The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra has grown dramatically over the past six years. It began with a small group of mostly volunteer, retired professional musicians who performed a set of three concerts under the direction of a variety of guest conductors to raise funds to support a developing local youth orchestra. That developing youth orchestra program gave birth to the now extraordinarily successful Dorothy Gerber Beginning Strings programs of the Crooked Tree Arts Center. Today, the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra is a relatively large chamber orchestra of approximately forty musicians who perform in venues all over Northern Michigan.
Matthew Hazelwood is Music Director Emeritus at the Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra. He currently conducts the Interlochen Arts Academy's Youth Orchestra and serves as a frequent guest conductor with symphony orchestras in Columbia, South America and at Oxford, England. "We are fortunate to have Interlochen so near to us," says Dale Hull, the GLCO's Executive Director. "Because Interlochen Arts Academy draws some of the finer musicians in the country to Northern Michigan, we have the opportunity to reap the benefits of their enormous talent." GLCO Concertmaster, Paul Sonner, is also on staff at Interlochen. He serves as the Concertmaster of the Traverse Symphony Orchestra as well.
The GLCO is seeking a full time
Professional Arts Administrator
Mozart's Coronation Mass
Concerts - May 10th 11th!!!
The Graphic - January 31, 2008
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