2013 BLUE LAKE SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

Throughout our Summer Arts Festival, Blue Lake offers more than 175 performances to our public and camper audiences with select concerts broadcast live on Blue Lake Public Radio - WBLV 90.3 (Muskegon, MI), WBLU 88.9 (Grand Rapids, MI), and online at bluelake.org. For a complete schedule of public events, please call 800-221-3796.

Season Highlights

The Blue Lake Opera Department, Dr. James Niblock, Artistic Director
presents
Georges Bizet’s one-act comic opera: Le docteur Miracle (Doctor Miracle)

by the professional singers and instrumentalists of the Blue Lake Faculty.
Sung in French with English supertitles.

Performances open to the public on:
Friday, June 28
Friday, July 12
Friday, July 26
Friday, August 9

All performances 7:30 p.m. in Miller Theater.
Admission $20.  Seating is limited.
Call 231-894-1966 to reserve tickets.

Friday, June 14 — 7:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn’s The Creation
Sabrina Laney Warren, soprano; Zachary
Vanderburg, tenor; Joseph Roberts, baritone
Blue Lake International Choir, Alumni Choir, and International Youth Symphony Orchestra
Michael Klaue, conductor
Stewart Music Shell

Friday, June 28 — 7:30 p.m.
Verdehr Trio:
Walter Verdehr, violin
Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet
Silvia Roederer, piano
Stewart Music Shell

Saturday, June 29 — 7:30 p.m.
Blue Lake Faculty Showcase
Stewart Music Shell

Sunday, June 30 — all events at 7:30 p.m.
Blue Lake Festival Band
Wesley Broadnax, conductor
Stewart Music Shell

Walter Verdehr and Friends
Featuring:
Walter Verdehr, violin
Ulf Hoelscher, violin
Kenneth Beachler, speaker
Rose Theater

Balletschule Feibike
From Berlin, Germany
Jacobson-Bueche Dance Studio

Monday, July 1 — 7:30 p.m.
Cheryl Losey, harp
Danilo Mezzadri, flute
Blodgett Recital Hall

Thursday, July 4 — 7:30 p.m.
Jennifer Sacher Wiley, violin
Kairy Koshoeva, piano
Blodgett Recital Hall

Friday, July 5 — 7:15 p.m.
Blue Lake Staff Band
Wesley Broadnax, conductor
Stewart Music Shell

Saturday, July 6 — 8:00 p.m.
Blue Lake Festival Orchestra
James Niblock, conductor
Walter Verdehr, violin
Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet
Howard Niblock, oboe
Dave Myers, narrator
Stewart Music Shell

Friday, July 12 — 7:30 p.m.
Blue Lake Faculty Showcase
Stewart Music Shell

Saturday, July 13 — 8:00 p.m.
Grand Rapids Symphony
David Lockington, conductor
Blodgett Recital Hall
Benefit concert for Blue Lake Public Radio.
Call 231-894-2616 for more information.

Saturday, July 13 — 7:30 p.m.
Blue Lake Faculty Showcase
Stewart Music Shell

Sunday, July 14 — all events at 7:30 p.m.
Blue Lake Festival Band
Myron Welch, conductor
Javier Rodriguez, bassoon
Stewart Music Shell

Musik Mittelschule
From Thüringen, Austria
Miller Theater

Monday, July 15 — 7:15 p.m.
Walter Verdehr and Friends
Featuring:
Walter Verdehr, violin
Carl Donakowski, cello
Hamilton Berry, cello
Kenneth Beachler, speaker
Rose Theater

Tuesday, July 16 — 7:30 p.m.
Leonard Garrison, flute
Ian Davidson, oboe
Blodgett Recital Hall

Wednesday, July 17 — all events at 7:30 p.m.
Blue Lake International Jazz Ensemble
David Jensen, conductor
Stewart Music Shell

Blue Lake International Jazz Orchestra
Bill McFarlin, conductor
Bartlett Shell

Le Jeune Choeur Polyphonique
From Foix, France
Blodgett Recital Hall

Thursday, July 18 — 7:15 p.m.
Blue Lake Staff Band
Myron Welch, conductor
John D. Roseboom, guest conductor
Stewart Music Shell

