dog from Wally’s Wiener Wagon, and experience an afternoon of joyful music-making at the YMCA.
This concert is made possible through the generous support of Randy and Becky Johnson in honor of their granddaughter Schuyler Madison and is presented as part of the BankNewport Community Concerts Series.
The Pennington School Residency
Akropolis is excited to be returning to the Pennington School for a 3 day residency this October!
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
10:00am: sectional with reed/woodwind students
Two 55-minute daytime class visits/demos
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Two 55-minute daytime class visit/demos
6:00-8:00pm: instrumental rehearsals (orchestra & jazz band)
Thursday, October 16, 2025 -- concert day!
One 55-minute daytime class visit/demo
6:00pm: full concert/reception with larger school community
Florida State University Residency
Akropolis is excited to be returning to Florida State University for a two day residency that will include master classes, an entrepreneurship session, and a concert on the Housewright Virtuoso Series on October 21st at 7:30 pm.
Brigham Young University - Idaho Residency
Akropolis is excited to be spending two days at BYU-Idaho for a series of educational activities and a concert on October 27 at 7:30 pm.
Calefax Reeds Festival
Calefax and the reed quintet celebrate their 40th anniversary with a big reed (quintet) party: Calefax Reed Festival!
A jam-packed weekend of music. A trip down to memory lane for some, a surprise party for others. Come to a concert or (free) activity of your choice. The Calefax Reed Festival is four days of concerts, workshops, meetings and experiences.
Akropolis’ appearance at the Calefax Reed Festival is made possible with support from US Artists International.
Calefax Reeds Festival: Akropolis Concert
The Grammy award-winning Akropolis Reed Quintet presents a program which honors the coming 2026 celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. A melting pot of cultures, each work on the program celebrates a different element of the colorful fabric of American identity. The centerpiece is “A Soulful Nexus,” by Derrick Skye, melding Persian Classical and American electronic dance music, commissioned with support of the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning program.
Duke Arts
Program
Masterworks
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin arr. Raaf Hekkema
Omar Thomas: Moods and Attitudes
Derrick Skye: A Soulful Nexus
George Gershwin: An American in Paris arr. Raaf Hekkema
Music Mondays NYC
The centerpiece of this concert is a newly commissioned 35 minute work entitled “Mass” by Detroit-based composer Harriet Steinke, designed to be performed in reverberant spaces like the historic Advent Lutheran Church in New York City.
University of Michigan School of Music, Theater, and Dance
Akropolis returns to their alma matter for a series of activities surround their recipient of the 2025 Paul M. Boylan Alumni Award
"It is a tremendous honor to be the first ensemble to ever receive this prestigious alumni award. We owe so much to the U-M faculty and community for bringing the five of us together, and for their unwavering support of our ambition to succeed with our reed quintet, an unheard-of chamber ensemble when we were students. To receive this accolade over a decade later means so much to the five of us. Thank you!" ~Akropolis
Together We Sound Festival: Detroit High School Student Composer Premieres
During the summer of 2026, Akropolis returns to its home base of Detroit to run the Together We Sound Festival New Music Festival. From Monday, May 4 to Friday, May 8, 2026, they will collaborate with local and national artists as well as Detroit youth, featuring concerts by the Detroit High School Composers as part of Akropolis’s school year-length residency at MLK High School, Detroit School of Arts and Cass Tech High School. Since 2017, Akropolis has helped over 50 Detroit high school students to compose music, resulting in more than 10 new commissions this academic year.
More details around this year’s composers and premieres will be shared spring of 2026!
ACMI: Festival Finale Community Concert
Free Concert in Downtown Petoskey!
Join us for the final concert of the Akropolis Chamber Music Institute! Hear world premieres from the four institute composers alongside luminary chamber music works performed by Akropolis and 14 festival instrumentalists from around the country.
Full concert program will be announced soon.
ACMI: Cottage Concert
Akropolis and the 18 ACMI participants will be giving an intimate house concert at the Octagon Cottage, featuring a variety of mixed chamber ensembles and new compositions. Join us for this intimate event, which features dinner and good company!
