The Lakes Area Music Festival kicks off its fall programming on Friday, September 30 with a concert of vocal jazz and showtunes featuring audience favorite, Broadway soprano Andrea Ross. The performance will take place at the Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts beginning at 7:30 p.m. Ross will bring a program of familiar tunes from the…
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Join the Lakes Area Music Festival (LAMF) for a perfect pairing: Beethoven and Beer! LAMF Musicians’ Night Out will take place on Thursday, August 18 at 7 p.m. at Roundhouse Brewery. Don’t miss a chance to join the international roster of LAMF as they let loose playing music with colleagues and friends, new and old.…
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RELEASE FROM THE LAKES AREA MUSIC FESTIVAL: Classical music, meditation, and fitness come together in one of the Lakes Area Music Festival’s most popular summer activities. On Saturday, August 13 at 10 a.m., treat yourself to an hour long, outdoor yoga class at Don Adamson Field on the Brainerd High School campus, accompanied by a…
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On Friday and Sunday, August 12 and 14, the Lakes Area Music Festival presents the first full opera production ever to grace the stage of the Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts: Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss. Featuring six singers from the Metropolitan Opera and the all-star LAMF orchestra led by music director, Christian Reif, Ariadne auf Naxos promises…
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On Wednesday, August 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Brainerd’s Tornstrom Auditorium, the Lakes Area Music Festival explores musical roots in “Rain and Red Clay.” This chamber music program presents works for strings and winds that connect heritage and history. The Afro-British composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, found himself drawn to the music and culture of Black America,…
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Release from Lakes Area Music Festival: The Lakes Area Music Festival presents “Three Statues,” on Wednesday August 3, at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Brainerd’s Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts. The chamber music concert features lush textures and soaring melodies for winds, strings, and piano. French works by Maurice Ravel and Francis Poulenc sit alongside a…
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The Lakes Area Music Festival opens its 14th annual season on July 30 and 31 with “Tribute to the Earth.” Saturday’s concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday’s event is at 2 p.m. – both in the new Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts, located in Brainerd. This orchestral concert, led by music director, Christian Reif, includes…
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