Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra

08/30/2026

🎉 IT’S A WRAP! What a summer. What a season. What a way to celebrate and CLOSE 25 years of GLCO! 🎉

From Carnegie Hall to a sold-out red-carpet finale, JUNE and JULY brought historic milestones, unforgettable music, incredible generosity, new friends—even a marriage proposal! ❤️ Thank you, northern Michigan!

🎶 JUNE 8 | CARNEGIE HALL DEBUT
GLCO proudly carried northern Michigan to Carnegie Hall in NYC, featuring Dylana Jenson, David Lockington, and Libor Ondras, performing to a FULL HOUSE and standing ovations AND becoming 1 of only 3 professional orchestras in Michigan history to perform a formal concert on this legendary stage. The evening even included a PREMIERE of our friend Anthony Patterson's composition "The Match", AND even a surprise MARRIAGE PROPOSAL that GLCO was honored to help make happen—Congratulations to Gigi (From Petoskey) and Paul who now live in New York! 💍

🏡 JUNE 12 | CARNEGIE HOMECOMING
We brought the celebration home, sharing this historic milestone with the community that made it possible.

🎻 JUNE 23 | CRESCENDO
Our annual FUNDRAISER gathered friends, music lovers, and generous supporters around one goal: building a strong future for GLCO and orchestral music in northern Michigan.

✨ JULY 16 | SOLD-OUT SEASON FINALE
Lights. Camera. Music! rolled out the RED CARPET to a packed house of FAMILIES, first-time concertgoers, local young talents Blaise and Lena Sytsma-Reed, and GENERATIONS connecting through music! 💃🎬🎶 Featuring stunning performances by Kelley Kessell and Matheus Sardinha Garcia Souza, legendary film scores, and community guest presenters, the evening was pure celebration. Generously underwritten by Wally Cherniack Klein.

AND THEN came an extraordinary show of generosity: a $25,000 matching challenge from our friends (Carla and Mike Miller and Maggie Stewart), inspired an incredible response, helping raise more than $100,000 in one night to finish our 25th Anniversary Season strong and set the stage for what comes next. ❤️

💐 A beautiful post-concert reception, generously sponsored by Monarch Garden & Floral and Wineguys Restaurant Group, gave us one more chance to celebrate together.

🙏 To our musicians, artists, donors, sponsors, partners, board, staff, volunteers, audiences, and generous community—THANK YOU! You made this summer historic.

🎻 25 years brought us here. Now we start writing the next chapter.

📸 Photo and Video Credit: Adrian Boyer and Ric Pierpoint

🙏 Thank you to our platinum and gold season sponsors: Bay View Association, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Courtyard by Marriott Petoskey at Victories Square, Nicolet Bank - Michigan, McLaren Northern Michigan, Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation, Charlevoix County Community Foundation and many many more partners!

08/06/2026

A heartfelt THANK YOU to the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation for supporting this incredible milestone for the region’s premiere orchestra and our community! We were proud to represent our northern Michigan and become 1 of only 3 professional orchestras in Michigan history presenting a formal concert on this world’s famous stage—joining Detroit Symphony and Grand Rapids Symphony!

Thanks to your support and support of our community, we were able to share this exciting achievement with our community right here at HOME!

Thank you, Bay View Association for hosting us!

🙏🩷🎶

07/14/2026

Our Thursday, July 16 concert at Great Lakes Center for the Arts is SOLD OUT!

We are excited to celebrate our season grand finale with you—see you Thursday! 🥳

07/08/2026

Thank you Petoskey Rotary Sunrise for having our music director Libor Ondras! GLCO is so honored to have been supported by our incredible community for the past 25 YEARS!

Come experience the grand finale of this milestone season at our concert next Thursday, July 16!

glcorchestra.org/concerts

This week's speaker was Dr. Libor Ondras, the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra's music director. He says the GLCO is a team of around 70 musicians, 10 staff, dozens of volunteers, and hundreds of supporters. They produce concerts throughout the year. Their full orchestra main stage concerts are usually held in John Hall Auditorium in Bay View or at the Great Lakes Center for the Arts in Bay Harbor. They do smaller chamber ensembles at a variety of smaller venues around the area. See their upcoming schedule here: https://glcorchestra.org/

07/01/2026

🎉 Join us for the GRAND FINALE of GLCO’s 25th anniversary season—an exciting orchestral celebration of the soundtracks that shaped generations. 🎶 🎬

Experience the iconic music of Hollywood’s greatest films—from James Bond and Harry Potter to Titanic, E.T., Pirates of the Caribbean, Mission: Impossible, Cinema Paradiso, and more—performed live by your orchestra.

