HANCOCK -- The 16th annual Sibelius Academy Music Festival will be presented by Finlandia University from Sunday, Sept. 21, to Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, in Chicago, Hancock, and Calumet.
This year's festival musicians will feature classical pianist, Kristina Annamukhamedova, whose repertoire will feature the works of Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin and Sibelius, and a female a cappella vocal group, Ensemble Norma, whose music straddles folk, pop and jazz.
The festival's western Upper Peninsula series of concerts and events begins at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 23. Norma Ensemble will perform at The Bluffs in Houghton. A free Meet the Musicians event will be presented at 7 p.m. at the Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock. The musicians will discuss their lives as musicians, and present informal performances.
A special classical piano concert will be scheduled at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Hancock.
Also on Wednesday, Sept. 24, a folk dance, led by professional folk dancing instructors, will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Finnish American Heritage Center. Oren Tikkanen and friends will provide the music and Eero and Rosann Angeli will lead the dancing. Admission is $10. Finlandia students attend free. Light refreshments will be provided.
The grand finale festival concert is at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 26, at the Calumet Theatre, Calumet, Mich., with all musicians giving full-length performances. Tickets are $15; $5 for students; Finlandia students attend free.
For additional details and ticket information, call 906-487-7250 or visit www.finlandia.edu/sibelius.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Kivajat Dancers to perform at Music on the Menu June 20 at Portage Library
HOUGHTON -- The Portage Lake District Library invites everyone to bring a lunch and enjoy traditional Finnish folk dancing by the Kivajat Dancers at Music on the Menu from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, June 20, on the dock outside the library.
In the Finlandia Gallery at the Finnish American Heritage Center, Kay Seppälä, right, directs her Kivajat Dancers. At noon this Friday, June 20, they will perform outside the Portage Lake District Library at Music on the Menu. (Keweenaw Now file photo)
The Kivajat Dancers began in the fall of 2004 under the direction of Kay Seppälä. Sponsored by the Finnish American Heritage Center at Finlandia University, children ages 8 - 13 learn the dances and perform in colorful peasant costumes funded by a grant from Finlandia Foundation National.
The children performed for the President of Finland, Tarja Halonen, at FinnFest 2008 in Duluth, and they have danced in festivals in Finland, Canada, Minnesota, and Michigan. Translated, Kivajat means the "Merry Makers."
Everyone is invited to eat and relax during the lunch hour while enjoying the performance. In the event of bad weather, the program will be held in the community room.
This event is free and everyone is welcome. For more information, please call the library at 482-4570 or visit www.pldl.org.
The Kivajat Dancers began in the fall of 2004 under the direction of Kay Seppälä. Sponsored by the Finnish American Heritage Center at Finlandia University, children ages 8 - 13 learn the dances and perform in colorful peasant costumes funded by a grant from Finlandia Foundation National.
The children performed for the President of Finland, Tarja Halonen, at FinnFest 2008 in Duluth, and they have danced in festivals in Finland, Canada, Minnesota, and Michigan. Translated, Kivajat means the "Merry Makers."
Everyone is invited to eat and relax during the lunch hour while enjoying the performance. In the event of bad weather, the program will be held in the community room.
This event is free and everyone is welcome. For more information, please call the library at 482-4570 or visit www.pldl.org.
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