The Community House
380 South Bates Street Birmingham, MI, 48009

DCWS kicks off the 31st season with a concert that looks forward to another 30 years of great music-making! The performance will feature DCWS musicians from the string, woodwind, and brass families. Join us for the Annual Gala following the concert.

Concert Preview:

On Being "Eric", composer Eric Ewazen, with David Jackson, Kevin Good, Stephen Anderson 3:15 p.m.

Sponsors

Plunkett Cooney

First Presbyterian Church of Royal Oak
529 Hendrie Boulevard Royal Oak, MI, 48067

This annual celebration of the holiday season returns with yuletide favorites for brass ensemble and choir. Enjoy new works prepared especially for 2013. Featuring the Stoney Creek High School Choir and a new composition by their director, Brandon Ulrich.

Concert Preview:

Holiday Sing-Along 6:45 p.m.

Christ Church Grosse Pointe
61 Grosse Pointe Boulevard Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, 48236

This annual celebration of the holiday season returns with yuletide favorites for brass ensemble and choir. Enjoy new works prepared especially for 2013. Featuring the Stoney Creek High School Choir and a new composition by their director, Brandon Ulrich.

Concert Preview:

Holiday Sing-Along 6:45 p.m.

Sponsors

Butzel Long

Cranbrook Art Museum
39221 Woodward Ave Bloomfield Hills, MI, 48303

Fight off the winter blues with this lively concert of brass favorites performed by talented DCWS brass musicians. For the first time, local amateur brass players will be invited on stage for a joint performance of a single work with DCWS musicians.

Concert Preview:

In conversation, with conductor Tim Weiss 2:15 p.m.

Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church Refectory
1340 West Long Lake Road Bloomfield Hills, MI, 48302

Japanese harp virtuoso Naoko Yoshino joins DCWS in a performance of works for harp, strings, and winds.

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All Harps Considered: Oakland University Preparatory Division Harp Ensemble; with students from the private studio of Kerstin Allvin 2:15 p.m.

Sponsors

Center for Financial Planning

Birmingham Unitarian Church
38651 Woodward Avenue Birmingham, MI, 48304

A concert for both children and children-at-heart will combine music with story-telling to present three children's fables during the concert's first half. After intermission, children will partake in a puppet workshop from Detroit's PuppetART.

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DCWS High School Chamber Music Competition Winners: DSO's Civic Slatkin String Quartet 2:15 p.m.

Seligman Performing Arts Center
22305 West 13 Mile Beverly Hills, MI, 48205

DCWS joins forces with the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival for a performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and other masterpieces.

Birmingham Unitarian Church
38651 Woodward Avenue Birmingham, MI, 48304

The journey into 32nd DCWS season begins with a tour from Paris to Marseille, travelling with wind selections from some of France's most renowned composers.