Friday, July 19 — all events 7:30 p.m.
Blue Lake International Northern Winds
Michael Eagan and Cynthia Swan Eagan,
conductors
Stewart Music Shell

Susan Ruggiero-Mezzadri, soprano
Robert Patton, baritone
Blodgett Recital Hall

Blue Lake Dance Ensemble
Miller Theater

Saturday, July 20 — all events at 8:00 p.m.
Blue Lake Festival Orchestra
Myron Welch, conductor
Stewart Music Shell

Blue Lake Dance Ensemble
Miller Theater

Friday, July 26 — 7:30 p.m.
Blue Lake International Youth Symphony
Michael Klaue, conductor
Stewart Music Shell

Saturday, July 27 — 7:30 p.m.
Blue Lake International Southern Winds
John Heath, conductor
Stewart Music Shell

Sunday, July 28 — all events at 7:30 p.m.
Blue Lake Festival Band
Donald Flickinger, conductor
Stewart Music Shell

Albert Kim, piano
Blodgett Recital Hall

Monday, July 29 — 7:30 p.m.
Joseph Van Hassel, percussion
Blodgett Recital Hall

Wednesday, July 31 — 7:30 p.m.
James Cooper, jazz piano, marimba, vibraphone
and the Faculty Jazz Sextet
Blodgett Recital Hall

Thursday, August 1 — all events at 7:15 p.m.
Blue Lake Staff Band
Donald Flickinger, conductor
Stewart Music Shell

Ka-Wai Yu, cello
Wan-Chin Chang, piano
Blodgett Recital Hall

Friday, August 2 — all events at 7:30 p.m.
Blue Lake International Choir
Kelli Falls, conductor
Stewart Music Shell

Blue Lake Faculty Brass
Blodgett Recital Hall

Saturday, August 3 — 8:00 p.m.
Blue Lake Alumni Day concert:
Franz Joseph Haydn’s The Creation
Sabrina Laney Warren, soprano; Zachary
Vanderburg, tenor; Joseph Roberts, baritone
Blue Lake International Choir,
Alumni Choir, and Staff Choir
Blue Lake Festival Orchestra
Michael Klaue, conductor
Stewart Music Shell

Friday, August 9, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 10, 7:30 p.m.
Return of the Blue Lake Monster:
An Evening of Classic Big Band Jazz
Bill McFarlin, director
Edie Evans Hyde, featured vocalist
Stewart Music Shell
Benefit concert for Blue Lake Public Radio.
Call 231-894-2616 for more information.

Friday, August 9 —  7:30 p.m.
Falcone Festival Guest Artist Recital:
Benjamin Pierce, euphonium
Blodgett Recital Hall

Saturday, August 10 — 7:30 p.m.
Falcone Festival Adjudicator Recital
Blodgett Recital Hall

Sunday, August 11 — all events at 7:30 p.m.
Blue Lake Festival Band
Joseph Manfredo, conductor
Benjamin Pierce, euphonium
Stewart Music Shell

Moon Kyoung Kim, piano
Blodgett Recital Hall

Monday, August 12 — 7:15 p.m.
Falcone Festival Artist Level Competition
Blue Lake Festival Band
Joseph Manfredo, conductor
Blodgett Recital Hall

Wednesday, August 14 — all events 7:30 p.m.
Blue Lake International Community Band
Donald Flickinger, conductor
Miller Theater

André Sonner, percussion
Angela Kim, piano
Blodgett Recital Hall

Thursday, August 15 — 7:30 p.m.
Post-Haste Reed Duo:
Javier Rodriguez, bassoon
Sean Fredenburg, saxophone
Blodgett Recital Hall

Friday, August 16 — all events at 7:15 p.m.
Blue Lake Staff Band
Carl Bjerregaard, conductor
Stewart Music Shell

Nicole Benton, violin
Blodgett Recital Hall

Saturday, August 17 — 8:00 p.m.
Season Finale Concert:
Blue Lake Festival Orchestra
Carl Bjerregaard, conductor
Camper and Staff Solo Competition Winners
Stewart Music Shell

Blue Lake Public Radio presents
Shakespeare at the Rose:  Macbeth
Performed by the
Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company
Sunday, August 25, at 2:00 p.m.
Call 231-894-2616 for more information.