The White Lake Chamber Music Society announced this week a new music series in the White Lake area, running during January-April. The new White Lake Music Series will feature a variety of monthly events that includes two live classical music performances held at Blue Lake Public Radio’s studio and three “talks” by Foley Schuler, Lazaro Vega, and Bob Swan at the Book Nook & Java Shop. These events aim to give local music enthusiasts a reason to come together, strengthening community ties and bringing greater vibrancy to the White Lake area.
A grant from the White Lake Fund of the Community Foundation of Muskegon County will make two in-person concerts possible. The following concerts will be broadcast live from the studio of Blue Lake Public Radio, 7800 Russell Rd, Twin Lake. Free tickets will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
On Feb. 27, Kuang-Hao Huang will perform a solo piano recital featuring Schubert Piano Sonata in A Major, Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, and the Bach French Suite No. 5 in G Major
On April 10, Huang and Marina Hoover will perform a cello/piano recital, featuring the Debussy Cello Sonata, plus a Spanish flair featuring Gaspar Cassado’s Requiebros, Enrique Grandados, and Albeniz’s Celebre Serenata Espagnola.
The lectures, featuring Schuler, Vega and Swan, will all take place at 7 p.m. at the Book Nook & Java Shop, 8744 Ferry St., Montague. A Jan. 28 lecture will feature Vega and focus on great jazz solos. A Feb. 25 lecture will see Schuler in a celebration of composer Charles Ives’ music 150 years after his birth, with an emphasis on 1920s and 1930s music. On March 25, Swan will discuss the famous ‘three B’s’ of composing: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms.
To claim a free ticket for the Blue Lake Public Radio studio performances Feb. 27 or April 10, please text or call director Sondra Cross at 231-329-3056. For a schedule of this year’s events, please visit www.whitelakemusic.org.
