Upcoming Events
Akropolis Chamber Music Institute at Bay View
The Akropolis Chamber Music Institute at Bay View is a 10-day summer festival designed to bring together talented emerging composers with innovative chamber performers located in the picturesque lake shore town of Petoskey, Michigan. ACMI’s goal is to help launch your creative career as a 21st century artist through instruction in high-level performance, entrepreneurial thinking, and community collaboration.
ACMI will run from August 2-10, 2025. See our full events calendar for the 6 public concerts taking place in Bay View and Petoskey, MI this summer!
Meet the 14 Instrumentalists, 1 Ensemble, and 4 Composers Attending ACMI This Summer!
ACMI: Festival Finale Community Concert
Free Concert in Downtown Petoskey!
Join us for the final concert of the Akropolis Chamber Music Institute! Hear world premieres from the four institute composers alongside luminary chamber music works performed by Akropolis and 14 festival instrumentalists from around the country.
Full concert program will be announced soon.
Newport Classical Children’s Concert
Inspire your little one’s love for classical music with the GRAMMY® Award-winning Akropolis Reed Quintet in a lively, free, and family-friendly concert perfect for kids and adults alike. This fun and interactive hour features upbeat selections from their last six albums, spanning a wide range of musical styles, including favorites like Death Metal Chicken and Circusmuziek, musical storytelling games, and more. Come early to explore the instrument petting zoo, grab a hot dog from Wally’s Wiener Wagon, and experience an afternoon of joyful music-making at the YMCA.
This concert is made possible through the generous support of Randy and Becky Johnson in honor of their granddaughter Schuyler Madison and is presented as part of the BankNewport Community Concerts Series.
ACMI: Cottage Concert
Akropolis and the 18 ACMI participants will be giving an intimate house concert at the Octagon Cottage, featuring a variety of mixed chamber ensembles and new compositions. Join us for this intimate event, which features dinner and good company!
More details are coming soon! If you would like to inquire about attending this house concert, please contact us at info@akropolisquintet.org
ACMI: Concert of World Premieres
Join the Akropolis Reed Quintet and the 18 ACMI participants for a concert featuring the world premiers of the 4 ACMI 2025 composers:
Shane Scott Cook
Nicholas Edwards
Mikeila McQueston
Rin Seo
ACMI: Opening Day Akropolis Concert
Join the Akropolis Reed Quintet for a free concert to kick off their Akropolis Chamber Music Institute at Bay View!
This free concert will be held in Evelyn Hall on the campus of the Bay View Association.
A map of the campus may be found here: https://www.bayviewassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/glm-member-db/fileLibrary/map2012_1608654106.pdf
Chamber Music Festival Saugatuck Concert
$5 – $25
Akropolis is excited to be returning to the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck for two concerts and a community outreach event July 24 and 25 this summer!
About Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck:
The mission of the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck is to celebrate and promote the long legacy of live chamber music in our community, and to contribute to our community’s vibrant cultural and artistic diversity.
We realize our mission by presenting a series of live summer chamber concerts in an historic setting that features outstanding artists who are passionate and engaging. By doing so, we strive to sustain the vision of our founders who started this Festival nearly 40 years ago.
We support our mission by sponsoring educational outreach programs to ignite student interest in chamber music and to support the young performing artists who devote part of their music studies to this important genre.
Chamber Music Festival Saugatuck Concert
$5 – $25
Akropolis is excited to be returning to the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck for two concerts and a community outreach event July 24 and 25 this summer!
About Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck:
The mission of the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck is to celebrate and promote the long legacy of live chamber music in our community, and to contribute to our community’s vibrant cultural and artistic diversity.
We realize our mission by presenting a series of live summer chamber concerts in an historic setting that features outstanding artists who are passionate and engaging. By doing so, we strive to sustain the vision of our founders who started this Festival nearly 40 years ago.
We support our mission by sponsoring educational outreach programs to ignite student interest in chamber music and to support the young performing artists who devote part of their music studies to this important genre.
Music in the Meadows Concert
Friday, July 18, 2025, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Guided Tours of Historic Farmstead, 6:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
This concert is FREE!
This concerts is held in a scenic Oakland Township park at and is geared toward an evening of family enjoyment with offerings of Big Band, Classical, and Country. Gates open at 5:00 p.m. for concert-goers who want to arrive early to set up their blankets and folding chairs and enjoy an evening of music. Food and non-alcoholic beverages are permitted.
In case of bad weather, concerts will be held indoors at Rochester Christian Church, 4435 N. Rochester Rd. (NE corner of Snell and Rochester Roads). Call 248-651-4440, ext. 299, the day of the concert to verify the location.
Los Alamos Concert Association
Hear the Akropolis Reed Quintet in Los Alamos as a part of the 78th Los Alamos Concert Association Series.
Are We Dreaming The Same Dream? Williams Center for the Arts
GRAMMY®-nominated Are We Dreaming the Same Dream? is a “tour-de-force” (I Care If You Listen) of a concert experience that blurs the lines between classical, jazz, and contemporary music, examining what Ralph Ellison calls “the unity of American experience.” With a hybrid ensemble comprised of Akropolis Reed Quintet, pianist/composer Pascal Le Boeuf, and drummer Christian Euman, Le Boeuf deconstructs the fabric of his American experience by recognizing the strands of his musical DNA—Geri Allen, Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus, and Leonard Bernstein. What are the strands that form our collective identity, and are we dreaming the same dream?
“Brilliant writing, exquisitely performed, and ingenuously conceived! Are We Dreaming the Same Dream? is a musical journey that shares a sound world that reveals the deep layers of life experience, and done so in the hands of some real masters of their instruments.”
-Jennifer Higdon, Pulitzer Prize & Grammy Award-Winning Composer