Palmer Woods Music in Homes continues its sixth season of outstanding, sold-out performances in magnificent mansions and historic homes in Detroit's historic neighborhood.
All
concerts include a reception with refreshments during intermission,
where you can meet the musicians and and enjoy the architecture and
elegance of the homes. Tickets at palmerwoods.org
Music of great African American composers, including Thelonius Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery, Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean, and others will be performed by an ensemble of internationally recognized virtuosi. 2010 Kresge fellow, multi-award winning composer-guitarist A. Spencer Barefield joins forces with Stevie Wonder and James Carter alumnus, trumpeter Dwight Adams.
A stellar rhythm
section includes Oscar Peterson’s bassist, Canada’s Juno Award winner
Dave Young; and Artistic Director of Jazz Ensembles for the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra, Sean Dobbins on drums.
GRAND FINALE Sponsored by City Living Detroit
Saturday, June 22, 8 pm
Thornetta Davis Ensemble
Michigan’s Queen of the Blues, Thornetta Davis, has a memorable and heart-thumping voice that has helped keep the local Blues, R&B and Soul scene alive for more than two decades. It’s also earned her a spot in the Detroit Music Awards Hall of Fame (she’s won more than 20 awards) and a recent spotlight at the Tigers vs. Yankees American League Championship series, where she sang “American the Beautiful” to a delighted, receptive audience. She has performed internationally as a leader, and graced the stage with the likes of Kid Rock, Bonnie Raitt, Alberta Adams and Katie Webster. She has also worked for TV and film on Xeena, the Warrior Princess, HBO’s Sopranos, and Osmosis Jones. She brings her top-notch band for an electrifying Grand Finale concert for Music in Homes: keyboard virtuoso Phillip Hale, a Detroit Music Awards winner who has toured and recorded with jazz greats Dave McMurray, Rayse Biggs, Perry Hughes, Martha Reeves, James Carter and many others; guitarist Brett Lucas, who works with Bettye Lavette, and Fleetwood Mac’s Jeremy Spencer, among others; drummer Dave Marcaccio, and percussionist James Anderson.
Walker
has been a mainstay of the Detroit music world for some 60 years,
beginning as a child on Detroit TV and radio. Count Basie tried to
entice her to join his Orchestra, but family kept her in Detroit, where
she’s shared the stage with many top local and national acts. She’s
soloed with the Detroit Symphony, and starred at the Detroit Jazz
Festival and numerous events with Budson. A top jazz pianist for more
than 50 years, Budson has performed with drummer Buddy Rich’s big band,
guitarist Earl Klugh, Motown’s Four Tops, and many others.
Palmer
Woods Music in Homes shares Aretha’s great “Respect” for the duo’s
powerful talents. They will perform with an all-star ensemble: Marion
Hayden on bass, Gayelynn McKinney on drums, and A. Spencer Barefield on
guitar.
Call 313-891-2514 for more information
Saturday, January 19, 8 pm
Bill Meyer’s Mardi Gras Celebration
Our
Mardi Gras Celebration has become an annual tradition for Music in
Homes. Experience an authentic evening of jazz culture, topped off with a
creole-style feast during intermission—jambalaya, red beans, rice, corn
bread and the spirit of New Orleans in Uptown Detroit! Bill Meyer and
the Detroit New Orleans Band will have you swaying and tapping with
Butter Hawkins on drums, Ibrahim Jones on bass, a touch of Louis
Armstrong from special guest vocalist David Greene, and shades of Billie
Holiday from DJ Holiday. Pianist Meyer has worked those keys with
Smokey Robinson, Cab Calloway, Natalie Cole, Savion Glover, Marcus
Belgrave, Charlie Gabriel, Amiri Baraka, the Last Poets and many
others. He was music director for Motown’s Martha Reeves.
