Tuesday, January 15, 2008
John Kendall and the Violin
Celebrating a lifetime of teaching
with The Phoenix Quartet and noted pre-college violin teachers
University of Michigan School of Music
Britton Recital Hall
3:30 p.m.


Saturday, January 26
Improvisation Workshop
Traverse City, Michigan

February 1-3
Mardi Gras Workshop
and Guest Artist Recital
Centenary College of Louisiana
Centenary Suzuki School
Shreveport, Louisiana

Sunday, February 10
Home From Work
Gabriel Bolkosky and Sandor Slomovits
at
Steiner Health Center
1422 West Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Friday and Saturday, March 7 and 8
The Oblivion Project
Exploring the nuevo tango music of Astor Piazzolla
Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor
7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
General admission $20
     Julien Labro, bandoneon
    Gabriel Bolkosky, violin
    Derek Snyder, cello
    Tad Weed, piano
    John Holkeboer, bass
    Alex Trajano, percussion

Sunday, March 9
Gala Reception to benefit The Phoenix Ensemble
3:00 p.m.
at the Kendall/Schilperoort Home in Ann Arbor


Saturday, March 15
Double Quartet Project
The Phoenix Quartet and the Jeff Haas Trio
Dennos Museum, Traverse City, Michigan
8:00 p.m.

Monday, April 28
Natural Things with Opus 21 and composer Frederic Rzewski
The world premiere of a newly-commissioned work by Carnegie Hall, The Gilmore International Keyboard Festival,  and
Opus 21 (Richard Adams, Artistic Director).
Dalton Center Recital Hall
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Thursday, May 1
Natural Things with Opus 21 and composer Frederic Rzewski
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
881 Seventh Avenue
New York City
All-Rzewski Program
Part of Carnegie Hall's Making Music Series
Opus 21 with violinist Gabriel Bolkosky, pianist Stephen Drury, and composer-pianist Frederic Rzewski





















June 22-27
Ottawa Suzuki Institute
Ottawa University
Ottawa, Kansas
www.ottawasuzukistrings.org

May 23-25, 2008 (Friday-Sunday)
for the Seventh Annual PhoenixPhest!
Amateur Chamber Music Festival
at Greenhills School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
www.phoenixensemble.com

Three days of intensive workshops
and master classes for groups of amateur musicians  
Gabriel Bolkosky, festival director

Please plan to join us!

2008 faculty are:
Peter Salaff, Gabriel Bolkosky, Leslie Capozzoli, Alicia Doudna, Annie Fullard, Mari Sato (violin)
Martha Strongin Katz, Rebecca Albers  (viola)
Miriam Bolkosky, Mary Ann Ramos,  Derek Snyder (cello)












previously in 2006-07:


The Phoenix Quartet in Coahuila, Mexico
click here for a review of the Saltillo concert


October 14, 2006
Edgefest
Lars Hollmer's Ann Arbor
Global Home Project
7 p.m.  at Kerrytown Concert
House, Ann Arbor

November 3-5
Chamber Music Workshop
and concert with Amy Sue Barston
Suzuki Association of Georgia (SAGA)
Atlanta, Georgia
click here for more information

November 12
Klezmer with Into the Freylakh
Andrew Kratzat, Bryan Pardo,
Michael Gabelman, Neil Donato, Gabriel Bolkosky
Albion College
Kellogg Student Center
7-9 p.m.
click here for more information

November 17-18
Workshop and Concert
Community School of the Arts Suzuki Strings
click here for more information

December 10
Gabriel Bolkosky in Violin Recital
with pianist Michele Cooker
and guitarist and singer
San Slomovits
4:00 p.m.
Kerrytown Concert House
415 N. Fourth Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan


January 16, 2007 7:30 p.m.
Master Class and Recital
Eastern Michigan University
Pease Auditorium
Ypsilanti, Michigan

This program of unusual instrumental chamber music will include works
by Charles Ives, Duke Ellington, and Astor Piazzolla. Pianist Kathryn Goodson,
an  Eastern Michigan University faculty member, performs with violinist
Gabriel Bolkosky and bass trombonist Randall Hawes of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Bolkosky and Mr. Hawes will present public master classes the afternoon
preceding the concert in the Alexander Music Building of Eastern Michigan University.
Hawes class at 2 PM; Bolkosky class at 3 PM.
All events open to the public and free of charge

January 20
Performance with Musica Mundi
in New York City
at the 50th Annual
Association of
Performing Arts Presenters
(APAP) Conference
4th Floor, Harlem Suite, Hilton Hotel
1:00 p.m, 7:30 p.m., and 10 p.m.
Musica Mundi is a five-piece instrumental ensemble
(violin, two acoustic guitars, bass, and percussion)
performing original music in a jazz/classical/world/fusion vein.


