Friday, March 10, 2023 8:00 p.m. LowDown (formerly DUET Jazz Club) Are We Dreaming the Same Dream? is an electrifying concert experience blurring the lines between classical, jazz, and contemporary music as the Ann Arbor-based, “pure gold” Akropolis Reed Quintet joins forces with the Grammy-nominated composer and jazz pianist Pascal Le Boeuf and drummer Christian […]
Saturday, March 11, 2023 7:30 p.m. Westby Pavilion Concert program Arthur Cunningham Harlem Suite selections I. Wednesday Nite: Apollo – ‘Touch the Tree’ for Fats II. Thursday: Lullaby for a Jazz Baby VI. Sunday: Convent – “Peace” IX. Tuesday: Pataditas – “Little Kicks” Jeff Scott Homage to Paradise Valley George Gershwin An American in Paris
Sunday, March 12, 2023 3:00 p.m. Williams Theatre 2:15 p.m. pre-concert lecture CONCERT PROGRAM Ravel arr. Raaf Hekkema Le Tombeau de Couperin I. Prelude II. Fugue IV. Rigaudon V. Menuet VI. Toccata Omar Thomas Moods and Attitudes (*world premiere) I. Blues shuffle kerfuffle II. Swan song, so long III. Bebop, won't stop Jeff Scott Homage […]
4pm: Doors open, gallery access, cash bar, and boxed bites available 5pm: pre-concert talk 5:30pm: the performance begins Concert Program Arthur Cunningham Harlem Suite selections Omar Thomas Moods and Attitudes I. Blues shuffle kerfuffle II. Swan song, so long III. Bebop, won't stop ~intermission~ Willem Jeths Maktub Jeff Scott Homage to Paradise Valley
In addition to Akropolis' concert on the evening of the 19th, we will be giving a community outreach event the next day. More details coming soon!
NOLA Chamber Fest is an annual chamber music festival and competition collaboratively presented by Lyrica Baroque, New Orleans Friends of Music and the University of New Orleans. The festival aims to inspire and motivate musicians through the unique experience of tight-knit collaboration and artistic independence that only chamber music can offer. NCF offers aspiring musicians […]
Concert Information Thursday, March 23, 2023 | 7:30 PM CST University of New Orleans Performing Arts Building Akropolis is excited to be adjudicating the 2023 competition as the guest artist ensemble alongside Aizuri Quartet! The five-day festival includes performances by world renowned chamber ensembles, an online competition, masterclasses and Creativity Day for local musicians who […]
Join this year’s judges, the Akropolis Reed Quintet, for a 1-hour Q&A to answer your biggest questions about having a chamber music career. Founded in 2009, Akropolis spring-boarded themselves into a sustainable career by capitalizing on competition success, both in terms of the legitimacy of prizes, but also the artistic growth that resulted. Akropolis will […]