Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts
LAMF Beethoven’s Ninth
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts 702 South 5th Street, Brainerd, MN, United StatesThe season begins with the Lakes Area Music Festival’s most epic and joyful journey yet, in a single performance of Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony. Christian Reif conducts the Orchestra in collaboration with a chorus of singers from the Legacy Chorale of Greater Minnesota, Brainerd High School, and the acclaimed Minneapolis-based choral ensemble, VocalEssence singing the…
LAMF Explore Music
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts 702 South 5th Street, Brainerd, MN, United StatesKids in the Lakes Area won’t want to miss this weeklong day camp packed with activities and creativity! Participants will move, dance, sing, and play instruments every day and exercise their creative muscles through guided improvisation. Our team of Teaching Artists bring their expertise in drumming, improvisation, theater, vocal studies, visual arts, and conducting to…
LAMF Explore Music
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts 702 South 5th Street, Brainerd, MN, United StatesKids in the Lakes Area won’t want to miss this weeklong day camp packed with activities and creativity! Participants will move, dance, sing, and play instruments every day and exercise their creative muscles through guided improvisation. Our team of Teaching Artists bring their expertise in drumming, improvisation, theater, vocal studies, visual arts, and conducting to…
LAMF Explore Music
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts 702 South 5th Street, Brainerd, MN, United StatesKids in the Lakes Area won’t want to miss this weeklong day camp packed with activities and creativity! Participants will move, dance, sing, and play instruments every day and exercise their creative muscles through guided improvisation. Our team of Teaching Artists bring their expertise in drumming, improvisation, theater, vocal studies, visual arts, and conducting to…
LAMF Storms, Shipwrecks & Sorcery
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts 702 South 5th Street, Brainerd, MN, United StatesStorms, Shipwrecks, and Sorcery is a fantastical journey through some of the most dramatic music of the 17th and 18th centuries. This program evokes both literal storms and clouds of rage. Guest soprano Nola Richardson stunningly portrays two sorceresses scorned, both the anguished Armida from Handel’s Armida Abbandonata and the vengeful Médée, namesake of Clérambault’s…
LAMF Explore Music
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts 702 South 5th Street, Brainerd, MN, United StatesKids in the Lakes Area won’t want to miss this weeklong day camp packed with activities and creativity! Participants will move, dance, sing, and play instruments every day and exercise their creative muscles through guided improvisation. Our team of Teaching Artists bring their expertise in drumming, improvisation, theater, vocal studies, visual arts, and conducting to…
LAMF Explore Music
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts 702 South 5th Street, Brainerd, MN, United StatesKids in the Lakes Area won’t want to miss this weeklong day camp packed with activities and creativity! Participants will move, dance, sing, and play instruments every day and exercise their creative muscles through guided improvisation. Our team of Teaching Artists bring their expertise in drumming, improvisation, theater, vocal studies, visual arts, and conducting to…
LAMF A Night at the Opera
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts 702 South 5th Street, Brainerd, MN, United StatesWhether you are a lifelong opera fan or just stepping into this world for the very first time, this is your chance to experience opera’s greatest moments all in one concert, featuring our cast of Resident Artists and the LAMF Symphony Orchestra. The Lakes Area Music Festival’s Resident Artist Program provides singers early in their…
LAMF Thrills & Superheroes
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts 702 South 5th Street, Brainerd, MN, United StatesWith the powers of winds, strings, brass, and percussion combined, the ultimate superhero of the stage is formed! In this family-friendly concert narrated by Jeff Andrews and featuring music and story by Russell Peck, kids of all ages will embark on a spectacular journey through the dynamic forces, instruments, and individuals that make up a…
LAMF The Rake’s Progress
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts 702 South 5th Street, Brainerd, MN, United StatesOpera director Omer Ben Seadia and music director Christian Reif lead an all-star cast in an exquisite production of Igor Stravinsky’s delightfully clever opera, The Rake’s Progress. The story concerns the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, who deserts his rural country town and girlfriend Anne Trulove for the delights of London. Being seduced by…
LAMF The Rake’s Progress
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts 702 South 5th Street, Brainerd, MN, United StatesOpera director Omer Ben Seadia and music director Christian Reif lead an all-star cast in an exquisite production of Igor Stravinsky’s delightfully clever opera, The Rake’s Progress. The story concerns the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, who deserts his rural country town and girlfriend Anne Trulove for the delights of London. Being seduced by…
LAMF Jackiw Plays Dvorak
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts 702 South 5th Street, Brainerd, MN, United StatesIn a deeply moving new work, American composer Leanna Primiani centers the heroic stories of the survivors of human trafficking, painting a sonic landscape that emerges from tragic darkness into hope and light, and awakening our understanding of this tragic issue. Stefan Jackiw, a virtuosic musician with “talent that’s off the scale” (The Washington Post)…
LAMF A Hero’s Life
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts 702 South 5th Street, Brainerd, MN, United StatesThe unrivaled brilliance of Gustav Holst’s Jupiter from The Planets sets the stage for the 2024 Lakes Area Music Festival’s closing ceremony. As the U.S. premiere of Lil Lacy’s Aurora honors new beginnings and the opportunities of a new day, Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life) tells the ultimate story of adventure and accomplishment.…
LAMF A Hero’s Life
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts 702 South 5th Street, Brainerd, MN, United StatesThe unrivaled brilliance of Gustav Holst’s Jupiter from The Planets sets the stage for the 2024 Lakes Area Music Festival’s closing ceremony. As the U.S. premiere of Lil Lacy’s Aurora honors new beginnings and the opportunities of a new day, Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life) tells the ultimate story of adventure and accomplishment.…
Martial Arts Performance & Battle of the Bands!
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts 702 South 5th Street, Brainerd, MN, United States"Team Ascension Martial Arts invites you to sample Brainerd's finest musical groups in a roaring Battle of the Bands to be held August 31st from 10 - 4 PM followed by a martial arts theatre performance experience at 5 and 7 PM. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at www.blackbeltsdontquit.org. Foyer to include…