The Akropolis Reed Quintet performs Jenni Brandon’s Spider Suite at the Bay View Music Festival on August 11, 2024, from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. The concert was at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 1020 E. Mitchell Avenue, Petoskey, MI 49770.  The Bay View Music Festival, Bay View Association, 1715 Encampment Avenue, Bay View, Michigan 49770, is America’s oldest existing chamber music festival, and produces a summer concert series and conducts an artist training conservatory.

August 11, 2024, is a night of world premieres where Akropolis Reed Quintet performs 4 world premieres. Along with the premieres, the concert also features new chamber works by Marc Mellits, Jenni Brandon, and Matthew Quayle. The program is:

• Gordian Suite* by Catherine Fields
• Spider Suite by Jenni Brandon
• Caterpillars and Summer Birds* by Dianna Link
• TBA by Marc Melits
• Liquid* by Sebastian Quesada
• TBA by Matthew Quayle
• Traverse Octet* by Patrick O’Malley

*2024 World Premieres

Jenni Brandon is an award-winning composer and conductor who enjoys engaging with performers and audiences and collaborating on new works.