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Interview with Alex Peña, LAMF’s new children’s community education director

In 2012, LAMF will inaugurate its first children’s community education program.  Children entering first through fifth grade this summer will have an opportunity to participate in the Festival music production of Sergei Prokofiev’s  Peter and the Wolf. Click here for the ISD 181 Community Education announcement or you can contact Community Education (218.454.6924) which is now located at Forestview Middle School in Baxter, or click here for their website.

Festival Artistic Director, Scott Lykins, had a recent visit with Alex Peña to get a heads up on some exciting summer happenings. (more…)

Festival violinist, Kitty Cheung, named Hong Kong Sinfonietta Asssociate Concertmaster

(Photo is courtesy of Dave Boran, Brainerd, MN)
Festival Artistic Director, Scott Lykins, caught up with Kitty Cheung,  Lakes Area Music Festival violinist, who was recently named Associate Concertmaster of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. (more…)

Meet Greg DeTurck

Lakes Area Chamber Music Festival artistic director, Scott Lykins, recently chatted with Greg DeTurck who will be performing at Tornstrom Auditorium Friday, October 30th at 3:00 P.M. (more…)

A visit with Leslie Zander

We invited Leslie Zander to sit down and chat about her multi-faceted role in classical music in the Brainerd Lakes area. Music teacher in multiple roles, trio member, concertmaster, and Festival volunteer—her activities are far-reaching. (more…)

News & Events

Congratulations, Lydia Sadoff, young artist competition winner!

Lydia Sadoff, 16, of St. Paul Central High School has been named the winner of the first annual LAMF young artist competition sponsored by Grandview Lodge. She will perform the first movement of Carl Maria von Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor with the festival orchestra on Sunday, August 5.

Inside the Updated Website

The updated 2012 Lakes Area Music Festival website will offer much more than basic information about the August Festival concert series.  You can “Support” the Festival through direct donation, sponsorship, advertising, and volunteering. Attending a Festival concert is enhanced by reading about the music repertoire under “Program Notes.” Learn more “About Us” by reading the music biographies of the 81 musicians coming to Brainerd this summer. The music ensemble consists of eighteen members of the Minnesota Orchestra and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, eight other professionals from throughout the United States, seven of our own local musicians, and graduate music students from our country’s elite music schools including the Eastman and Juilliard Schools of Music.

Check out our interactive calendar (more…)