Pine Mountain Music Festival to present organ, trumpet concert July 3 in Calumet

Organist Jeremy David Tarrant, center, will be joined by trumpet players Mark Flaherty, left, and Joel Neves in a concert July 3 at the Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne's in Calumet. (Photo courtesy Pine Mountain Music Festival)

HANCOCK -- Pine Mountain Music Festival is thrilled to welcome organist Jeremy David Tarrant to the U.P. at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3, at the Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne’s in Calumet. He will be joined by trumpet players Mark Flaherty (Marquette Symphony Orchestra) and Joel Neves (Conductor, Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra). The program repertoire will include Mendelssohn’s Sonata No. 2 in C minor, Schumann’s Sketch in C minor, Scarlatti’s Sonata in D major and C major, and Rheinberger’s Adagio espressivo, as well as others.

Mr. Tarrant is Organist and Choirmaster of the Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Detroit where, in addition to playing the organ for liturgies and concerts, he conducts the Choir of Men and Boys (now in its 120th season), The Cathedral Girls’ Choir, and the Cathedral Chamber Singers. He is also Artistic Director for Music at the Cathedral, an annual concert series. Mr. Tarrant joined the Cathedral staff in 1994 as Assistant Organist and, prior to that appointment, worked in several churches in his native Michigan.

The recipient of numerous awards and honors, he was awarded First Prize in the Ottumwa National Organ Competition in 1997 and Second Prize in the Arthur Poister National Competition in 1998. In 1993 he was a Winner of the Lucille Mehaffie Young Artists’ Competition which resulted in a televised performance during the Kalamazoo Bach Festival. Mr. Tarrant has also been a finalist in the American Guild of Organists Regional Competitions.

Active as an concert organist, Jeremy David Tarrant has performed widely in North America in such venues as the Washington National Cathedral; St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue; St. James Cathedral, Toronto; St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York; and Chicago’s famed Fourth Presbyterian Church. Mr. Tarrant has performed with the Western Michigan University Brass Quintet and frequently appears with the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings. He has been particularly noted for his insightful performances of French organ music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; but, whatever the composer being played, Tarrant’s solid musicianship has earned him the reputation of a first-rate performer.

Tickets for this event are $20 for adults and $10 for children and students. Tickets are on sale at the Michigan Tech Ticketing Services located at the Michigan Tech Student Development Complex or by calling 877-746-3999.  Tickets are also available at the door.

Pine Mountain Music Festival presents a season of opera, classical and popular music each June-July in the Dickinson County area, the Marquette area, the Keweenaw Peninsula, and other towns in the Upper Peninsula. Headquartered in Hancock, Michigan, it is supported by donations, ticket sales and grants. For more information about the 2012 Festival Season, visit www.pmmf.org or call 888-309-7861. For tickets, call 1-877-746-3999.

Keweenaw National Historical Park to host Grand Opening of Visitor Center Oct. 27

CALUMET -- Keweenaw National Historical Park (NHP) invites the entire Copper Country community to the Grand Opening of the Calumet Visitor Center, located in the historic Union Building at 98 Fifth Street, Calumet. Superintendent Mike Pflaum announced that the ribbon cutting will take place at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27, with U.S. Senator Carl Levin and NPS Midwest Regional Director Mike Reynolds performing the honors.

The Calumet Visitor Center is the first NPS-operated visitor facility at Keweenaw National Historical Park, which celebrates its 19th anniversary on Thursday as well.

"The opening of this wonderful facility represents a major milestone for the park," Pflaum noted, "and it will be a treasure for the entire community for decades to come."

Visitor services have previously been provided by the park’s 19 non-Federal Keweenaw Heritage Site partners, who will continue providing those valuable services for visitors to the Copper Country.

Thursday events for the Grand Opening include ringing of Calumet church bells at 9:30 a.m., followed by the ribbon cutting, an American Naturalization ceremony, a pasty lunch by the Calumet Lodge of the Eastern Star, free trolley tours of the Calumet National Historic Landmark District provided by the National Park Service and the Red Jacket Trolley Company, free tours of the Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne’s and the Calumet Theatre, and the film premier of Risk and Resilience. The tours will be offered both Thursday and Friday. A Historians’ Symposium will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday morning, Oct. 28.

Click here for a schedule of events.

Keweenaw Heritage Center to host organ, harpsichord concert Aug. 23

CALUMET -- The Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne's (corner of 5th and Scott Streets) will present a concert of pipe organ and harpsichord music at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 23.

Thomas Kraska of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Adrienne Shipley of Lake Linden will be performing a variety of music on the 1899 Barckhoff Pipe Organ and harpsichord.

Tom is a summer resident of Big Traverse Bay here in the Copper country; Adrienne is the organist at St. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church in Houghton and is currently working toward her Masters Degree in Harpsichord from Indiana University.

