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Violist Glenn
Mellow has been a
member of the
DSO since 1980.
The Huntington
Woods resident
studied with
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Quartet as an
undergraduate at
Northern Illinois University and with
Abraham Skernick at Indiana
University, where he received his gradu-
ate degree. He has been an instructor of
viola at Wayne State University and the
Conservatory of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
This year, Mellow, along with DSO
violinists Hai Xin Wu and Kimberly .
Kaloyanides and cellist Debra Fayroian,
has played as a member of the Sonnet
Quartet, musicians-in-residence at
Oakland University's Department of
Music, Theatre and Dance, where the
ensemble interacts with faculty and stu-
dents in a variety of ways. "It's great to
be able to work with these students in
the areas of both performance and
composition," says Mellow. "Their
energy keeps us on our toes, keeps us
fresh." Mellow, a member of the
Birmingham Temple, is married to
soprano Edith Diggory Mellow. The
Sonnet Quartet will perform 3 p.m.
Sunday, May 9, at Varner Recital Hall
on the campus of Oakland University
in a program featuring works by
Dvorak, Shostakovich and Beethoven.
$12/$10 seniors/$6 students. (248)
370-3013.
The Lee Konitz Trio, featuring leg-
endary alto saxophonist Lee Konitz,
one of the most original voices in
modern jazz, takes the stage 7 and 9
p.m. Saturday, May 8, at Ann Arbor's
Kerrytown Concert House. At 4:30
p.m., Konitz will appear at a
clinic/master class open to the public
at no charge. Performance tickets are
$10-$25; reservations suggested. 415
N. Fourth Ave. (734) 769-2999.
Piano duo Ralph Markham and
Kenneth Broadway present "An
Evening with Gershwin" 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 9, at East Lansing's
Wharton Center, on the campus of
Michigan State University. The pro-
gram includes Gershwin's An American
in Paris, Three Preludes and Rhapsody
in Blue, in addition to works by other
composers. $15-$22. (517) 432-2000.
The Brentano String Quartet —
named for the woman many scholars
believe was Beethoven's "Immortal
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International Voice Competition,
American soprano Bridgett Hooks
makes her Detroit debut 8:30 p.m.
Friday, May 14, in the Recital Hall of
the Detroit Institute of Arts. The Pro
Musica concert features works by
Faure, Rachmaninoff, Richard Strauss
and Verdi. $25. For reservations, call
(313) 886-5639.
Five-time Grammy winner Sheryl
Crow, who began her music career as
an elementary school music teacher,
Clockwise from left:
Sheryl Crowperforms Saturday at the
Palace of Aubur
n
Linda Hammell directs a Birmingham
Village Players production of "Long Day's
Journey Into Night," opening May 14.
Just in time for Mother's Day, "Moms"
airs Saturday on Detroit Public Television.
Beloved" — and pianist
Mitsuko Uchida perform 8 p.m.
Tuesday, May 11, at Orchestra
Hall in a Chamber Music
Society program that includes
Purcell's Four Fantasias for
String Quartet, Haydn's String
Quartet in F Flat, Op. 71, No. 3
and Brahms' Piano Quintet in F
minor, Op. 34. $15-$40. (248)
737-9980.
Erich Kunzel leads the Detroit
Symphony Pops in The Movie
Music of Mancini 10:45 a.m. and
8 p.m. Thursday, May 13; 8 p.m.
Friday, May 14; 8:30 p.m. Saturday,
May 15; and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 16, at
Orchestra Hall. Flutist Ramson Wilson
joins the orchestra in selections from
such movie classics as Breakfast at
Tiffimys and The Pink Panther. $13-S65.
(313) 576-1111.
A finalist in the Luciano Pavarotti
performs 8 p.m. Saturday, May 8, at
the Palace of Auburn Hills. The
Midwest-raised rock trio Semisonic,
featuring guitarist Dan Wilson, bassist
John Munson and drummer Jacob
Slichter, opens for Crow. $29.50.
(248) 645-6666.
The daughter of a poet/university
professor, song-writer/singer Lucinda
Williams plays at Clutch Cargo's
Friday, May 14, with special guest Patty
Griffin. Doors at 8. 65 E. Huron,
Pontiac. $17.50. (248) 333-2362.
Alternative rockers Dave Matthews
Band take the stage 7 p.m. Friday,
May 14 (sold out); and 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 15, at the Palace of
Auburn Hills. $33. (248) 645-6666.
On The Stage
The Plymouth Theatre Guild pre-
sents the suspense classic Wait Until
Dark 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays,
May 7-15, and 6 p.m. Sunday, May 9,
at the Water Tower Theatre on the
campus of Northville Psychiatric
Hospital, 41001 W. Seven Mile, in
Northville. Barry Levine of West
Bloomfield portrays Sgt. Carlino.
$9/$6 students. (248) 349-7110.
Blood Brothers, set in modern-day
Liverpool, explores the effect of class dis-
tinction on twins separated at birth. The
musical takes the stage in a Players
Guild of Dearborn production 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m.
Sundays, May 7-23 (no performance on
Mother's Day). The playhouse is located
at 21730 Madison, southeast of Monroe
at Outer Drive. $13. (313) 561-8587.
Horton Foote's The Trip to
Bountiful, the gentle tale of a
woman's search for her past and
a way to come to terms with her )
future, will be performed 8 p.m.
Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays, May 13-23, at the Ann
Arbor Civic Theatre, 2275 Platt
Road, in Ann Arbor. $16
adults/$14 students and seniors.
(734) 971-2228.
The Birmingham Village
Players mounts a production of
Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's
Journey Into Night 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays and 2
p.m. Sundays,. May 14-29, at the
Players' Theatre, 752 Chestnut,
in Birmingham. Linda Hammell
of Lathrup Village directs. $12.
(248) 644-2075.
The Mosaic Youth Theatre presents
Everybody's Talkin', a new musical
adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado
About Nothing, 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, May 14-15; and 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 16, at Detroit's Music
Hall. $15/$7 students and seniors.
(313) 963-7622.
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5/7
1999
Detroitiewish News