Bill Meyer’s Mardi Gras Celebration
Our
Mardi Gras Celebration has become an annual tradition for Music in
Homes. Experience an authentic evening of jazz culture, topped off with a
creole-style feast during intermission—jambalaya, red beans, rice, corn
bread and the spirit of New Orleans in Uptown Detroit! Bill Meyer and
the Detroit New Orleans Band will have you swaying and tapping with
Butter Hawkins on drums, Ibrahim Jones on bass, a touch of Louis
Armstrong from special guest vocalist David Greene, and shades of Billie
Holiday from DJ Holiday. Pianist Meyer has worked those keys with
Smokey Robinson, Cab Calloway, Natalie Cole, Savion Glover, Marcus
Belgrave, Charlie Gabriel, Amiri Baraka, the Last Poets and many
others. He was music director for Motown’s Martha Reeves.
Saturday, February 16, 8 pm
Black History Month Jazz Tribute
Barefield-Adams-Young-Dobbins Quartet
Black History Month Jazz Tribute
Barefield-Adams-Young-Dobbins Quartet
Music of great African American composers, including Thelonius Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery, Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean, and others will be performed by an ensemble of internationally recognized virtuosi. 2010 Kresge fellow, multi-award winning composer-guitarist A. Spencer Barefield joins forces with Stevie Wonder and James Carter alumnus, trumpeter Dwight Adams.
A stellar rhythm
section includes Oscar Peterson’s bassist, Canada’s Juno Award winner
Dave Young; and Artistic Director of Jazz Ensembles for the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra, Sean Dobbins on drums.
Saturday, March 16, 8 pm
Berick-Martin Duo
Described by the Washington Post as “dazzling” and “performed rapturously and sensually,” Canadian born pianist Pauline Martin has garnered well deserved world-class recognition. Martin has performed as a soloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and with numerous leading instrumentalists: the Lafayette String Quartet, violinists James Ehnes and Andrés Cárdenes, flutists Bonita Boyd and Amy Porter, cellists Robert deMaine and new DSO concertmaster Yoonshin Song. In high demand internationally since becoming a prizewinner at the 1993 Naumburg Violin Competition, Israeli born Yehonatan Berick enjoys a busy concert schedule as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and pedagogue throughout North America, Europe and Israel. In addition, he currently teaches at the University of Michigan. He has been featured in the world’s most important music centers from Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center to Musée du Louvre in Paris, and Milan’s Sala Verdi. The Berick-Martin Duo promises to be dynamic and definitely dazzling!
Berick-Martin Duo
Described by the Washington Post as “dazzling” and “performed rapturously and sensually,” Canadian born pianist Pauline Martin has garnered well deserved world-class recognition. Martin has performed as a soloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and with numerous leading instrumentalists: the Lafayette String Quartet, violinists James Ehnes and Andrés Cárdenes, flutists Bonita Boyd and Amy Porter, cellists Robert deMaine and new DSO concertmaster Yoonshin Song. In high demand internationally since becoming a prizewinner at the 1993 Naumburg Violin Competition, Israeli born Yehonatan Berick enjoys a busy concert schedule as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and pedagogue throughout North America, Europe and Israel. In addition, he currently teaches at the University of Michigan. He has been featured in the world’s most important music centers from Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center to Musée du Louvre in Paris, and Milan’s Sala Verdi. The Berick-Martin Duo promises to be dynamic and definitely dazzling!
Sponsored by Be Well Medical Center
Saturday, April 27, 8 pmShahida Nurullah’s Brazilian Journey
Internationally acclaimed songstress Shahida Nurullah will perform a special concert of Brazilian jazz, samba, bossa nova and more, including works by legendary composers Antônio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento, Marcos Valle and Paulo Sérgio Valle. This music stems from a 500-year-old culture, born of a combination of African, European, and Amerindian musical styles. Nurullah expertly expresses its sensuous, exciting and rhythmically diverse character. Italian born virtuoso, multi-instrumentalist Michéle Ramo will play his custom 8-string and 7-string fret-less acoustic guitars and mandolin. Ramo performs and records internationally, but now calls Detroit home. Ramo, Nurullah and bassist Marion Hayden have worked closely with jazz greats Marcus Belgrave, Roy Brooks, Harold McKinney and Kenn Cox. Hayden, an internationally renowned jazz star and University of Michigan Jazz faculty member, and hand drum, conga and percussion master Mahindi Masai, will enrich the Brazilian flair.
