Lakes Area Music Festival

The 2015 Festival season "Transformations" will run from July 26-August 16 with activities planned nearly daily. All concerts are free of charge. Sunday, July 26 - Community Concert Monday, July 27 - Open Rehearsal w/violinist Chloe Fedor Tuesday, July 28 - Broadway Bound Performance Wednesday, July 29 - Pre-Concert Lecture: Tanya Gabrielian Wednesday, July 29…

The 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival kicks off with the Annual Community Concert featuring talents from the Brainerd Lakes Area. View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts |…

1:00 p.m. - Discussion 1:30 p.m. - Rehearsal View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

1:00 p.m. - Discussion 1:30 p.m. - Rehearsal View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

1:00 p.m. - Discussion 1:30 p.m. - Rehearsal View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

1:00 p.m. - Discussion 1:30 p.m. - Rehearsal View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts | Book your Brainerd Hotel

The 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival kicks off with the Annual Community Concert featuring talents from the Brainerd Lakes Area. View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts |…

The 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival kicks off with the Annual Community Concert featuring talents from the Brainerd Lakes Area. View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts |…

The 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival kicks off with the Annual Community Concert featuring talents from the Brainerd Lakes Area. View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts |…

The 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival kicks off with the Annual Community Concert featuring talents from the Brainerd Lakes Area. View the full 7th Annual Lakes Area Music Festival Schedule of Events. All Lakes Area Music Festival Events are Free of Charge View more Brainerd MN Events & Activities | Find Brainerd Resorts |…

The Lakes Area Music Festival has brought world-class music to your doorstep since 2009. But now, LAMF also brings you to some of the best classical music venues and ensembles in the state of Minnesota. Hit the road with your festival BFFs and your musical tour guide, Artistic Director Scott Lykins, for a day trip…

Altius Quartet is an ensemble determined to further the art of chamber music through performance, education, and outreach. Altius strives to communicate art to a more diverse audience through community engagement and innovative repertoire.  Hailed as “rich” and “captivating” by the renowned music blog, “I Care If You Listen,” the Altius Quartet is garnering an international…

This event has been postponed. No dates are currently available. Check with the event website for future updates. We welcome LAMF harpist Emily Levin of the Dallas Symphony to curate a program of her favorite chamber music. Joined by guests from the Minnesota Orchestra she will present a French program of works by Maurice Ravel,…

All are welcome at this concert for families of all ages! A string orchestra of professional musicians from around the country will perform outdoors, narrated by festival education director Alexander Peña. Free and open to the public; no tickets required. This concert is sponsored in part by Essentia Health. Traveling for this event? Find Brainerd…

LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Song selections to be announced. The timeless story of enraged rivals and forbidden love comes to life at our exclusive West Side Story gala! Broadway’s Andrea Ross and Ryan Vona join the Lakes Area Music Festival Symphony in a celebration of favorites from Leonard Bernstein and Stephen…

Lakes Area families are invited to learn about the different sections of the orchestra in this outdoor concert featuring LAMF’s professional musicians and hosted by youth education director Alexander Peña. After the concert our Instrument Petting Zoo will give attendees the opportunity to try playing the instruments themselves. All are welcome! Free and open to…

The “Pago a la Tierra” (tribute to the earth) is an ancient Andean ritual of thanksgiving for nature’s bounty. We open our 14th annual season with a tribute to earth, water, and spirit featuring a world premiere by Peruvian-American composer Jimmy López Bellido followed by Jean Sibelius’ masterful Second Symphony, inspired by the Apennine mountains…

The “Pago a la Tierra” (tribute to the earth) is an ancient Andean ritual of thanksgiving for nature’s bounty. We open our 14th annual season with a tribute to earth, water, and spirit featuring a world premiere by Peruvian-American composer Jimmy López Bellido followed by Jean Sibelius’ masterful Second Symphony, inspired by the Apennine mountains…

Indian-American composer Reena Esmail works between the worlds of Indian and Western classical music. Her work, Teen Murti (Three Statues), takes inspiration from Hindustani singing traditions and sits aside chamber works by French composers Maurice Ravel and Francis Poulenc. Program: FRANCIS POULENC:Sextet for Winds and Piano REENA ESMAIL:Teen Murti for Cello and String Quartet MAURICE…