The evening will feature guest artist Kelley Kessell, whose performances have taken her to stages across the U.S., including the Kennedy Center, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, and the Baryshnikov Arts Center.

The performance is made possible through the generous support of Wally Cherniack Klein. 🩷

Tickets can be purchased at the link below or by calling 231-487-0010.

https://glcorchestra.ludus.com/200484020

06/11/2026

Carnegie Homecoming is TOMORROW! 🎉 Do you have your ticket?

⏰ Friday, June 12, 7 PM | Hall Auditorium, Bay View

Go behind-the-scenes with Maestro Libor Ondras’ pre-concert lecture at 6 PM in Evelyn Hall!

Experience the same concert YOUR ORCHESTRA performed at CARNEGIE HALL, right here in Petoskey!

Featuring internationally-acclaimed violinist Dylana Jenson, Maestro Libor Ondras on viola, and guest conductor David Lockington—as well as Bay View’s own composer Anthony Patterson!

Tickets can be purchased online below and will be available for purchase at the concert starting at 5:30 PM.

https://glcorchestra.ludus.com/200484019

06/09/2026

🥳 Northern Michigan! We have made you proud! 🎻

Last night, the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra made its triumphant Carnegie Hall debut to a full house of about 540 attendees—earning standing ovations and three curtain calls!!!

🎉This incredible milestone officially marks YOUR orchestra's status as 1 of only 3 Michigan-based professional orchestras to have performed a formal concert on the iconic Carnegie Hall stage!

🎶Our MUSICIANS delivered a stunning performance featuring works by Milhaud, Dvořák, Daugherty, Bruch, and Michigan's own Anthony Patterson—who was right there in the audience to hear his piece, THE MATCH Concertante!

🎼Bruch’s DOUBLE CONCERTO, featuring internationally acclaimed violinist Dylana Jenson alongside Maestro Libor Ondras on viola, and conducted by David Lockington was nothing short of spectacular.

Huge congratulations to our musicians, heartfelt thanks to our founder’s Dr. Pattengale’s legacy, Maestro Ondras’ vision and leadership, our Carnegie campaign leads Matt Davis and Kathleen Davis, 150+ generous community supporters and partners, and over 50 incredible friends who traveled to NYC! This achievement belongs to everyone who believed in our dream. THANK YOU!!! We are grateful for our community! 🙌❤️

🌟MISSED us in NYC? We are bringing this exact Carnegie program home to Bay View THIS Friday!

🎟️ Get your tickets now:
glcorchestra.org or 231-487-0010

📅 When: Friday, June 12th at 7:00 PM

📍 Where: John M. Hall Auditorium at Bay View Association

This concert is partially sponsored by the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation and the Buzzelli Family Charitable Advised Fund.

06/09/2026

🥳 Tonight is THE night!

06/06/2026

🎶 How do you get to CARNEGIE?
Practice, practice, practice. We are ready! NYC here we come! 🥳

June 8. Thank you northern Michigan community for the opportunity to represent you on the national stage! 💝

06/02/2026

🎉 The GRAND FINALE of our 25th ANNIVERSARY SEASON is approaching! 🎶

LIGHTS. CAMERA. MUSIC! 🎬
July 16, 2026 | 7 PM
Great Lakes Center for the Arts

Featuring powerhouse vocalist Kelley Kessell, this program celebrates the iconic soundtracks of HOLLYWOOD’s GREATEST award-winning FILMS, including James Bond, Harry Potter, E.T., Mission: Impossible, Cinema Paradiso, and more!

This concert will be a night packed full of fun and action-- don't miss it!

Heartfelt thanks to our stout supporter and wonderful friend Wally Cherniack Klein for generously underwriting this concert! 🩷

Tickets can be purchased below or by calling our office:
231-487-0010
https://glcorchestra.ludus.com/show_page.php?show_id=200484020