Saturday, April 27, 8 pmShahida Nurullah’s Brazilian Journey
Internationally acclaimed songstress Shahida Nurullah will perform a special concert of Brazilian jazz, samba, bossa nova and more, including works by legendary composers Antônio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento, Marcos Valle and Paulo Sérgio Valle. This music stems from a 500-year-old culture, born of a combination of African, European, and Amerindian musical styles. Nurullah expertly expresses its sensuous, exciting and rhythmically diverse character. Italian born virtuoso, multi-instrumentalist Michéle Ramo will play his custom 8-string and 7-string fret-less acoustic guitars and mandolin. Ramo performs and records internationally, but now calls Detroit home. Ramo, Nurullah and bassist Marion Hayden have worked closely with jazz greats Marcus Belgrave, Roy Brooks, Harold McKinney and Kenn Cox. Hayden, an internationally renowned jazz star and University of Michigan Jazz faculty member, and hand drum, conga and percussion master Mahindi Masai, will enrich the Brazilian flair.
Sponsored by DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital
Saturday, May 19, 8 pm
Orquesta La Inspiracion
Founded by Puerto Rican-born congero Ozvaldo “Ozzie” Rivera and led by award-winning music director/pianist Bill Meyer, La Inspiracion is a large ensemble honoring the traditions of merengue, cumbia and Afro-Caribbean jazz. Exciting, infectious rhythms explode from their intricate percussion ensemble. Mixed with soulful Latin vocals and horns, they weave a classic Afro-Carribean tapestry that makes dancing irresistible! A gourmet Latin feast served during intermission is prepared by our own Eva Garza Dewaelsche. This annual festive event is held in a tent set in the beautiful backyard gardens of a resplendent Palmer Woods home.
Saturday, May 19, 8 pm
Orquesta La Inspiracion
Founded by Puerto Rican-born congero Ozvaldo “Ozzie” Rivera and led by award-winning music director/pianist Bill Meyer, La Inspiracion is a large ensemble honoring the traditions of merengue, cumbia and Afro-Caribbean jazz. Exciting, infectious rhythms explode from their intricate percussion ensemble. Mixed with soulful Latin vocals and horns, they weave a classic Afro-Carribean tapestry that makes dancing irresistible! A gourmet Latin feast served during intermission is prepared by our own Eva Garza Dewaelsche. This annual festive event is held in a tent set in the beautiful backyard gardens of a resplendent Palmer Woods home.
Sponsored by Creative Arts Collective
Friday, June 21, 8 pm
Barefield Super String Quartet
This adventurous ensemble—featuring guitarist A. Spencer Barefield, violinist Jannina Barefield Norpoth, violist John Madison and bassist John-Paul Norpoth—straddles the boundaries of traditional and avant garde jazz, classical and other music idioms. The multi-talented string players will perform originals (mostly composed by 2010 Kresge Arts Fellow Barefield), as well as selections from composers such as Joe Henderson, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Oliver Nelson, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Claude Debussy, Astor Piazzolla, Joachin Rodrigo and Manuel de Falla. Jannina has soloed with the Detroit Symphony, and has been a featured performer alongside Itzhak Perlman, Emmanuelle Boisvert, Regina Carter, Marcus Belgrave, Beyoncé and Jay-Z. She tours with Sphinx Virtuosi, including recent performances at Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center, and is a member of PubliQuartet. John-Paul has performed under the batons of Itzhak Perlman, Kurt Mazur, Bright Sheng, Jaimie Laredo, Otto Werner Mueller and others in numerous New York-area orchestras. John is the principal violist for the Michigan Opera Theatre and regular Detroit Symphony sub. He has performed internationally with the Chamber Orchestra of France, Cassini Chamber Ensemble, Yani, and others. Read more.