A ‘concerto grosso’ pits a group of soloists against a larger ensemble, moving between cooperation and contrast. Artistic advisor and baroque violinist Chloe Fedor leads a baroque ensemble in early examples of these concertos, partnered with modern takes on the genre by Errollyn Wallen and Samuel Carl Adams. Program: GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL:Concerto Grosso in G…

A ‘concerto grosso’ pits a group of soloists against a larger ensemble, moving between cooperation and contrast. Artistic advisor and baroque violinist Chloe Fedor leads a baroque ensemble in early examples of these concertos, partnered with modern takes on the genre by Errollyn Wallen and Samuel Carl Adams. Program: GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL:Concerto Grosso in G…

Join us for a block party in the heart of downtown Brainerd! A string orchestra will play pop music and familiar classical favorites. Bring a chair and grab a beer at Sage on Laurel, and enjoy music outdoors. Free and open to the public; no tickets required. Presented in partnership with Brainerd Restoration. Traveling for…

For many of us, the land of our ancestors holds a special power. For the Afro-British composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, that fascination drew him to the music and culture of Black America, where his forebears had been enslaved. We present his luscious Clarinet Quintet alongside two of his fundamental influences: the European tradition of composers like…

Hilarity and misadventure ensue when two productions—one a grand opera and the other a comedic farce—are forced to perform their shows simultaneously. For our annual opera production we present an enchanting masterpiece by Richard Strauss which satirizes showbusiness as it explores the widest range of musical and theatrical possibility, from monumental Greek Tragedy to irreverent…

Music, meditation, and fitness come together in this hour-long outdoor yoga class guided by Jennifer Smith of Nisswa Yoga. Sun salutations under the morning sun, with music provided by a quintet of LAMF musicians from around the country. All levels are welcome! Donation based and open to the public; pre-registration recommended. Traveling for this event?…

Hilarity and misadventure ensue when two productions—one a grand opera and the other a comedic farce—are forced to perform their shows simultaneously. For our annual opera production we present an enchanting masterpiece by Richard Strauss which satirizes showbusiness as it explores the widest range of musical and theatrical possibility, from monumental Greek Tragedy to irreverent…

The LAMF Composer Fellowship offers early-career composers the chance to present their work to our orchestra and audience. Following a new work by our inaugural composer fellow, Isaac Santos, we hear another example of a composer’s early work in Dmitri Shostakovich’s First Piano Concerto. These pieces are followed by Franz Joseph Haydn’s 104th and final…

A perfect pairing: Beethoven and Beer! Our Musicians’ Night Out is a chance for our musicians to let loose playing music with colleagues and friends, new and old. Grab a pint and chat with musicians from around the world between sets of informal chamber music sight-reading performances outdoors at Roundhouse Brewery in Nisswa. Free and…

Our inaugural composer-in-residence, Elizabeth Ogonek, opens this finale celebration with a grand fanfare, co-commissioned with the Boston Symphony for the Tanglewood Festival. Then, Gustav Mahler’s titanic Fifth Symphony brings the season to a triumphant close. “A symphony must be like the world, it must embrace the world,” Mahler once said, and this closing concert embraces…

Our inaugural composer-in-residence, Elizabeth Ogonek, opens this finale celebration with a grand fanfare, co-commissioned with the Boston Symphony for the Tanglewood Festival. Then, Gustav Mahler’s titanic Fifth Symphony brings the season to a triumphant close. “A symphony must be like the world, it must embrace the world,” Mahler once said, and this closing concert embraces…

The Callisto Quartet will brave the winter in Minnesota in LAMF's first ever winter residency! Join them for the culimination of their visit in this intimate program of string quartet repertoire. In addition to these performances their residency will include school visits and community outreach in the Brainerd Lakes Area. This concert is the second…

LAMF artistic advisor Chloe Fedor returns to our winter series– this time alone with her violin. She brings a solo program featuring masterpieces from the baroque era alongside contemporary pieces drawing on the historical context of her instrument. An intimate program not to be missed! This program is the third cycle of the Lakes Area…

Artistic Advisor Loki Karuna (formerly Garrett McQueen) brings his unique and thoughtful perspective with another chamber music curation. Music and performers to be announced in early 2024. This concert marks the final cycle of the Lakes Area Music Festival's Winter Series of chamber music in Minneapolis (Woman's Club of Minneapolis) and Brainerd (Gichi-ziibi Center for…