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CLASSICAL NOTES

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra's
summer programs continue with appear-
ances on the grounds of the Edsel &
Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe
Shores at 8 p.m. Friday, July 11, with A
Night Out with the Boys, featuring the
music of Nat "King" Cole, Frank Sinatra,
Stevie Wonder and more; and, at 8
p.m. Saturday, July 12, with Symphonic
Fireworks, featuring works from around
the globe from composers Samuel Barber,
Jules Massanet, Edward Elgar, Wolfgang
Mozart, Antonin Dvorak, Edvard Grieg
and Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Grounds open at
6 p.m., and a fireworks finale at 9:30 p.m.
follows the programs. $12-$50. (313)
453-2031; dso.org/summer.
The DSO's Neighborhood Concert
Series presents works by Rossini,
Mozart, Schubert and Telemann at 7:30
p.m. Thursday, July 17, at the Berman
Center for the Performing Arts in West
Bloomfield; 10:45 a.m. Friday, July 18,
at Ford Community & Performing Arts
Center in Dearborn; 8 p.m. Saturday,
July 19, at Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian
Church in Bloomfield Hills; and 3
p.m. Sunday, July 20, at Grosse Pointe
Memorial Church in Grosse Ponte Farms.
$25+. (313) 576-5111; dso.org .
Kerrytown Concert House in Ann
Arbor hosts Pianist-in-Residence Louis
Nagel, a U-M professor since 1969 who
has also taught at Jerusalem's Rubin

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Academy, at 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 12, play-
ing works by J.S. Bach,
C.P.E. Bach and Haydn;
and at 4 p.m. Sunday,
July 13, reprising his
recent recital at New
York's Steinway Hall
with two Beethoven sonatas. $15-$30/$5
students. (734) 769-2999;
kerrytownconcerthouse.com .
Also at Kerrytown Concert House, the

745-3000; palacenet.com.
Bridging the cultural
gap with a diversity of
music, the annual Concert
of Colors, running July
10-13, returns to Midtown
Detroit with a variety of
free concerts, including

the seventh Don Was Detroit All Star
Revue, founded by the native Oak Parker
and mega-producer Don Was, who will
lead musicians in Bob Seger's Live Bullet
PhoenixPhest Grande Faculty Concert,
Revisited at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 12, in
the Phoenix Ensemble's annual sum-
Orchestra Hall. For a complete schedule
mer chamber music program under the
of concerts, go to concertofcolors.com .
artistic direction of Gabe Bolkosky, will
In 2013, Rolling Stone put Phish —
be performed at 7:30 p.m. Monday and
with a career spanning 30 years — on its
Tuesday, July 28-29, and Thursday, July
list of the "50 Greatest Live Acts Right
31. $20/$45 all-concert pass. (734) 769-
Now." Phish — including Jewish mem-
2999; kerrytownconcerthouse.com .
bers Jon Fishman and Mike Gordon
(known to sometimes play some Hebrew
tunes during their live shows) — brings
POP / ROCK / JAZZ / FOLK its 2014 summer tour to DTE Energy
Music Theatre at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July
July offers a multitude of concerts by
16. $60 pavilion/$45 lawn. (800) 745-
Jews who rock:
3000; palacenet.com.
Queen + Adam Lambert brings the
Rock band Counting Crows, fronted
iconic British rock band, with the 2009
by lead singer Adam Duritz, will per-
Jewish American Idol runner-up filling in
form its classic songs, as well as songs
for the late Freddie Mercury, to the Palace from an upcoming album of new mate-
of Auburn Hills at 8 p.m. Saturday, July
rial slated for a fall release, at 7:30 p.m.
12; the show received glowing reviews
Friday, July 18, at the Soundboard in
at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las
the Motor City Casino in Detroit. Also
Vegas last September, prompting Adam
performing: special guest Toad the Wet
Lambert, Roger Taylor and Brian May to Sprocket. $35-$50. (313) 309-4614;
take the show on the road. $35-$85. (800) soundboarddetroit.com .
In Mix@The Max: The
Future of Folk, at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, July 22, at the
Music Box in the Max M.
Fisher Music Center in
Detroit, violinist Jeremy
Kittel curates an evening of
genre-bending repertoire
with up-and-coming stars
in folk, jazz and classi-
cal music, including DSO
Assistant Conductor Teddy
Abrams on piano. $49 per
person/VIP tickets available
(reserved seating at a table
of four with complimentary
drink). (313) 576-5111; dso.
org.
Pop-folkie singer-song-
writer Matt Nathanson
joins Grammy-nominated
Gavin DeGraw in a sum-
mer co-headlining tour,
with special guest Andrew
McMahon, heading to
Meadow Brook Music
Festival at 7 p.m. Friday,
July 25. $35-$49.50 pavil-
ion/$25 lawn. (800) 745-
3000; palacenet.com.
The following artists aren't
Jewish, but have some inter-
Brian May, Adam Lambert and Roger Taylor perform Queen's iconic songs July 12 at the Palace.

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esting Jewish connections:
The Voice Tour, featuring past-season
favorites and four contestants from last
season's NBC reality singing competition,
which includes judge Adam Levine of
Maroon 5, comes to the Masonic Temple
in Detroit at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 15.
$35-$65. (313) 638-2724; themasonic.
com.
Singer songwriter James Taylor and his
All Star Band, sure to feature longtime
backup singer Kate Markowitz, perform
at DTE Energy Music Theatre at 8 p.m.
Sunday, July 27. $45-$99.50 pavilion/$25
lawn. (800) 745-3000; palacenet.com.
International pop star Justin
Timberlake brought his 20/20 Experience
World Tour to Tel Aviv on May 28 (the
pop star's first performance in Israel)
and took a detour to Jerusalem, where he
posed for a picture at the Western Wall,
sending the photo out on social media
with the caption, "The Holy Land ... what
an experience. I will never forget this day.
#Israer Timberlake brings the tour to the
Palace of Auburn Hills at 8 p.m. Monday,
July 28. $48-$178. (800) 745-3000;
palacenet.com .
Gogol Bordello, a gypsy-punk
band that appeared in Everything is
Illuminated, the film inspired by the
best-selling book by Jonathan Safran
Foer, performs at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July
30, at Royal Oak Music Theatre. $29.50
advance/$35 day of show. (248) 399-2980;
royaloakmusictheatre.com .

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ON THE STAGE

The Book of Mormon, winner of nine
Tony Awards including Best Musical, runs
at the Detroit Opera House through July
13. The production will conduct a pre-
show lottery at the box office, making
a limited number of tickets available at
$29 apiece. Entries will be accepted at the
box office beginning 21/2 hours prior to
each performance; each person will print
their name and the number of tickets (1
or 2) they wish to purchase on a card that
is provided. Two hours before curtain,
names will be drawn at random for a lim-
ited number of $29 tickets. Only one entry
is allowed per person. Cards are checked
for duplication prior to drawing. Winners
must be present at the time of the draw-
ing and show valid ID to purchase tickets.
Tickets are subject to availability
broadwayindetroit.com.
Ernie, Mitch Albom's two-man play
dedicated to the late Hall of Fame Tiger
announcer Ernie Harwell, returns to the
City Theatre, located inside Detroit's
Hockeytown Cafe, for a fourth season
currently scheduled from July 10-Aug.
17. T.J. Corbett reprises his role as the
Boy, and veteran stage actor Peter Carey