Pine Mountain Music Festival presents UPstarts! on June 27, 7:30 p.m., at Bethany Lutheran Church, Ishpeming. This concert showcases up-and-coming musicians from the Upper Peninsula, in a program featuring music by Schubert, Massenet, Mendelssohn, Bernstein, and Copland. Tickets are $12 and are available at Lake Superior Partnership in Marquette, by calling 877-746-3999, or at the door.
Miles Mykkanen, tenor, from Bessemer and Amanda Boundy, soprano, from Eben Junction are the featured vocalists. Joining them will be Savannah Clayton, flute, from Calumet and Susan Byykkonen, piano, also from Calumet. These sensational musicians offer a thrilling concert of music familiar and new. Join us and hear firsthand the extraordinary musicians the Upper Peninsula is contributing to the classical music world.
Pine Mountain Music Festival presents a season of opera, classical and popular music each June-July in the Dickinson County area, the Marquette area, the Keweenaw Peninsula, and other towns in the Upper Peninsula. Headquartered in Hancock, Michigan, it is supported by donations, ticket sales and grants. For information about the entire Festival 2012 Season, visit the web at www.pmmf.org or call 888-309-7861.