February 15-18 (Thursday-Sunday)
The Ives American Music Festival
presented by The Phoenix Ensemble
and Peter Sparling Dance Company
pianist Kathryn Goodson, artistic director

February 15, 7 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library
panel discussion

February 16 and 17, 8 p.m., Northside
Community Church
music

February 18, 2 p.m., Dance Gallery Studio
music and dance

Featuring the music of Charles Ives and composers inspiring or inspired by Ives.
click here for more information or to order tickets on line


March 2-3 (Friday-Saturday)
Suzuki Workshop
Community School of the Arts
Wheaton College
Wheaton, Illinois
Click here for more information


March 9-11 (Friday-Sunday)
Suzuki Workshop
The Hartt School Community Division
University of Hartford, Connecticut
click here for more information


March 23-24 (Friday-Saturday)
The Oblivion Project
The music of Astor Piazzolla
7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI

    Julien Labro, bandoneon
    Gabriel Bolkosky, violin
    Derek Snyder, cello
    Tad Weed, piano
    John Holkeboer, bass
    Alex Trajano, percussion
click here for reservations and more information


March 30-31 (Friday-Saturday)
Guest Clinician
Spring Violin Workshop
Houston Area Suzuki Strings Association (HASSA)
Houston, Texas
click here for more information


April 13-15 (Friday-Sunday)
Solar Trio
Crispin Campbell (cello),  Paul Sullivan (piano),
Gabriel Bolkosky (violin)
in northern Michigan

Friday, April 13, 7:30 p.m.
Elberta (Frankfort) Lifesaving Station, Elberta

Saturday, April 14, 8 p.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey

Sunday, April 15, 7:30 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall
6726 Center Road, Traverse Cit


April 25 (Wednesday)
Gabriel Bolkosky
with Michele Cooker, piano
7:30 p.m.
The Fair Lane Music Guild
Henry Ford Estate (Fair Lane)
Dearborn, Michigan

April 29 (Sunday)
The Birmingham Musicale
2007 Philanthropic Benefit Concert
Gabriel Bolkosky
with Michele Cooker, piano

3:30 p.m.
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
5631 North Adams Road
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

for further information, call 248-541-4795
or 248-548-6340


May 10 (Thursday)
Gabriel Bolkosky
with Michele Cooker, piano
10:00 a.m.
Adult Learning Institute
Farmington Hills, Michigan


May 17-20 (Thursday-Sunday)
The Grove Festival
Tenth Annual Chamber Music Weekend
in Midland, Michigan
Saturday, May 19: Gabriel Bolkosky, with the Grove Festival
Orchestra, performing the Bach E Major Concerto
special guests Ann Palen of the Chicago Lyric Orchestra
and Craig Trompeter, cello
Chapel Lane Presbyterian Church
Midland
tickets $10
contact The Grove Festival for more information or reservations

June 18-23 (Monday-Saturday)
Intermountain Suzuki String Institute
Draper, Utah
click here for more information


June 29-July 6
Advanced Violin Camp
and Guest Artist Recital with Michele Cooker, piano
DFW-WOW Suzuki Institute
Fort Worth, Texas
click here for more information


July 11 (Wednesday)
Concert with Michele Cooker, piano
at Saugatuck Center for the Arts
8:00 PM
SCA Performance Studio
400 Culver Street
Saugatuck, Michigan
Click here for more information


July 16-20 (Monday-Friday)
Peaks to Plains Suzuki Institute
Boulder, Colorado
Click here for more information

July 29-August 11
American Suzuki Institute
July 30: Guest Artist Recital with Michele Cooker, piano,
and San Slomovits, guitar and voice
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
click here for more information


August 30 (Thursday)
Manitou Music Festival
Concert with Michele Cooker, piano
8:00 p.m.
The Leelanau School
Glen Arbor, Michigan
click here for full details


August 31 (Friday)
Gabriel Bolkosky and cellist Crispin Campbell
at Rhonda's Wharfside
Frankfort, Michigan

September 1 (Saturday)
"September Swing" concert
with the Jeff Haas Quintet featuring Gabriel Bolkosky
8 :00 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
6726 Center Road, Traverse City, MI

News story on the weekend's concerts:
http://www.record-eagle.com/2007/aug/17bolkosky.htm


September 14 and 15, 2007 (Friday and Saturday)
Parisian Soiree at Kerrytown Concert House
with
Michele Cooker, piano
and Hot Club of Detroit
8:00 p.m.
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor, MI
click here for Ann Arbor News story


October 5 and 6 (Friday and Saturday)
North Texas Suzuki Association Celebration Festival and Concert
Plano, Texas
Guest Artist Recital Saturday, October 5

October 9 (Tuesday)
Solar Trio
Gabriel Bolkosky, violin; Crispin Campbell, cello; Paul Sullivan, piano
8:00 p.m.
at the
Firefly Club
637 South Main Street

San Slomovits and Gabe Bolkosky's
Home From Work
in  Double CD Release Concert, with Laz Slomovits of Gemini
7:30 pm
Interfaith Center, 704 Airport Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI
tickets $10; call 734-665-0409 for more information or reservations

November 10 and 11, 2007
North Carolina Suzuki Teachers Retreat and Statewide Play-In
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
Guest Artist Recital Saturday, November 10

December 2 (Sunday)
Gabriel Bolkosky in recital
with Michele Cooker, piano
Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI
4:00 p.m.
www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com
This concert is sponsored by Psarianos Violins
of Troy and Ann Arbor, Michigan

December 12, 2007
Gabriel Bolkosky with Michele Cooker, piano
7:30 p.m.
The Fair Lane Music Guild
Henry Ford Estate (Fair Lane)
Dearborn, Michigan
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