Here are some late breaking and/or long term events!
July 30-Aug. 1
Finlandia University is pleased to invite you to the 10th Annual Sibelius Academy Music Festival. Each year, Finlandia invites professional-level classical musicians from the Sibelius Academy of Helsinki, Finland, to present this series of full-length concerts. The festival honors our Finnish heritage and celebrates the contemporary synergies between Finlandia University and Finland.
Wednesday, July 30, 7:30 p.m. – Melis Jaatinen, mezzosoprano, and Maija Väisänen, piano
Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock, Mich.
Thursday, July 31, 7:30 p.m. – Joonas Ahonen, piano
Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock, Mich.
Friday, August 1, 7:30 p.m. – Kaisa Koivula, clarinet, and Jukka Ojala, accordion
St. Peter’s by the Sea Church, Eagle Harbor, Mich.
Concert tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students. Finlandia University students and children age 12 and under are admitted at no cost. For advance tickets, click the link below, call Finlandia’s North Wind Books at 888-285-8363 or 906-487-7217, or visit www.finlandia.edu. Tickets may also be purchased prior to each performance.
BUY TICKETS ON-LINE!
For additional information, please contact Karen Johnson at 906-487-7348 or SibeliusFest@finlandia.edu.
The internationally known Sibelius Academy was founded in 1882. The Academy is named for the much loved late 19th century Finnish composer Jean Sibelius who was both a student and professor at the Academy. The Sibelius Academy is the only university of music in Finland, and the largest in Scandinavia.
Finlandia University, founded in 1896 as Suomi College, is an accredited baccalaureate degree-granting learning community dedicated to academic excellence, spiritual growth and service. Located in Hancock Mich., Finlandia is the only private university in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and one of 28 colleges and universities affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). It is the only university in North America founded by Finnish immigrants. Please visit our Web site at www.finlandia.edu.
August 2
Summer Music and Dance Festival, Brimson, Minnesota
The Petrell Hall Centennial Committee is sponsoring a Summer Music and Dance Festival on August 2, 2008. The all-day fundraiser features music for dancing and listening by the FinnHall dance band, FriendsOnTheRange dance troupe and Brian and Sheralyn Barnes, a mandolin vocal duo playing a wide variety of musical styles for audiences of all ages. $8.00 admission fee for adults and teens; children 12 and under are admitted free for the day long event.
Petrell Hall, a historical log Finn hall is located fifty miles northeast of Duluth and Lake Superior. For more information call (612) 624-0823 or email hanso107@umn.edu