Friday, June 21, 8 pm
Barefield Super String Quartet
This adventurous ensemble—featuring guitarist A. Spencer Barefield, violinist Jannina Barefield Norpoth, violist John Madison and bassist John-Paul Norpoth—straddles the boundaries of traditional and avant garde jazz, classical and other music idioms. The multi-talented string players will perform originals (mostly composed by 2010 Kresge Arts Fellow Barefield), as well as selections from composers such as Joe Henderson, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Oliver Nelson, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Claude Debussy, Astor Piazzolla, Joachin Rodrigo and Manuel de Falla. Jannina has soloed with the Detroit Symphony, and has been a featured performer alongside Itzhak Perlman, Emmanuelle Boisvert, Regina Carter, Marcus Belgrave, Beyoncé and Jay-Z. She tours with Sphinx Virtuosi, including recent performances at Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center, and is a member of PubliQuartet. John-Paul has performed under the batons of Itzhak Perlman, Kurt Mazur, Bright Sheng, Jaimie Laredo, Otto Werner Mueller and others in numerous New York-area orchestras. John is the principal violist for the Michigan Opera Theatre and regular Detroit Symphony sub. He has performed internationally with the Chamber Orchestra of France, Cassini Chamber Ensemble, Yani, and others. Read more.
GRAND FINALE Sponsored by City Living Detroit
Saturday, June 22, 8 pm
Thornetta Davis Ensemble
Michigan’s Queen of the Blues, Thornetta Davis, has a memorable and heart-thumping voice that has helped keep the local Blues, R&B and Soul scene alive for more than two decades. It’s also earned her a spot in the Detroit Music Awards Hall of Fame (she’s won more than 20 awards) and a recent spotlight at the Tigers vs. Yankees American League Championship series, where she sang “American the Beautiful” to a delighted, receptive audience. She has performed internationally as a leader, and graced the stage with the likes of Kid Rock, Bonnie Raitt, Alberta Adams and Katie Webster. She has also worked for TV and film on Xeena, the Warrior Princess, HBO’s Sopranos, and Osmosis Jones. She brings her top-notch band for an electrifying Grand Finale concert for Music in Homes: keyboard virtuoso Phillip Hale, a Detroit Music Awards winner who has toured and recorded with jazz greats Dave McMurray, Rayse Biggs, Perry Hughes, Martha Reeves, James Carter and many others; guitarist Brett Lucas, who works with Bettye Lavette, and Fleetwood Mac’s Jeremy Spencer, among others; drummer Dave Marcaccio, and percussionist James Anderson.
Outstanding music, captivating homes and luscious
treats to delight your palate.
PAST CONCERTS from the 2012-2013 Season:
PRE-NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
Elegant Party with Great Music, Architecture, Feast & Champagne starring
Ursula Walker & Buddy Budson Quintet
with bassist Marion Hayden, drummer Gayelynn McKinney &
guitarist A. Spencer Barefield
guitarist A. Spencer Barefield
Saturday, December 29, 8 pm
When the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin wants a spectacular vocalist
for her private parties, she often calls Ursula Walker and her husband,
pianist Buddy Budson.
Walker
has been a mainstay of the Detroit music world for some 60 years,
beginning as a child on Detroit TV and radio. Count Basie tried to
entice her to join his Orchestra, but family kept her in Detroit, where
she’s shared the stage with many top local and national acts. She’s
soloed with the Detroit Symphony, and starred at the Detroit Jazz
Festival and numerous events with Budson. A top jazz pianist for more
than 50 years, Budson has performed with drummer Buddy Rich’s big band,
guitarist Earl Klugh, Motown’s Four Tops, and many others.Palmer
Woods Music in Homes shares Aretha’s great “Respect” for the duo’s
powerful talents. They will perform with an all-star ensemble: Marion
Hayden on bass, Gayelynn McKinney on drums, and A. Spencer Barefield on
guitar.
Join us for a rousing concert at a stately and fabulous home—in a
majestic room designed for chamber music, surrounded by soaring carved
wooden walls and facing a bay window stage backdropped with sparkling
stained glass.
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