Fair Lane Music Guild - Bolkosky and Friends - The Complete Brahms Sextets

The Fair Lane Music Guild continues its 44th
anniversary season at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, as the Guild
welcomes siblings Gabe and Miriam Bolkosky back to its stage.  This time, they will bring along a group of
their very talented, stringed instrument playing friends for this special
performance of the complete Brahms sextets. 
Miriam Bolkosky (cello)
appears nationally as an orchestral and chamber musician.  Miriam has held faculty positions at
Northwestern, the Music Institute of Chicago, and the Cleveland Institute of
Music. She currently freelances and teaches in Boston.  Gabriel
Bolkosky (violin) is the executive director and founding member of The
Phoenix Ensemble in Ann Arbor. He maintains a strong interest across many
musical genres and regularly performs in both classical and improvised
settings.  Cellist Debra Fayroian has performed throughout the United States, Canada
and Europe captivating audiences with her musical insight and beauty of tone.
Ms. Fayroian became a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1976, has
been solo cellist with Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings and appears as a
guest soloist with many of Michigan’s orchestras.  Canadian-born violist Andrew Duckles leads a diverse musical life as a recording artist,
chamber musician, soloist and teacher. He began his orchestral career with the
Los Angeles Philharmonic and appears regularly as a guest artist on a number of
chamber music series throughout the United States and Europe. For over ten
years, Mr. Duckles has been featured regularly as a recording artist on
television and motion picture soundtracks. 
Violinist Anthea Kreston has
received numerous awards for her chamber collaborations including honors at the
Melbourne and Banff International Competitions. 
She tours actively with her piano trio, The Amelia Piano Trio.  Ms. Kreston has won awards from Chamber Music
America for her groundbreaking work with abused children and AIDS patients in
Hartford, CT.  John Madison is currently the Principal Violist of the Michigan
Opera Theatre Orchestra, plays regularly as an extra with The Detroit Symphony
Orchestra and is the co-founder of The Cassini Ensemble.  Mr. Madison regularly performs chamber music,
recitals and concertos throughout the area. 
The concert will include a dessert table sponsored by University of
Michigan-Dearborn Chancellor Daniel Little.

All Fair Lane Music Guild concerts are held at the Henry
Ford Estate – Fair Lane.  (The Henry Ford
Estate is currently closed for renovations, but thanks to the generosity of the Historic Ford Estates and the University of
Michigan-Dearborn, the Guild is being allowed to use the Pool Room for these
concerts.)  Tickets are $15/person, $14
for senior citizens and $9 for students. 
Cash or check, please.  Free
lighted parking.  Doors open at 7 p.m. For
more information about season tickets or individual concert ticket sales,
please call the Fair Lane Music Guild at (313) 593-5330, or go to http://flmg.umd.umich.edu/