More details are coming soon! If you would like to inquire about attending this house concert, please contact us at info@akropolisquintet.org
ACMI: Concert of World Premieres
Join the Akropolis Reed Quintet and the 18 ACMI participants for a concert featuring the world premiers of the 4 ACMI 2025 composers:
Shane Scott Cook
Nicholas Edwards
Mikeila McQueston
Rin Seo
ACMI: Opening Day Akropolis Concert
Join the Akropolis Reed Quintet for a free concert to kick off their Akropolis Chamber Music Institute at Bay View!
This free concert will be held in Evelyn Hall on the campus of the Bay View Association.
A map of the campus may be found here: https://www.bayviewassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/glm-member-db/fileLibrary/map2012_1608654106.pdf
Akropolis Chamber Music Institute at Bay View
The Akropolis Chamber Music Institute at Bay View is a 10-day summer festival designed to bring together talented emerging composers with innovative chamber performers located in the picturesque lake shore town of Petoskey, Michigan. ACMI’s goal is to help launch your creative career as a 21st century artist through instruction in high-level performance, entrepreneurial thinking, and community collaboration.
ACMI will run from August 2-10, 2025. See our full events calendar for the 6 public concerts taking place in Bay View and Petoskey, MI this summer!
Meet the 14 Instrumentalists, 1 Ensemble, and 4 Composers Attending ACMI This Summer!
Chamber Music Festival Saugatuck Concert
$5 – $25
Akropolis is excited to be returning to the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck for two concerts and a community outreach event July 24 and 25 this summer!
About Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck:
The mission of the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck is to celebrate and promote the long legacy of live chamber music in our community, and to contribute to our community’s vibrant cultural and artistic diversity.
We realize our mission by presenting a series of live summer chamber concerts in an historic setting that features outstanding artists who are passionate and engaging. By doing so, we strive to sustain the vision of our founders who started this Festival nearly 40 years ago.
We support our mission by sponsoring educational outreach programs to ignite student interest in chamber music and to support the young performing artists who devote part of their music studies to this important genre.
Chamber Music Festival Saugatuck Concert
$5 – $25
Akropolis is excited to be returning to the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck for two concerts and a community outreach event July 24 and 25 this summer!
About Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck:
The mission of the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck is to celebrate and promote the long legacy of live chamber music in our community, and to contribute to our community’s vibrant cultural and artistic diversity.
We realize our mission by presenting a series of live summer chamber concerts in an historic setting that features outstanding artists who are passionate and engaging. By doing so, we strive to sustain the vision of our founders who started this Festival nearly 40 years ago.
We support our mission by sponsoring educational outreach programs to ignite student interest in chamber music and to support the young performing artists who devote part of their music studies to this important genre.
Music in the Meadows Concert
Friday, July 18, 2025, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Guided Tours of Historic Farmstead, 6:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
This concert is FREE!
This concerts is held in a scenic Oakland Township park at and is geared toward an evening of family enjoyment with offerings of Big Band, Classical, and Country. Gates open at 5:00 p.m. for concert-goers who want to arrive early to set up their blankets and folding chairs and enjoy an evening of music. Food and non-alcoholic beverages are permitted.
In case of bad weather, concerts will be held indoors at Rochester Christian Church, 4435 N. Rochester Rd. (NE corner of Snell and Rochester Roads). Call 248-651-4440, ext. 299, the day of the concert to verify the location.
Los Alamos Concert Association
Hear the Akropolis Reed Quintet in Los Alamos as a part of the 78th Los Alamos Concert Association Series.
Are We Dreaming The Same Dream? Williams Center for the Arts
GRAMMY®-nominated Are We Dreaming the Same Dream? is a “tour-de-force” (I Care If You Listen) of a concert experience that blurs the lines between classical, jazz, and contemporary music, examining what Ralph Ellison calls “the unity of American experience.” With a hybrid ensemble comprised of Akropolis Reed Quintet, pianist/composer Pascal Le Boeuf, and drummer Christian Euman, Le Boeuf deconstructs the fabric of his American experience by recognizing the strands of his musical DNA—Geri Allen, Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus, and Leonard Bernstein. What are the strands that form our collective identity, and are we dreaming the same dream?
“Brilliant writing, exquisitely performed, and ingenuously conceived! Are We Dreaming the Same Dream? is a musical journey that shares a sound world that reveals the deep layers of life experience, and done so in the hands of some real masters of their instruments.”
-Jennifer Higdon, Pulitzer Prize & Grammy Award-Winning Composer