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Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings provides intimate, world-class presentations of repertoire that varies in instrumentation, with special emphasis on brass and woodwinds.
Supplementing its local subscription season with touring and recording, Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings has established a national repuation for artistic excellence. Outstanding critical notice has been garnered from numerous sources, including Stereo Review, Chamber Music, BBC Music Magazine, The New York Times, Audio, the Indianapolis Star, and all of Detroit's major media.
The organization is committed to expanding the repertoire, and has mounted numerous world-premieres by composers of national stature. Recently, DCWS entered into a commissioning consortium with the University of Michigan School of Music and the Oberlin College Conservatory. The project will bring DCWS at least five new works over the next three years.
DCWS educational programs, long central to the organization's mission, include both short and long term residencies with various area schools. Major sponsorship for educational programs comes from Denso International American, an auto parts supplier.
For a number of years, Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings has been sharing staff and administration with the Eisenhower Dance Ensemble and the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival. DCWS extends its management services to additional partners that benefit from sharing expertise and resources, providing marketing, public relations and development support to the Motor City Brass Band, and development support to the Rackham Symphony Choir.
Upcoming Events at Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings
Holiday Brass: Cranbrook
Holiday Brass: Detroit
Recent News
DCWS Takes Audiences on a Sonic Journey for 2024-25 Season
What: DCWS 2024-25 Season The 43rd Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings season “Sonic Journeys”, invites audiences on a voyage through chamber music. Blending contemporary works and classical pieces, our three concert…
Read More »CORE 375 Premieres October 14 at Christ Church Detroit - A Collaborative Journey Through Detroit's History
Detroit, MI – On October 14, 2024, at Christ Church Detroit, CORE 375, a powerful multi-disciplinary exploration of Detroit’s deep history, will premiere in an immersive and collaborative event that brings together some of the…
Read More »DCWS Joins the DIA in a Concert Exploring Light and Darkness to Commemorate the April Solar Eclipse
Detroit, MI -- Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings joins the Detroit Institute of Arts to present a concert commemorating the April 8 solar eclipse. The concert takes place at 7 p.m. at the DIA (5200 Woodward Avenue). The concert will include…
Read More »Communities Explore the Perseverance of the Human Spirit Through the Arts
Detroit - Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings’ latest project invites audiences on an intellectual and artistic exploration centered around the creative outputs resulting from the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide and the African Diaspora. The…
Read More »Detroit Chamber Winds And Strings News - April 9, 2023
Over a decade later, the Kris Johnson Group returns to the Carr Center awaiting their EP release. Eleven years ago, the Kris Johnson Group marked their debut at the Carr Center with their album “Odd Expressions.” On April 30, at 3…
Read More »DCWS And The Carr Center Present The Resonate Symposium, An Immersive Learning And Live Music Experience
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings and the Carr Center present the Resonate Symposium, an immersive learning and live music experience DETROIT (Mar. 28, 2023) – Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings (DCWS) and the Carr Center have joined…
Read More »Detroit Chamber Winds And Strings : DCWS Collaborates with Western Michigan University Choir for Stravinsky’s Mass
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings collaborates with Western Michigan University Chorale for Stravinsky’s Mass Bloomfield Hills, MI. – Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings collaborates with the Western Michigan University Chorale for a…
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