The concert will feature a wide variety of works: from Bach to Sousa; from England, France, Holland, Norway and the U.S.

Tickets can be obtained at the door for $6. This is a benefit concert with proceeds donated to the universal accessibility project at the Keweenaw Heritage Center.

Sidney Butler to present solo Harp Concert July 26 to benefit Keweenaw Heritage Center

CALUMET -- Sidney Butler will present a solo Harp Concert at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, at the Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne's in Calumet (corner of 5th and Scott Streets).

Sidney Butler explains three types of harps during her 2010 solo concert at the Keweenaw Heritage Center. (Keweenaw Now 2010 file photo)

From Ragtime to The Beatles and Bach, Sidney will be playing 200-year-old classics interspersed with popular tunes -- a variety of music for all ages. Tickets are $6 at the door, with proceeds benefiting the universal accessibility project at the Keweenaw Heritage Center.

The weather forecast is for a cool and pleasant evening in Calumet!

Isle Royale and Keweenaw Parks to host public events July 23-24

CALUMET -- The Isle Royale and Keweenaw Parks Association (IRKPA) invites the public to their annual meeting events this weekend, July 23-24. Some events require advance registration or ticket purchase. Here is the schedule:

Becoming Wilderness: Nature, History, and the Making of Isle Royale National Park. Author Amalia Baldwin debuts IRKPA’s latest book, on the little-known backstory of the two-decade effort to make Isle Royale America’s first wilderness national park -- 2 p.m, Saturday, July 23, Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne’s, Scott and 5th Streets, Calumet.

Free presentation with book signing to follow. (Books $12.95 or $11.65 with IRKPA member discount plus tax.)

Through the 3D Looking Glass: A Stereoscopic Tour of Lake Superior, Isle Royale, and the Keweenaw, 1860s-early 1900s -- 7 p.m., Saturday, July 23, Calumet Theatre. Add a dimension and subtract a century or so as Jack Deo presents more than 200 stereo-view images (many new since last year), starting with the 1868 University of Michigan Foote Expedition, on the historic Calumet Theatre’s big screen. 3D glasses provided. Fundraiser for the Isle Royale and Keweenaw Parks Association.

Sponsors: Book Concern Printers, College Avenue Vision Clinic, Cranking Graphics, 5th and Elm Coffee House, and Michigan Tech's Industrial Archaeology Program. Tickets $15 ($10 IRKPA members, seniors, students; $7 children under 13; free for children under three; $35 household up to four people). For tickets call 906-337-2610 Mon.-Fri., noon-5 p.m. or email BoxOffice@calumettheatre.com

Cliff Mine Archaeological Site Guided Tour: 1-4 p.m., Sunday, July 24. Isle Royale and Keweenaw Parks Association hosts a narrated trolley ride from Calumet to the Cliff Mine with Drs. Tim Scarlett and Susan Martin of Michigan Tech's Department of Social Sciences and Red Jacket Trolley’s Wil Shapton painting the bigger picture of copper mining on Isle Royale and the Keweenaw. Limited space, advance registration, $10. For more information email irkpa@irkpa.org or call 906-482-3627.

The Isle Royale and Keweenaw Parks Association is the nonprofit cooperating association that partners with Isle Royale National Park and Keweenaw National Historical Park to support their educational, historical, interpretive, and scientific missions. IRKPA provides high-quality educational products and programs to enhance the understanding, appreciation, and protection of the parks and their natural and cultural resources; financial support to the parks for research and interpretation; and outreach activities to increase public participation and promote partnerships with communities and organizations.

Singin' Sheriff Ron Lahti to open "Musical Mondays" June 27

CALUMET -- The Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne’s will kick off the 2011 summer music series, "Musical Mondays," at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 27, featuring the area’s popular "Singin' Sheriff Ron Lahti and Friends."

Ron’s easy listening country style music has been enjoyed for years by locals and visitors. He will be joined by Ken and Mary O’Connor and Dave Stahl.

No admission charge, but a free-will offering will be taken to benefit the universal accessibility lift project at the Keweenaw Heritage Center.

Oriental Dance classes to be held at Keweenaw Heritage Center

CALUMET -- Learn the ancient and enduring art of Oriental Dance -- Near Eastern and Middle Eastern Dance. Three classes will be held, each from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., on three Sundays -- May 22, June 5 and June 26 -- on the beautiful wood floor of the Keweenaw Heritage Center St. Anne’s on 5th and Scott streets in the artists’ village of Calumet, Michigan.

Increase your flexibility, strength, carriage, grace, and range of motion. Move to enchanting rhythms in a relaxing atmosphere. All levels of fitness and body types are welcome.

Suggested donation: Three classes for $33 payable at first class, or per class: $15.

Instructor: Barbara McLean, M.A., Ed.S., LPC. For information call 612-232-7739 or email barbaramcle@gmail.com.

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